The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
WAGNER Piled WITH QUERIES ON INSANITY
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Q.-This was in 1908. doctor. Now. be-
tween then and the.day of his marriage
in April. 1905. do you believe there was
any period in which he had sufficient
intelligence TO know the nature of legal
proceedings?
A.-There must have been intervals of
several months when he was sane.
Q--Do you believe that DR.. Mendel is
an authority
Al believe Dr. Mcndei is very
scholarly man.
A number OF other writer's on insanity
were mentioned by Jerome, and Dr.
Wagner sand he thought highly Of all
of them. bat could not consider any If
them as absolutely authoritative. Dr.
Wagner admitted that ne had been in
error In saying on previous day that
work In English by Dieffendorf. an
American physician. was translation
OF the work Of kracdlin. on phychitrV.
Jerome continued TO produce the books.
Dr. Wagner objected 10 considering
some Of them, declaring they have been
criticised by reviewers as being mac
CuratC.
Disordered Mind Shown.
ON the letter marked exhibit c
there is n passage in which Thaw makes
to a blackmailinE conspiracy. Do you
think he had. when he wrote that letter.
sufficient intelligence to know what a
blackmailing conspiracy was?
A.-That shows a decided evidence OF
O disordered mind.
O.-Do persons of unsound mind some
times understand what is going on
around them?
inc 1-rnvr- lode
The insane eat bread and butter the
same as sane people do. One man Will
take his knife AID spread his butter
carefully, and use his napkin. The
other man viii rush up, jam the bread
and butter into his mouth in very
disOrderly way.
jerome tried to interrupt the witness
when he continued the description OF
she way the insane man ate.
1T does not appeal 70 me- said Jer-
ONE.
O-Does your insane shoemaker, when
ne picks up his awl and puts his hole
in the leather, know he IS taking up MS
awl 20 pCEch a hOle2
Ayes: but IL an insane manner.
GLOW does his knowledge diner
from that of the knowledge of sane
shoemaker
At is impossible to make a descrip-
ton or measure the exact degree of In
O2Did he have intelligence enough to
know what a dangerous woman was
when he write, You are a dangerous
woman"
Ale may. He may have had an in
sane idea as a result of the things he
had heard.
Mysterious Visitor Sees Thaw.
While the REORGANIZATION was
dwelling along az so tedious pace
that several persons in the court room
Col 81 .,
stranger, tall. Iauky. Eaunt elderly
man IN black with a mourning band
around his hat approached the counsel
table and. sat down beside Thaw in a
chair temporarily vacated by Lawyer
Dan OReiIly. The stranger whispered
to Thaw. whose face lighted up with
evident joy. and an animated converse
ton lasting several minutes ensued be
tween them.
Meanwhile Mr.. O Reilly and the other
Thaw lawyers began 10 look inquiring
" at one another. but none knew who
the stranger was Nj. ORcilly finally
put an end TO the situation by signify
ing a desire TO resume his chair. The
stranger arose with an Apologize bow
and Thaw, expressing regret the con-
versatiOn could not be prolonged, CN-
tended his hand and warmly shook that
OF the stranger.
Mr.. O'Reilly, after asking Thaw. told
the reporters that the visitor was a
Pittsburger who had intimately known
Thaw's father. The cross eXaminat iOn
had begun by this time to grow bit
more interesting
Q.-When he wrote to Miss Nesbit
promise he you won't drink any cham
payne. did he know champagne was a
Ale may have had an insane I,nowI-
edge. He may have had an unsOu1d
Q-And what is an unsound under
standing
A.-The sort OF an understanding me
has when he is not of unsOund mind.
Odd you ever hear OF circular in
sanity
A.-What do you mean?
o. mean just what you have been
doing on the stand. Is reasoning in
a circle any evidence of circular in
Delmas objected and asked the Wit
ness if he understood the question.
Perfectly" answered DR.. Wagner
Mr.. Jerome wants TO know if l am
insane"
This caused big laugh. Jerome
finally explained that he never had
doubted the insanity Of the expert ana
reframed his question.
Q-Do you believe If subject rea-
sORed in circle IL was evidence OF
circular insanity?
At may be done by sane person
or an insane person.
No Rule Applies.
Q.-Now. when he had shot White he
held the pistol aloft and then walked
away very slowly. Did that walking
away slowly compare very well with
the state of mind of a man who had
just had n brainstOrm?
A man with brainstorm lives in
a world entirely alone at the time, and
no rule which governs the sane can
be applied to him.
Q.-DId he have sufficient intelligence
to know after the shooting that he was
trying to avert a panic2
Ale had an intelligence Of an IN
sound mind which made him sensitive
TO his surroundings.
O-And when he went into the eleva-
tor with Paxton and spoke TO his wife,
vim L. IN I.r.haLLN .aNEL Lnr mo.