National Republican., 1888-01-06
IT Was CHRONIC MANIA.
WHAT DIR. W. W. GoDDINe CONSIDERED
DALEY's CONDITION.
Insano when Hs Killed Kennedy aud
subsequently His Mental Condition
Was the same-His Dclusions About
Being Poisoned for His Property.


The jury in the criminal court and Justice
Montgomery sat all day yesterday and late
into the afternoon listening to testimony
to prove the defense that John Daley, who
brutally murdered Mr.. Jos. @. g. Kennedy
in July last, was not Of sound mind at the
time OF committing the bloody deed, and,
therefore, should not be held responsible
for the act Francis P. Kelly, who resides
few miles outside OF Philadelphia, was
the first witness called. He had known
Daley some fifteen years, and considered
him man not altogether In bis mind.
Mrs. Margaret Hanlon, from the same
section OF country as the preceding witness,
stated that Daley had boarded with her
for eleven years, and sometimes she thought
that he must be Of unsound mind on ac-
count OF his actions and crossness. She
also referred to deluslons that he enter.
taiDed.-
jeremiah Hanlon, husband OF the last
witness, did not think Daley Of altogether
sound mind.
Patrick Ryan, Philadelphia witness,
thought Daley crazy, but never knew him
to do anything bad.
Mrs. Eliza Bannon, residing at N and
Fourteenth streets, swore that she had
known Daley twenty-five or twenty-six
years, and, from her knowledge OF the man
and his conduct, she thought that at times
he was not sane.
On crossexaminatlon she stated that
Daley's mother at one time lived In Ken.
nedy's house as O servant. At the time of
his father's death Daley expected money
from some NJ street property. He said that
Mr.. Kennedy had not got FOR the property
what 1t was worth, and he daley would
frequently curse and damn Mr.. Kennedy
and say that Kennedy paid 5000 for the
a a., 1.Ia a,N al,
OF II. He said that Kennedy had cheated
or robbed his (Daley's) father. Daley said
that Kennedy had paid his father SIS a
month--the rent OF the house.
Johanison Pogginsee testified that Daley
boarded with her in Georgetown In 1851,
and at times che thought he was a crazy
man. He said that the people where he
had boarded before had tried to poison
him and others were cheating him out of
his property. He never had trouble with
any boarder in the house, and his behavior
was very good. He told the witness that
he had wife and child; they died and 1t
made him crazy.
On ss.examination Mrs. Pogginsee
stated that Daley paid his board regularly
until he assaulted q man and went to Jail.
When he came back she gave him his clothes,
razor, and pocket knife. He seemed ner-
vous, but did no harm to any person.
Emanuel Jackson, q harness maker on
uNGuub, btu h0 DbCdul6 uC-
qualnted with Daley at Fort slocum, in the
county, in 1868, when on guard duty at
that place with Gen. Rucker's brigade.
Some eighteen yesrs later he saw Daley at
his store, and after that saw him often.
According to his Judgment Daley was
man Of unsound mind. He told great
many stories about himself and what he
had been doing. On one occasion he
claimed to have been with the brothers at
some Catholic institution, and asserted
that he had been poisoned. He declared
that the brothers, sisters. and priests were
all in cahoots to kill people. They would
get man among them, work on him, poi.
would come, say Q few words over the
body, and that would be the end of It. The
witness told Daley that there was some
thing wrong with his mind, and he replied
that bis mind was all right, Subsequent
conversations made the witness believe that
Daley was not all right.
On ross.examination the witness said at
J the first conversation Daley's eye twitched
and he did not like the looks OF It. That
was the only wrong noticed at that time.
A good many insane people came TO the
witness's place, but he was unable to tell
how they happened to drift in that direc.
tion. He thought Daley dangerous man,
but said nothing about 1t to the police or
any one else until after the killing of
Kennedy.
On redirect-ex animation the witness said
he didno know that he would be able to
pick out crazy man when he saw one.
Christian Pogginsee said that Daley
boarded with his wife; he kept quiet; was
good boarder, and paid regularly. He
always talked about suicide and poison,
and that there were three meE with whom
he would get even-a doctor, Catholic
priest and real estate man. He claimed
that they wanted to get him out of the way
and get some property Of his located on
Fourteenth street. From the way he acted
Daley altogether Of sound mind. On cross
examination the witness said that Daley
was not thought dangerous while at his
house.
Edward D. Corcoran was we'll acquainted
with Daley, and had known him for sixteen
years. From his knowledge and ohserva-
tion of the man he thought him of unsound
mind. He was continually harping on hay.
ing been drugged, and all the talking would
not drive 1t out of his mind.
~. On crOss-eXamination the witness eaid he
believed that Daley had been drugged, and
thought whether or not Daley told the truth
about 1t he was insane He told Daley that
unless he stopped talking the nonsense
about being drugged he would go crazy.
DIR. w. w. Godding, superintendent OF
the hospital for the insane, testified that
since 1860 he bad made speciality Of dis
eases Of the mind. He made an examina-
tion Of Daley In the jail, In company with
DR.. Chapin, Of the Pennsylvania Hospital
Of Philadelphia, at the request of the dis
trict attorney, and afterward prepared q
report for that officer. In the Judgment OF
the witness, at the time Daley committed
the homicide he was insane, and that he
was In the same condition OF mind at the
time OF the medical examination In the
jail. He gave the opinion at the time OF
the making OF the examination, aud had
seen no reason for changing 1t since. lie
regarded 1t as chronic mania.
On cross examination the witness re-
counted what occurred on the two visits
made to the jail to see Daley, and repeated
portions of the conversations had with him
1t ia expected that the examination will
be concluded to-day.