The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-06
Five Physicians Are Unanimous
in Their Verdict.
nssAM,ry Plea Ig.rxpc0c1p.
uue1erer AAvan1os AooGAo9 SCR.
inward Gallovvs Seneenee ~
Dea&h Nay De PssseA ToAoy-
lawyers VIII still C>stiaue %
right for His L.6e-Ruwers sf
Strange WRits ana Cieaeney.

Ihsre n no hope for Charles W. Nord-
sseom. the condemned murderer, In the
~ Of insanity. The commission appoint
"a 70 examine into his sanity yesterday
Ncerted him responsible and able to dis
faGutsh right from wrong. Not only this.
but that there has been no change in his
m1.tei condition since his incarceration.
eight years ago.
x4s Eve physicians composing the COM
m1Dgi0n were unanimous In their verdict
Not one dissented- Their Investigation
waA thorough and covered Q period Of
nsns1y two days. dozen or more wit
neoess we're examined In the presence OF
H. prisoner himself. and the physicians
had every opportunity TO note the Iatter's
ovesy action and expression Of counten-
anre. The witnesses were the officers
vho NJ different times had charge OF the
cooufy Jail during Nordstroma imprison-
ment. and who had ample opportunity to
study his character. The report Of the
commission would seem to settle all Ques-
ten - 10 Noristrom's sanity.
'A.js morning Judge Jacobs. who APP
pclutsd tho commission, win be called up
a by Prosecuting Attorney NcE:lroy to
N for the fourth time the date for the
execution Of the sentence OF death i'm.
pod more than seven years ago. Whether
he will do 80 Is a question. Nordstrom's
y
Henry Denning, have not abandoned their
hope Of saving his neck, and VIII no doubt
aVpsar prepared TO resist Ia the utmost
such step. And even u the court does
Ut the fatal day they will without ques-
ton exert every effort To stay. even IL but
temporariiy. the hangman's hard. They
refuse 70 say what legal steps win be
taken. but writs OF habeas corpus and Of
coram nobis and an appeal for executive
cIemency are limited 1T.
he report OF tho commission. which
vas rad tn Judge Jacobs court yestss-
day morning. Is N follows:
10 the Hon. Orange Jacobs. Judge OF
~ Superior Court:
- Our commission. appointed to exam
.4aTles w. Nordstrom a prisoner now
cohined In the King county nil under
til condition to this honorable court. has
psrformed that daty and beg to report as
"fe have made very careful exami-
natiR o. the prisoner and taken the testi-
m0ay OF the sherifs and other officers In
whose custody and under whose observa
ton the said Charles w. Nordstrom has
heen since his incarceration. and We ara
m the unanimous opinion that ne Ia now
II such a condition of mind ~ To- the able
70 distinguish between right and wrong.
And ~ far as we have been able to
cerSsin there has been no material change
IN n mental Condition since his convic-
don. GO. v. CALHOUN,
Foreman.
''F. l.. GODDARD
Emil BORIES.
"a. N. MARION
RUFUS WILLARD"
Mordstrom, In charge of q deputy sher-
q. at inside the rail when the ave COM
Atn@eners, through their foreman. pre-
SteatoA their report Through the reading
- listened with attention and appeared to
eaiie sardonicaliy. Possibly IL was only
nervous twitching Of the muscles OF his
fecA He refused TO talk to anyone IN the
court room or later In HIS cell down In the
I'll
TIE verdict 81 the commission was n
furrFtec 10 many persoh.. even those IA
1it4f with Nordstrom's case. While most
q the latter were not inclined to believe
Nofdstrom insane. they were equally un
pfepared to pronounce him thoroughly
eane and IL was the general opinion
among them that the commissioners would
alcaefe~ or report Nordstsv,n mentally UNI
balanced.
The commissions verdict will be final
With Judge Jacobs as he publicly stated
that he would abide the result OF the ex.
animation and sentence ar not sentences
tnA prisoner TO death, according 10 wheth-
g the commission reported him sane or
Insane