The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-18
WIDOW OF MILLS VICTIM
PURSUES MILLS WIFE
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drew from the condition in which he
found the defendant and from the de-
PENDANTS statements in regard to his
history were that he was then and had
been for many months before on the
border Inns between sanity and fnsani-
. ty. The defendant could not have
feignsd his condition. He couldn't
have produced these symptoms by an
effort Of his Will.
The witness called the defendant to
the stand and in the presence of the
jury examined him as to the cOndi-
ton Of the re1exes as he had found
them, and at the same time took his
temperature, which was found to be
80 rs.
This condition Of refexes indicate
a perverted state of nutrition OF the
nervOus system; it doesn't indicate in
sanity especially, but a poisoned and
impaired state of the nervous system.
On being asked to state what in the
hypothetical question indicated fnsan-
ity, he answered that Mr. Mills had
an inherited tendency to disease of the
nervous system as indicated by the
condition Of his father and mother and
sisters. When he went to Honolulu
ha worked beyond his strength, and as
a result of it was unable to sleep or
~ EdL d. liG SAEOuIu nave UOUe. IN
that weakened condition he contracted
typhoid fever which was a very severe
case, suffered q. longer time than is
usual in such cases, was in the hospital
four months or longer as a result Of
it: he suffered from post typhoid men,
tai ALTERATION.
Unable to Work.
After returning here. on going to
-rrvrn~ L H.. n
in normal way. His knowledge of
irrigation matters had left him to g.
large extent. He seems to have been
a man who had a very high regard for
the relations between husband and
wife. When he was in this weakened
condition of the nervous system he re-
ceived the severe shock o flearning what
led him 10 believe that his wife had
been untrue to him. For some time af-
ter that he lost much sleep for five or
six days.
At the end of this time he received
another frightful shock on learning
what led him to believe that his friend
had betrayed him, and from this sec
Ond shock he seemed TO have been al
most entirely out of his mind. He
doesn't recall or doesn't have any men,
DRY Of persons or places upon that day
or the succeeding day. His knowledge
Of right or wrong seems to have left
him
Ali this led witness to believe that
Mills was insane and irresponsible up-
on the day that he committed this act
Of homicide The clammy, wet hand
Of the defendant was also a character
istic Of a person suffering from man-
tai alteration. In going through an
insane asylum that III be found
in a great nanV cases
In his opinion the type Of Insanity
from which the defendant seemed to
be suffering was post typhoid mental
alteration. In such cases suicide is
very much more to be feared than any
other form Of violence. From his study
Of CAPTAIN Mills and his history and
investigations into his mental condf-
ton. he would say he belonged TO the
insane type. BY that he meant that
class Of individuals that are likely 20
give way in their mental organization
under extraordinary strain.
Condition In Cheyenne
On dissemination he further tes-
titled that when Mills was in Chey-
enne his mental condition bordersd on
insanity. An impulse to jump over