The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-18
SHE IS NOT GUILTY
Jury Decides That Mrs.
Faga|de Is Innocent.
CASE AGAINST HUSBAND DISMISSED
She Attempted Suicide Last Night by
Taking Strychnine-Life Saved
by Doctors.
CASE AGAINST HUSBAND DISMISSED

last July after one hour and halfs
deliberation came into court this at
ternoon with d verdict of not guilty.
The verdict was received with a
great burst of applause from the large
crowd of spectators, which caused
Judge Brents to severely reprimand
them for demonstrating their feelings
in open court He said that should IL
occur again he would impose heavy
fine on those who did it.
Today's Proceedings.
Not insane" was the opinion of
the three physicians, appointed by the
court yesterday to examine Mrs. Fa-
galde, gave on the witness stand this
morning.
Dr. H. r. Keylor said he had seen
timony to convince him that she had
periods of insanity. DR.. Boyle did not
believe she had been insane during
the last five or six years testified
about, and that her ideas were lucid
and coherent. DR.. J. f. Crop, how
ever, testified that she was not insane
at the time of the examination. Fur
Their than that he would not be posi-
tive as she might have been demenretf.
Faeaide Family There.
Court began promptly at 8 o'clock
this morning with quite a large num-
her husband We're present. She looked
a trifle pale, but did not display as
much nervousness as she did yester-
day. neither did she show any bad eff
fects from the attempt that she made
last night to take her own life. The
five elder children We're lined up on a
bench inside of the bar of the court
and the youngest, a little one two Or
three years old, made a pathetic spec
tacle as it trotted from it's father and
mother to its brothers and sisters.
Physicians Testify.
called. After answering in the mega
tive the direct question whether from
all he had seen and heard he thought
Mrs. Fagalde insane now, he said on
cross examination that the majority
of insane persons were not insane all
the time, but only at intervals. He
said that she had made statements at
times that would indicate insanity;
she had claimed that she had heard
her by name and had thought she
heard noises on the top of the house.
These, if true. the doctor said would
indicate an unbalanced condition of
the mind. He told about Mrs. Fa-
galde berating the witnesses who had
testified for her yesterday, she claim
ing they testified falsely. Also she
did not like it because they held her
up as a slovenly housekeeper.
DR.. H. r. Keylor testified regarding
a large tumor which Mrs Fagalde
had which was apt to affect the health
as quite a per cent of cases of female
insanity cases We're caused by pelvic
disorders. He said that he had heard
nothing in the testimony to convince
him that she had periods of insanity,
and could see no arrangement in Mrs.
Fagalde whatever.
Dr. Boyle was even more positive
board. He did not think from what
he had seen and heard that she had
been insane during the five or six
years covered by the testimony. "She
is a mental degenerate is about all,
said the doctor. When asked what
this was he said it was "one who
was mentally below par He could
not however, tell the dierence between
mental degeneracy and insanity say
ing the line of demarcation was hard
to find.
DR.. M. stiles was called by the de-
Tense and testified that at times Mrs.
Fagalde was very irritable and cross
and hardly knew what she did.
On being recalled DR.. Keylor said
there was nothing wrong with her per-
ceptive fac ulties which would pre-
vent her from telling right from
wrong. When cross questioned on the
dierent symptoms shown by Mrs.
Fagalde he allowed that they were
sometimes symptoms of insanity.
DR.. Boyle, on being recalled, was
more positive than before that Mrs.
Fagalde was not insane. He would
not consider the taking of things, even
if not needed, an evidence Of insanity.
When questioned closely on each
symptom of Mrs. Fagalde and asked