The Press., 1888-12-27

condition to be normal, with the exception of rapid pnlse, fabby muscles and fee. ble body. There was no disturbance of temperature, and nothing different from what might be seen in a person not insane. Witness said he had seen nothing during Mrs. Johnson's appearance ln court to con- vince him that her mInd is disordered. Sometimes without a thorough examina- tiOn eccentricities may he taken for insan- ity, which is graded from the simplest forms to the maniac.
 Taking the numerous cases of insanity ill the family, witness was of the opinion that there was a taint i'll the blood. The hal1ucinations and delusions of the accused before she shot her husband were those of an insane person. In his opinion Mrs. Johnson knew that the pistol was deadly weapon, and that it could produce wound, but that she did not nse her reasoning powers at the time of the shooting. Her condition made her powerless to resist tbe impulse that came upon her. At the time of giving the alarm witness believed the accused knew what she was about. IL ls possible that she might have known what che was about before and after the shoot ing and yet not know what she was doing at the moment she fired the pistol. Iu the opinion of witness she was in her right mind when she refused to be search, d.
 The type of the insanity of Mrs. .Johuson Is called melancholy, with deluslOns aud hallucinatious, which is aggravated into alteration of the mind by excitement. The witness expl t1ned the difference between illusions, delusions and haliucinutions, to show the state of Mrs. JJhuson's miud, and said that wt man is not necessarily insane because she Is jealous of her hns- haAn 4 T first child was evidence of insanity, as it is natural for mothers tr cherish their lpgiti- mate children. The remark to "Take the little devil away" was not, in itself, an evidence of deranged mind, but taken with her refusal to care for the child signitied insanity. The scene in Mir. Lathrop's store, when she hugged him, showed that she "bubbled over" eusily, but might not be the act of an insane person. Her re- marks Tn church signified that she was uu- usually emotional and went beyond what other people do. Several 0 h"r questions lu relation to alleged crazy acts were an- swered the same strain.
 O. redirect the witness said that the womaD's pulse indicated cerebral dis urb- anca. At d herent times when he SAW the accused the pulse rang d from 96 to 115, while the normal is 72. The pulse is one or II @ h4lps ln determining in> anity, as it cannot be simulated. Had Johnson been nnfaithful and his wife knew r., still the act of the accusel might have been that of, an insane person. Taking all the fscts ] as brought out, witness said he had no doubt hhe was insane and not responsible April 3d, at the time of the shooting.
 Dr. Edward P. Nims, superintendent of the Northampton (Ma s. Lnnatic Hospi- tai, and connected with insane asylums for twenty three years, corroborated to testi. mony of DF. Fnller ill regard to the three examinations last week. Taking all the testimony introduced, with the.+ lmina tfons, witness said he was constrained to believe that the woman is of unsound mind, and that she was not sane at the time oi the shooting. h the experience of the witness, hallucinatory insanity, caused by dwelling on delusions, is incurable after six months. Taking into consideration al the delusions of Mrs. Johnson, the witness believe d the accused was not responsible for her act. hereditary insanity is tht cause of large percentage of. .derangpd minds, Dr. Pullson, of Boston, placing the estimate as high as 75 per cent. In tn.