The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-20


however, never contracted before the
thirtieth year. No other form of chorea
has any tendency to insanity. There
Is no symptom of corea insaniens or
Huntingdon's choiea in Miss Howell.
with any form OF chorca.
DIR. MOTIONS TESTIMONY.
DR.. Morton testified that he grad.
uated from the University of Penn
sylvania In 1866 and since 1856, has
| been connected with the Pennsylvania
hospital In Philadelphia. He is also
! a consulting physician in Wills Eye
hospital: for thirteen years was mcdl-
cal member of the state board OF
charities. and for eleven years chair
man OF its committee on lunacy Dur
Ing his connection with the state board
IL was his duty to visit all the in
sane asylums in the state and he
thereby came In contact with from
seven to nine thousand lunatics an
nually. He Is also frequently called
in by the Philadelphia, courts as an
| expert on insanity.
DIR. Morton went on to say he cS.
amned Miss Howell Jan. 20 last. and
| on two subsequent occasions and hai
| familiarized himself with the pending
case by reading over the testimony.
II have been unable" he declared.
| ito find any evidence of insanity in
| Miss Howell. ON the contrary. she IL
quite remarkable for acuteness of in
| t"llect, and possesses a rather greater
| average of business capacity than the
women ] am accustomed TO meet
d. Chaplin, In telling Of his qual-
! ncatlons as an expert. related that
! he graduated from the jefferson Mcdi.
| cal college in 1858 and has ever since
been connected with hospitals for the
! insane, being Ut present in charge OF
| the Pennsylvania Hospital for the In
sane, in Philadelphia, nn institution
with 40 patients.
MADE \ STUDY OF CASE
| lie made study Of the case of Miss
| Howell when she presented herself at
the hospital Jan. % last. and has seen
her several times since. lie believes
she is perfectly sound in mind. and
| presents not the slightest symptom ot
insanity. He gave it as his firm opin-
ion that she Is fully competent to care
| for herself and her property.
Miss Howell was on the stand at
the opening of the afternoon session
| fer over an hour and did not seem TO
be the least wearied or worried by
! the ordeal. Her cool manner GuicE re-
sponses and general display of vigorous
| intellect would have won the case for
| her. very likely, even without the tes.i-
| mony Of the physicians.
| She went over In detail her dealings
with her brother and. then. comin.,
l a , H., a
ot the present year. said she did not
| know why her relations with Mr.. Dean
should have entered into the presen.
| proceedings. She knew that an ailega-
tion had been made that she proposed
| to turn over half her property to Mr..
| Dean but such a thing was never con-
| sdored by her. She denied that she
went to consult Judge Edwards abou.
| this matter. She visited Judge Ed
wards and during their conversation
the judge asked her If it was true she
intended to marry Mr.. Dean and make
him half-sharer in her property. She
told the judge there was nothing in
the report.
Mr.. Dean came back here Jan. 5. she
went on to say. Her brother was pre-
pairing to bring these proceedings, and
as soon as she heard of it she deter
mined to give Mr.. Dean power OF at
torney to look after her property. She
and Mr.. Dean went to Attorney Price
| office and she told Mr. Price what she
wanted. Mr.. Price drew up the form
| comforting power of attorney and she
went over it carefully ana amended
it by striking out the clauses con-
ferring power to transfer stock, make
notes and draw checks. This left only
such power as would be required IA
look after the collection of rents. roy
alties and the like.
NOT TO BE USED.
| 1t was understood between her and
| Mr. Dean that the paper was not to
be used until after they were married.
The paper was never delivered to Mr..
Dean. She kept it in her desk until
about two weeks ago and then tore t
up. II didn't see any use in keeping
1t, so l tore it up" Miss Howell ex-
planned. They had expected to be mar
ried the following week.
| Did the power of attorney confer
the right to transfer stocks"" Mr.. Tor
rey asked ON cross-eXamlnation.
| NO" Miss Howell answered
| do you know of Dean having at
tempted to exercise the power of at
torney to transfer stocks the day after
the power of attorney paper was drawn
up?"
II do not know OF his having done
this. and do. not believe that he did
it," declared Miss Howell in emphatic,
deliberate tones.
At the morning session the respon-
dent put in the testimony of DR.. w
G. Fulton. DIR. Reed Burns, Or. Luz
wig Wehlau and DR.. S. p. Longstreet
all of whom declared positively that
there was no indication OF insanity il
Miss Howell.
Franklin Howell was called for flir-
ther cross-eXamination by Mr.. Torrey
and upon taking the stand told thai
his sister was wont TO come to his
room in the morning and say: 81
hope you'll come home in an ice box,
and why don't you get a revolver
and shoot yourself"
He further said that his conception
of his sisters insanity was partly
founded on her contemplated marriage
Rev. Keller Improving.