Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-21

put, But ASKS CERTAIN INFORMATION on frs
OWN ACCOUNT PHYSICAL CHART OF rHr
PRISONERS CONDITION.
As stated in yesterdays STAR. after the re-
port OF Drs. John II. Chaplin. Allan McI.ans
Hamilton and Chas. l.. Dana the exp.r,s
in insanity appointed by the Court in
General Term In themaiter Of inquiry
as to the mental condition OF Howard
J. Schneider. had been read and filed
in the court yesterday morning. counsel
for the defense were granted permission TO
prepare number of questions Co he
submitted TO the commission. provided
The questions tended % further eniighten
he court in the matter at issue. This
morning counsel for the ses,n.e
submitted a list Of nearly 100 heterogeneous.
which they stated they desired 20 put 60 the
commission. but after an hours examination
mitted the court refused to allow them 10 he
put
LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS
The court met at 10 O'Clock this morning
and: after few minutes delay. Mr.. Wilson
OF counsel for the condemned man
appeared with typewriter copy 81
the lnterrogatfics and handed IL
20 the court. Chief Justice Bingham an
nounced that in order 10 pass upon the ques-
aShr hhtNiAlklN anu lnttlllgtntlN tlN court
would require some time to examine them and
recess for an hour was ordered.
pom the assembling of court after recess
thief Justice Bingham stated that tia. court
had carefully examined the questions. and ex-
planned that the commission had been selected
to throw light on the question at
issue-the present mental condition Of
the prisoner. They were men of learning
and impartiality. The commission had been
appointed as an advisory body. TO better enable
Irf To g.. \.
But the commission had not been brought INTO
court as witnesses, open 10 crOss-eXami-
nation, and the court be ieved that il
would be both unheard of and
nnthought Of procedure 70 permit counsel for
the defense 10 cross-examne the commission
The court found that elght-Tour questions had
been submitted, and 20 the court each and
every one OF the questions appeared TO be in
the nature OF critical crosse xamination Of
the report.
THE QUESTIONS NOT ALLOWED.
To allow them 10 be asked would indefinitely
prolong the inquiry and open up the whole case
again. For such reasons and for others the
court had declined to allow them to be put to
the commission.
The court would. however permit the COM
mission to read the questions and if the com
mission thought from such reading Of them
that they deemed 1t necessary 20 explain their
conclusion or to add supplemental report
they might do so.
Counsel for the defense not obiectng a list
OF the questions was then handed To the COM
mission.
DIR. Hamilton inquired If the court desired
70 further question the commission, ana Judge
Cox. reading from the commissions report ~
publls he'd in yesterdays STAR said he would
Ike the commission 10 more clearly and fully
account Tor what they termed the present
stuporous condition Of the prisoner.
Dr. Hamilton. after a moments consultation
nm fna 900,
that they were able TO answer the question
then. but Chief Justice Bingham thought that the
court had better take a recess until % clock this
afternoon, when the commission might inform
the court whether they could then report ON
the questions submitted by the defense and
also ON the one submitted bv Judge Cox, or
whether they would desire further time IN
which TO do 80. Accordingly the inquiry was
then adjourned until O'Clock
PHYSICAL CHART.
During the morning Or. Hamilton. on be-
half of the commission. filed as a part Of their
report. physical chhrt of the prisoner. pre-
pared by DIR. Dana OF the commission, showing
that ali of the various alleged delusious Of
Schneider developed within months after ms
conviction. The chart Is quite a novelty in
this that it is the first of its kind ever pre-
pared In a case Of this nature
WHAT THE CHART SHOWED
The chart showed the development of the
various symptoms, beginning in April. 1882
with neglect Of person. This was followed
rapidly by the following all the symptoms hay-
ing been developed by the latter part of August:
Refusal OF food. taciturnity, delusion Of poison
ing. delusion of a translating machine d.lnsiou
OF cold air blown on him "a. deluslau
of electrical invention Ito remove poison.
delusions of suspicion against brothers. &c. of
people coming in CELL authorizations of sight
faces and hearing (people at window talking.
dali faf l.as.. 81.
in tobacco habit. insomnia. herbetude. loss
Of memory. loss Of weight. nine pounds
At 3 O'Clock the commission submitted their
report to the court and in il they do not in any
way change their opinion as to schneiderIs
sanity.