The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15
IlNSANITYCASE'
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me county court was again packed witt
spcctntors yesterday afternoon when Judg
Ss?S shaw resumed the trial Of the case Of tn
r. i etats d Texas VS.. DR.. Furlow, who Il
HI charged with being insane.
K; Dr.. Furlow rat throughout the afternoon
n keeniy alert to every advantage that Nigh
b taken from the witnesses testimony
and frequently made suggestions to Mi
counsel, Mhssrs. Wicks and Burns. The
cruss.eU animation Of the States witnesses
4 by those gentlemen was very adroit and
many things favorable to the idea Of 'ho
4 defendsnt's sanity were brought Out
through admission Of witnesses.
sThf frst witness called for the State
W WIS Mr.. Leon piglow Smith, who testified
4 W ~ Follows know DIR. Furlow. The first
time saw him one day when took
his Acknowledgment and that OF his wife
to contract. | afterward saw him cnce
and he asked me to examine certificate
OF deposit on a bank. told him hour
later that didn't care to examine II. He
seemed to get very mad. He was very OK
cited. He showed me an instrument Of
writing. saying that / had altered 1t and
that be could prove It.. | never saw the
instrument before. From his action he
was either drunk laboring under the in
duence Of powerful opiates or he was crazy.
= opinion IL that he was crazy. | or
Iered him ont OF my office and he then
MeApologi2cd and said who ever had altered
had the instrument must be held responsible
calIedon e the grand jury. On cross eXnmina-
,'','',s Die witness said he was not prepared
munster the defendant was not simply drunk
after passing ext witness for the State was Tracy
drove In thoIe testified "a took trip to An
Thomas nanlt the request OF Hudson & Thomas
and General Jeof some papers. DR.. Furlow saw
afternoon he Wy return and accused me Of never
at the chlmbe ,een to Anderson that | had sold
ted TO tho fooie other side saying that | had
ing out Of reyrNavasota TO sell out; that | went
ocratic party ank there and consummlted the
was in,t1 that he was watching me. | did
tne,tary in iNavasota on my to Anderson and
which NJ, ,ted with the attorneys for The other
.ecent,nr = ! saw Dr. Furlow In the office of
,,on,ros 2on d Thomas frequently. He said
tered me occasion that q large number OF
yort fo ers which we were looking over had all
~ mate, ! forged. He was wild and excited NJ,
ora,,hs aid say: Lool at that! Look at that
q NM forged! lie also said whenever he was
a merS nout to be robbed his lead wife would
70 three times on his collar and he asked
me to come and listen to 1t. | then began
to believe he was crazy. | often met him
so after this and he would always be talking
ABOUT EettlnE some ono = hearts blood,
especially j. L. iTudsons, He would say:
: ! will have Hudson's blood; he ia in
League with Love and tho others to rob
me, and I Will drink his blood saw
him afnin as / was getting on tho elevator;
he drew pistol partly out aud hogan to
side away. jumped into the elevator and
toid the hoy TO 20 down. DR.. l'urlow told
me on another occasion that he had come
very near killing Hudson one hight at the
.ep'tol hntel' NJ hc was standing near the
nAH H..
his wife. who grabbed his arm
On cross-eNamndtou by Mr. Burns Mr.
Dunn testaed that he had eeen drunken
mon act even more foolishly than mad DR.
Furlow
~ q. kittrell, Jr., for the state took
the stand AZ the conclusion of MIR. Dunns
testimony and testified AZ follows:
think know Dr. Furlow. soy, him,
INST about the 81 OF November. He cam.
into Hudson & Thomas office ON that 1av
with contract about some land which
they all signed, He came into rho ofeoo
rev days later. saying that they had gono
INTO league with other lawyers no1 th
flrst National bank OF Nayasota. and d.
W.. ~ =, ~ return or h@ papers, saying
.hal II Mr. hudson sd not turn over Inc
PaPeis by shutdown that no const ouences
would be his own tead Mr. Tndson
.hoh turned over the papers AMI ur Fur
low said; Look here. Hudson, you have
nv. THESE papers lie told me once.
MI hittreli am going 10 all the Very
next man who tries TO rob me- nhis wos
prior to HIS accusation thar Hudson na5
robbed him. think from tie l,ctors NO.
lions that he crazy
On cross examination Mr Kittrell test
i ,,, una, he could not cay positively that
the doctor was crazy that h., was mn ex ner
v" insanity and that ne had seen drunken
men act as foolshly.
nv ;,
i'm t. ,h., u'oh testified; My opin-
.nons,,,a ~ ruriow is mentally ire
o,.....'"' o'1S' my assertion upon this