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was not sound, was not stable. - -, q,
Q.-I understand YOU 70 say that You have IN
know. and by that mean not hearsay but knOEI-
PENDANTS mental condition? An substance.
Q.-DOes DEFENDANTS Exhibit + seem to YOU as
as the exhibits a to 1? Al cannot say that IL
does
Q-What can Won say about the general makeup
Of as compared with SONG on 5ne5i StaG
iilOl5s "A 20 l. as sn9WI9s ms Ihentdi s
the ruin Of young girl and It,, the dTusginG ana
CURED So often in these letters It IS lnposSloe
for me to carry them in my miod In that par
that time concerning the things that were weigh
ing down upon him in the saT:e manner as in some
parts Of the other documents
Then followed a long series Of technical ques-
lions and answers. The examination consisted
of an effort by Mr.. Jerome TO have the witness
classify the different kinds of insanity. Mr..
Jerome at one point asked:
Q.-Now, doctor. having been over all those let
ters taking into consideration all OF these facts
state what the condition Of the defendant as to
sanity insanity in November. 1903? AT
the time Of writing some Of those letters believe
there were attacks of mental depression with some
days l am not able to tell / have no history
Q-Now taking this last answer into considera-
ton, have YOU considered the Will and the Codtcil
3 Yes. all the facts /" the hypothetical question: A.
.,Q-Now. you expressed the opinion the other day
that when he was married on April 4. 1890. he
insane. Al believe that AT the time he was max
we Si IiI ~ 90 NE Vas G5 Sy sane
then? A-That was In 1905, on the 4th OF April
hm Bu taxing man All G into ad sTst
believe IL was temporary attack owing 70 much
strain and stress and anxiety. and that 1t the
insanity OF adolescence.
SIhnoWn generally as dementia preecoNf A
forms Of insanity which are exhibited during the
that period are dementias
$50, when he married April 4. 1898, IN your
freau-
Al do not say when he was married: say at thu
Q.That Is the 4th OF April. 1895? At the time
or his writing these documents. I don't ascribe
facts set forth in the Body Of the doeumentthat
was at the tIme or their execution The Will itself
through the hands OF some lawyer-soInebody IA
that whoever dictated il had some very pecuIIaT
IDEAS at the time he dictated that particular
Sodicil is written. in my judgment. by the de-
Q.-Now. on the night that no killed Stanford
White do you think that he was insane?
Al am OF the firm opinion that he insane on
Q.--what kind OF insanity did he have then?
A.-That was an explosive outbreak OF adolescent
insanity
Q;..so he probably was insane. in your opinion
IN 1903 when he wrote those letters. and suffering
from the same form oS insanity? A-No: the in
sanity OF adolescence-the outbreak may not have
Q.-I know. but that is not what I asked A
The question IS Of the same kind.
Q.-What do you refer TO outbreak? A
That particular exhibition OF mental rregularity to
elf man is crazy for three years and has
or acute? AT he was absolutely crazy all during
the three years would call II chronic; but ON the
mere statement OF layman or physician that
knowing OF every step Of the case on the
that four times during the three years ne had at
tacks OF insanity 1 could not call his case per
manent insanity.
Mr.. Jerome followed this line of examination
by asking the witness about specific Instances
Of adolescent insanity that the defendant had
showed. lie continued:
GLOW many outbreaks ia your opinion Of
adolesCeut insanity has this defendant been shown
have had by the evidence? At is nv impres-
sion. particularly at the period OF the making OF
the Will and the time of the writing OF the letter
remoteness from rom the IN, time 1 had seen him
The Wttness-Yes: and his Illuminating or expIo-
sive outbreak at the ;ime OF the shooting OF stan
lar am unable to say say ''' were '''eF outbreaks
Q,Then in your opinion he has had three out
breaks of adolescent insanity. in 1903 AT th,
Of drawing OF the will and one IN igt,, y, ~, ne
shot stanford White; il that correct? 40 thaf
isn't correct You place me in the position of say
BURST said that so far as the u eT S 1Pes so 3Tt
before me these were the three outbursts that 1
Q-Were YOU of the opinion from this evidence
that he did have three outhursts of adoIesceut in
sanity AT those periods mentioned: Al am OF the
io.@NoV. between November 1905. and about the
time whom he wrote that Comstock letter. Exhibit
letter an outburst of adolescent insanity2 Al do
not strictly call it an outburst but Il exhibited
a2na with others evidence OF an unsound state Of
Q~were the Comstock letter and the exhibits all
taken in connection with everything else indica-
ton Of mental unsoundnessc At indicated that
deluslunal state of mind.
Q.-Then you confine your outbursts OF adolescent
insanity far as the evidence goes TO these three
that that has been shown In evidence I
somewhere heard of a state OF great mental de
preston.
The fourth instance was explained at the af
ined by DR.. Burgaman I'm Pittsburg in the fall
Of 1909 This was all the alienst could think
of.
Taking up his examination regarding paranoia
MIR. Jerome asked:
DO the VIII and codicil show paranoiac
form Of adoIescent insanity? A.-They suggest a
rave shown different form. showing that it was
not tied down TO that form of exhibition of mental
What is there in the will and codicn that
Al am taking up the will and considering 1t a
nleucal problem. In case / die other than a
any suspicion concerning the or causes OF
my death. or in ease I should be made away with
the circumstances Of my death being known. d.
rect that my. executors immediately set apart the
sum OF SJoO to be used, In all or any part In dis
covering all the circumstances relating thereto and
nection Herewith the said sum snouIi he i,sI e.,
bringing TO justice such suspected person or per
sons with the utmost diligence. should any Larger
sum be required for such purposes L authorize nv
executors to expend such additional sum or sums
as may he required effect such purpose or pIIr-
poses at their discretion" That part OF the will
suggests a paranoiac state of this insanity OF
adolescence at this particular time. the time
that was dictated. rather than any OF the
otner numerous forms OF insanity which do
Veloped or exhibited themselves during the
adolescent or developmental period This Is iust
Tor one period ana one exhibition. and not being an
the time Just the particular form that makes IL such
as could be given under a sO-called Classification
a classification is nothing than an attemnf
70 group for the purpose OF study, certain set 81
symptoms that characterize loss of mental baI-
ance. Nov. whether it is paranOiac or anvthi1r-
else the question Is always. first whether the mind
IS unbalanced; next in presenting the matter to