The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-13
CLIFFORD CRAZY.
Experts Agree That His
Insanity Is Not
Feigned.
SAYS HE SAW GEN. GRANT
He Has Halluoinations and
Decisions and Is Suffering
From Dementia.

dent of the West Shore Railroad, was re-
sumed in the Oyer and Terminer Court
this morning before Justice L1ppincott ana
Judge Blair. There was a large assort-
ment of insanity experts present, the ma
jority in the interest Of the defendant.
Professor j. Leonard Corning OF Ne"
York and DIR. John D. MeGill are assisting
Prosecutor Erwin.
Clifford was brought over from the jail
by Deputy Sheriff Frank Hague and sat
in the chair ne had occupied during MS
trial. His eyes wandered aimlessly and he
occasionally twirled his fingers. He was
apparently the most unconcerned person
in the court room.
DR.. Romeo F. Chabert of Hoboken was
the first witness called. He testified tnat
he had attended Clifford for severe henl-
orrhages Is or 16 years ago.
DIR. Max Wyler, a graduate of a medi-
cal institution in Germany. and had made
a special study of insanity in 1883 and lss9.
The witness had examined Clifford, and
concluded that he was insane.
you say that Clifford is insane?' asked
Mr.. Erwin.
ST do"
what do you mean by insane?"
81 mean that he doesn't know wrong
from right"
DO you mean that he is completely
insane or only partially soT'
HE is suffering from paretic demen-
tia"
what are the symptoms
HE has Authorizations, decisions and
loss of memory. He is hysterical- HIS
eyes wander. I tested him as to his
memory and powers of perception and
found them defective. He told me he had
sawed wood and also that he had seen
General Grant addressing his army and
a boat going up the Hudson River. He
has had these delusions since he has been
in the Jail. I asked him how General
Grant was dressed and he said he
couldn't remember"
Mention some delusion."
He told me he had bought a large
tract of land in Hoboken and had paid
for it."
What do you mean by a delusion?"
"a false belief"
There are sane decisions and insane
d~elusions?"
Il believe So"
DR.. Byron G.. Van Horne, a graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania, testi-
fed that he had made a speciality of
insanity and had been connected with an
asylum in Frankfort. He had made four
examinations of Clifford in a period of
six weeks and considered him insane.
when did you g~raduate?" asked Mr.
Erwin.
I'm 1896"
Your practice hasn't been very large,
then?'
ST houa bod noncidaroh 1a aynaripnoa
but I don't claim to be an expert like
DR.. Evans. DR.. Evans is the Superin-
tendent of the Morris Plains Asylum
The witness under cross-examination,
testified to the same Authorizations and
delusions as the previous witness. Cliff
ford thought he saw General Grant adj
dressing his army and a boat going up
the Hudson. He thought that people
came to see him and talk to him in the
dark. Clifford told the witness that Gen
eral Grant called him up on the teie-
phone but the wires got out of order and
their conversation was cut off.
How did you test his memory"
81 asked him among other things what
he had for breakfast, and he couldn't tell
me. He didn't remember whether he was
married or unmarried"
Lawyer Dixon objected to a question
and being overruled suggested something
about asking for an exception.
Counsel might as well understand
now" said Justice Lippincott, that no
exceptions will be allowed in this investi-
CATION
rs insanity a disease Of the mind?"
asked Mr.. Erwin.
Partly" replied the witness.
'What do you mean by an insane man?'
s.sOne who is not sane"
"Can you tell US where the seat of the
mind is?"
mo body has ever found out"
as insanity a brain disease or a disease
of that metaphysical entity called the
mind?''
1.-THE brain is diseased and through that
the mind. my opinion is that Clifford is
suffering from paretic dementia."
DR.. Max Hecht of West Hoboken, mad
the defendant and found the
same symptoms as the previous witness.
He was fully convinced that Clifford was
insane that he refused to stay alone with
him. He was also convinced that the
insanity was not feigned.
DR.. Thomas C. Rose, who graduated
from the University of New York in 1866
and is now Town Physician of Wee
hawken. testified that he met Clifford on
the morning of the murder. He met him
on the street and Cliffords told him that
he did not feel well, that he had a pain
in his head. The witness told him to come
to the office and he would give him some
thing. Clifford did not come.
The witness met him two or three times
that day and told him to come to the
nfaca Init he never came The witness
thought then that C1ifford's mind was I'M
Balanced. He has examined the defendant
In the jail and is convinced that he is in
sane.
DR.. Thomas P. Prout, of the Morris
Plains Asylum, was called to the stand
shortly before recess.
". C. 7. U. AT HEDDINe TONIGHT.