Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-09-09
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Continued from Page One.)

IN regard 10 the causes Oh pdreSiS. Inc
attorney general brought out the fact
that while authorities on the subject
agree that in most cases of pareSiS that
there is syphilis. that Keyes was in no
way affected with this latter named
disease. This was the main point scored
by the prosecution in the examination
OF DR.. Hunt.
The next witness called after DR..
Hunt was allowed to leave the stand
was William H. Hinkley of Bradley,
who testified to seeing Keyes at the
railroad station the Saturday night
previous to the tragedy. Mr.. Hinkley
had known the respondent for many
years and he said that he noticed that
a great change had come over him. But
few questions were put to Mr.. Hink-
ley by the States attorney.
Maud II. Small of Great Works, had
known the Keyes family for seveal
yeas and had worked in the family
doing housework for a period extend
ing over a year and a half. Witness
has never seen Keyes strike his wife
and that he appeared to be Of an af-
fectionate disposition.
Miss Small was not cross-examined.
Miss Ella Blanche Clark, an attendant
at the Eastern Maine Insane hospital
had worked in the keyes family and had
never known him to be cross with any
member of his family. The testimony was
not changed a particle by a rigid cross
examination.
DIR. Addison 8. Thayer of Portland, was
then placed upon the stand. DR.. Thayer
gave history of himself. telling as to
the extent of his practice, where he was
educated. etc. DIR. Thayer testified that
he had served a year at tho Mclean In
sane hospital and mad given expert in
sane medical testimony at several i'm
portant cases in this State. among them
being the famous Chandler will case.
torneys for the defence he visited Keyes
ut the Augusta Insane hospital, last
week whore he made a thorough exam
nation. He questioned him freely re-
sardlng his past life and stated that the
hulk of his talk was practically the same
as was told by the respondent himself
while testifying.
His description of the mental condition
of the respondent was practically like
that by both Drs Sanger and Hunt. Dr.
Thayer stated that after the examination
ne was firmly convinced that the man
had locomotor ataxia, also slightly at
fected with paresis.
Or. Thaery persuaded Keves TO write
on a slip of paper and the doctor stated
lldl lIOIi his WEIllIlS IL COulu De seen
that the man was not in control of his
fingers. To make a long story short DR.
Thayer was positive that the man had
both locomotor ataxia and probably pa
resis, even at the present time. He was
more positive of this than was either of
the other physicians.
The most of the testimony of II. Everett
Sawyer. the first of the States rebuttal
not notice anything out of the way with
Keyes on the Saturday preceding the
crime or up3n the day that the shooting
rally charged by the severe questioning
of Judge Stearns.
Frank E. Sparks of Old Town, testi-
Keyes on the Saturday before the fatal
day. He failed TO notice anything strange
or peculiar with the respondent.
George W. Davis, proprietor OF the
Commercial House at Old Town. where
Keyes boarded, was then questioned. He,
too, failed to see any change in the man.
Mrs. Keyes also failed to detect that he
had changed in any way.
DIR. BigelOw T. SanbOrn OF the Augusta
Insane hospital, was the star witness for
the State in the rebuttal. He had had
keyes under observation while ne was in
the hospital at Augusta and 1t was his
opinion that keyes was not insane. That
may have been out of his head at times
during his past life DR.. Sanborn admitted.
pus II he was insane now or at any time
when he was brought to the hospital, the
doctor failed to detect it. He went over
the different forms of insanity and gave
much technical testimony on the subject
He was cross-queStioned by Judge
Stearns at length but it did not seem that
the testimony gained from him on the
SrosS-eNamination strengthened the case
Tor the defence to any great extent.
When court adjourned. tonight. il look
ca as II 1t would be possible for the at
torneys for the defence to begin with
their argument. sometime Saturday II
Is understood that the argument will hs
made by Judge Stearns. 1t is Dredicted
upon all sides that the judge will rr11l-r
one Of the stro7eest pleas ever maae IN
Maine. He is fully cape BILE of it and that
a larger crowd will endeavor to hear his