New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-30
ROWELDS INSANITY DISCUSSED.
HIS SISTER HAS FIT IN CoURT-MoRE TESTIMONY
ABOUT EPILEPSY.
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BATAVIA, Jan. 29.-Miss Julia ROwell, who
has been charge Of the murderers two beautiful little
girls, and who has been constant attendant at the
trial every day. taken i'll to-day and had TO leave the
Court House. At ROwes Inflated home DR.. Herbert A.
Morse called aud he found her suffering from an at
tack of vertigo dizziness form of epilepsy As this
the same disease the defence has been endeavOr
ing for days prove hereditary and frequent in the
Rowe family, and DR. Morse was aferward sworn az
medical expert epilepsy and insanity, and testified
the condition In which he found Miss Rowe only haI
an previous his evidence produced something OF
sensation. No appears to believe that the ladys
Illness a scheme the part of the defence. Miss
ROwe is teacher in the advanced school at Utica, ana
is lady OF unbemshcd character and integrity She Is
naturally of q frai constitution and the continued ex-
citemen in attending the trial daily and hearing the e
dence of certain parties together with the constant de-
vOton which she has displayed I'm personally caring for
her brothers children has caused her break down
The testimony OF Frances Dawson, wife OF the hotel
proprietor and Francis p Terry, dealer IN musical goods
was taken this morning to show that the prisoners
CLASSY eye vacant stare, and nervous manner aI attiSt
ed attention The prisoners father stated thI nc lu
brother whose head at the of five years was abn0r-
mally large, and who died from congestion OF the Dih
when twelve years old. Charles X Newell OF Unca'
who employed the prisoner as bookkeeper rom looo 10
1872 described cPleptc 1T Of Roycll in MS store.
Andrew Mcmillan and Charles W. HaekciI oi uuc" 'cs
titled to the defendants good character.
AN EXPEEr DELIVERS Ills OPINION.
Dr. Edward G. Mann, Of New-York was called as an ex-
pert. He testified that he examined the defendant a' e
ail November To- lie was soneW hat enaclated WIN
eyes suIused complexion muddy, skin hot and dry and
its elasticity lessened. hair dry movements abnOnaly
quick and nervous the characteristic only of
the insane; muscles nabby, lungs showing pedsposi-
ton TO consumption, hands and extremites cold head
hot tongue breath FOUL abnoay excited con-
dtion, aud of nutrition and assimilation. He was
suffering from melanchOlia OF the most dangerous
insanity IL is accompanied by destructive l
pulses, hOmcidal suicidal tendencies often occurring
hypothetical question was then asked him, about six
hundred words long aud describing the character, con-
duct experience and physical aits of the prisoners to
which he replied that the person thus portrayed was I'M
dOubtedy insane The witness answered that no sane
man would have provided himself with such multitu
dnOus lot weapons, and that, II all the facts were as
stated. the man insane. In 10 further qtes
tionng by the defendants counsel the witness said that
If ROwclps fall from stepladder as described By the
tainted with insanity il would have been the result
of an epilcpilc seizure
Dr. simeon Clark, of L0ckpor answered Judge Suttons
hypothetical question in the affirmative.