The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-07

BARRING PROlIXITY, HE GIVES LITTLE INDI
CATION OF MENTAL ALTERATION, AND Shows
HIMSELF TO BE SOMETHING OF An EXPERT
IN 1HE MATTER or BRAIN TROUBLES TIL
COURT GIVES HIM TWENTY DAYS TO " TURN
UP' ms HALF BROTHER AND PROOFS OF III:
FIRSI MARRIAGE.
tChicago Timesl
ANY cause ceifbre where the defendant
conducts his own defence i by this fact
rendered Of increased importance and in
tercSt. \ trial for luDlcy where The So
called insane person conducts his own de-
fence j. as remarkable an incident a. Il court
room can well furnish. joel Henry Wells
all day on Yesterday conducted his own
case. ard managed with surprising ability
that most difficult OF all tasks in court
rOOm-the cTO>>.eXamlnatlOn OF an expert
This part OF the case furnishes prOba-
bly one of the most remarkable scenes ever
witnessed IN the Criminal Court. Mr..
Weiss language and manners were cle-
CAN'T. His crOSS-eXaminatiOn was declared
by States Attorney Mills, who was spec
tator, to be mastery. He appeared TO be
perfectly familiar with the subject Of mental
diseases, ana win all the authorities upon
This class Of maladieS. Or. KllbOurnP, the
tion, did not undergo the ordeal with
nearly the Suayity with which the So
called crazy cros>-eYaminer conducted
it. The only thing. If there he any
thing at all noticeable about the relIIor,
is his proliX,ty. lie talked on yesterday
without a bait, without the lead of single
question, and with scarcely an Interrupt
tIon. for three whole hours. The tale ran
like the Ancient Mariners, As fun OF Sutlcr-
ing and just about as weird. There was
the same sensation produced bv listening TO
the one a. there Is experienced in reading
the other.
When the case commenced Mr.. Wells
came INTO court dressed Shabbily. On yes
tcrday he had all the appearance Of well
to.do gentleman. In every reference to his
wife he designated her a. 1.-THE woman
from Kansas" or "that woman," ndIca-
ting her 10y a GESTURE
The proceedings on Yesterday were as
follows:
DIR. KILBOURNE,
whose cross-eXaminaIion was not finished
on FRIDAY, was recalled, and was examined
by the relator in hIS own behalf.
"Dr. kiIbourBe," SAID the alleged luna
tic. "do you consider yourself Sane?"
"The proposition" said the Doctor, "iS
buried in lis own abSurdlty. | do
Have YOU good memory"
81 think i have"
"Was not the first time you saw me the
occasion when YOU observed me with Dr..
Crane, drinking nv teaI"
a. think it was"
.'Did not bring letter Of Introduction
to you from the superintendent OF the JEFF
fer>on asylum:"
"You did"
Now, do you, as an expert, deem il at
all strange that a gentleman OF my station
should have exhibited some slight symptoms
OF mild indignation AZ such treatment from
a gentleman as suffered at your hands,"
The relatOT followed this question with
great variety Of others. aiming TO show that
all his erratic actions at the asylum were in
dueed and ex plained by the treatment mat
he received there. Finally, after nearly an
hour had been spent with no progress, the
for the asylum authorities objected
to the line OF inquiry.
The reatOr tuen began searching in
quiry into the competency Of DR.. KilDourne
to speak a. an expert. The Doctor was
asked what authorities he consulted, and
where and how he got his eXDertneSS. In
answer 10 an inquiry TO what he defined an
illusion 10 be, the witness made substantial.
" the folio wing statement 4 deusiOs is
m error OF judgment. The intellect may be
all right, and vet the judgement may be all
wrong. The mind is the aggregation Of all
the functions Of the BRAIN The Judgment is
controlled bv the emotional and intellectual
faculties together. The human will, not
dominated and controlled by the human
-eaSon. was dangerous. The will should
llwavs be controlled by reason. A man
" hose will was not controlled by his reason
MS necessarily insane. The Doctor did not
lnOw that all the psychological authorities,
rom Schlegel down, had declared that the
viii was the higher power. As an expert,
ne did not 30 consider it. The witness said
hat lie had pursued his studies into
THE WORKINGS OF THE HUMAN MIND
iBce his connection with the insane asylum.
Mr.. Wells then asked the Doctor what
we're the works he bad famildriZed himself
With. The witness SAID that he read the |
current literature, the British and American |
medical Journals. He had also read all the |
tandard textbooks on the subject. The |
witness mentioned a great number Of the |
ext. books upon insanity with which he was |
lmiliar.
Ibe c0uTScI ioT lUt OLltcltu
D this line OF eXamiB ition.
Mr.. Wells said that he believed that he
ould show that DR.. KIibOurnc was not a
expert upon mental diseases, out
aat .he entertained a deuslOn concerning
is knowledge Of the workings OF the
ind" The Court said that the relatOr
light crOss.eXamine the Doctor concerning
30 methods used IN Dis own case.
n Nf.Il. IxaA flr L
ate the theories and netbods pursued In
h ease, and 10 cOntne bimSelt 10 that one
,se. The witness said that his first efforts
ere directed 10 ascertainiDg the causes for
le irregular circulation, the persplratiOn,
e 6uGked face. ana the other physical phe-
)mena connected with the ease. Ii Was
IT always necessary to Use drugs. In
rye number Of cases rest was all that was
.eded. In Mr.. Weiss case it was Impos-
BILE 60 exclude the consideration OF the .
oral nature. The patient was continually :
lorips and eXoggerating everything. lie Il
as continually writing. There was ten
ncY 10 q rusn Of blood to the head, and .
G blood often mounted to bis face. The Q
)ctor gave way at this point to lr
CoLoRrD MAN, 4
10 acts 81 jsnItor in the Bryant block, t
sere Wells has roomed OF late.
rile janitor said that he knew Mr. Wells. c
; O'Clock on last Saturday morning he v
v him rubbing bIs bat aud taking just as c
be were talking to an audience. Mr.. c
Fills said that us character was ruined, I
4 kept repeating a great number OF G.
mes. .sIt wasn't SAFE" said the c0lored G.
lness, "ior such man TO 60 ronud." 4
e witness knew another crazy mau named u