New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-13
RuINELANDERs CONDITION,
WITNESSES WHO THINK HIM INSANE.
supre pocroRs. srAplr"NEfrfe ANp IA" "'

qrsrlry-rus rWsoNrWs ILLUSIONS
Tho commission erpelptcd 70 inquire into tnc
mental condition OF Nlulam " hbuv, Hon,i "o,s
main al noon yesterday IN tho ludIrs ohamooln
", he Conrt of General Sessions Tho room Nns
"row1cd aud access to IL was difficulty, NthyH Wit
ncsses examined three were medical men a ""'"T,
nm easy chair hchnd his COUNSEL ooVh
sIonally bcudmg forward 10 consult Mlh
him and quietly laughing Nt the sallcS
against the other side lie seemed composed
Xnttle diversion, which threatened To become un-
PLEASANT occurred as the session openeu' oSIuHho
(urtis RhinclaudcTs counsel, complaining lhat I"
physician sent in his clients interest, had been uV-
MED admission to his cell. Assistant llstilCt-A!-
torney Adams said he could assure Judge GURUS
that no such orders had been given by nun. At that
moment Frederick X. Clark, Mr.. CnrtiSs associate,
came in with the announcement that physiViiun
had been allowed TO examine hhhVi"nu'i i ~
cell III the morning. .. .a.iGod
Dr. John H. Douglass, the first witness, testlnGa
that he had known khin me ,nufal aWd physcal
condi ions and did not think him shne tiS IN
he formed from au eNamlnatlon NiiVn b d hoiIuc
nations He told the witness one daN that ne stoiu
AT the corner of Cedar ST. aud saw woman lhaI ne
thought was his wife so into brakes once hut
when he got there the office was empty. Iie also
eald he was sure some from brakes once MdS
following and watching MN Cout'h his isSow6iin1
symptoms of his unsOund mind were ms shah"Ine
gait liStless manner and inability TO look man III
ihe eve steadily. CTosS-eXamlned by eX Judge Cur
lis Dr. Douglass said that he hadneYer before lesii
fed IN an insanity case. He could not define the
terms mania" haucination" and illusion"
JUDGE Cur is-Don't you know hat nearsighted reo-
plr " no are Ut we'd their Cl8s as MI kln,lald
was when you examined HIM. h We nervous movement
Dr. Do1glass-Ycs hut 1t is different from that seen in
judge Curtis-DO ycr notice any re'tlcS'ncss in Mr.
Rhine ander's ewes now 81.
Dr. Douglass iooato g intcutly at Rhueandcr who ot
TIE same restlcs ness saw before
DR. Frederick Cakes who was at Columbia Col
lege with Rhlnelander in 1876. said he knew many
things peculiar in his actions He was first struck
by his peculiar looks. Rhnelander was brilliant IN
mathematics but deficient in classical studies.
Imd%e CI,riis drew from the witness the point that
mathematics involved TO the highest extent tie
of the reasoning tacultles-more imam ciaSslcs
OF elOcution. o.
John Damn, stablc-keeper at Nos 255 and 25.7
West Fifty-eighth-sto testified as to khineandelr
eccentric actions his sudden starts and long spells
of quiet He was alwaystalkmg about the pedls rees
Dr. W. L. Hardy, examining physician at the
Tombs testified that Rhinelander told him that
Drake had criminal relations with his wife and
that be meant TO kill him. Rhinelandcr had SAID:
'It Is just like duel; when you pink your man;
your honor is satisfied" lie was convinced OF
ton the disconnected thread of his thoughts the
spasmodic contraction of his limbs When he be,
came excited his speech was thick. lie had sald
that he was sorry he did not shoot Drake at time
when Mrs Rhinelandcr was present, as he thought
she would be good witness for him. Dr.
precantion ON Rhinclander's part. He thought
Rhinoanders insanity was Of sett ed form. one
indication was III vanity he nau very Buou
idea of himself
Judge Curtis-Havc vor not Son some very disun-
giished people entertain that idea-doctor', for IN
Dr uariy-Ye7-and lawyers; lLaughcrI
Judgo Curtis W easmtlyl- thought you'd say mats
but wished to give you a chance iOf laugh
A question by counsel for RhinelaDdcr-" What
percentage Of experts of insanity arc insane was
received with laughter Dr. Hardy answered.
The theory has been advanced that they become insane
be proved
George Douglass lawyer in Mr. brakes Office.
md htnfhpr ia. nuUulHSs. the last witness.
lie was deaf. He had known Nhtuelauder Tor ten
years and believed him insane; lie would frequent
ly tear up aud down the office like q Wild beast,
When Rhuelaudcr told of his belief in brakes IN
timocv with his wife because he saw bottle of
cherry brandy I'm the room and the two chars clos"
together the witness believed that h was under
an illusion. because there was no brandy bottle M
the room. lie had given three dicrcnt reasons Ter
shooting Drake first. the lawyers relations with
Mrs. ltlinclouder; second, hs ATTEMPT, TO- part
Ghincandcr and his wife; aud third, self defence,
The case was adjourned to noon to-day and
Rhiuclaudcr was sent back TO the lomh,.
By aprovokinp bluqdcr he word " insane, was
printed Yesterday where the word sane should
have been used in the report of Dr. Mcdoualds
testimony in answer 10 the question put b{ Mr. |
Rhincaudc's lawyer concerning the caa' oi POST !
inasicr General James. The passage ih the toSu- !
mony IN fall lsHs follows;
ouprouomccl Gutcan sane d'd Won otP
"s yonr opinion aboat MIN lu-t the same now as it
"IfI...nI is constant. .trnrrUcucd especially by
what have Dee rl within thc p Il fyV woke
"Dm GuitcaI have sane mo I've for killing President
.0f c,nr,c hc did; De was disappointed at not getting
on oicc Ma W5s p3W-Sl to nm thrn h@ wa, l@ ,o
stop the stan ro tie lro.ecli'us'
You lily bch,yehr memb of a conspIr-
hcyi" t..,to,, .,or,
time ago mat Gu'an was cmno cd as IN, 81 nncnt OF
that woul be killed if the star route as VIZ not
SUI" 10 Yen q Ink Mr.. James is sancr
al DO, Cmphatica y.'