The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-10

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Of pain in the left ear and duIlness Of hear
ing in the same ear. This
RESULTED IN AN ARscEss
In the deep part of the external ear. Thi
abscess was opened by three incisions car
rled t9the bone, the result being to set frel
small quantity OF purulent matter, anC
anording at the time considerable relief Il
the patiant. a few days afterWard there
was recurrence OF the pain, which be
came so intense as to give rise to feelingl
OF self destruction. At this time the patient
talked in an irrational and unreasonable
| manner, and had to be watched for fear he
! would kill himself. His attending surgeon
| thereuE on punctured the ear drum and let
out a considerable guam ity Of purulent
matter; at the same time he cut into the
mAstoid process Of the temporal bone. into
the mOstoid cells and let out Q Quautity of
purulent matter. The patient thereupon
felt relieved and 4 slow improvement con-
tinued. with the exception Of a continu-
ance of pain and an increased discharge Of
purulent matter at irregular intervals until
| about June, 1881, when the pain and dis
| charge ceased. There was headache. how
| ever, from time to time, and his condition
| was such as 10 make entire Rbstention
| from business necessary, and he &C.
| cOrdingly wa . ordered abr ad by his
| physicians, one of them going with him to
| New ork. because his medical advisers
| deemed IL necessary: and no spent his time
| in travelling. accompanied by q friend,
| uItil the Spring OF 1882. when he returned
| home. After his return he had occasional
! iufiammRtory Symttoms connected with
| he q: fcc;ed ear. which we're accompanied
| With headacho. The hsa:ing OF the dis
easeG ear Was TdRderrd imperfect By tbs
above described trouble. and has re-
NAMED imperfect ever since. Suppose.
oow. that the
BRAIN OF THIs YOUNG MAN.
By reason of the aforesaid injuries. was
rendered more sensitive to excitemsnt than
In its normal state; that this young man
was tenderly and devotedly attached to his
father and mother; that for two OF three
years the assault hereinafter mentioned, =
certain newspaper Of large circulation,
published in the city of his residence, had
continually and constantly aSsailed with
strong and bitter language the business en-
terprises OF his father. and tho business
conduct OF his father; had aspGrsed the
honor and integrity Of his father had de.
nominated him az one OF the monsters Of
lnhumanlty, as merciless tyrant. and as
had charged his father with having
sought to corrupt Legislatures and the
press; had accused his father Of
a shameless robbery of crimes
against the community of tho
grossest acts OF inhumanity. of untruth-
tulness, OF rapacity, Of Righteousness, of
having promated the lascivious leasurcs
OF others, of having been instrumental in
selling white women To black men for in
famous purposes. and in setting up sys-
tenn or slavery the worst tho world has
ever seen; had accused his father OF cheat
ing his closest business friends and his en-
ployees, and having perpetrated the gross
est frauds upon such friends and en-
PloyeeS; had held up his father and differ
Scorn, contempt and OblOquy, ana had
sneered CONTEMPORARY at his mother.
Now suppose this Young man had read
these articles and believed disbursements
therein contained to be wholly untrue,
and that he and his father had had numer-
Gus discussions about the matters con-
tanned in those articles, and particularly
about their
OUTRAGEOUS AND UNTRUTHFUL
Character, with the result Of exciting this
young man, which excitement would be
followed by moodlness and depression of
spirits: and suppose that some three days
before the assault in question thiS new pa
per had published a particularly abusive
article OF the aforesaid character against
his father; that this article was d BcusSed
between the father aud the son on the
morning of its publication, and with the re-
suit OF a. Injecting him to greater extern than
he had b-en affected by any previous arti-
Gle; suppose that these constant and bitter
attacks, and the discussion with his father
in relation theretD had 8 manifest e. ect
upon tho conduct and disposition of this
young man, so manifeStas to excite the OBJ
seryatlon of his friendsand acquaintance;
that instead OF being chez .ful and buoyant
in disposition as before, he be anne moody
and depressed; suppose this last publ a.
ton, some three days before the assault in
question, had an eS ecially marked effect
upon the young man, so much so as To en-
tirely incapacitate him from attending to
his business: that he was neVOus excited
End greatly aRitated; that he wRIKeo 20
In tho middle Of . sentence; that he was
In state OF mental suffering and was en-
tlrely unlike himself; now, suppose that
while he was in this condition he accident
ally saw the proprietor of this newspaper
near his publication Office and on so see
ing him, walked after him into this publ
cation Office, and there
ASSAULTED WITH LOADED PISTOL
A nd NHynTT laG = h
per in questionable pistol not having
been procured or carried with any view 10
such assault; and suppose further th It be- |
tore this assault this young man conduct |
always been amiable. peaceful. quiet and |
Ia wa bld1nR. Now. under such an hyp0- !
theticaI case what would DO, in your |
opinion, the condition of the mind Of this |
young man at the time of this said assault! |
Now. gentlemen, it is not necessary for me |
after reading that condensed question to !
Ella oorate its contents. because they cannot
be improved. They are a summary of the
actual, demonstrated facts in IL thess
weeks OF trial with regard TO this case.
Now, let me call your attention to the
They are very short. DR.. Wyths says: 81
am OF the opinion that the injury and con-
1ltIon OF the brain was . prediSposinR
;ause OF insanity, and that the emotion sx-
'lted by the contact referred to would be q
1ro0ab bic exciting cause OF INSANITY"
Dr. Buck says: The mental condition
II the young man. as described for some
lme previous to the assault, gives the best
,ou can possibly give. because insanity il
stlngu1ehed from sanity by comparing
he individual with himself" And this Is
IRE lsely what has been ne all through
his trial; not merely through medical
but through relatives, through |
rIends, through intimate acQuaintances.
business associates. We have shown this |
Dung man before you and we have
ryTuE
1t different intervals and after these in
causes have been dow Ioped:
nd this gentleman. DR.. Buck, who, ike |
)r. Wythe and DR.. J. L. Meares did subss-
he sympl omS one by one which had been
IoveG to coexiSt in the case of the defend.
mt, tells you In another place that this
ind OF insanity passes OF like an explo-
lon." page 975 of record.D !
Dr. Meares states distinctly that there 10 ,
UGH a thing as "impulsive transitory in :
lnIty page 9S3l. and gives hypothetical
ase of a man who for years tries 10 avoid !
n o ender against his honor and, on meet !.
lg him, is overcome by a homicidal i'm |,
Use over which he has no moro control
laniac for ten years" He takes the J
fe of that man, says the doctor, and !!
- tells you that he has done it
40 th nat ne has done no wrong =
no that he feels no remUrse for il | :
nd the man holds up his head again |.
nd feels that rs il . man among men, :
his is the language of DR.. Meares at page
y OF this record. And among the causes
insanity he enumerates, using his own
ords. " Injury to the head, violent emo +
ons and excessive grief" page 1881 All o
ese gentlemen, both on the direct and b
oss examination, proved to you that they p
e trained nlienists, experts by special ed. u
'ation. observation and experience and q
s!mposslole TO reduce or paraphraset their fl
stimony. / shall not attempt the task, b
ley trace the whole history of such q Il
So as this from 1880 to 1854 and in re-
onse to the inquiries. at once simple and
entit1c, addressed to them by my asso- d
tie, Mr.. Taylor. they cover every point o.