The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-05-26

we'll enough acquainted with her sig
nature to positively identify it. He
thought she was perfectly sane In all
those transactions.
DIR. George HALEY testified that he
had been a practicing physician in
Kansas City for 81 years and had
known deceased and had been called
to see her in December, 1885, about
ten days after her injury. She had
been driving a spirited horse which
ran into dray and throwing her out,
the wheel of the dray ran over her at
the hips. / continued to attend her
Jointly with DR.. Michaels, until the end
of the month when she had recovered
sufficiently to get about the house.
She used morphine hypodermically
in small quantities. He had seen her
several times just previous to her
death in January 1890. In the winter
of 1888 he made preparations to per-
form an operation upon her and when
he gave her chloroform she became so
wild that he gave it up. In the later
part of January or the earlier part of
February he performed a partial
operation. She died from Bright's
disease of the kidney. In regard to
morphine he said that she had taken
from 5 to IL grains of morphine in a
day under his direction.
The use of morphine was habitual
with her from the time she com
menced using it and the quantity in
creased from the first. When she
commenced she took from one-half to
three-fourths of a grain, and at the
last she took from three to four grains.
He testified positively that from June
F, 1888 to January 1889 she was insane.
A monimaniac is an insane person.
Her mind was impaired along some
lines. She was in the habit of attiring
herself in the middle of the summer
with heavy winter clothing. first
noticed this on her in the winter %
1887 when found her in a towering
rage and tried to quiet her. She
seemed to be under the impress on
that her relatives wanted her out of
the way to 'get her stuff" The injury
she sustained or the use Of morphine
to which she was addicted was COM
petent to produce insanity.
Persons of fair complexion are more
effected by the use of opium than
dark cOmplexioned persons. Opium
and kindred drugs effect the nerves,
taking from them a strength necessary
while alcoholic liquors effect the
digestion. Both alcohol and opium
has the effect of alternating the family
ties.
Judge Field held short session Of
the circuit court last night in order to
allow the testimony of some of the
experts who could not longer stay
away from their bushes in Kansas
City.
DR.. Willis P. King was placed
upon the stand late in the afternoon
and while he did not claim to kn,w
the deceased, a hypothetical case con-
tanning the facts of her disease, was
stated to him, and he stated without
reserve that he considered the deceas-
ed insane. He was subjected to the
most rigid cross examination in the
evening but the questions put by the
attorneys for the defendant only
served to bring out the fact Of her in
sanity more clearly.
THIRD DAY.
The Brand case presented many
interesting features to-day. Several
witnesses testified to the peculiarities
of deceased, such as having thirty
fine dresses which she had never even
tried on, and nearly 200 dress pat
terms of the finest texture packed
away in Saratoga trunk. How she
also ordered dress that was padded
so it would stand alone and had ON it
% pounds of jets.
A. III. Bryan, of the firm Of Bull
lene, Moore, Emery IL Co., Kansas
City, was the first witness called this
morning. He testified that deceased
was frequent visitor at the store for
several years and that he always was
called upon to wait upon her. She
frequently purchased goods which
were never delivered to her. She
purchased large quantities and left
them to be delivered. He thought
she was insane as did others of the
firm. She would come into the store
in an excited manner and rush from
one part of the store to the other,
looking at goods, never stopping very