The evening world., 1894-05-28
Drs. Macdonald, Flint and Jacob
Testify for Mrs. Fitzgerald
Mrs. Eustis Tells Of the Accused
Woman's S~utferings.
Mrs. Pearsall's Slayer Shows tho
First Signs of Emotion.

will probably be concluded to-day before
Judge Cowing n Part II. OF the Court
OF General Sessions.
Her husband. John j. Fitzgerald, whose
actions with Mrs. Pearsall were the al
legged cause of his wifc's fatal jealousy,
did not make good his assertion Of want
ing to testify in the case.
He did not offer himself as a witness
to-day.
Mrs. Minnie Eustis. Of los West One
Hundred and Second street, who was a
witness for the people at the Coroner's
Inquest, was called as the first witness
this morning for the defense.
In response to the question OF Fred
gerald, she sale she had known Mrs.
Fitzgerald some years.
Late last Summer when Mrs. Eustis
returned from Lakewood, she was star
tied by the appearance of Mrs. Fitz-
gerald.
she looked i'll. Her eyes were dilated
and staring" said the witness. She
was excited and hysterical.
THE first part of September / called
at her home. ] found her very III, nervous
and hysterical. She walked the floor.
wrung her hands, cried and was wild
said she had not slept IN weeks and
thought she was going mad.
Then she told me how, she had dis
covered that her husband had been at a
H,''i WIN hii'Nii'i III az llb WIFE,.
She told a long story. but 1t was inco-
herent and was afraid. tried to
paGify her. | thought she was mad. J
in the same house with her, and i never
knew her to act so before. She said she
feared some people were trying to ruin
her. I could make nothing out of 1t all.
i thought she imagined II ALL"
Mrs. Eustis related incidents Of other
visits to Mrs. Fitzgerald, n said that
the SYMPTOMS of h~ysterla and distraction
were always manifested.
AS she "a her testimony Mrs. FItz-
gerald showed the first signs of emotion.
She moved uneasily. in her chair and
muttered, to herself, holding the back OF
sister, Mrs. MCGOWAN, watched her with
an expression of alarm on her kindlv
face, bat the distracted woman made
no demonstration.
Mrs. Eustis was attended to the witness
chair by a female companion, and sew
eral times her testimony was interrupt
ed to permit the application OF SMELL
like.
She SAND that although Mrs. Fitz-
gerald had always before been a most
could not bear her children. and was
harsh to htem. She was very Respondent
all through September-her dependency
G Gna In n, h4miGidal mania n the
Just before Mrs. Fitzgerald S last child
was born, little Jack, now six years old,
M Sn,S, Eustisi calling or he,' found her
upon her. Mrs. Eustis went down to
Fitzgerald. then holding a fat place in
hte Corporation Counsels office, and en-
%dcavored to get him to attend to the
being turned into the street.
There was absolutely nothing to eat
In her hour at that time" said the wit
sions when Mrs. Fitzgerald had been
served with dispossess notices, and /
have seen her when she was covered
with bruises, due - her husbands vio-
lence. once he had checked her when she
was in a d'iicate condition."
The wit: ess had seen Fitzgerald in a
parl; place restaurant IN 1883 with. a
blonde woman answering the description
of Mrs. Pearsal'.
cross-examined. but did not weaken the
effect Of Mrs, EuSIs's %testirnony.
Or. Charles F. Macdonald, Presiden,
the next witness. He and DR.. Austin
+. Flint were employed by District
Attorney Eicoll last Fail to visit tho
Tombs and make an examination. OF
They reported that Mrs. Fitzgerald was
at the TIM" Of the shooting of Mrs
p%enrsall. and for a long time before
that, insane.
Dr. MacDonaId said that in his judy
ment Mrs. Fitzgerald was insane, SUI.
fering from that form of insanity known
tS~iItl'til'Ilpla SillItTlIlE Win tIt mai
lucination that she was being pcrse,
cuted. 1t had existed for a considerable
number of months"
y d. not think "he was In Q condition
on oct. : to determine right from wrong
nor to judge nationally of tho cOGSe
q~uences OF her act" said Dr. MacDonaic
in reply to tho statutory question.
The report Of the two physicians sal
and that her troubles, partly real anC
partly. %fanciei. had developed mania, an,
u had taken "A homicidal turn scvera
months before, as evidenced by her fire.
children.
Mr.. Davis. who could not consistent,
call other experts to oppose the testi
monv given by h.a own apaoiutces, nov
tooit the anomalous position OF q cross
examiner of hts own expert. rio trie,
to make the Jury question The thorough
ness o. tho examination Of the patient.
But DIR. McDonnld's many. years Of ev
p%eriencc, with It's thousands Of insan
patients, and % simulated insanity, ena
b!Cd him 70 explain all the points. II
said hat many insane patients wer
able to Distinguish between right an,
wrong. bat in this case tho patient
mania was directly due TO the %delus!oH
concerning her victim, and she did no
Or, Austin y. Film. vas even NOR
emphatic In his declaration oi the IRE
spnnsihility of Mrs. Fitzgerald. lie SAT-
a. the time Of thu tragedy and Rad bee
insane for a year nr more before that.
'~undouhtelly sh" knew she was shoo
Ing, although her understanding wa
cloudy. so cloudy and indistinct that
do not think she contemplated or CAV
any Thought to the consequences TO her
self" SAID DR.. Flint on c"ross-examina
ton.
Or. George w. JacohI, OF C63 Madison
avenue, another famous eiioni9t, an,
Professor Of Mental and Nervous DTS
eases I'm the Wo~.rn's Medical College
testified rs to tho results CT cNpHi!na
ton OF Nrs. Fitzgerald. that Ghe was In
sane, and had been for years, She ha,
all tho physical symptoms OF mania
AMI che waG incoheront and fun 0
dclusions. In Or, JacobIa opinion, a
the tine OF the tragedy Mrs, FitzGer
aid was not n condition to permit he
appreciation OF the consequences OF he
act to govern her at all, n was no
competent to distinguish between RICH
and wrong, She was suffering witt
~melancholia. and In that condition com
mltted the tragedy.
Recess.