The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-22
OGDEN
THE DILLON TRIAL
Expert TESTIMONIAL Runaway Accident
Safebiowers Make Rich Haul.


Yesterday was the fifth day of the Dill
lon murder trial, and the attendance of
spectators was as large as usual The de-
tense took up the entire day in the exam
ination of witnesses. A portion of the
forenoon and all the afternoon was occu-
pied in the examination of DR.. Foster,
medical expert.
Court convened promptly at 10 o'clock,
and the defendant again took the stand.
He testified: Do not remember Of being in
the Royal Exchange more than once the
night before the tragedy. Remember of
arriving In Ogden. Went TO the Broom
hotel and procured room, and during the
day went to the Hot springs. Have no
springs. Was not feeling good when l was
out there [ was in McManus Bros
saloon several times. Don't remember of
having any trouble there. Remember of
meeting the McManus boys while there.
Do not remember of being troubled with a
lapse of memory while in the McManus
saloon. My experience has been that | am
perfectly rational up to certain point and
then [ am as if l had dropped dead, when
these peculiar sensations come on. Do not
remember of going in or coming
out of McManus' saloon. / believe
l had some business here the last
time / came to Ogden, l ordered some
goods Of the Ogden Liquor company and
sent them home. | recollect ordering suit
of clothes of a tailor on the opposite side of
the street | do not remember meeting
Phillips. Haven't the slightest remem-
brance of anything that happened in the
Broom hotel bar. l bought the pistol in
Browning Bros. store after had been as
saulted / supposed [ had been when
IL I.o%1 i l.
told me [ had. Mir. Fender wanted me to
get out warrant against g man and told
him l didn't want to do it and
didn't want to know the man. Do
not remember Of striking Mr.. McCarty on
the street of Rawlius, or of taking the
watch out of Mr.. Prestou's pocket and
throwing it against the building. Think 1
was in my room in the Broom hotel the
most of the time l was in Ogden. | was
not in a stupor for ten or fifteen days, as l
can recollect some things, and some
things | cannot. [ remember of going into
q Doctors Office to get my face dressed but
don't know where 1t was.
e-direct examination-I have been con-
scious of the fact that had been subject
TO a lapse of memory by finding myself IN
different places and not knowing how I
came there, and of being told so by others.
Have no recollections of putting the boiler
iron on the window of my place of bust
ness; remember only of seeing it there.
L. R. ROGERS
corroborated the testimony given concern
| ing Dlllon's appearance and actions at Ger
tain times.
j. j. FINLEY.
Saw Dillon have a fit in 1888.
JOSEPH NJ MANUs
| non firr,ed tho ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS D;lion,.
cut over the eye and head. l asked him if
he had any valuables and he gave me about
| $500 in paper money which | kept until the
night before he was going to start for San
Francisco. He told me he didn't know
| how be got hurt.
DIR. G. w. FOSTER
was sworn and testified: l reside in Salt
Lake city. have had practical experience
with insane people and have been engaged
in Concord and Taunton, Mass, and the
government hospital at Washington, as
well as other places. Have given special
attention to nervous diseases including in
sanity. Have had experience with epilep-
tics and insanity. One Of the chief causes
of insanity is hereditary descent. Epilep-
tics are considered insane people. Epilepsy
Is transmitted quite often from parent to
child, more frequent from the female par
ent. Authorities differ on that. In
epilepsy, hereditary transmission is the
first predlsposing cause. Perhaps two
thirds of the cases came through these
causes. The effects of the disease attract
the mental functions OF the patient and
produce insanity.
These are brought on sometimes by
trouble and extreme mental excitement, as
well as other causes; symptoms of a slight
lapse OF memory are noticeable in the
attacks, and the patient is generally left in
| In, .,15 rrl,% ~,
ing OF the muscles is evident, and the
patient passes into a deep sleep. 1t is a
rule that they have no conception of what
tranSplres while the attack is on. The
sensation comes on very suddenly. The
patient will have the power of locomotior
ana converses with people, at times, anC
yet not have the slightest conception OF
what transpires Symptoms of a manis
may precede or take the place of an cpl
leptic fit. Epiieptic insanity is considered
the most violent of insanity, and attack!
vary from a few minutes to weeks. In
majority of cases the patient is in perfec
possession of his mental faculties at thu
end OF the attack.
Attacks may come on at night and thu
patient not be aware that something haC
taken place until the next morning. In
stances are numerous where epileptic
have been mistaken for drunken men
Patients are frequently affected with illu
sions and decisions, and in many case
they complain that people are conspirinI
or trying to injure them.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Dr. Foster again took the stand. A num
Der of books, considered authority on sue
diseases In question, were produced. Tht
prosecution objected to them being brough
in as authority. The court thought then
q, not admissible until authority O
= law on the subject was produced
l know Dillon and have made his case
7 special study since about the 1st of July
/ Examined him three times prior to the be
ginning of the trial, in connection with DR.
:. Phelps. Heard Dillon testify on the stand
From the examination and from observa
e ton in the court room, 1 formed the opin
ion he is suffering from epilepsy. l thinl
he was subject Ito an abnormal conscious
ness at the time of the homicide and shortl,
after, and that he was not in condition O
= being responsible for what he did.
Both the prosecution and defense her
/ INDUCED in wrangle and noted objections
} after which authorities on epilepsy wer
read proving and disproving that it nigh
exist without insanity.
Court adjourned, to meet at 10 o'clock tc
morrow morning. The trial will no doub
9 last till Wednesday evening.