Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-12
IS PROBABLY INSANE.
Result Of the Trial Of the Case Of Vim.
NsadOrS for Killing Maggie Driver.
,rcn EXPERT TESTIMONY HEARD.
r,tdcncc shows That the Accused
u,d Iits--Nania I'm the Family
,Yerdict WIN lie Reached To-Day.
The Witnesses.
The Witnesses,

tNerdict WIN lie Reached To-Day.
The Witnesses.
rrs Hastings Court was yesterday the
...re OF a remarkable quantity Of expert
...nony involving the sanity OF william
,,..lors. he young man charged with the
...r.er OF Maggie r.. Driver Several wit
,..s went upon the stand and made
....nanc statements bearing upon the
.rocdon OF epilepsy and mania.
Tho arst person called to the stand yes
..~ay morning when the court convened
.. f0 o'clock was James NJ. Meadors. a
brother Of prisoner at the bar, who tes-
,..l Chat the accused on Chrlsmas-Day
i..- vent TO his sisters house and made
,a.ous threats against him without
.., sensible excuse. The witness admit
-.Itfat Dis brother was a drinking man.
l., said ho did not know to what extent.
ID. Dad always arranged 50 that While
-..aors. The prisoner while painting
.t..lrs and high places, should be tied
ir chair so that ne might not fan out.
Miss Annie Meadors, q tall and rather
handsome brunette and sister OF the
Accused. was called TO the stand, and
stated that her brother had n very bad
,.I.prc 90 six or seven years ago. That
SILL. tGe FIRST time that she knew that ne
v afflicted.
Witness ombellisheG the Christmas-Day
incident told by her brother she saw
OBJ. putty knife and saw her brother bare
Dis breast and jab himself. making
seht wound.
Nss Mcadors told about birthday
parts 40 which Willie had another epilep-
eUt. Christmas. a year the witness said,
willie came home crying and displaying
o. revolver threatening 10 shoot himself.
Al. uas prevailed upon not to do so.
DR. PARKER RECALLED.
u-. VS.. W. Parker. who had testified on
Wednesday. was recalled. and stated that
el..s-ige cigarette-smoking would weaken
Oh. minds of some people.
SIR James Kelly. a brother-in-law of
OBJ. accused. testified that Willie was at
home one evening in the spring OF
r They were sitting on the steps at
th back door when Willie jumped up
ami ran around the house yelling that
some one was after him. He was not
Quoted down for several hours, and had
O. bad look in his eyes for several days.
Ou the cross-cXamination. Mr.. Smith
wanted 90 know If 10 was not an eplepuc
that Willie had on the occasion re-
,rrel 10. Witness said that he didn't
U0w.
Nfs James Kelly a sister Of Meadors,
rat.I that I'm 1891 Willie came home and
cursed and wanted TO assault his brother,
lanes Meadors. She subsequently cor
'-.tel herself saying that this happened
Ie.amber -, 1885, instead Of December p,
4l
lr. Edward j. Faean. who was here
sailed, stated that he first saw the prison.
o. on the night Of the murder.
aaen his attention was attracted to the
E.oou i'm which 1t happened by the report
n the pistol. lie arrived on the scene
mmcdiatoiy after this and ne regarded
NtlIOrs as then crazy drunk. Witness
could not state positively whether
NeadOrs was crazy or drunk.
HAD A FIT IN JAIL.
Dick Clark. negro, was the next wit
1sss. Dick Is n nurse at the city Jail.
and has charge Of a ward at the Jail.
iie said that several weeks ago Meadors
was SICK and that the sickness was an
spleytic fit.
Mr Smith here stopped the questioning
u asking the witness what he was in
lsl for. and 1t was found that he was
iosyiug "a sentence for q felony. Mr..
smith then withdrew his objection, but
later objected on the ground that the
3D. bad happened after the homicide.
Judge Witt said II any objection was TO
y. raised that the main point must be
.aken. The evidence Of a man convicted
'i "a felony was not admissible. and ac-
sorlngly Dick was told TO stand aside
Sir. James Adams was next called TO
lre stand. He was a nurse at the city
M ar wa
morning between and o'clock Meadors
lol spasm. He didn't know just what
DIT, of an attack il was.
on the denomination the witness
yai that Meadors got over the attack
90 "a few minutes after he summoned
ihe doctor. After the tit the prisoner was
very sick for some time.
Str Michael Marion. an officer OF the
.ity JAIL told about a fit Willie had had
GO tae iail similar to epilepsy. He had
l1 Doe held down by several men and
threw the witness against the wall Of
One cell This attack occurred six or
t.ht weeks ago.
WOUNDS on HIS HEAD.
ur Gee. whose testimony created n
great deal Of interest. was then placed
C1 Pee stand by counsel for the defence
Doc pointed out 20 the jury several places
JIM the back OF Meadors's head. where, he
tt.I. there were several scars the result
o blows. These blows had affected his
mind. The Doctor then gave some ex-
port testimony on insanity hereditary
aI otherwise, and found in the accused
Indications of unbalanced mind, which
la cited. Twitching Of the face rolling
upward OF the eyes, and unsteady gait
we've few of the indications. Mca-
c.r.s general nervous system was inn
proved. the Doctor said. The Doctor
examined the prisoners fingers. and
sI That they Were yellow enough for
81 doris 10 have smoked enough cigar
Cite. to have impaired his mind
hr Gee. ON cross-cXamination, stated
uat he had come from Lunenburg
county to Richmond eighteen months ago
having graduated at the Medical College
~ Virginia in lSs2 lie had but a very
limited practice in epileptic cases and in
sanity
nc %. B. Teusler followed Dr. Gee
li That he had examined Meadors.
i thought that his mental condition
Na impaired. lie believed that every
Who committed suicide was insane
I.es.cr made a good witness FOR the
Defence
THINK HE is NOT INSANE
The afternoon session Of the court
'.i until nearly O'Clock. Dr. w. :.
Gordon was placed on the stand I'm re-
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