Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
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Upper story.
,cut ~,s;onsl insanity! Why, certain
~ 4 such a thing" said DIR. ID.
n. .nhsrdson Yesterday. Nothing
r.rtain. And no species Of in
= more easily OF more common
rrsd AT the same time the sub
Iara sg,ba, variety of mania are often
Inst difficult to prove insane. 4
olie E,har The case Of a man named
Ieylin who was brought to me.
c,rriIv assured me he was insane.
ito him in my charge for several
- - failed TO discover his weak
until one day his son, | think it
ma .ama 10 me and told me that
!. had invented an internal ma
~ with which he hoped TO blow
bouse in which an objectionable
and hbor lived.
Lonnse as Deylin did and was his
cut f,odoer 1 questioned him about
and story. He told that the neighbor
I'M conspiracy with his (Deylin.s)
eepr and then when he paid her for
Talk ,eekly board she give it back,
go robbed her husband. Mrs
I'M was quite an old woman and
held in good estimation among
beighbors, but they could none of
believe in Devlin's insanity.
In Consequently their indignation at
'aM Confinement became so trouble
10 her that she took him home.
lad not been home a week when
will evening the ledger was shutting
he shutter, and Devlin, who was
no on the steps, drew IA pistol and
'rov him through the heart. When
rial came of | had to testify. He
oup ed me to the dock and whispered;
Now, don't you try 10 prove me
ne. because | am not, you know
~ : |,But they will hang you il 1 don't
'o.s. ooh no they won't; il was neces-
to rid the earth of such a man;
n. won't hang me-
"ar Well. he was found insane, of
rise. and was sent, i think, to Nor
oph' ovn. To show how this kind of
knity NAV be feigued, the case of
Gan bmon Suuires will do for an exam
He followed his wife To church,
N % shot her in the back. Insanity
set up as q plea, but he was SEN
The ced TO death. While awaiting the
scutiOn of his sentence, his friends
is all they could to procure a COM
ttatiOn. In the meantime he pre-
Eng ded TO be suffering from melan-
lila, refused TODD. read his R!hle
;sSs!S.r Ueorning till night, and went
kough all the usual symptoms. His
S.. tence was committed. On the day
this news was brought to him he
sitting in a corner of his cell
ding, when the warden said:
WW. Gs.na rA,r pnnNaAna "a n,r,
n ted
q ~ He jumped up flung the Bible to
"a b other end of the cell and danced a
with delight.
unity I'd sooner spend two lives in Il
ct d nitentiary,' he cried, than be hang
i'm
transitional insanity is a common
thu use of murder. | remember a case
med a man named Thayer. He had
en- three times confined for a mania
potu and was an habitual drunkard.
br this reason his wife left him and
= emit to live with her brother. One
II kening Thayer went to the house,
:. kked her il she would return TO him,
90 d on receiving a reply in the neg
: WI i've, shot her through the head. He
n as dazed and stupid when taken to
% police station, and showed no
eye bnsciousness of having committed a
rama time. His former employer was at
fst much incensed against him, as
sud fere indeed the whole public.
rcd Before he was brought up for trial,
pwever, his employer. who had re-
y 5ected on the case, and in cons der
= ion of former services. and remem-
i. Bring many little occasions when his
~ ctions had suggested somo brain dis
Fder, decided to procure the best
punsel possible to defend him.
Il was a witness. The prisoner was
'aH bund insane ard acquitted. His old
gn1 mployer did all he could for him,
jug ent him to Cuba and found work for
i'm there. But he was of no use; his
I'D rain was quite gone. After a while
y o found his way TO Boston, where
al 70 died OF dementia in a hospital.
Q Solitary confinement and the dark
uy3 4elle Yes, sometimes it is productive
insanity, but in how many instan-
yes does the insanity exist before the
Rriminal is confinedp That is where
IA he difficulty exists in making a dag
hosis for a jury. A physician may be
~ perfectly convinced of the insanity of
ne criminal, but the absence of proof
lenders him incapable of convincing
the jury.
M THE causes Of insanity are varied
Ind the origin of the causes are equal
y varied and obscure. A genuine lu-
hatic does not like to be thought one,
! but careful questioning and patient
! observation will discover the weak
! place IN nine cases out of ten.
I'm the tenth case the cleverest aud
/" most skillful observer is often bafled,
until by some accident frequently the
patient develops the necessary symp-
tom which goes to prove the wanting
element in his or her mental organ. -
Philadelphia Times.