The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-10
rs DE LION INSANE z
His Son-in-Iaw and an Expert
Declare That He Is.
1hs Cspssin Said 80 BE nssssasa In
tsct 81 HIS wfssss CHASTITY.

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teresE IN the u Lon snssssity case con-
sanaes unaDsted. and CREST crowds are
constantly ia attendance 81 tts eongt
room. The prosecution greatly strength
sned 10 case so42y. The impression rrs-
rssis, ho#gyeg. ina: The jzry vii disagree.
Ia ths forenoon Is Lon paid close at
t<nsEoa 70 sbe proceedings, and tn ths az
tsrneon he Iett the court room and al
losed bis attorney 20 watch his interests.
The character or tbs testimony today.
vas veTy damaging 20 tbs
defence He testified positively. a.
an expert. that De Lion was insane at
ssnes, with = bomicidai mania which
might terminals with fatal results In the
fairly.
Prom the manner in which the isstI.
nony il being drawn out 10 il sp-
parent the case Will not b con
ended for week. In the
rnsan ahsie De Lion gees about town
under tire espionags Of sa officer and con-
yerses with numerous friends In very
rational manner. II is conceded By the
prosecution that he - perfectly sane ex-
esps on one snsisct--shs belief in bis sife's
snAdsilty.
Patrick Lennon. clerk OF the Central
hetel, where DE Lion and his family
usually stopped when IA Port TownSeEd.
testified that the accused last July first
told him 81 Mrs. De Ions anchassity.
be appeared 20 10 jealous OF his
wife. He applied vile epsthets To-
gard bis soa-sn-laS. The accused said
he had reeeived an anonymous letter qaes-
ttoaiDg BIS slie's inAdeiisy. The witness
said hen talking Of ais family
thought lie islon Was insane. On other
tEb}eets he Nas perfectly rational" he
Iaoa was weak. nervous, and when dis
enssinK hts troubles be frequently gave
way 20 tears
r. Z. Robinson, Of Tacoma, De Lions
soa-sn-lAw, WAS called and testified that
ordinarily he considered DE Lion one Of
the must intellectual men he ever saw. At
DE L.oa . solicitation the witness and his
newiv-awdaed wife went TO live o.
De Ions house in Tacoma. A few
days later. without provoeation. he entered
the s9ase aud deliberately nailed up the
pafi0r doors. Witness aud mis- family re-
moved 20 other quarters. Subsequently,
Nhsn the two families were dining at
lie Lions residence, be suddenly iiew into
yaoient rage without any proyocaiion.
Mrs. Robinson prevented her father
from doing violence. He used OBJ
scene and abusive language and
threatened TO XIII the witness.
About four months ago he became con-
WINGED that De Lion doubted his wife's
chastity. lie told witness in Tacoma that
Mrs. De Lion was untrue aud later on re-
tracied the assertion, and said he was
sorry for making such accusations and
also begged the witness pardon for Offend
Ing him at the recent dinnsr. Robinson
told how De Lion snrrsptitioasly got key
20 the front door Of his house, whereby he
could gain admistanes ai any time.
Two or three weeks ago DO Lion CON-
menced 20 take the KeeieJ cure in Seattle.
A few DAYS later he brutality assaulted
and heat his wife at hotel in Seattle.
The witness said that unless De Lion was
cared for he feared q terrible tragedy
would ensue, and that ID would
lie impnssibls 20 avert such a
liomlcidsl calamity il his wife failed 30
confess such infidslity while he was tenn
roFartIy insane. Tie sent telegram 20
Robinson recently, saying, Caught
siandsrer; particulars by mall" on
eFnss-examinatson the witness said that
W. J. Rohde made the complaint
against De Lion after he 1.-THE witnessl
had fiFst filed and withdrawn a similar
complaint. De Lion had managed his
business affairs with marked ability. not
INDUCING In sny wildcat specalatlons.
letter, addressed 70 Robinson by De
Lion. was introduced. which read: II
got her This wifel dead right on one point
where can place her in The penItentiary
81 once" Another letter was introduced
wherein DE Lion ssid he would give
1000 70 become consul general 10 Annoy.
China
Howard Trenholm. an Cd pioneer RES.
dent, said that from personal contact With
De Lion, who repeated the charges against
his wlie, he was convinced that ne was IN.
saas, easing his belief upon irrational con
ytFsations,
L. 3. iiNrthror, yoang druggist who is
new engaged ia the custom house. said
that De Lion had tod him that he had re-
eefYed en- Anonymous letter Atating
that certain psope we're intimate with
his wife. he Lon was addicted 10 the
use Of morphine and atropia and witness
had frequently sold him the drugs VIII.
ness had seen De Lion take from one-half
10 saFee-quarteFs Of a grain OF NOR
rhine at enc injection. Bsrthrop
said iha, De Lion was incapable OF mauae.
tA& as Wv - HAsssss2 ana 1sk&s no believed
him 20 he OF unsoaaa mlad.
Dr.. II. {. Wtllsoa, a practitioner of
taeniv-one years experience, aud who Ia.
been De Lsoe'a family physician for over
sixteen years, was called as an expert vii.
nsss ON insanity. for some years
Wilson had charge % the asy
in1 AZ esetiacoem, sad few
years previous was an attaehe Of an insane
asylum ia New York. lie understandings
declared that ne Lion Vas suffering from a
tnoaomania inSanlty, thas hIs coudftion
hotamensaily ans physically. is iuearable
and that tie tisease val have a tendsnev
&c shorten bis afs. The witness said al
times he Lion vas mentally unsound ana
81 otaeT times DE was apparently sass
lie thought tAas DE llon bad a hoaa{erlal
Insanity and taas hs was dangerous fnan
T. bis family.
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