Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-24

The Peculiar Affections OF
Alice and Freda
DESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN
"A tns Result OF q Perverted Mind
The Remarkable TnAl SuLi
In Progress.

MEMPHIS. July 23.--interesk in the
uiAl Of Alice Mitchell has not Jagged
suring INC hot weather, and large
crowd Was in attendance today. The
stats threw . bomb into tns camp OF
the lasyers for the defense thls morn
ing when Robert Mitchell vas placed
on the stand % establish assumptions
fths hypothetical case - facts Al
tornsy General Peters objected 10 Rob
srs Mitchell telling that Alice had m
formed that sne aud FrsdA Ward had
planned 10 DO married by tie
Rev, Df. Peterson Of thus city.
This WAS ono Of the points
alleged IN the Hypothetical case. Tho
state objected, because that all Ahce
Mitchell said snd did might DO told the
Jury in order 10 enable 10 To pass on
her sanity, but the experts testified IN
the hypothetical case. based on as
suned acts and To prevent the truth OF
tic assumptions by telling what Alice
Mitchell said Was heressy evidence
aud 10 WAS not admissible. The fact
taat Alice now pieads insanity and
cannot nerself testify, nearly all OF the
allegations must fall TO the ground Tor
tae greater part Of them are made IN
her case. On these statements hypo-
thesical case MAS made and eminent
parsons asked II man making sucn
statements could DO sane.
Gait<Aa's Case . Parallel.
THIS case, said General Luke Wright
OF the counsel for Misc Mitchell, 10
parallel TO that OF Charles j. Guiteau.
The court seemed inclined to decide
with the state and Robert Mitchell left
the stand. III the states construction
DO sustained, the testimony OF DIR.
BieIat OF Paris, and DIR. Hammond and
others who formed an opinion on the
hypothetical Case will not be al
lowed 10 60 to the jury. Miss
JOS Ward was recalled and she
testified that Alice told ner she Was IN
love with Harry Balger, . member OF
the local 400. Sne said also that Alice
WAS . member OF the society club and
escorted To ana from 1t by young men.
DIR. h. l.. Sim is the first physician IN
the case. He Is president Il the Mem
phis Medical college and has prscticed
medicine for forty years. He had ex-
ahmed Miss Mitchell. In an interview
be found il almost impossible TO arouse
any emotions IN the young lady.
Love Like . Mans
The physician said it Was clear TO him
this WAS . mutual love between the two
girls such as the love Q man has for 4
woman; such cases are rare, but they
are on record and are recognized by
the profession. After referring to the
insanity Of Mrs Mitchell and the heredl-
tary Transmission of 1t. the doctor
sAid In his opinion Alice Mitchell
Vas crazy and her form Of mania Is
rarely cured. lie stated :hat ne saw
no evidence Of sexual depravity in the
gri, but that such might have existed.
Speaking of the plans of such an insane
victim OF sexual perveraon and the sep
sratson Of her from the object OF her
love, he said the effect would be the
same IS of q man who was thwarted in
his desre to possess woman for his
VIE The attorney general then read
To him the account OF Annie Hindle's
peculiar love, who married woman
and ss her death married another, and
asked DIR. sissis II that was q case Of
mental perversion, but IL it were sexual
perverslon, her passion for her wife was
probably maintained by sexual gratifi-
cation IN peculiar methods. The Wit
ness placed Alice Mitchell's form of
mania in the class OF imperative con-
ceptions. The court asked him Il he
had made q physiological study OF Miss
Mitchell. and be replied he had only
examined a. TO her mental condition.
The case will be taken up Monday.
DR.. Calendar one of the experts IN the
Gltcsu case, will testify.