The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-29

buchanan was formally committed %
tle Napa state Hospital. but before be-
i-C taken -rere. no says he signed checks
0u tre request II his brother for $500. His
brother informed him that tais money
WAS % De- used In fixing his case. Just
loV The money was expended Buchanan
declares he has no positive knowledge Of.
dough he knows that he attorneys IN
-le ease got only SlIlo. His attorneys
we're Richard Beicher OF Marysv;IIe and
lagf- * Forbes n the same city.
In due course Buchanan was removed
20 The asylum ana vas aa exemplary pa
uer- unta the year. AZ the end 0f which
b. Iai been promised his release had
passed ite thcn wrote 20 his brother and
90 Others praying for the promised re-
lease. Finding au his efforts We're fruit
less he sought 20 gain freedom by his own
81. .sical Efforts. lie made several at
temprs AT escape. but each time was soon
recar-Ured. Losing nope IN all other di-
rec-Cus he finally invoked the aid Cf the
courts. and his Efforts even in this direc-
rlo were persist-nuy and bitterly op-
posed ty Dr. Gardner Z was only after
The matter mad been carried 20 the Su-
p-cue Court of the state that he secured
an order O. again have his sanity tried
iG legal manner.
Judge Davis ~ Marysyille when inter
viewed in regard o. the matter. declared
-Ea- he had never made any promise 20
irrercede in behalf Of Buchanan. He
added De- would never consent u have the
charge stricken from the calendar of his
c0lr-. as x would be ~ no avail to do so
. B-chara1 continued insane. while II
he we-e sane be should certainly be made
e. stand trial Tor murder.
District Attorney T.. =. Mcdaniel is
firmly ot tle opinion that Buchanan "a
Ha - - t-sr linz
80 Miles. ard las always been sane. Zee
denies that ha ever aE-eed 70 ALLOW
buchanan 20 De- released az the end Of
years confinement IN the Eapa Asylum.
WHAT h= did agree 10 was 10 consent 70
his release it az the end of a year he Wa
found 90 be- stii insane. He admits that
report on Buchanan condition was
submitted 20 him by Dr. Gardner AT the
expiration Of the year. and that Or. Gard
ner declared Buchanan 10 be stiu insane.
Mcdaniel added that he refused 70 accept
Gardners opinion unsupported; that ne
made other Inquiries and became con-
WINGED that Buchanan was as sane as be
had ever been In his life. Speaking further
of the case Mcdaniel said.
"It was one of the most art.sticaliv
manufactured defeEses Of INSANITY that 7
have any knowledge Of"
AT the sime ot the trial OF Hugh Bu-
LADY from which the defendant was suf-
fering was petit NAL The peculIarities
cf this mental disease are that the brain
tissue gradually decays. the patients con-
diucn becomes rapidly worse and soon
death ensues. 50 far as any OF the at
taches ~ the asylum can see. the mental
condition ot Buchanan has not changed
since the DAY of his Incarceration
Z is customary 20 make a record in
the books OF the institution OF each case
when the patient IS brought 10 the asv-
lum- n the case Of Buchanan the cause
0t his alleged insanity Is given as '.un-
known and the same entry is made
against the class % insanity"
Dr. Gardner has always claimed that
buchanan is unfit 20 be az large. as he
m.Eht suddenly develop symptoms and
tendencies that would make him a men
ace 70 human life. When asked II he
had received any compensation for his
services IN the Buchanan case. when il
was on trial AZ Narysville or Il he had
received any part Of the $500 previously
mentioned. he declined 20 answer. saying
that ~ the proper time and place he
would answer that question IL II were
asked him.
Richard Belcher. who was one of the
attorneys for Buchanan. admitted that he