The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-16
LOW is INSANE.
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ago. have been in an asylum since,
and was declared cured
This evidence is admissible" said
Judge Hayden.
How was he in September, 1922"
'Dr. Peer doctored him for his
trouble"
What did he think about your
stocl2-
He thought people were going to kill
the stock, and he thought people talked
to him and that people were hidden in
closets and rooms
How was he in 1898 >"
He went to Fort Scott to school
He stayed a short time and he was
sent home. He was in bad condition
when he came home. He could not
sleep, and wanted to die"
wv hen was he attacked again?"
THAT was in 1896. when he ran for
reelection as county superintendent of
Linn county. and was defeated. He
was not rational for a month";
What happened in 1892"
He was teaching school. He couldn't
teach part of the time. and a member
of the board complained. His wife
taught the school for him for three
weeks. He thought 1 was against him.
and he didn't want me around. He
wouldn't talk to me. I went away and
came back and his wife told me that
he had gotten up in the night out OF
She had the revolver hidden. and threw
1t out of the window. We hid the shot
gun and took the loads out of the re-
vOlver. That day he came driving
home with his horse all foam. He ran
INTO the house. got the revolver. put it
10 his breast and pulled the trigger.
The revolver was unloaded. We had
a struggle to get 1t away from him.
That was the worst spell he had
Did YOU see him when the jury
brought in verdict against him?'
He ran to the jury and congratulated
the Jurymen- ] had kept him up on
medicine the physicians had prescribed"
Prior to that trial was there any
circumstances? %
He was in Jail and wanted me to
give him something he could take"
What did he do at homer
He kicked things about and found
him lying head down in the oats and he
didn't know me-
while he was out on bail this sum-
Some one was with him all the time
but one day he slipped away and
jumped in a pool of water IA feet deep
He could not swim and 1 got him ont.
He fell down and Vomited water when
l got him out. He didn't know me for
two hours. He was unconscious when
got him out"
Did he wander away?''
He was determined to go to iail
Going home from here he got away
from me in Kansas City. He hid in the
depot and l found him. One night at
home he refused to come to bed and ran
away. He wandered 13 miles away We
found him the next day"
What does he think about people
reading his mind2"
He says they look at his forehead
and read his thoughts"
Did you at any time give him any
medicine not prescribed by physicians? ''
NO.
What does your family think about
him?"
My wife and younger son are afraid
for him to come home and the hired
hands have said they would leave if he
came back. This trial is a burden to
he did kill me. I would be better off
than having this hanging over me, but
m trying to be brave and do my best
to do what is right"
Crandan Lowe testified that he had
given no drugs to John Lowe and that
John Lowe could not have secured any.
Srsndall Lowe was crying when he left
the stand
DR.. w. S. Lindsay was called. He
stated that Lowe was insane when ex-
amined by the physicians Tuesday.
Gould Loves condition yesterday
have been produced by taking drugs?''
asked Judge Hayden.
Bromidia in constant doses may
produce maniacal excitement. If given
every four hours for a day it might
have caused his condition"
what did Dr. Grubbs prescribe for
him?"
It understand that Dr. Grubbs
though he had been taking bromidia
and he prescribed that for him"
You think that bromidia might pro-
duce excitement2''
1T might. 1 have seen cases of ex-
citement for two or three days pro-
duced by bromidia 1t brings on
confused state of mind
DR.. L. Y. Grubbs was called and tes-
tined that Lowe was taken to his office
to be examined. He said Lowe Thought
struggled, then became happy and laid
back in the chair" said DR. Grubbs
HE again became excited and again
became passive. He greeted Galen
Nichols cordially. His facial express
sion would Indicate that he was not i'll
his right mental state"
Did he try to get a bother" asked
Mr.. Overmyer.
HE tried to get hold of bottle of
carbOlic acid"
Had you prescribed for him2"
Yes, bromidia-''
DR.. Grubbs thought bromidia would
produce sleep and rot maniacal excite
ment.
At the conclusion of the testimony
the attorneys who represented Lowe in
the murder case stated that additional
witness to substantiate the statements
of Crandau Lowe could be called if
necessary Judge Hayden though no
more testimony was needed and Drs.
Eastman and Davis declared Lowe to
be insane at the present time.
The verdict of the commission that
Lowe is now insane does not have any
thing to do with his trial in the district
court. The commission did not deter
mine that Lowe was sane or insane
when he shot his wife. The verdict was
simply that he is at present insane and
% q ut subject to be confined in an asy-