Daily Republican., 1888-05-17
WAS Hr INsANHF
AnSTss OF tho Defense TO SHOW thar
chsriss Henry rtedeI was OF I'm
soonS mind woen ne Killed His
Wife and ChiId.

. NHSsA OF tho Defense TO Show thu
chsrles Henry EiedeI was OF Up
soonS MIND When ne Killed at
wife and ChiId.
Tie trial OF Riedsl was resumed at
yesterday afternoons session OF court.
W6ij ID Convened at 4 O'Clock.
Dr. mills was recalled, and on cYoss-
Examination said melAnchoiiA wno BRO.
duced by revereea In business or other
tfouble. In his opinion he thought the
prisoners mind was in a delusional
oonuiien AZ The time the crime yss
oommitted. There 10 a form OF melan.
cn9ns In wnion the patient Ia depressed
Snu down-hsatted. The witness never
mas mao any convsl s4tion with the pria.
oner, neither had he ever examInao
him; he could not say that he Ia lshor.
ing under any physical disability. He
nao neard the evidence, and was Of ma
opinion that Riedels training or reIJ,
eious opinion might have been OF suon
nnture as TO lead him to bslieye that
ms vile and Child would bs better off II
they were dead, -
he was led 10 believe from the eyi.
uenoe That this man was n ontet.
peAcesole German, affectlonAte 10 his
family, put the fact that he had had y
pretty nara lot, and that when hts t,if.
was discharged 1t put him in = daln.
elonnl condition, that resulted in an At
,soK Ol me!snoholia A person eufFar.
Ing with rne.sncholis can he periectlv
sane On rome matters and vet suffar
win delusion GU others. Persons nnf-
iering with thir form OF insanity com
monty show 1t in the face. He did not
CONSIDER an attempt 10 commit suicide
as positive evidence OF insanity. A. it
10 now generally conceded by medical
man tnat sane persons sometimes COM |
mit the Aot.
Judge Houston ssked several ones.
tions relating TO tho case, and said that |
ne was led TO believe from she eyidenoa |
tpet the prisoner's mind waa very muoh |
unbalanced, II indeed, he was not |
really insane. He thought that II he
wac arguing thie case, he would be
soIe to show that fact TO the fury.
On redirect examination the witness
seid That the fact Of the prisoner think
ing and saying thst his wife and child
would be bstter of II they were dead
vas suffi1ient TO cause him to believe
tnat inc pFisoner was In dclusionary
Ia his opinion this man
~as uecluenly insane on the subj.c. OF
kiiling ais wife ana child, although he
night apparently have been aaue on sll
Dther matters This mAu may hsve
lsu concealed symptoms OF melan.
,holia, but from the evidence he be.
leved that he also had premopItory
y ruptoms.
DIR. Brush wes recalled and cited
sveTAl simiiar Gases Of homicide wbioh
iAd come under his observation. which
we're committed while the persons were
snoring under delusion, 6uptrinducsl
" melRncholiA.
Dr. Springer was recalled and teuti
lea that he mas been physician to the
insane department at the Almshouee,
no mas had considerable experieAce
V;th the insane.
from what he tad heard OF ths evi-
enoe ne believed that WHEN tbs pris-
per committed tse crime he vas Of IN. .
onnn tatnd, and he also believed from
'bat he bad heard that he WAS suffer.
ng from what Ia known Gs mtlapoholia.
Il his opinion, the fact thst Rtedel was
ii an OF good character, Affeotlonate 20
is family Rud that he suddenly CON
lifted this terrible crime, wac suffiolen.
Induce him to believe tant he was
l9Aue at the Time.
On crnss examination he said that no
Au not mede au examination OF the !
'isoner, and consequently knew moth
q OF HE physical condition,
Or. Howard O2le testified that he has
'd considerable experience with insane
'ople during the past thlrteen years,
o mas heard tao evidence In this case.
ID believed the prironsr to be of un.
and mind when he committed this
line, ard that he was suffering from =
s'auchoila. The entire evidence was
nViacina 10 hita tn t the prisoner was
sane
sometimes Insane persons, especially
ose suffering from malAncholia, are r
net and uademonstratlve. Ia hig
lnion the insanity in hts case was
tent, and be thought 1t probable that
fact OF eeeiug the revolver In the {
nGoT caused 1t to develop, and the
ssspston OF this revolver led to the
nniasion Of the act.
Do eross-sxamination he said that
'lancholis Was disease of the brain: O,
'erson might be mslancholly from a p
'eased condition Of the liver, bus a St
fson affected with melRnchclia might ri
We n perfectly heslthy body. He "
might he was laboring under melEu- =
olin, f'om tae fact that he con initted n.
8 great aud unnatural crime. ltl
Is 1t Naa nearly q O'Clock when this 4
tness concluded, the Court took re. /
unlii 10 O'CLOCK this morning.