Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-02
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great excitement. These would be fol-
HWed by crying spells and state Of
opilNlon In April he became much bet
Ter and when he was removed there
| was much Of an Improvement. He was
| never Eioirnt or Quarrelsome Had fair
appetite. Sleep was broken, but grad
ually improved
! his case was q state of mental de-
preston, marked ty great confusion Of
| mind
linen periods came on suddenly. Was
"hllNlocS and not responsible for what
ne might do. If he had such period Feb
10, he was not responsible
! Age. physical condition and hcredi1y
has much to do with full recovery Of
such 4 patient. DIR. Sanborn has had
many OF Hysoms family in his employ.
| None insane.
| His age and stress of army life had
much To do with his condition. Great
excitement would bring on confused
periods.
| County Attorney Became went into
Dr. Sankorn's study of Hysom On
cross-eXamination. The doctor saw him
! irregularly
| The first two or three weeks DR.. San
born saw the patient a very few times
Dr. Sanborn proved a hard witness to
| mold to direct answers.
| q. DR.. wouldn't you expect a sane
| man to be agitatod the day after shoot
ing his wife,
| \. Les
Q. Would the fact that man was
!
sanity"
| A. No"
DR.. Sanborn testified the periods
would last q half hour. Would have
several a day. Was very sane just af-
ter the periods
Q. From comparative luci,lity, did
you say. he would go into these pc
r;ods?"
A. Yes"
Q. when comparatively sane, could
he distinguish between right and
wrong?"
A. Yes"
rs he insane now?" asked the court
II should say SO. He is too morbid"
Has he any mental disease?" asked
Judge Hall
"Scnility. There are pathological con-
dlt!oES existing in his brain from which
he Will never recover"
Witness said he should be under re.
Straint.
DR.. Abbott. of Watervillc. testified h
had had experience in mental diseases
for % years such as any physician
would have.
MIR Rcane objected that DIR. Abbot
was not qualified as an expert. Over
ruled.
Or. Abbott found the man depressed
ana rubbing his head After ii few
questions Hysom became wild and
seemed suspicious. Had trouble taking
temperature and pulsc. Reported To
city marsha! the man vas insane
tron MI Ecancs objection Sen.
Staples put his direct question hypo-
thcticaly.
@. If you found a man in such con
dition would you say it had existed
for some time?"
A. For some time
Mr.. Bcane on croSS-cXamination
wanted to know how long.
a. Some months
@. 'You wouldn't want to guess a
how long before that he could judge
between right and wrong?"
\. NO"
ON question of the court Or. Abbott
said he did not think HySom could
feign his acts
DR. Bernard. Of Watervillc, stat
ed he was not an expert. Examined
Hysom. AS ne came in the door, HySom
cried. Here comes another devil. Thy
are all at me"
IIySom did not know his name or why
he was in .iail. Excited ard crying.
ON CROSSE examination Or. bernard
said n normal pulse, depending on az"
of patient, varies from CO to -. Hy-
SONS pulse was about 80.
Mrs Jane II. Brown. daughter of
Hysom by his first wife, testified that
since hcr etcp-mothcr's death in 1871
she had noticed that her father WAS
restless diScontcrtod and did not know
what to do with himself. Said she had
heard him threaten suicide often. lily
som wrote severed letters. said Sen
STABLES. decla ring he would kill himself
These letters are at Mrs. Browns home
in Coopcr's Mills. The defence stated IT
would try to produce them.
Ser. Staples stated that he would put
paoerS into evidence TO .ShoN Airs
Brown is Hysom's guardian and why
she was appointed.
AS County Attorney Became continu 1t
his ross-cxamination Mrs. Brown ask
c,i if she might sit down. Her face was
pale and her hand went to her throat.
She sank Backwards. exhausted ami
III and a doctor was summoned. There
was none in the court room and the
woman was taken to an open window.
She became hysterical.
Court was hastily adjourned
At the opening Of court in the after
noon, although she was present. C"un-
tv Attornew Beane excused Mrs. Brown
from cross-cxamination as she was too