The evening world., 1894-05-28
SAY She WAS INSANE.
Drs Macdonald, Flint and jacob
Testify for Mrs. Fitzgerald
Mrs. Eustis Tells Of the Accused
Woman's S~ufferings.
Evidence All In and Summing Up
Begins To-Morrow.

Ire taking or testimony In the trial
OF Mrs. Catherine M, Fltssernld ior
shooting MRS, Carrie Carrie r, rears coa,r was is
concludes TO-DAY before Judge cowins III
Part III. OF the Court OF General
Sessions.
Hundred and Second street, who was a
witness for the people at the Coroner's
,,oua,, no, oo,,aa no tho aret witness
niue' q 80
THIS morning Tor the defense'
In response to the question OF Fred
~ ~ " - a.
gerald, she sale she had known MIS-
Fitzgerald some years.
Late last summer when Mrs. hustls
returned from Lakewood sne was star
tied by the appearance Of Mrs. Fitz-
Eernio.
She looked III. Her eyes were oilateu
and staring" said the witness. "she
was eAcl'eo anu hss'eiicai
The first part OF september 1 caiieu
and ,n..a.,oa, en- u,,reS the floor
anu hys'ericai' one "a'Ae' Nv ~
wrung her hands, cried ana was WIG
eyed. She held her hands to her head,
au II nau Nv. seh ~ ~
Then she told me how she had dis
| @,.A.al .Lot LAu ,,,Ia M bad hnnr q 4 q
hotel with another woman as his wife.
she told a long story, put " was lnco-
herent and was AFRAID. tflcd 10
pacify her. thought she was mao.
had known her Tor many years, lved
IN the same house with her. ana l never
feared some people were trying to ruin
her. l could make nothing out or II all.
l thought she imagined 1t all
gerald showed the first signs of emotion;
She moved uneasi!y, in her chair and
muttered, to herself, holding the back 81
sister, Mrs. MCGOWAN, watched her with
an expression OF alarm. on her kindly
face. but the distracted woman made
Or. Carlos F. Macdonald, President
Of the State Commission In Lnnacy, was
the next witness. He and Dr.. Austin
Attorney Nicoll last Fall to visit the
Tombs and make an examination OF
Mrs. Fitzgeraid's mental condition.
at the time Of the shooting OF Mrs.
Pearsall. and for a long time before
that, insane. -
ment Mrs, Fitzgerald was Insane, suf-
fering from that form Of insanity known
as meiancholia: suffering with the nal
lucination that she was being ,perse-
cuted. 1t had existed for a considerable
number OF months
Il do not think she was In a condition
oi ~ . ~ l INV lSht v "ioiiS,
auences % her act said DR.. Macdonald
in reply to the statut9sy question;
call other experts to oppose the testi-
mony given by his own ap%pointees, now
! took the anomalous position of a cross,
to make the jury question the thorough
ness Of the examination Of the patient.
DR.; Austin =. Flint was even more
emphatic In his deciaration Of the IRE,
SDOnSlbl1ty or Mrs, FITZGERALD, HI SAID
at the time OF the tragedy and had been
'" ~sumdo1btedi ysI she knew mSvV she Re' was t Shoot
ing, although her understanding, was
cloudy, so cloudy and indistinct that I
aDy n tSoa ssink to sh the '%S eonsaaaeneas or to f hste
self" said DIR. Flint on c~ross-examina-
ton.
avenue nri eeG aseth her ' famous 81 ai THs and
Professor of Mental and Nervous Dis
eases in the Women's Medical College.
ton Of Mrs. Fitzgerald, that she was in
sane, and had been for years. She had
all the physical symptoms Of mania;
a the time of IT the er tragedy sssGS' Mrs. sp'1 Fitzse r.
aid was not in a condition to permit her
appreciation of the consequences or her
, act to govern her at all, and was not
competent to distinguish between right
and wrong. She was suffering with
meiancholla, ana IN that coHuitoh coil-
, mitted the tragedy.
/, DR. Langdon C. Gray. professor In
] mental diseases at the College of Physi
t Chang and Surgeons and Chairman of
2 the conference of medical men Of the
> United States, soon to meet IN wash
lngton, destined after recess tnat ne De
: sponsible at the time Of the tragedy and
: for a long time before and after 1t.
I To another question he said:
"I examined Mrs. Fitzgerald again las
: week and l found her sanity restored
, though she yet has a tendency to delu'
sions.'
DIR. Charles L. Dana was the NTH Of
the scientists to testify that Mrs. t1tz,
gerald was insane and not to be heiC
!. accountable for shooting Mrs. Pearsall IT
a homicidal turf Of her mental disorder
DIR. Dana's observations OF Mrs
h Fitzgerald began Oct. II, nine days aftel
the shooting. He was positive that OF
Oct. 2 she was utterly incapable OF DIS
tinpuishing between rght and WRONG