The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-21
.CHISOLM'S CASE IS
 WITH THE JURY Closing Arguments Were Great
 Forensic Efforts. BIG CROWD IN COURT Attorneys Bradley, Roulhac and White Review the Testimony-Jury Ex-
 pected to Return Verdict
 This Morning.
BIG CROWD IN COURT

Shortly after o'clock yesterday after noon the case of Alexander R. chisoir, formerly paying teller of the First Ma tional bank of Birmingham, was given to the jury to decide the question of the defendants sanity or insanity at the present term.
 1 The defendant had been on trial several days on charge of embedding funds of the bank during the time he was enga ged as paying teller, when defendants counsel suggested to the court that it had come to their knowledge that the | defendants mental condition was in- paired to the extent of rendering him incapable of making a rational defense to the charges preferred against him. Hhereupon, the court ordered that the trial be suspended while the question of l the defendants sanity was being inves tiga ted, and for the purpose considerable testimony was taken by the government and the defense in which expert and non- expert witnesses were examined at great length.
 The arguments of counsel began on Monday when Attorney John London opened for the defendant He was fol- lowed by Attorney Lee Bradley and United States District Attorney T. R. Roulhac for the government, while Cap tain Frank s. White closed for the de- fendant. Before the arguments began Judge Jones delivered his charge to the | jury upon the nature and extent of the inquiry, and it was remarked by several in court that both sides freely quoted from the judges charge in the course of the arguments.
 After the form of the verdict in either case had been given to the jury, the court declared a recess until this morn ing at 10 o'clock, at which time it is expected a verdict will be rendered. | In the federal court yesterday morn ing Judge Jones took the seat on the bench at 103o o'clock He Immediately dismissed the jurors not engaged in the trial of the case at bar and directed Attorney Lee Bradley, assistant counsel for the government, to proceed with his argument to the jury.
 MT. Bradley began by reading an ex- 1 tract from the judges charge to the jury, in which the nature and extent 0f the enquiry was pointed out. Proceeding l | h bis ,nrt ba -li1 hat be necessary to make a brief review of the history of the case so that all the facts might be considered and everything that could possibly throw light upon the subject
 He started out by saying that the de- fendant was a bright, intelligent young man, who, until few months ago, had a good reputation and enjoyed the con fidence of his employers but that he was seized with desire to get rich quick, and began to speculate, first with his own savings and then with the funds of the bank. He spoke of Chisolm as being young man of iron nerve to be able to stand the strain which daily became l greater and greater as the amount Of his defalcations increased and that it was no wonder he became pre-oecupied and changed in his manner towards his fam ily.
 MT. Bradley graphically told the story | of Chisolm's return from his vacation | and the scene in Walker Percys office where he was first charged with taking the banks money Counsel told how Chisom stoutly denied all knowledge of the loss and expressed his regret at hearing of it and that it was only when | overwhelmed with proof of his crime he eventually broke down and made a full confession.
 After Reviewing Incidents.
 Having reviewed all the incidents in the case up to the time of trial. Mr. Bradley then took up the question of insanity. which the defendant interposed and re- l capitulated the main points in the ver. | dict offered by the witnesses on both 1 sides. "When it comes to a question of expert testimony" said MT. Bradley, "rhe mind instinctively turns towards Dr. Clarke Counsel went very fully into the expert testimony of Dr. Clarke to prove that the symptoms which showed in i Chisolm were not such as would ac- company delusions of grandeur but rather | they showed that Chisolm suffered from