The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-29


was going TO take the wagon.
DO you not think man may have
his moral nature corrupted and at the
same time be sae?''
Il belive the moral faculties are
part of the mental faculties"
do you think well developed
mind is a moral mind?"
Yes, sir, generally speaking"
What do you think of Oscar
Wilde?"
oscar may have lived up to his
standard of morality but he may
have d very low stanard. There ara
plenty OF men not highly educated
who are moral men.
when Aaron Burr killed Hamilton
he said he had not committed a crime.
Do you believe he was insane?"
mo. The law at that time permitted Of
dueling and the people upheld il.
Adams-might not Barney Gibbons in
the condition that ne was in have be-
came insane on some other subject"
He might. Any trouble would
have had the same result"
DR.. Cave testified substantially as
follows: Il have had experience with
insane persons and nave treated them
but / do not claim 10 be an expert. L
treated a man less than year ago who
came to me and said he was taken at
times with an almost irresistible d.
had no cause for feeling that way bat
he was afraid he would kill her when
he took one Of those spells. / treated
him and he now says he has no desire
to kill anybody.
Il saw Barney Gibbons two days af-
ter he shot his wife. l went to see
him about the shooting | was at
tending Mrs. Gibbons and we had only
found five balls while there were
eleven holes in her body. l wanted To
know if he had fired six shots. He
did not know how many shots he had
fired.
Il thought Barney was a little off in
his mind. 1 do not believe sane man
would have taken the cha noes he did"
County attorney-'Did Barney have
fear?"
81 do not think he did,
"Was Barney jealous
Yes. Mrs. Gibbons told me that. He
accused her Of intimacy with a young
man that she seldom spoke to. and
when she had ever been alone with
him. ] asked her if Barney was all
right, and she said he seemed possessed
Of devil.
81 have known Barney Gibbons for
eight years. He used to live at Oat-
vile. He was a good citizen then. l
did not have much talk with him for
two years before this happened. His
be. He is different"
DR.. Rent, in answer to questions
by Mr.. Adams, said:
81 was present when DR.. Van Nuys
examined Barney Gibbons. IF he was
not playing a part his mind is not
right. l did not make thorough ex
animation myself. / think he has A
mental delusion, and that was the
start of the moral delirium."
May not n man be sane and yet I'M
able to resist his passions?'
"A well-balanced mind will be able
to control itself"
Il believe Gibbons can now tell right
and wrong. When he blinded his win
dOWs and stopped up the key holes and
got a revolver when there was no DC
casion for it he showed insanity"
Mr.. McGinty, the man who came so
near being murdered ayear ago, was
the first witness put on by County At
torney Davis. He said:
Il have known Barney Gibbons for
twenty years. He farmed my place in
1928. When he was on my place
saw him every day. ! considered him
sane and never heard him complain of
sickness, only cold once in a while
Mr.. Adams:
How many times have you seen him
in the last year,"
Il have seen him several times. Have
Have not seen him frequently in the
last two years"
Prof. st. Clair was the county attor-
ney'S next witness.
He is a phrenologist and examined
Barney Gibbons head several days
ago.
Il found his head tender in the region
of amativenesS. also cOnscientiOusness
which indicated that he had worried
over shmething that he had done.
ANA tiveness was infamed, which was
caused by desire. DestructiVenesS is
large in the man. Conscientiousnes is
large and his impulse has always been
To DO right. Firmness is very large
and he will want To have his own way.
My opinion is that his mind is now
in the same condition that is has al
ways been. only there is a load on his
mind. He is not abnormally selfish,
hut he wants his own way and he cares
little for the feelings of others
Mr.. Adams:
You can feel a mans head and size
him up. can YOU?
u can tell him about as much as he
knows of himself.
How can YOU tell by feeling Of a
mans head whether he is insane?'
1.-THE is insane and imagines he Is
being pursued the bump cf caution viii
be inflamed.'
Suppose a man was hit on the bump
Of caution with brick would it be sore,
and could you tell the ditfrence?'
The examination was continued at
sombe length but the young professor
held his own pretty we'll and the boys
did not have so much fun as they eX-
pected in having a man describe in
sanity from chronological standpoint.
Chris Redman Of Delano township
was sworn and said he had known Bar
1
sidered him Of sound mind. He had
talked with Barney Gibbons about his
family troubles and had asked Barney
If he had any grounds for accusing his
wife when Barney held up his hands
and declared that she was as pure as
the sunshine"
In the cross-examination, however.
Mr.. Redmond admitted that he had
undertaken II restore peace in the
Gibbons household. and he went over
to talk with Barney. but went home and
told his wife that there was something
wrong with Barney's eyes His wife.
he said, told him 10 stay away from
Barney.
Mr.. Davis requested that Barney Glib
hons be put on the stand. but he did
rot ask him anything about the killing.
He very wisely kept him on subjects
that did not excite him in the least.
His testimony IN substance was:
Il came back from Washington in
1891. ! was sick when I was out there
with the grip and confined u my bed
for fur weeks l was not well when l
came hack but had 10 work. l worked
on the streets here while I could get
team work II do I then went down =
Mccormick school and did some work
IN the fall Of 1921 / went II Missouri
and worked on railroad until nearly
Christmas. | thought il would do me
good u rough IL l came from tGere
down into the Indian territory and got