The Washington times., 1907-02-08

is epilepsy. The Government experts
saw in Is Hysteria ma iJr. and those same
doctors tell YOU u IS scarcely possible Tor
the mosi learned and skilled Physicians
tu dinrTrHtiaJe between hysJerla maJo-
and epilepsy That there Is sonnet hing
serious the matter With This woman
none OF tue physicians deny. They
could not drciue what 10 Is IL Is Tor
yOu, gentlemen. 10 cell what &c Is. That
this womaus mind Is affected none OF
those doctors have gainsaid
Condition of MS Mays Mind.
"If this woman's mind is diseased.
whether T. was epilepsy or hysterldl &c
don't care what it Is called but II her
mind is diseased and was At ti- time
prove o. son, gentlemen. and that is
Wuar we say made tHIs woman ire
spuusibi- iur anything tnat happened ON
that DAY. The husband OF this defend
ant has told you she was ll al the
time of this occurrence
Gle told YOU that Uu one occasion
when Dee rrprnyrd ner she spTang from
her bed. ran 90 TIE front door ana
shouted murder, help and police SO
loud that "a policeman TWO blocks away
ran 90 tie house There he found this
defendant au tile doorstep OF her home
iu her night clothes. Vas that the act
of sane OF an insane woman
There has been a tragedy and there
anu ~ a et-tllf1 lAf- tAiittiNt
OF this Young man in all her GRIEF and
sorrow has been here and testified 10
you. None feel more sympathy Tor ler
than we II Do were possible 90 bring
him back none would be- more eager or
willing 90 restore him 20 her bosom /
tell YOU. gentlemen. tE- Prief-strichen
mother OF JuaJ young man vas paradrd
before you merely AS a. theatrical per
Torrance on IHe part Of tie Govern
meuJ The facts proven here by that
sweet old lady could weu have been es-
tabliSh~d uy others
Mr. Fulton then talked ot the inn
PROBABILITY or 10 SANE person shooting
down man iu broad daylight without
| any more show OF emotion Than exhibit
cd hv AIRS May after yle tragedy.
The Question Of Emotion.
1.-The sheriff. whose hand .s trained
/ iu tI- discHarg, OF firearms. would have
shown emotion" said MI Fulton, 'yet
I this woman showed none. Was she
| sGuee Was she RATIONAL
! els hrr husband interested 80 this
/ caSrt Us He interested iu tAe woman
/ with whom DE has lived for sixteen
/ yra rs. the woman who has borne hin
] ll4f IoZru children, the woman who
I has ministr-rd 10 him In time 01 afflic'
I ton and adversely ! say he IS interest
/ ed from his head TO his feet. from tH'
ltou to the bottom. All the way down
] All the way through and all the way
round
| Coming 90 the day of this tragedy
/ when her husband, on Information fur
/ uISHrd uy tuuen. accused her of uu'
! fditEulu-ss. What did she sayf What
I did she dUy she tore her hair and wepi
Z as she had never Wept before. shrek
[ ing My ga, Ny God, Why did Coo
I ever let me- live and face such "a situd
I tion. such an unjust charge"
! "Nith t1ts woman iu such a rhySlca
condition Who can say how many stlZ
lures she had between the time her hus
[ band Threatened 90 procure divorce
! from I-r and tHc time of the shooting
! God alone can say. God alone can say
! We contend that there was sufficient tN
/ element before the shooting 10 brinG
on am attack OF epilepsy We are con
] WINGED that she r'IS Upt 90 Nuuui MN.
! when This tragedy was enacted.
la concluding Mr. Fulton said
I we insist. gentlemen, that tDi
woman had suffered the fortunes of tn
lost for years and that her mind va
diseased 10 YOU find that she committee
this assault when she did not have ia
fun exercise Of an uncl0uded reason
and not knowing her act TO be wrong
We shall rXpeCI a verdict OF not guilty
III Won md that she was unable 10 gras
the situation or TO realize what sh
was Going We shall ask such "a verdict
land We hope that y.u gentlemen wi
md her not guilty - this charge and le
her go back home To- her husband, he
Ibabirs and her friends