New-York tribune., 1885-10-21
WAS ANDERSON INSANE7
TWO DOCTORS ANSWER AFF1RMATIvELY.
DECLARING THAT HE HAD INSANE d DELUsIoNs-DID
THEY PREVENT his MAKING A WILL

DECLARING THAT HE HAD INSANE DELUsIoNs-DID
THEY PREVENT HIS MAKING A WILL
In the suit of Mrs. Maria Maud Watson, who
seeks by breaking the will Of her grandfather. John
Anderson to property which without the will
would be hers Of the next of KIM DR.. Theodore
Dmond testified In TO an hypothetical question
propOunded by Richard s. Newcombe, that a person
under theimpression that his deceased visited him
and requested him to give 800 to q man who had
once performed kindly act for the boy
during his lifetime, and that no met
the and gave him the money would indicate that
he aboriug under insane delusion probably an
hallucination Rhe believed that some member Of his
family was going to shoot or kill him or both, that
would Indicate an insane delusiOn. belief In the ap
pearance Of spirit would In many cases be an evidence
OF insanity.
QIs your belief that all believers in prtqai'%1 ,a m
are inssnei A-By no means; The world Is iuil OF
Q.-Suppose person sits and talks Win
He Would Sphs that O pdeatdP person TSat he is Probably
insane. man who supposes, without apparent cause,
that bis family are attempting to get rd OF MIN Ia olGer
possess his property is probably aborng under an H.
sane deIusloD and is not competent to make Will
CrosseIamined by ex-Judge W. Ii, ArnouX, the wit
said the difference between an insane person ana
sprituast was that sprituast is capable, by the ex
ereise Of and judgment, OF being convinced OF
his error, whereas an insane person is not.
QIWhat Kind Of delusion Is person anected 9y @ Wuo
Q.-Do you remember that Martin Luther thought he
was being haunted by the devil, aud that he threw ms
"a
think he had insane delusioni always thought so.
Q.-DOnt you know that SwedenbOrg claimed TO COM
mune with spirits I Ale might claim TO talk with
them but they did not talk with him.
Q-YOu would not consider man who swears insane
All man who Is very pious suddenly becomes pro-
fame 10 would be an evidence OF insanity.
The doctor said persons mind could be SOUND on one
subject and insane upon another. person might De-
lieye in spirtualism and be sane, when he did not
believe also In any mpOssbility connected with spr-
itualism.
Q-Don't most Of those who believe IN spirituallsm
believe In what you call the mpossibes OF spiritual
ism A.-NO sir.
Dr. James ). Milne testified that he believed the ma
ory OF people who have called themselves spirtuallsts
insane and that certain class OF Mental faculties
IN them we're moro or less deranged IL was an
TO aid In the establishment, first OF Italian unity, ana
then I'm making the whole OF Europe one universal re-
public. shullng gait and shaking OF the head and
limbs indicated diseased condition OF the mind.
EX-Judge ArnOuK-Havo you never heard II said that
Governor Tildeu affected with a shaking OF the
head aud shutiling OF the feet Al have.
Q.-Do you think II az all indicates that he was OF
unsOund mind I Alt indicates unsOund body-I
wouldn't say an unsound mind.
Q-Does harboring fanciful ideas indicate insanity
Alt does temporarily harbOrng them docs not, un-
less they very extravagant
Q.Ddn't you ever hear that Castelar, OF spain, ana
MazLni wrote In favor OF universal European repuo-
lie A.-Yes sir.
O-Dd you consider them all insanel Al con-
sdercd them but as persons harOornS iancu ana
THIS closed the testimony for the plaintiff Ex-
Judge ArnOux moved that verdict be directed
for tho defendant on the ground that no
called attention authorities maintaining that person
might De subject 20 insane deusOns ana yet be COM
pecnt to make will where his business or his property
was not affected by them. Justice Van Brunt reserved
PENDANTS have twenty Witnesses In case 1t Is decided
against them.