The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

relatives We're not MS friends. One
time he came with his wife to our
( house to stay all night and shortly
after his team was put in the stable
/ he suddenly said they would go home.
He would come to borrow things and
would go away without taking them. -
Were you well acquainted with
Johns wife?" asked Judge West.
Yes"
We're they anectionate?"
DO you know Johns mother?"
Yes
What is her condition mentally?"
7 don't think she Is of sound mind -
On cross examination Attorney
+ Nichols said, How is Mrs. Lowe in
sane %
She does not answer questions or
pay attention to what is said to her, -
said Mrs Evans.
Were YOU for Lowe when he wanted
to be county supervisor even If he was
insane?"
Yes, the Pops said he was insane"
Albert Evans, husband of the previ-
Gus witness, was called. He said he had
noticed that John Lowe looked ramb-
ling out of the eyes. He took no heed to
conversation
Did you do the chores for the loves
at any timer
Yes, I did. I stayed around their
place several times because John Lowe
said he had a grudge against his father.
-Four years ago he said once if he could
get revolver he would put an end to
himself
Did John ever hold any conversation
with himself?''
Yes, ne would go into the orchard
and take off his hat and speak pieces.
He would talk so loud he could be heard
a mile. Other times at night he would
imagine that he was being robbed"
On cross examination Attorney Mich
OILS said: Did you vote for John Lowe
for county superintendent"
e--.sI
Have you any children of your
own?'s
Had you noticed before you voted
for him that he was wrong in his
mind2"
Yes"
ttDid you want an insane man to have
charge OF the school where your chill
dren went?"
I didn't think about it,
Did you vote for him for reelection"
NO. l voted the Populist ticket that
time" The crowd in the court room
and the jury INDUCED in a laugh.
Edward Honey. of Linn county, teSti-
fed that he went to school to Lowe. AT
one time Lowe said, Let's go down to
the creek. I'll go crazy if I stay here
We stayed at the creek awhile and went
back. He dismissed school about 3
o'clock. He told me to stay a short time.
He said to me. Take your books and
study and make a man of yourself If
you never see me again hope we will
meet IN Heaven
DR.. L. L. This. superintendent of the
Osawatonie insane asylum. was the
next witness called.
is there a form of insanity known as
melanehoha? ?" asked Judge Allen.
Yes, sir" replied DR.. Uhls.
do headaches and sleeplessness ac-
company that form of insanity"
Generally, but not always complained
Of"
what is the rule of inheriting insan-
I'VE say that the tendency to insanity
is often inherited.
an the form Of insanity called melan.
cholia is there tendency to insanity
VERY often
Judge Allen put hypothetical ques~
ton concerning Loves case, calling at
tention to insanity in the family his
sickness at school. suspicion and fears /
and his desire to take his own life, and
shown that after a spell tried to take /
his own life. would you consider the
man insane?"
The statements being true I would /
not consider the man Of sound mind /
said DR. Uh1s.
Would that be a cause for him TAX
ing his own life2"
Not knowing any other reason, I |
should say that might be the cause"
Are people sometimes insane for I
time and rational be called insane?''
Yes
OILS hypothecated the suspicion held by I
Lowe against his wife. his jealousy of I
Misner, and his shooting her, and asked T
if at the time of the shooting the man
would be responsible
1t would be impossible to say said T
DR.. this
DO you know ]. c. Lowe?'
Yes, he was brought to the asylum -
Did you see him Often?'
I'VE object" said Judge Allen "'as not
being proper examination"
The objection was sustained by judge
Ha=en.
Nichols stated that DR.. This wished
to go home and that he did not wish
him to have to return to Topeka. Mich
OILS will probably recall DR.. This on the
rebuttaI
Frank Lundgren was called and told
Of himself and wife and Mr.. and Mrs
Lowe going to town the night before the
tragedy He said that when they start
ed home Mr.. Lowe could not be found /
at once and that Mrs Lowe was quite
nervous over Loves absence He salG
they found Lowe at clothing store
buying suit. He afterwards bought
ten pounds of candy for the boys a the
school
Mrs Frank Lundgren was the next
witness called. She corroborated the
testimony of her husband. She said:
Mrs Lowe said John was standine
near the door fooling with the revolver.
It went off and struck him, and / ran
toward him She said that Mr.. Lowe
Kissed mrs Lowe and that she pattad
his head with her hand.
Frank Lundgren was recalled
Did you know about Mrs. Lowe hav-
ing : black eyer" asked Judge Allen.
She had her cheek bruised at one
time" said Lundgren.
Il saw her in her room and she was
crying and holding her handkerchief to
her face. She said she had headache.
The next day saw the bruise ana ask
I'd her how she got it and she said Mr.
Lowe and I were foOling and struck
the pitcher and broke it. ="
Was that the same black eye Mrs.
White testified TOP"
Yes
H L. Disminey of Linn county was
the next witness called He testified
that he knew J. c. Kinsey. whom he
had lived near for thirty years. been
associated with him in church work for