The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-05-26
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terms in it and she showed me a ward
robe on the east side of the room
which contained thirty fine silk dresses
that she had never had on and never
intended wearing. She said she never
expected to wear any of the dresses
she had in the trunk except a black
satin. one which she wanted TO wear
before she died and desired to be
buried in it. Her manner WAS de-
cidedly peculiar and she kept me
there talking in a wild m nner. She
had to have two injections of morphine
while she was there in order to stand
up to have her measure taken. She
was sane on some subjects and crazy
on others. She should say that her
mind was unsound.
On the cross examination, the wit
ness came very near fainting twice.
Once when she was asked why she
went yelled to the house Of deceased
On Fourth street and once when the
attorney referred to her former hus-
band who had been insane for six
years she broke into tears and left the
witness stand.
Mrs. NJ. j. Jacobs, of Kansas City
dressmaker for women WHO reside
on Third, Fourth and Fifth streets in
Kansas City, and had been for six
years. She first became acquainted
with the deceased in April or May,
1888, at SO WyandOtte street, and
thought she was insane a great deal of
the time. She was so variable In Civ
ing sn order, and the next day she
would countermand the order and say
she had cot given the order ON the
previous day. | considered her insane.
The witness made The startling state
ment that the only Christian people
she had ever met in Kansas City were
the women she found in houses of i'll
repute. She could not understand
her treatment of her mother and i'm
mediate family, who were universally
kind, when compared with tie man
ner in which other d lighters and
mothers in the same business, who
were universally sffec;iCnate. The
expression of her eyes and her gen.
eral action conveyed to the witness
mind that deceased was of unsound
mind. Witness said she was careful
no to be shut up alone with her, as
she would have been afraid of her.
IN THE AFTERNOON.
Mrs. Ida n. Woodward A dress
maker. Knew Sarah E. Brand first
in 1882 or 1883. She came to her
dressmaking establishment. Mrs.
Woodward knew her when she, Sarah
Brand, lived on Main street and later
when she resided on Woodland ave-
nue.. From her general actions
/ regarded her as insane. Her
sudden change from liking to hating
her mother, who was very kind to her,
was one of tn indications which led
the witness to judge her insane The
witness testified that Sarah Brands
mother and sister waited on her
faithfully and kindly during her last
illness.
Ida Talbot, colored, said that she
first became acquainted with Sarah
Brand after DR.. HALEY had per-
formed a surgical operation on her, in
February, 1889. Witness related a
number of incidents which led her to
believe her insane.
FOURTH DAY.
In the Brand will case this morning
the entire time of the court was taken
up in the examination of Mrs. Julia
Lahore, formerly known as Daisy
Brown, a sister of deceased. She
testified at length, giving her family
history and especially the details OF
her sisters life in Kansas City during
the time she was with her covering
a period of some eight years.
she tod with what care and attention
she had guarded her sisters interests.
She gave an account of the accident
received by the deceased and of the
medical attention and trips to various
parts of the country to seek relief.
She said that her injury and the use
of morphine had undoubtedly unbal-
lsnced her mind, and that at the time
the will was made. she was undoubt-
edly insane. She had been intimately
acquainted with her actions before the
accident, and her use of morphine and
the change in her manner after that
was exceedingly marked.
The witness was dressed in black
and there was faint flush on her face
and general subdued and sorrowful
look in her pretty brown eyes. Her
demeanor while on the witness stand
was of the best and her tones had an
exceedingly sorrowful ring. The jury,