The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-24

He did not think there wss any saeh
thing ~ moral insanity. AZ this point
the noon recess mas taken. When court
convened again 1t ID the witness took
the stand again. In his opinion insanity
Of pregnancy Vas peculiar 20 the early
stages Of pregnancy: that Is. the disturb
ing causes were more active in the early
stages. The deseAdant's having been
subject 20 epileptic cts would tend
80 develop insanity OF pregnancy.
He would b disposed TO doubt the sanity
Of any person Who would commit suicide
or murder. The distraction between great
passion and insanity, he said. IS that the
passion il under control Of the mind OF the
person. When the passion becomes I'M
consroIlsble it 10 insanity. That point was
probably reached in the struggle for the
revolver in this case. and the defendant
Vas insane from that time
"well, then. Doctor" said Mr. Miller. ~ that
II the case. you would consider bosh the dsfsod-
ant and Mr. Boyd insane. would you notf' II
sm nos certain but shsy ws1s both iasanes ~Do
persons in iusanity OF this kind often faint like
the defendant on the night OF the MURDER II
an not at I'll certain thst IL was not an spiisrstc
ct and not . fainstng spell"
'wsi', now, are you not one Of thsss psrsens.
different degrees OF inanisyr' ''Oh. no.
tank there are some zane psssons: you and l,
for instance"
This reply set the court room into roar
of laughter, and Mr.. Miller decided to dis
pense with the witness testimony on
other phases Of the phenomena Of in
sanity.
DR.. C. A. Walsh was called by Mr.. Piles.
He testified that he had had large ex-
perience with diseases of women and chill
dren and with insanity Of pregnancy. He
did not profess to understand the. bother
forms of insanity in other than general
way. Thought the defendant had been
afflicted with that form of insanity for
some time previous to tine alleged homi-
rated tine usual symptoms Of pregnancy.
among them one which he thought had
been the cause Of the defendants insanity
and invariably causes insanity II not at
tended to very carefully. Loss Of memory
was also symptom. It was present in
the defendants case when che lost all
memory Of events subsequent to the firing
of the third shot.
The prosecution made strong effort to
break the witness down on this point by
pointing to the remarkable memory Of all
events prior to and with the exception of
. short time after the shooting. The Wit
ness would not say that loss Of memory
was always present in cases of insanity Of
pregnancy; it was simply . usual symp-
tom. He would consider the treatment Of
the defendant sufficient to cause insanity
without considering that she was preg-
nant. He would consider person in
state of extreme anger insane.
n. G. Richards. of Tacoma. q law part
ner of +. 7. Cunning. administrator of
Boyd's estate. was placed on the stand
and produced the letters written by the
defendant to Mr.. Boyd. They had been
turned over to him by Mr.. Dunning some
time ago. The witness did not know
why this was done. produce the let
ters. said Mr. Piles. The witness reached
down, raised little valise and took from
it four large bundles of letters tied with
ribbons. rubber bands and strings. ''Is
that ALL" said Piles. and q litter ran
through the room. Mr.. Piles asked for
little time to look over the correspond
encc, which the court would not allow.
Mr.. Miller made an objection also. saying
that II all OF the letters were read it would
take four months to try the cause. Mr..
Piles introduced number of the letters.
which he had selected, in evidence, and tho
others were ruled out. The court did not
give time for reading the letters. but an
nounced that the trial would proceed.
The next witnesses to be called were
Drs. L. r. Dawson and r. b. NJ. Miller.
Neither was in the room, and on this fact
being made plain. Mr.. Piles rose and said,
IF We are allowed a little time we will
get these witnesses here. They are very
material to our case" Judge Humes
merely said, "Call your next Witness"
well then. your honor. we will be COM
PEELED to rest our case ii We can't have q
little time" "Call your next Witness"
1--WE rest" said Piles.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Mcbride,
assistant prosecuting attorney. made an
earnest argument to the jury. in which
the principal point was that the defense
had not proved insanity, and that the
prosecution had made gu: as good case
as the defense on the other plea, self
protection. He would not give a snap
for testimony Of medical experts. AS
for the character of the parties he
ihoughtit was six of one and half dozen
of the other. Mr.. McBride's argument,
while delivered with great force. lacked
the ''steam" and tiuency which usually
characterizcs his jury talks. and it was
evident that he was greatly discouraged by
the status of the case.
Mr.. Martin. senios counsel for the de-
Tense. made long speech. mostly defend
ing the character Of the defendant. The
court, on the finishing of this argument,
took a recess until 7:3o. When court was
at q ha vii
the aisles and even the tables inside the bar
and the vacant space around the Judge 9
desk we're crowded with spectators. II
was impossible. 10 move inside the room,
and outside q mob was lighting TO gain ad-
mission.
Mr.. Piles. for the defense, opened with
his argument: TO the jury, anu made a
powerful speech. lasting nearly two hours.
lie opened 10y saying that il was a very
peculiar case aud then commenced to re-
view the life of Boyd in a manner calcu-
lated TO make him turn in his grave. He
depicted him as "A man 50 low, so base. so
vie. that he did not deserve 10 live on the
earth. He had gone about in; y the homes
OF the best and nobcst OF the land ana,
had been made welcome. In spite ot all
his good training. in spite OF the fact ,ha,
he had been born with a silver spoon in
his mouth. Boyd had never had even the
instincts Of gentleman. He had alxays
chosen his associates from low So
cieiy. and In face of the fact that
he Was well educated. had never made a
stag lie noble use Of his opportunities.
When he hal met the defendant. he took
her from the hoase where she was stav.
ing and got her TO live with him. lie al
worked on the girls sympashies in every