The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
MOTHER GOES ON THE STAND Testifies in Behalf Of
 Chisholm, SAYS HE IS CHANGED MAN Has Never Been Same Since Illness
 in 1905. Formerly was Fond of Home and De- voted To His Famlly--sanity nxamination szay continue
 several Days.
 

Birmingham, Nov. 17-- Especial l-- me feature of the investigation into .tne sanity. of Alexander R. Chisoim late paying teller at the First Natlonal Bank. who is charged with emDezzie- fnent of nearly s100s000s todays was the testimony offered by his mosher'
 Mrs. chisolm testified that since an illness in July and August of 1905, Alexander Chisolm has been dlneF- ent man .and she believed the change was the result of A case of typnold fever from which he suffered at that time. According to the witness. that illnesz marked the change in Chisoim from a cheerful. kindly. home and Tam fly man to one who was gloomy me, me, Tese. melancholy and who manifested no consideration or love for his fam fly and who had left on vacation without telling hls seriously i'll mother Dr. cunnIngham Wilson was placed on the stand and testified to examin- ing young Chisoln. and the defendant had told him that Dr. Nabers, who tes- tified yesterday that he tNaDsrsl thought the defendant was shammlng, had done him. (defendanD an inJus- tice.
 The arguments on the claim of inca pacity to continue the trial by reason of insanity vii hardly be completed for two days at least.
 Mrs. Chisolm when placed on the stand was questioned by Captain
 Witness tostifiea that defendant was 25 years old that he stopped school at the age of 15 and had been working steadily ever since. Witness said John Rutledge, former Governor of South Carolina, and later Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. was hsF great t-great-grand-father. that she de- scended from him through his daugh- ter Eliza afterwards Eliza Laurens. and that her grandfathers were broth CTS; next in the line of decent came Eliza Itutledge, daughter of Edward LaurenH. Her father and mother therefore. were first cousins.
 John Rutledge, acording to the fam lily history, became insane developing into a paramaniac, and at one lime tried to burn the Astor House in New York. Afterwards he made the att tempt to burn the family hoEne in Charleston, which at the time contained his entire family, hizaBtated object be- ing that he might destroy his broth CTS that the family name might be pereptuated through himself
 Witness said that in childhood and young manhood Alex Chisolm was cheerful, sanxuine,as lover of his fam
 
 able hor his politeness with a marked preferences for the society of his broth- CTS and sisters. but that sinee, he had typhoid fever July a year ago, he had seemed utterly indifferent and to have little interest in or love for the memA bers of the family.
 This was illustrated by the fact that when Chisolm left on his last Vacation he had not even told his mother good bye, though at that time she was critically i'll.
 During this latter period, Chisolm was little at home, always saying he was too busy and had too much to do to stay at home. During this time the father of the defendant was away from home nearly all the time. When has was at home Alex would invariably engage him in conversation relative to the cotton and stock market.
 During the ten ysars that Chisolm had been in business he had been a hard worker and had aided the family.