St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-18
Some Think Clara BlatZ Is In
sane, While Others Say
She's 0. K.
The Preponderanee of Testi-
mony Is Against Her De-,
fense of CrazineSS.
After Thirteen Days Of Inces-
SAINT Talkingthe Evidence
Is All In.
To-Day the Jury Will Decide
the Fate Of the Red
Handed Cyprian.

the Fate Of the Red
Handed Cyprian.
At last, after thirteen days of jammed
and crowded court rooms, and most
earnest and diligent effort by the coun-
sci for the state and defense alike, the
testimony in the Clara Blatz trial is all
before the court and jury, indelibly
stamped upon the records of the court
and impressed upon the minds of the
great audience which has sat. listened
and recoiled at the obscene part of 1T.
The defense had, it was presumed, all
its testimony in on Saturday evening.
and yesterday morning was occu-
pied in the rebuttal testimony of
the states witnesses. The first witness
called was Officer Conway, who took
the central police station Oh the night
of the arrest. He testified that the pris-
oner had told him in her cell that night
that she was sorry she had killed
Doherty, and that she only intended to
MAIN her victim. The witness said
she spoke nationally on that occasion,
Notwithstanding the excitement of the
moment. Several reporters were placed
upon the stand, and all of them testified
in effect that the prisoner had very
gliby told them all about her motive for
shooting Doherty, and tn at, while she
was sorry he was dead, she didn't care
much, because she expected to
follow him very soon, saying
that she was dying by inches.
Chief Clark took the stand and testified
to having cOnverSed with the prisoner
about twenty minutes at the time of
her arrest. Judging then and now
upon this talk with her, he readily said
he believed her perfectlg sane. She did
not look or act like an insane person
when she arrived at the station in
charge OF Officer Casserly. Her manner
was rational, and she knew enough to
attempt to frame plausible story about
her motives for the killing. The de-
fense tried hard to break the weight of
Chiefs Cfark's testimony by declaring
that he was not an expert, and there
ness said that half handful of COM
mon sense would convince any one of
the prisoners sanity. On that night she
explained her disguise by telling the
officers that after vainly trying to Oh
tain an interview with Doherty, she
took this means of approaching him.
DR.. Talbot Jones took the stand upon the
rebuttal and testified that, at Attorney
Warmers request, he made an eXamina-
ton of the prisoner S condition as to her
sanity or insanity. This was on the 2Sth
of February, the afternoon the inquest
was held; and on that day DR.. Jones,
after long and thorough talk and ex-.
animation, came to the conclusion that
she was perfectly sane. The shooting
occurred on the 27th, and the prisoner
told the doctor much about her early
trials and viciSSitudeS, adding that
she only intended to MAIN and dis
grace Doherty for life, for revenge.
Two months after DR.. Jones had exam
ined the prisoner he told Attorney War
ner that she was perfectly sane and re-
sponsible. DR.. Witherle, who accom-
panied DR.. Jones in his visit to the Jail,
substantially corroborated the forego-
knowledge of her condition then, and
upon the hypothetical statement of
facts presented to former expert wit
nesses, he should say that she was not
insane. DR.. Ancker testified that he
visited the prisoner six times while she
was in Jail, and that he never saw evil
dence of insanity in her manner, speech
or action. He believed now, and always
has, that she was sane on the day of the
shooting. The defense attempted to
minify the weight of witness testl-
mony by series of questions to
the effect that his opinion was
hardly as profoundly correct as if he
would form conclusion upon the skill
and knowledge attained by the practice
of specialist of mental diseases. None
of the witnesses shook under this, how
ever, and all maintained that they were
perfectly competent and conscientious
in their Judgment of the prisoners
mental condition. Everett Bancroft.
the City hotel barkeeper. was called
and testified that he attended a ball at
Market hall one night last December in
company with Doherty. While they
were in the ''wine room" Clara BlatZ
rushed in, and grabbing Doherty by the
arm said:
''YOU ARE THE MAN WANT.
II want you to come hOme." Ban
croft denied having struck the pris-
oner, but said that he held her while
Doherty made his escape to the street.
The prisoner then called an officer, and
Bancroft released her and Joined DOH
erty, who he knew was endeavOring to
rid himself of her. The defense wanted
DIR. W. E. Jones recalled and have him
state further as to his opinion as to the
prisoners condition. The court ruled
that DR.. Jones had testified to his con-
clusiOns upon the hypothetical question
put to him on Saturday, and that the
prisoners condition, according to the
doctors idea upon that question, was
enunciated then.
At2 O'clock DR.. Riggs took the stand
and gave valuable testimony for the
state, setting forth the primary and ex-
citing causes of the various forms of in
sanity. The hypothetical question
was read to the witness and then
his answer waited for, which came
in the confident statement that
the prisoner was sane. s'NOw, DOCTOR"
said Attorney Egan, ''give three reasons
for your opinion of the prisoners san
ity." Before going further it may be
we'll to appreciate the high position
held by the witness in several medical
colleges through the country. The doc
tor has been professor of nervous and
mental diseases for many years, and
knows whereof he speaks when insan-
ity is called into question. The wit
ness, replying to Judge Egan's request,
said After careful enumeration of
the facts in the hypothetical question,
as | said, should, by all means, say
that the prisoner was sane, and must
have been sane prior to and upon the
day of the homicide. In all the ques-