The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-19
BILL DO0LEY INSANE.
So Decided the Jury Before Whom He
Was Examined ON the Testimony
Submitted.

William Dooley, under indictmen,
for the murder of William Harris, was
on motion Of the attorneys Of the de.
PENDANT, examined before jury rs to
his sanity in the Circuit Court last
Wednesday afternoon. Since last fall,
until about II month ago, Doolcy was
confined in The ST Louis jail and ii
wa. while there that symptoms Of in.
sanity which had before hern Sus-
piciOncd became more pronounced and
were very noticeable to the guards,
who spoke Of them frequently. It will
he remembered by the readers of TIM
Tns> that few weeks ago, when
Doolcy was brought back to Farming
ton from 81, Louis, a special cores
pondcnce appeared in this paper setting
forth the general opinion Of the ST.
Louis jail guards As to his sanity.
The dispositions of several Of these
guards and the jaiI physician were ia.
ken on the 10th inst 10y Hon NJ. L.
Smith, one Of the attorneys Of the de
PENDANT, before Andrew II Watson, u
notary public of st. Louis. These and
the testimony Of Dr. {. l.. Blanks on
the part of the State and DR.. G.. A
McEwen on the part of the defense IN
a Hypothetical case Of insanity, consl.
tuted the evidence presented 10 the
jury.
Dr. ". 5. Lawrence, the jail ply
cian, in hi, deposition said that Doolcy
came to him several times in casual
way about some trivial ailmcnl, but he
had not observed his conduct sufficient.
~ to warrant him in giving An opinion
As 10 pool"y'~ mental condition.
Patrick sullivan, jail guard, testified
that from his observation sf Doolcy he
would say that he i, unbalanced, in
fact insane; that his conduct showed
that lac was not right in his head, and
that he confined to grow worse
When the cell wa, opened for him to
come out on the toor and have eNrr-
else he wouldn't move, but had Ia he
hustled out, and then he would stand
On the floor, wouldn't speak 10 anyone,
but stared at vacancy aud sccmrd tn
he lost
Charles j iocklcy, an cmplnyc At
the Jail. said that Dooley's conduct I'M
pressed him rs hring an insane man.
When his meals were taken To- him.
sometimes he would come aud get them
aud sometimes they would be there the |
next afternoon lie would stand for
probably an hour or two hour, at a
lime in one spot. wouldn't talk to any
body aud would not look at any
body. SOME ot this witnrSs'N tcsli- |
mony was about the same ~ given hy
others, aud he said hat he believed |
him tn be insane.
Thomas Burke, another employc at
the Jail, testified that Doolry seldom |
talked, was moody all the time aud |
would stand and look at one object ten |
or fifteen minutes at q time aud we
couldn't tell what ne was looking at
He was filthy in ms habits, never cared |
whether he washed himself or not, and |
never cleaned his cell out Would say |
he was insane, because he didn't act |
like n sane man in any shape; acted
different from any man the witness had |
ever seen in jail; it seemed like he
didn't care for anything.
The foregoing and the examination
of Drs Blanks and McEwcn on hy- |
pnthetical ease of insanity constitute
the sum aud substance of The testimony, |
which was given to the jury without
argument. The verdict Of the jury |
was that Dooley is insane. The fol.
lowing named citizens composed the
jury: j. +. llefrod, Pearl Pbpps, +
{. Bsrthol, John Marks, George A.
retlcy, s T.. Sharrock, Fred Schafcr,
John Grifford, Henry browning, John
Moore, August Thomson and James
llsnry.
Bring me yonr Wool and get the
Iiuhpst narLet nripn in cash