The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-11-25
INHERITED
INSANITY.
Coles Parents Died Insane
The Tall Thin Man on
the Stand.

1.-THE tall, thin man," who came
to Wilmington on May 18th to see
the cake walkers, was on the stand
Yesterday afternoon in the Cole
murder trial. His testimony GOV.
cred the meeting of Cole opposite
the dental hall on the day in ques.
ton. He said his name was Harry
Barricleau Of Dunbar, Pa. He ad.
mitted he carried the bat from Phil.
adelphia to No. 227 Orange street.
He left Cole on Second street between
Market and King.
MIR. and Mrs. William Robertson
in whose house Cole boarded, be-
lieved he was crazy from overstudy.
Dr. David Haghey, the family
physician of the Coles, proved an
interesting witness and good one
for the defense. Il have been the
physician of the Cole family" said
the Canadian doctor, ''between sew
enteen and twenty years. | have
been practicing since 1865, at which
time | graduated from Queens Col
lege at Kingston. ! am also an ex-
aiming surgeon at the Jail in the
same town in which the Cole family
lieved. | knew John W. Cole, the
father of the prisoner, since 1862
| examined John w. Cole on Deem
Der %, 1878, and certified to his be-
ing insane and had him sent to the
Toronto Insane Asylum. He was
in the Jail when l examined him.
Thinking that he was going to die,
his family took an appeal to the
Government and secured his release.
| examined him again on October
"A, 1870, assisted by Dr.. Capello
and Dr. Mullen. We pronounced
him Il dangerous subject to be at
large. He was violently insane.
He had suffered similar attack
sixteen years before. Mr.. Cole re-
manned in the asylum for about five
years and died in a wagon as he
was being brought home to die.
There is a hereditary tendency to-
wards insanity in the Cole family,
and had trouble with a brother of
the prisoner in which | had to tell
him to stop worrying about GER
tain matter or he would 90 crazy.
Hard study would no doubt make
Montyaloo Cole dcmented tempo
'rarily."
In reply to the questions of the
Attorney General. DR.. Haghey said:
The prisoner father was 66
years old in round numbers at the
time of his death. He was photoI-
rapher when knew him. He had
six children, three boys and three
girls. One son is Il photographer,
one is a florist and the other is there
in the dock. One of the girls is
dead and the other two are married.
Mr.. Coles insanity was on religion.
He imagined that he was the ST.
prcme Being. 1t was the result of
studying the Bible too hard. He
wanted to find out what was on the
other side of the grave, but could
not. He was suffering with gcner-
al insanity, have seen Montylaoo
frequently when he was a child 60
ing about. He was aouict boy and
! only attended him for childish all
mentS.
DR.. John Tuner, of Brempten,
Peel county, Canada, next took the
stand. lie is an old and somewhat
feeble with flowing gray beard.
II knew John W. Cole he said.
land had known him for great
many years. ! helped examine him
in 1879 and gave a certificate that
he was insane. ordered him sent
to Toronto Insane Asylum as a dam
gerous lunatic. He was violent
and insane on all subjects. =
William A. ROUGH, assistant yard
master Of the Pennsylvania railroad
in Pennsylvania, was the next wit
ness. He saw Cole on both Monday
and Tuesday before the murder.
Cole jumped up on the ledge of the
porch, then be stopped and laughed.
He stopped like man thinking.
Then he jumped down. picked up
child and threw it up and down.
He wanted the child to jump off the
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