New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-02
ALL SAY HE IS INSANE.
STRANGE ACTIONS OF E. NJ. FIELD.
EXPERTS AND OTHERS TESTIFY ABOUT HIS
CONDITION.

EXPERTS AND OTHERS TESTIFY ABOUT HIS
CONDITION.
Edward NJ Field was taken before the jury which Is
to determine his mental condition again in the Court
OF oyer and Termner yesterday, and his personal ap-
pearance much the IL has been during the
trial lie sat with his head resting on his hand lns
eyes were closed most Of the time and he paid no at
tentiOn to what was going on about him.
DIR. Landon Carter Gray the first witness. lie
told Of having examined Mr. Field, and he said that
many of the symptoms which he observed could not DO
simulated. For example when he talked with Field
one pupil of his eye d1laled than the other.
lie was asked If he thought that any could do this
Of his own vOlitiOn
lie could make a fortune in a dime-museum If hs
cOuld,' the reply
The witness thought that the prisoner had mel
anchola. Many Of Fields peculiarities, which
have been mentioned before, the subject OF this
witness's testimony. Mr.. NicOll, in the crossex-
animation introduced lot Of medical books again and
put the witness through course of questions about
the different phases OF insanity
DR.. Gray's examination lasted the most Of the fore
noon and after him came Richard Davis, who Is now
d real estate dealer in Harlem. lie was with hr.
Field the occasion Of the seighrde from P1ttselo 70
Williamstown when Field fc1 down nsensibe In the
sleigh. lie corroborated the story which Mrs. Field
told several days ago iie witness stand Of this n'
cdent The witness said that the prisoner on that oc-
casion was like . dog in a til. He frothed at the
mouth. and the witness after wipng of the roth
damned Fields head under the seat and sat on It,
LLOYD NJ Garrison. the clerk in the Office of Charles
". Gould. Fields attorney, said that he had taAeo
with Field a few days before the assignment and MS
attention attracted by the manner VI Field when
he entered the office. lie always made great nofse
and invariably tried TO enter Mr. Goulds private once
unannounced. lie would ring the telephone In vio
lent manner and would begin % discharge a string
Of words without connection or meaning. before his
call was answered. Then he would sit In the once on
other occasions with vacant look on his face and the
tears would roll down his cheeks
Dr. Fitch the expert on insanity, was the next wiz
ness. lie had examined Field In December last and
the witness said that the prisoner at that time had
acute decisions that he being persecuted and the
witness said thai at the same time expression Of
melancholia played about the face OF the prisoner.
He feared bodily harm continually, and be told tho
witness that his enemies had tried to throw him under
a train. The witness thought that the prisoner was
suffering from exhaustion produced by insanity HIS
physical symptoms convinced the witness that He'd
was undoubtedly insane. Mr.. Nicoll cross-examined
this witness as he had done all the Others, at great
length as 10 his knowledge Of insanity generally
Dr. Frank II. Ingraham, one Of the physicians whe
signed the certificate pronouneing Field 10 De lsahs
wis next called When he had examined Field he had
found him extremely emotional. depressed ana ex-
htusted. His pllsc was weak ana f'Ss~
told the witness that one was trying to poison
him. The witness also spoke Of the peculiar iaclai
expression OF Field, and he said that IL had become
more marked since he had first seen him.
DR.. George u. Fowler. the next witness, had ex'
amlned Field in 1857 subject for life Insurance.
lie decided at that time that he was suffering from
nervous diseases which might result in mental disease.
From the exhaustion he thought that there might he
tendency TO Insanity.
James IL. Gore. a detective for the New-lork Gen.
trial Raiihad Company. the next witness ne
told OF an incident at the station at Dobbs Ferry ne
saw Field there one day writing long messages az ts
telegraph office. After writing these hong teesfains
Field would them up and then hnd fault Win inc
telegraph operator for not sending them fled was
errac and would reprimand his coachnlan repeateii
without cause. On several occasions Field lnsstcd
that his cOachman not at the station, Wien Il, d
matter Of fact he there. The witness hai oO
served great change i'm Field In the last seven OF
eight months. He had become gruf and irritable III
tho place Of being pleasant, as he had been Deio'
The witness had never the prisoner under the III
huence Of liquor. 49, r,,s,. a.
John L. Wilkey. the lawyer who drew Fields a..
sgnncnt. was the next witness. lie said that mo
assignment drawn under the instructions OF ~.
Iindey DR.. Lindley had told the witness that tieio
WAS insane, and that the assignment was maze "
prevent him nom tIansacting further business;
At this point the case was adjourned until to-day