The morning call., 1894-05-02
The Difference Between Feigned
and Real Insanity.
LONG HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS.
ErysipeIas, Its Causes and Effects.
The Defendants Present and
Past Condition.


explained that he had few words to say
to the counsel engaged therein, Attorneys
Peixotto and Lennon.
For some days the prosecuting and de-
Tending counsel had been enlivening the
otherwise somewhat dull proceedings by
engaging in periodical pitched battles in
court. These had at last the undesirable
effect of ruffliDg the Judges serenity. as
well as the manner adopted by either side
in handling witnesses on the stand. Judge
BeIcher announced that he would permit
no more browbeating Of witnesses. nor
would he allow counsel to continue to ask
leading questions.
81 have no doubt" he said, 'that coun.
sci are occasionally SO far carried away by
their zeal as to overstep the bounds of
strict. legal procedure. But the courts
patience has now reached its limit, and l
must instruct counsel on both sides TO ask
fairer questions and in general way to
conduct this trial according to law. With
that lei the trial proceed.
Attorney Lennon then recalled Truly
Shattuck in redirect examination. She
testified that at the time she went away
from home for q week, circumstance
brought out by the prosecution in cross
eXamin alton, she was only II years OF age.
She went to visit friends in Oakland. AT
the time she had only 40 cents in her
pocket.
the defendant, was then called. She said
she knew Harry Poole very we'll. He
used to visit her home on Laguna street.
She first met him at the house on Steven
son street.
blow did Harry Poole usually conduct
himself?"
Always like a gentleman. he acted
very sOeiable."
Witness said that Hairy always called
her grandma" and her daughter ma"
He once bought a turkey for their Thanks
giving dinner On that occasion he said,
Don't tell Truly bought it," That
might have been joke. He was always
Joking" added the old lady.
Asked if she had ever formed or ex-
pressed any opinion as to her daughter
sanity Mrs. Sherman said she had noticed
great change in her daughter since 1885,
Mrs. Shattuck suffered severely from cry
slpelas and complained of pains in her
right side and loins.
Attorney Peixetto objected that the wit
ness was not physician and probably did
not know what erysipelas was. Judge
Belcher tried his hand. ~ on mean. Mrs.
sherman, that you attended your daughter
for some trouble which you thought was
erysipelas?" he suggested.
mo, | DON'T" returned the old lady,
vigorously, Il mean that / treated her for
what our doctor told us was erysipelas."
The witness said that her daughter was
very queer the night before the shooting.
She was moaning and talking nearly all
night.
Mr.. Peixotto commenced his cross
examination with the usual question,
Have you had any training as nurse or
physician ?"
No" was the answer, i've merely
looked after my children when they were
sick"
Mrs. Sherman persisted that on the
night before the shooting her daughter
woke her up with means and wild talk.
She went to Mrs. Shattuck's room and
applied some remedies to s0othe her suf-
ferings. Miss Carney was in bed with
Mrs. Shattuck, but she was sound asleep
and never stirred.
Mr. Lennon wanted 10 ask the witness
on redirect examination what the c0ndi-
ton OF Mrs. Shattuck's appetite was, but
tbs Judge ruled this out as not redirect.
He added significantly that his patience
was exhausted by reason of these irregu-
laritieS.
The defense then commenced calling ex-
pert testimony to show that Mrs. Shattuck
was suffering from serious disease. which
had lately located itself in her brain.
w. j. Gavigan testified that he examined
b.
on Arril IA, and found this was So He
spoke OF the inequality between the pupils
of the eyes, the nervous twitching of the
left evelid, the absence of what he called
the 'knee-jerk," and other evidences OF
what he meant to convey. Acting upon
this supposition ne gave her the requisite
remedies, and his patient had considerably
improved under treatment.
"How long have you been practicing.
doctor ?" asked Mr.. Peixotto in cross
examination.
II was admitted to practice April II of
this year."
How did you come to get this case on
April ZAP"
"Mr. Lennon called upon me and asked
me to visit Mrs. Shattuck."
"Were you acquainted with the Shat
tucEsP"
mo.
"How long had you known Mr.. Len
non ?"
II met him for the first time when was
engaged to attend Mrs. Shattuck."
DR.. Edward c. Webb testified that he
was a specialist on skin diseases. He
examined Mrs. Shattuck a few days ago.
His attention was directed to her throat
and Eye. From what he observed he could
corroborate the testimony OF the last wit
ness. In cross-examination. however, DR..
Webb said he could not positively swear
y.
Shattuck certainly had acute brain trouble
with tumor formation.
DIR. George FL. Martin gave long list of
appointments which he had held during
sixteen years of medical practice, in the
end satisfying both prosecution and the
court that be was qualified to testify upon
the subject of mental and nervous dis
orders. He examined Mrs. Shattuck on
Thursday last and discovered that she was
suffering from disease. BY the process
of percussion he found LESSONS on the brain,
which showed that the disease had settled
there.
Before the noon recess Attorney Lennon
said, in answer to an objection 70 this
testimony, that it was merely preliminary
aud paved the way for hypothetical
question. On that understanding the
Judge allowed it to stand
In the afternoon DR.. henry Damkroeger
testified that four years ago he treated
Mrs. Shattuck for the disease. the traces
of which were discovered by the FORE
going witnesses.
DR.. G. b. Somers OF the Receiving
Hospital said that when he saw the
defendant after the shooting she was in a
high condition of nervous hysteria. He
afterward discovered indubitable evil