The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-19
Case Of Homicide Sehopps Goes
to the Jury Today.
INSANITY EXPERTS TESTIFY.
Tive Physicians Say That Alleged
Murderer In UsSsesstenabty In
sane-FormeS Superintendent Of
gteilaceOm AsylaM Rather ueeer-
tstn-The Def~n Aanf sid to he =
Sufferer Frons Iaeipi<nt PsEesis.

The fate OF Tsasisre schopps. the nosrs.~
eide. will rest with tsas jury tDsiay IL may
he that before the ssgn gosz d9an as wiz
hear the verdict Of the twelve usD MO
arc TO be Enc judges 81 bis guilt or ifsFae-
canoe of the murder of HE former sfiefsa,
Gustaye Haxer. the sscensaker.
Yesterday evening AZ s.2 5'esock the
last Of the testimony In the eass ass sub
united To the jury. and today II Dat re-
mains for the lawyers 10 plssad their re-
epectiye sides 81 she case aEd for jsasasH
Jacobs 10 Instruct the jurors as 10 ssas "a.
and their duty 10 the state and the prs
oner IN weighing the svl5ence But 'Sr
the necessary absence Of br. >. h. Lam
erick, one Of iise expert witnesses esalss8 w
the defense, tie @stasd have osea
cIozei yesterday. fJf Limerick Was In at
tendance upon a surgical case winch M
peratiyeiy required his constant presence,
and N spite Of the fact that ssalall army
OF messengers ara baillfts followed him 10
the bedside Of HE patient ne refused TO
come until the danger sas past au1~e
Jacob. upheld him in his refusal aliaoasn
II caused delay Of ssgeTal hours 10 the
trail
Little of interest developed In the testi-
uoaiy, which, both for the defense and for
the state IN rehustal Was principally de-
voted 20 the question OF tas sanity or tsas
prisoner. Admitting that sch9pps trst-
mony was tina truth, Tee physician esiiea
by the state as an expert witness Was
forced To admit thar there were good
grounds for believing ScAopps insane The
prosecution is not prepared To admit. hoH.
ever, tina. everything ScaopEss ilsls tesflilsi
90 regarding his family history ~ rue The
two medical men called for the gefessse TIM
hss1tating!y pronounced sehep5es insane.
The trial began yesterday morning, Win
still on rho stand He testified further re-
gardtng Schopps' ssraDg. actions Ssnopps
bought the revolver used In killing Haser
shop was mex, door. the w.tness said.
When Schopps brought II Into the roam
witness tokingiy asked him what ne had
10 commit; suicide. Schupps s.sngaed and
replied that he had no srei1 .sftrIttiens. and
furthermore had no cartridges for the
Max Kiodt. journeyman tailor. was the
next witness for the defense. He was EN-
psoyei a, the shop where schopps hrst
actions were very peculiar. He found faait
with his toc.s. was erratlc In his manners
and witness thought him crazy
An Expert on Insanity.
Dr. Emil Rofles VAS the FIRST expert wit
Hess called In Schopps behalf. lie vas on
the witneSs stand nearly the whole fore
noon and extanstiseiy examined and cross
examined. The substance % his testimony
Wac that Sehoppa. taking into CONSIDERATION
his anteceianta family history and his
aa. d a. ssnstsy Was o. un v,s.si NM
compelled TO answer many tedious hypo-
fhetIcai Questions aud TO define y half
quarter OF an hour 80 explaining The mean
ing OF the terms 'deitfs3nn itlrsinn ard
"baillisinatioa..' bat the Jurors still looked
puzzled when he got through.
Witness thought defendant Was suffer
or from tnetpiant par.sss. and named gay
erai symptoms shown by him at an exam
days before bs the wlfnsss ane another
physician. Among others was trembling
OF the tongue. which TIE witness regarded
certain Hysnpteni
On the cross-examina.ion Prosecuting
Attorney MeEiroy went into the question
OF impuisive insanity Witness gave in
stances OF that form of the disease. High
tempered and nervous women were fhr
most common sufferers from imlsslsiye In
sanity. he said. He cited cases where such
women had killed dear friends ana reia-
tt1es and then been seized by immediate
and terrible ramorse
Misstag Witness Causes = Delay.
The court adjourned Ia allow the defense
to find DIR. Limerick. the n.xt witness, II
was past o'clock before he finags al
peared and Kave the court notice that
he Was ready tu 90 on the stand. The time
hung heavy the hands of THE lawyers
ard attaches OF the court. An hour WAS
consumed by them in pitching pennies and
finally they went into an adjoining room
ard played solo for two hours more TIRE,
story gees that Prosecuting Attorney Me
fhoy ana hiS aetstty. JOAN =. Hart, wa0
30 cents fran Attorneys Winstock and
Israel
pr. IImerics's testimony was stIs.stsn-
TALLY ia the same effect "a that az itr
lsoties. shoaigh he did not go sn deeply into
the subject of insanity He assisted Or
Rs,rses In making an examination of
schopps AZ the county tail shortly before
tire trial. As result Of that exa4rina-
ton the Witness was convinced that the
defendant WAS insane. Sshs,t-es seemed
tseS4ltei To think that hts ATTORNEYS tss.-
levei him insane. he denied that he had
ever attempted 10 commit Suicide The
witness hal been o pFausicfngr mhvsselan
for twenty years, bur dld not pose as an
expert on insanity.
Tefaks sehapps Morally nrpra,ed
rrnss-csauinesi rT Limerick ouax
strengthened hta former statements srhs
most peculiar fact psSput scAopps' ease