New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
INSANITY EXPERTS TESTIFY.
THEY REGARD LEVY AS DANGEROUS L'NAi'
CHARACTERISTICS OF PARANolA.

THEY REGARD LEVY As DANGEROUS LuHAliN-
CHARACTERISTICS OF PARANOlA
WI ,,o,,, medical experts in brain and nervous
,,.oosos testified Yesterday when the trial 10 oe-
.erm,ne the mental condition OF Danlei Levy ."a'
resumei before Justice Bischon ana jury III RAJ :
X Trial Term. OF the Supreme Court. De i-a''.e'
XIcou counsel for the prosecution. contends tnat
Levy IS insane single subject. MS lo'e u IA
room years for Mrs Harriet Lehman. Charles r
Holm LEWIS counsel, denies that Levy Is insane
ard GAYS that his love for Mrs. Harriet Lehman
was a mere infatuation. such as sane man might
have.
The frs. witness Dr. Iandon c. Gray VINO
said he had made a study OF mental diseases ana
had written books the subject He was cahei
on behalf OF Levy but said that after an eXainifa
ton of the man last Saturday he had not reached
any conclusion as 10 his mental condition.
DR. Alien Fitch OF Bellevue Hospital testihed that
Levy was suffering from paranoa he 'oid OF
number Of similar cases and said that he examined
and committed Dougherty. who was In love with
Mary Anderson and imagined that she was In love
with him Dougherty had long list OF persons ne
intended 10 kill and he did afterward XIII Dr
Lloyd at the Flatbush Asylum.
"You committed Dougheriy. did you notY' was
asked. Il did. and was very glad when he was
locked up. because he had me on his list" said Dr.
Fitch.
The witness said that persons suffering from
paranoia we're liable to become dangerous at any
,me He defined paranoia fixed and unchan-
ging deluson. In his opinion Levy was insane. and
recovery impossible In such case as LeVys
Dr. H. Valentine Wildman, examiner In lunacy
testified that he had twice examined Levy ana con-
cluded tina, he was suffering from paranoa. lie
said that Levy had irresistible impulse TO fol-
low Mrs Lehman which he could not control even
II he desired 10 do There was danger OF
person with parano!a committing acts or violence,
Dr William A. L. Macy, superintendent OF the
Wards Island Asylum since 1880. testified that per-
.aai xprp liza lie O
themselves or others and TO commit murder or
suicide He declared that levy was insane: .
DR. Allan McI1ane Hamilton, OF NO ~ East
Twenty-ninth-st.. testified that he had seen large
number OF OF paranoia lie sad that tnere
were a large number Of persons At liberty suffering
from parauoa, and that no one knew they were ~
sane The large number Of persons commonly
called crnnks Or. Hamilton SAID. were suffering
from paranoia. by way OF Illustration ne tolu OF
"A certain professional man ,name nov mehtlontul
I'm this city who generally considered sane, VINO
was suffering from paranoia. Or iamlltOn sdiu
that the man In question: who stood hlgn IN MS
profession imagined that his wiie, VINO uIes moi
i've In the citv came to his house at night ana
hlew polson through the keyhole OF the mouse;
The witness had examined Levy ana considered
that he was suffering from paranoia seXuaiis; ne
said IL was mpruden TO allow Levy 10 De at idrse,
as he believed that some Jay lie "ouiu OO''''
some act of violence. IT'D,
William We'll was called in rebuttal and testified
that Slgmund Lehman told him he wouii spehi
every cent he had to put Levy out OF the wa! oi
wife and family. as he was urea OF having ue-
tectVcs to watch Levy L..
Levy was then recalled to the witness stand ny
his counsel He denied that he had ever saiu ne
threats against him. He also said he did not pc
lleva that Mrs. Lehman had any affection LOT nm.
IN. testimony closed ana an appointment
taken until to-day when counsel VIII sum up