The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-28

water and nj meeting me at the flying
horses on The night before the tragedy q"
said the witness.
Mrs. Weise nberger was RECALLED and
asked If she noticed ny difference in the
appearance OF Smell on the. morning OF the
18th of August when he came 10 her house.
She said she had noticed no difference
Dr. ID. X. Shu,e was called and the de-
fence promptly objected 10 him as an eX
pert on insanity, and because he had been
in attendance during the morning He
qualified, however. by stating his various
offices in his profession. He saw Smell hc
testified, and made a physical examination
VI him At the isll on August : last The
witness produced a colored diagram Of the
brain. tie st-j.d that he had made an
examination o, the skull Of Smell, aud went
into detailed description Of the dspres
sion near the seat Of the motor area
He was asked TO state what effect this
fracture would have on the brain. and he
replied that II would probably have none
He also stated that an ophthaimoscopic
lest Of the eyes OF the patient had re-
suited in finding them in normal state
He stated that this test was final and most
reliable. He had not found The slightest
traces OF epilepsy ~ the defendant.
Smell Had Not Complained.
Witness said that prior TO the visits Of
the physicians who had examined Smell. he
had not complained OF any ailment. but
That aftorward these complaints had grown
in geomctrical ratio as the visits Of the
physicians were made.
Have yuu formed any opinion OF the
sanity OF the man, DOCTOR" asked Mr.
Could
Il have"
Please state the result OF your opin-
ion
He is a sane man"
The answer was SO decided thai it
created quite a furry in the court room.
ON cross examining DR. Shutc Mr. Tur-
ncr went carefully into the details of the
case, and The witness was asked To cxam-
inc the head OF the defendant. He said
that the depression over the left eye was
only normal and that he had seen many
deeper ones in the dissecting room. The
witness cOntradicied the testimony of
wasting Of the muscles on one side. The
larger side being due to intammatory
lesion
The pulses on both sides are synctro-
nous, but one is lighter than the other be-
cause Of a smaller artery"
This testimony was contradictory of
that OF other experts. The witness had
had . hundred cases Of epilepsy, hut had
never seen one Of psychic EPILEPSY and
said that they are very rare and have only
been recognized by the French and Eng
lish schools very recently.
Mr.. Turner questioned the witness al
length and his answers evoked quite a
sensation in court. Smell was given ut
various times twenty grains of choral
hydrate for insomnia, and on one night
witness gave him common salt in water,
on which night the defendant slept best
of all.
The Therapeutic Value OF salt.
Have you not heard that common salt
Is 4 well recognized remedy for nervous
less?' qucried Mr.. Turner.
The witness said he believed he had
DIR. John u. Chaplin testified that he was
a specialist on insanity. lie has been con-
ncctcd with various insane hospitals ia
New York and Pennsylvania, and Is now
the physician in charge at the pennsylva-
nia Hospital for the Insane a; PhiladeI-
Phia.
lie testified that he had been called in
insanity eases in courts in Philadelphia.
Buffalo. Erie. Washington Harrisburg
and other cities. He had had 4 large nuE-