New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-29
d MEDIclL ExPERr NEATLY TRAPPED.
AMUSING SCENE AT THE RAwsoN TRIAL-THE
DOCTOR A WITNESS FOR GUITEAU.

DOCTOR A WITNESS FOR GUTTEAU.
Chicago, jan os.-The trial of Mrs. Rawson for
shooting the lawyer Of her millionaire husband for
sailing her character ended this afternoon so far as
the hearing Of testimony Is concerned The feature
Oh 'he day was the ludcrous trap into which fell one
ei The noted experts who were put on the stand 10
show that she was not insane. The victim DIR.
d. j. Herman HIS testimony notable, too. for its
rather sensational bearing the evidence which sent
President Garneld's slayer to the galows Mrs. Raw
sons lawyer, se Crews. had asked the witness II he
ala not testify al the Guteau trial that the assassin
Insane. lie said he did. sull," said the lawyer,
Gutleau was hangeds
Yes, but the experts who swore that he was sane
pefjured themselves They gave testimony contrary
ID their own writings. / want TO say, too, that
era OF them have since been dismissed from the In
sttuton which they controlled for Encouragement
Those socaled doctors medical politicians who test
fed for the prosecution In that case, were paid by the
Government, while the experts for the defence were
dragged to Washington by the Government and got
nohlngS
After this outbreak on the Guteau case, Mr. Crews
picked up book which he said was Rays Medical
Jurisprudence
Now, Doctor he said, in bland way, " want to
read yon two cases which read to the experts who
testified before you. They are as follows: * ia
woman, age forty years; cause Of attack great do
nestle trouble She was woman Of quick active,
strong mind, and known among that class Of women
as strong minded. The physician In charge OF the
hospital asked how many women Of such mind
could become insane and replied She could not bend
hence she brole.p
"A IA woman Of very active, strong mind, and
OF highly nervous and excItabe temperament This
case like the preceding one, was the result Of do
nestle difficulties OF uylng character. which had
mortified her greatly She had shown suicidal tendon
c!es, but her friends had supposed those
She had shown great excitement at times, fol
lowed by great prostratOn. The excitement was
aroused on the mention of the name OF woman she
supposed her husband 10 have been Intimate with.
The became incnraby insane"
Dr. kemau thought the lawyer was reading from
The book but those who were sitting behind Mr. Crews
saw that he had two sheets OF manuscript closely
written, inside the volume.
That first case you read" said tho expert.
remember very we'll. | have read ~, but that was
chronic case OF hysterical insanity"
Look here, DociOr,"@ said Mr. Crews, taking tho
two sheets Of paper ont OF the book and handing
them 10 the witness. these cases are not IN the
book, nor IN any book l made them mp MYSELF
Tho Doctors face became very red when he saw
what a trap he had walked into
They are very similar, Mr. Crews he said, =" 10
many cases in the books Ina their general features
Mr.. Crews said be had based his fictitious cases en-
tircly on Mrs. RawsOn's history and symptoms.
The Doctor was allowed 10 depart, while Mrs Raw
lay back In her chair and laughed until the tears
ran down her cheeks.