Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-24

""u asked: why did Won striso mo.
never ala you an injury?"
ronshee replied, all OF n trenor: 'J
90 90" , n'eah TO do IT, Mr.. Tinsley. The
SHOWED HOW TWAS DONE.
Mr. Tinsiey was taken to the house
az TINS Juncture. and al the suggestion
witnesses. Foushce showed him how
10 @'a'l"eu the deed was done. lie took
e axe up and struck at a knot, saying
uat the blade glanced therefrom on TO
Mr.. Tinsley's head Witness believed Al
the Time that the blow was an accidental
one and continued so 10 believe until
soushee admitted his guilt. Mr.. Rlves
uio not remember whether Jordon was IN
'he crowd OF boys who were present at
the time the fatal blow was struck. Wit
ness denied that he was present at the
Coroners inquest. While he was on the
stand one OF the Jurors interjected the
question' DO you consider Foushee to
be insane?"
II do not" was the prompt reply.
inc Court promptly ruled this testi-
mOny out.
Inc last witness examined by the prose-
cuuon was Mrs. Tinsley, the widow OF
TIE murdered man. She could throw no
new light on the case. and testified with
"a show of great feeling that her husband
was good and kind man. When the
prosecution rested its case a recess was
taken until $3.50 O'clock
DIR. HODGES DEFINES INSANITY.
consultation Of the attorneys I'm the
case was held in the judges Office, and
IL was after o'clock when the court re-
convened. DR.. J. Allison Hodges. Pro-
fessor of Mental and Nervous Diseases
AT the University College of Medicine
ttsg- Ill. srfrf I'D
by the defence. Asked to define in
sanity, ne said it was a departure from
mans own self, or from his normal
standard. He said there were a multi
phcity OF causes Of insanity. Among
these were mentioned education Goo
much or too little, civilization. drunken
ness. heredty, insane temperament.
chronic diseases, and others. The most
potent cause, he said, was heredity,
while the insane temperament was next
in potency. The percentage of insanity
from heredity was about 90 per cent, as
compared with all other causes. Heredi-
~ was the transmission Of some trait
or disease. An insane temperament, he
explained, was that condition in which
an individual is born of a bad descent,
with a predisposition TO insanity. Every
man, the witness said, has his own
standard of sanity, and it was. there
fore, impossible to judge a mans sanity
by his appearance.
What is the most incorrgible phase
Of insanity" he was asked.
"Monomania.
what is monomania?'
"a form of insanity, which develops
only as to one thing"
rs IL not often the case that men will
be rational on many subjects, and abso-
lutely irrational on one special sub
ject?'
yes"
"Can you ascertain by some particular
act of a man, together with his past
history, which may not have been of an
insane character that he is absolutely
insane 2"
Eyes. sir" Here the witness cited seve-
raj cases Of delusional insanity
HIS ACTION INDICATED INSANITY.
IF boy of IA years of age, without
motive. had committed a cold-blooded
killing, and should state afterwards. 4
was bloodthirsty.' and. If, when being
brought to jail, he should say of his vic
tim, D him. he should have been in
h long ago. would you, or not, say
that those facts would indicate a dis
eased mindY'
"Those features of the case would have
considerable weight, and would indicate
insanity His blood thirstiness and lack
Of remorse are strong features"
"How far does the commission Of sui
eide indicate insanity
Suicide is not an absolute indication
of insanity"
Every man, then, who commits sui
eide. is not necessarily insaneT'
mo, sir"
IF the suicide.Is a child, would you
modify that statement
Il would. sir. Suicide in children is a
very rare thing"
Mr.. Page Intercepted the witness
further on these lines, and then led up
directly to the case under consideration,
making all the questions and answers APP
nlicable thereto The result was that
the testimony, taken as whole, proved
exceedingly favorable to Foushee, and
seemed to have a very marked effect upon
the jury.
Mr.. Sands took the witness in hand
and cross examined him closely. Or.
Hodges maintained that all the evidence
i'm the Foushee case, which was put TO
him i'm a hypothetical manner, went to
show that the boy was irrational and IN
sane.
DIR. MONTEIRO'S VIEWS.
The defence had expected to put DR.. J.
page Massie on the stand, but he did not
annear. and counsel rested their case.
'Fhe prosecution put DR.. Aristides Mon
teiro on the stand to give expert tesu-
mony. He was for number OF years
nbvsician in charge of the male insane al
The hospital at Williamsburg, and mas
during about foSy-four years or praclice
devoted himself TO diseases Of the meIlal
and nervous system. Witness SAID ne hdu
visited Foushee in jail several times, ana
was about to tell. at the instance OF MI
Sands. what the boys condition was theh'
when NIr. Page objected. The Court over
ruled the objection, and an exception was
noted. .,.
"From your knowledge and as a result
NJ vour examination. what is the condi-
ton of the boy?'
"From his sketch of his life given me-
Ia boe had poor environments. He has
,,ooa chances. though. and his mind APP
oears 10 be active. Insanity is always at
tended by paralysis of some organ OF the
bodv. and from a thorough examination
NJ the physical body Of this boy ran 10
6nd any such sign or defect. could as
l'l, no defect in the nervous system,
ana when the nervous and physical sys-
to,o ,e nerfectly sound, the mind is apt 10
be sound. $1,000 49,. 49,,
Tho witness said he examined the boy
thoroughly. and found he was good on
1vinoarithmetical problems, and was pos
eessed of a fairly bright mind. A sound
,,ei,,d he said acts by reason, and the UNI
sound by impulse. Heredity, the physl-
Clan asserted, was the predisposlng cause
of insanity. The lack OF remorse IN
criminal is regarded as sign OF III
sanity. yet great criminals nave never
shown much remorse. win references -
,,ot,yes DIR. Monteiro said that very small
n,otives would affect weak minds, while
=. 80, larger motives to move the strong