The morning call., 1894-05-03

to find. Furthermore. she produced pho
tograph Of Harry, which was handed to
the jury for inspection.
Mrs. Gilmore, mairOn at the City Prison,
said she had Mrs. Shaltuck under her care
for soma considerable time after her ar
rest. Mrs. Shattuck conducted herself
well aDd in all ways acted as sane per-
son. There seemed TO be nothing the
matter with her.
Police Surgeon G. b. Soners was called
to contradict the testimony of Truly Shat
tuck and Mrs. Sherman with regard TO
the erysipeas from which Mrs. Shattuck
was alleged To be suffering at the time of
her arrest DR.. Somers said that no signs
of erysipelas appeared on her until two or
three days after her arrest His opinion
at the time had been that Mrs. Shattuck
had received a scratch on the day of the
tragedy, aud that eryslpelas had resulted
therefrOm.
what. then, was Mrs. Shattuck suffer-
ing from ?" asked Mr.. PeixOtto.
''She was in high state OF hysteria."
do yon think she felgned insanity"
81 should think So"
"Will YOU swear that her insanity was
feigned@ demanded Lennon.
mo. will not go so far as to swear
that il was SO"
Then came the most important witness
of The day. DIR. John d. Robertson. The
doctor answered the various questions put
to him with confidence. Questioned upon
the general proposition of insanity, DR..
Robertson said that where there was
hysieria there was certainly no insanity.
"Hystercal penple commit no crimes"
said the doctor. II have never in the course
of my experience known of a case here a
hysterical person turned out criminal.
But, on the other hand. bysteria very
frequently follows crime"
Mr.. Peixotto then cleared his throat and
No. -nA a n
hypothetical question. On and on he ia ked,
reciting the whole facts of the case as
alleged by the prosecution and proved by
testimony, and 1t was not until forty
minutes had passed by that the District
Attorney brought himself TO a standstll
with the question, Would you, doctor, In
such a case consider that person sane or
insane?'
Undoubtedly sane" was the confident
reply. Furthermore DR.. Robertson ven
tured to state that the person described in
Mr. Peixotto's hypothetical question was
evidently a woman OF motive. Through
out her actions ran no trace of anything
unusual. She thought her daughter was
being led asiray and she acted as any other
person might.
How would you have acted in such a
case, doctor?" asked Mr.. Lennon.
II hope [ may never BIO placed in such a
position"
But if YOU were ,?
"'WelI, / don't know what | might do"
returned the doctor cautiously, but in
tone that implied that he would do some
thing desperate.
DR.. Robertson was then subjected to
long and wearisome cross-sX Examination
upon the precise nature of the disease
from which it is alleged that Mrs. Shattuck
was suffering and which was said to have
so affected her brain as to produce insan-
iiy The effect OF this examination was TO
elicit from the witness his conviction that
no such insanity was there. He said that
The disease might be there and might even
have located itself IT. the brain. but Mrs.
Shattuck was decidedly not suffering from
insanity produced by the disease in gues-
ton.
''You are positive of that?"
absolutely certain"
do you agree with authorities on that
question ?"
well, if | am any authority. do"
DR.. Rohertson's examination was not
concluded when the court adjourned,