Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-22

The supplemental report Of the expert COM
mission submitted to the Court in General
Term yesterday afternoon in the matter Of the
inquiry into the mental condition Of Howard J.
Schneider, mention Of which was made in TIE
STAR yesterday, in no way changed the frst
finding Of the commission, that the condemned
man was . sane person, and that his seemingly
stuporous condition and delusions were feigned.
DIR. Hamilton read the supplemental report,
and at its conclusion Chief Justice Bingham
stated that the court would take the case under
advisement and would announce its decision
later. 1t is thought that the decision Of the
court will be delivered on Monday next, and It
Is expected that the courts opinion will be
quite an exhaustive one. While II is generally
believed that the court will confirm the de-
cision reached by the commission-thst
Schneider is not insane-it il thought by some
that in view of the difference of opinion which
existed between the experts for the defense and
those FOR the government that the court will
direct that the man be placed in the Govern
ment Insane Asylum for treatment the e1ecu-
ton being postponed until such Q time a. will
permit a course of thorough treatment.
The supplemental report Of the commission
submitted yesterday afternoon was follows:
Text OF the Report.
In reference to the question Of the honorable
court regarding the following extract from our
report, to witt During our examinations he
manifested a stuporous, spathetic condition
and yacuity Of mind such occurs in certain
long-stsnding insanities under other condi-
tons, we would reply that we believe this ap-
pearance on the part of the prisoner to be
feigned by him It is true that under other
condit ions land by this we mean genuine in
sanity with consistent manifestations and de-
velopment) there is an appearance Of apathy
and stupor such as this man, in our opinion,
Stimulates.
And as a general answer to the questions
submitted to us by the counsel for the petit
honer we wish to say that our opinion in this
case is derived from a study of the behavior Of
the petitioner, Of our own personal tests and
observations and OF the evidence given In court,
aAen !oge,ner ana not Daseo upon any single
will very cbaerfnIIx bousxar snhm;t s9v fnr.
Their facts in our power which will be of service
to the court or petitioners counsel
Instead of answering the questions seriatim
we prefer to answer certain groups covering
certain general topics many of the questions
appearing to us to be irrelevant and immaterial
to the determination Of the existence Of in
sanity.
As To THE QUESTIONS RELATIVE To FIFTH rrc
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smearins Win feeai matter goes 10 sho" that
there Is no element OF dementia in the case or
under determine
ing decisions
THE NATTER or rur n,sco,o prn p,prp
Tba I'd 80. - .-.. s;...-oua, :. -;
N p"Pei' Which, was uisoo'eieu ~ Peu
TONER 3 pail, was examined by DIR. W. NJ. New
of the army medical museum, who investigated
the condition OF the urine and faces. It was
upon information derived from him that
lnaae tne statement In our report that the soiid
80 i.a .-1s y. VIC pan III Mnon 'no
4 large nnn,ber of onestions are asked IA
with regard to our method of examining the
prisoner In answer to all of them we would
say that we applied the tests and made the ex-
aminations which we considered necessary in
the case and we believe that our examinations
were complete and thorough.
fOOD AND SrTRrTIOS
In regard to the general subject of taking
food and whether the petitioner WAS influenced
by his alleged delusious, it would appear to us
from all the evidence and from his hodiIv con-
ditlon that he managed To Obtain a snfi;ciant
smonnt OF nourisbment 10 keen bis body in a
fair condition and We orc ;mnrassed nth tba |
fact thai M no time AID he snffsr or in raol;,Y,
live up TO hi, Allegations that he was noisonei
SO far as refusing food from one person and
taxing II from another 1t would appear that he
was Lneonslsteht LOT ne ave iood Drought by