Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-08-15

The doctor was asked if the aura was
present, as Barry testified to his opin-
ion as to sanity would not change, and
said he should want to inquire further
as to whether the victim was ignorant
and superstitious, and as to whether
he could control his 'delusions or if
others could argue them out of him.
Mr.. Bangs inquired if man of Bar
RVS size should become afraid of a
man of NIelen's size, should see devils
and hear noises and fear for his life,
and bar himself in a room and hold
the door, ETC., what would witness
consider him.
ga nervous, apprehensive man, y
was the reply.
A laugh ran around the room and
the defense abruptly left DR.. Moore
where he was.
The state again took the witness in
hand and got a statement that he had
never known case where in the post
epileptc state a man transacted
ordinary business, and yet his mind
be a blank.
Alonzo Fee, whose farm adjoins that
of Barry, saw Barry Jan. 4, the next
day after the murder, and Barry said
he could not 60 out to the farm for a
couple of days, adding: 'I'd 20 crazy
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At the same meeting, when witness
asked Barry about the tragedy, Barry
said:
"When l went out to the barn did
not intend to kill him, but he fought
me SO hard l couldn't get the rope on
him, and when I got him down ! wa
afraid to let up on him for fear he'd
kill me. He run me once in harvest
time with a fork"
Defendant told witness that Tom
Barry had said: II didn't think you
could commit such a cold-blooded
murder" to which William said he
had replied: ''When this is investi-
gated you'll find there's a good deal OF
hot blood in it,
Witness said again in March, in
Jail, Barry repeated these statements.
AS these words fell from Fees lips
Barry said under his breath:
'It's lie. -
"Keep still, keep STILL" interposed
Barry's counsel.
Witness gave his opinion that Barry
was sane.
The records in the case OF Mary Ann
Barry of Milton, Cavalier county,
show that she was admitted to the
asylum January 6, 1901. She was ac-
companied here by her brother, ThoS.
Barry of Osnabrock. She was one OF
twelve children and had one brother
and two aunts insane. She had been
treated in an asylum in London, Ont,
for insanity. She had for a number
Of years been housekeeper for her
brother William at Milton. When
received at the asylum, Miss Barry
had three fingers on her right hand
and two on her left frozen. Her ears
were considerably, and feet Slightly
affected by the cold, as result of her
away from home and spend
ing considerable time out on the
night Of the murder. Her hands be-
came better shortly after her arrival
at the asylum. During her stay in
the asylum she was in a state Of agi-
tated melancholia, with occasional
violent periods during one of which
she attempted to choke her nurse, and
during another attempted to strike
another patient. At other times she
was quite manageable. She suffered
from sleeplessness and at times re-
fused to take any food voluntarily,
having to be given liquid food by
means of tube to her stomach. Feb.
3, 1901, she developed high tempera-
ture and rapid pulse but resisted all
to examine the organs OF her
chest, making it very difficult to make
a satisfactory diagnosis of her condi-
tion. During the night some improve
ment, as far as temperature and pulse
were concerned, was noticed and the
patient drank two glasses OF milk vol
The next morning the pa
tient was somewhat excited, talking
so loudly as to be heard some distance
from the room in which she was in
bed. At about 7:30 the nurse noticed
that the talking had ceased and on
stepping into the room, from which
she had been absent few minutes,
found that Miss Barry had expired.
At the autopsy held subsequently,
conditions were found to sub
Stantiate the statements upon which
her brother, William, based his belief
Of her having been wronged by An
drew Mellen. Heart clots. which
accounted for her sudden
death, and acute pleurisy had been in
existence probably from the beginning
Of acute temperature.
In the trial of William Barry at
LangdOn, for the murder OF Mellen,
no testimony in regard to the condi-
tion of his sister was introduced, al
though it might have helped Barrys
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