The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-22
Is McCABE INSANE!
A JURY TO TRY TEE QUESTION
or THE
.BoOdIo Alderman's Mental Con-
dItIOu- AflidaYtts of Dr. Ham
mead and others.

New YORK, October 2l.-Ex b 1odle
Alderman McCabe was srratg0ed to-
day for trial in the Court OF Gene al
Sessions. There was large crowd OF
interested spectators in court aud the
corridors leading to the court were
tbropged with peop'e unsble to gain
admission. MtCabe sat with his wifA
and counsel in front OF tbs bar. lie
locked ale and careworn. When
Judge Cowing to k his eeat the Dis
irict Attorney called MCCabs's case.
His counsel asked for an adjournment
in order that aa oCiate counsel, who
was arguing Gaze in another c]urf,
might b. present. Shortly after this
he nssc ciate counsel, William f.
Howe, made his poearauce in court
and submitted the fol owing affidavit,
made ty DIR. Hammond, late Surgeon
General Of the Army and rec gniEed
authority ON mental disorder. 1t
reads:
No. - WrsT FWry-FoURTH sTnEir,
NV YORH, October 20. 1886.
This afternoon l made a personal
Cxamina ion of Francis McCibe, con-
fined in Ludlow Street Jail. l 6nd
that he is in mental condition ap.
prosching imbecility. His mind Is
wandering, and it appears 10 be diff
cult for him to collect his ideas so a.
to give prompt and coherent answe s
TO simple questions. HIS memory is
defective ia regard to the nemes OF
porous whom hs knowe familisrly-
not that he actually 70 gets them, but
he is obliged to hesiiste for some
time before they come to his rec 1lle0'
ton. la regard 10 events OF recent
date there Ia the same difficulty. he
sits quietly, rs | lesrntd from his wife
snd Keeper, all day without eayiug q
word unlets epoken to, and during
my visit Of nearly an hour, he made
no remark uulos drew 1t on; OF him
by question. He appeared to have
m clear perception OF his situation.
Of curse, most Of these morbid ap.
p a,anCes might have been assumed,
nut there were two OF decisive
impoltlucs that we've altogether
beyond his control. The right
pupil Is larger than the
| Ill'I, huu lLtIo IL lhueCuial NOA'sA'hh
Of the tongue. Whist have observed,
taken in connection with the accounts
Of him given by persons who have
long known him, and the fact oil his
having received some four or five
yeGr3since a sevsre injury Ct the skull,
leads me TO the conclusion that there
is reasonable ground to suspect the
existence OF incipient insani y, prop
erly known 80 pRresis or general par
alysiS of the TRAIN. II he is not de-
ceivlng me he ia undoubtedly OF an
sound mind. If he were an ordinary
patient, with no inducement to assume
insanity, | should unhesitatingly pro-
nDunce him lunatlc. Under the
circumstances | Csn say no more than
is contained in the foregoing ttate-
ment. With further opportunity Ia
examine him, think a deticite opn-
i'm could be given: oun
A petition from Mary Il, McOabe
the def5ndauts wife, was also read
praying the Court to app int com
mission to inquire into her husbands
sanity. DR.. ". IL. Hall, in an atli
| davii, said { at in lSo2 MCIaoe wa
thrown from q Carrisee aud received
an i0jury on tae head from which i
was doubtful ii no ever recovered
Another affidavit from @. ]. Fairy
Ne. l02 West Third street, said tina
McOsbs had acted like an insane per
eon for the last four years. Judet
C0wing announced that he woulC
have a jury impSnsled to try the qu6s
ton Of McCabe's mental condition
d srict Attorney MARITIME WAS ! o, pre-
pared to proceed at once, desiring al
pper,uoity o have the deieuda Il ex
lined by DIS. L. McDonad and A.
len Mclean Hamilton. The defend
ants c3ursl agreed 10 he in readines
l,r the till ON one days notice.
For brluth al, asthmatic and pull
monary mp.aints Browne Bronchia
lrIcnts MAJ ileet remarkable curatlyu