The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-30
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Tomha M Nav rs Dr Carlos Macdonald
and Mr.. Palmirri were present. There was
nothing hbn,fmal stput tho Eirl'- physical
condition, he Aaid, and he made an extended
examination ~ 10 ha mental cpndition
She told him practically tho same
story he heard her tell later on tho stand
He asked her II abe waa crazy and she told
him she wasn't She 4tpppsd hearing the
voices saying KIN. kill yotr uncle four
days after the murder. She wasn't sorry
Tor what she had done, Or. Flint wanted
10 know what she thought would happen 10
her.
Nothing will happen to me she " Id.
''if tell the truth II ! tell a lie II will be
bad for me"
She said -he saw the images of her aunt
and uncle IN the Tombs. on the wall Of her
cell. They asked her for forgiveness and
said they would help her.
They said, Forgive US, forgive us, for
we have wronged you | told them that l
couldn't forgive them, said the girl to DIT.
Flint.
Dr., Flint questioned her at some length
on this point.
4 told you and you don't want 70 believe
me-. she said to him. you may think that
| am afraid To die, but ] I'm not"
She told him that she wasn't crazy when
she killed her uncle and aunt. She asked
God. she said. and IL God told her to do IL
she would kill anybody who got in her way.
ihyO" OB'hNh iS sHO NIL hc"I N
Mr.. Ely.
Undoubtedly 20, said DR.. Flint.
Was she sane on February 20 when she
killed her uncle and aunt7"
Il believe she was"
Did she know the quality Of her act
whe' her she was doing right or wrong?"
believe she knew the quality Of her act .
said DIR. Flint.
He added that he thought the girl told an
unit mt hful story on the stand. He said II
InnkaH RI him that cha una h ~,,.N
He thought she was shamming in regard
to the Authorization and delusions she says
she had before and after he killing.
MIR. Palmieri got DR.. Flint to admit that
he wasn't able to state before the commits
sion on Monday his belief on the question
of the girls sanity.
sane on February 22?'
Undoubtedly she was sane" said DR..
Flint.
He said that the girl was hysterical on the
stand. Asked to describe the symptoms
as hey appeared TO him, he said:
She was emotional, dramatic n viva
cious. In my opinion she was not telling
the truth. | also think hat she enjoyed her
position on The stand"
DR.. Flint said that he did not believe that
a girl Of Josephine's age could 60 through
all she says she has gone through and work
Il don't think she would be 8 rong enough
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Assuming that Josephine's story was
true, Or. Flint said that if the girl lived she
would be crazy.
DR.. Allan McI-ane Hamilton was the next
witness. He told Of the examination no
made OF the girl in the Tombs last Saturday.
He said that he never heard Of a family Of
eight epileptics, az the testimony has repre-
sented the Terranova family to be. He
said that when he talked to her she seemed
to be very silly one moment and very. gay
and hQnDv the DaYt Ha aakaH bar ~ Eba
understood what happened when the trial
was adjourned on last Friday so that the
commission could examine into her sanity.
"Oh, l know" she said. jerome was
asleep and he woke up on Friday"
She knew she wasn't insane, she said,
because what God told any one to do was
right. She said that she knew that persons
were arrested and put in prison for killing,
but she said that when il was right they were
let out Of prison. She was told she had the
right to kill her uncle, she sid.
But the law forbids killing said DR..
Hamilton.
When a person is right she take the law
into her own hands" she replied. When
DR.. Hamilton said that the girl was
amused at some Of his questions. She
treated very serious subjects lightly. She
ever treated her prayers with amusement.
She said she expected to be acquitted.
And what ere you going to do then''
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Il am going to my mother for a time
she said. Then I am going to a convent
She didn't know II her husband was going
to take her back. DR.. Hamilton was still
on the stand when the trial adjourned.
The girl is also said to have told him that
her uncle was the King of the Black Hand"
and wrote letters to himself.
When the girl went into court at the morn
ing session she bowed to Justice Scott and
the jury. Matron O'Brien of the Tombs
was the first witness. She said that the
girl always appeared rational and come
times acted as an interpreter. She i'm
proved in health and learned English very
rapidly. At first she was worried and
kept to her cell, but later on she became
more cheerful. She said nothing about
bells ringing in her ears or the voices she
heard.
we claim said Mr.. Palmieri, that she
was insane when she committed the crime.
We do not claim hat she was boisterously
insane after she was in prison. We do not
claim that she had Authorizations after
she was in prison
DR.. John f. Weeks. theeye and ear special
list, told Of his examination of the girl. He
said that the optic nerve Of the right eye
was affected and it might have caused an
affection of the brain. He found signs OF
hysteria that accompanied adolesoent in
sanity. In her right ear wa a scar that