The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03

with 'em. Some day they'll havc spent all their money, and all they can borrow, and come to our house begging to get in, but we won't let 'em. No sree bob"
 
 view of developing the fact of mental delusion or not upon the part of the defendant and to test the ability of the witness an expert
 Dr. Searcy was excused at 4:10 so that he might catch train for Tuscaloosa
 Mrs. chsoIm Is Recalled. Mrs Chisolm was called to the stand again by Captain White and asked her opinion of her sons mental condition as formed by her observation of his actions during the period after he had a spell of illness in 1905. After some argument over the admissibllity of the question Mrs Chisolm was allowed to answer, and said she considered her son mentally un- l balanced since that period.
 l Mrs Chisolm further testified that her son Harry was also mentally unbalanced for the period of a year after he had a l spell of illness at the age of 10.
 Father Gives Family History.
 Col. Robert Chisolm, father of the de- | fendant was called to the stand and was asked to give the history of insanity in | his family. He said his grandfather l Alexander R. Chisolm, killed himself in a 1 fit of insanity. He also said that he had | younger brother, Frederick F. Chisolm in the Texas insane asylum Colonel l Chisolm related the family history on both sides of his family, showing that 1 insanity existed among a number of I them, tracing the history back to revo- 1 lutionary times.
 1 Witness related the history of Harry | Chisolm's illness, which he said was caused primarily by overwork when about | 15 years old. He became i'll and recov- 1 cred but acted queerly for three or four | weeks. According to witness Harry had | a complete lapse of consciousness of his | surroundings but recovered suddenly one | day He again lapsed almost into this l condition and continued, he considered 1t, in a crazy condition for year and l a half. Harry, for this reason, had been l deprived of education.
 Mir. Chisolm then spoke of his son,
 Alex and said no father ever had a more l loving or obedlent son. He referred to l the spell of illness of defendant in 1905. ! He said Alex returned from a trip to 1 the seashore with his back blistered 1 severely and with blood on his under 1 clothes from the blisters. Defendant be- came i'll and finally recovered and went back tc his work at the bank, Witness l said that Alex had from that time acted | peculiarly and he had become disturbed l at his sons reserved manner and visited 1 him at the bank and remonstrated with l him for his close attention to work and
 told him that he would take him from 1 the bank and take care of him himself
 ra Ter than let him lose his health.
 Knowledge of Cotton Market. | Captain White asked witness about de-
 fendant's knowledge of the cotton market 1 and he replied that he did not think
 his son knew anything about the cotton
 market, yet he gave decided opinions on l the subject and professed to know a
 great deal about the market.
 Witness said that his sons manner had
 undergone a great change from the period
 of his Illness in 1905 and he was at a 1 loss to account for 1t.
 l Under cross-examlnation MT. Chisolm
 told about his travels through Louisiana
 in the early part of 1906, saying that l he wrote two letters during this time I on the condition of the cotton crop. He would sometimes talk about the cotton l market in the presence of his son and , had invested In futures in @ small way.
 He never thought of his son in connec-
 ton with cotton speculation and in their
 talks on cotton defendant would some l times agree with him as to the course of l the market and sometimes differ with him.
 Dr. Rosser Examined Accused. Dr. H. N. Rosser took the stand. He said he had been a practlcing physician | since 1869, and for one period of five years was city physician of Birmingham. ' Chisolm In August and September. 1906. | He said his examination was both phy- | sical and mental. Witness said that de- 1 fendant told him in the jail that he had | a scheme for speculating in cotton and a special knowledge as to the markets and the location of every bale of cotton | Defendant said that the bank was wrong
 in arrestlng him and he could. if given an opportunity to use his power in spec
 ulation, make money and settle with the l bank.
 h Dr. Rosser said that defendant ap- l peared to be laboring under q delusion all the time during his examinations in l August and September.
 l Witness said in answer to further ques- ! tions by Captain White that he would fpronounce defendant mentally unbalanced ] or irresponsible, judged by his actions, | his announced delusions and from his
 examinations of defendant.
 Cross-examined by the government. Dr. Rosser replied to the question. What Is l deluslDn? by saying that It was what
 a man believed to be real. but which was not real.
 Witness said he asked Chisolm why he i, embezzled the money and was answered | by the statement that defendant did not ! want the money for himself, but to make
 others rich. Defendant told witness that
 he considered the money in the bank as
 common property and saw no wrong in
 using 1t in speculation.
 Witness would not say what kind of
 insanity defendant suffered from and that
 at the time the indications pointed to ] paresis. As to his present condition he l had no opinion, but that from the his i tory of the case would say that defendant
 suffered from delusional insanity.
 Dr. Rosser testified that he formed an ! opinion of Chisolms mental condition on
 his first visit at the jail and that was | that he was mentally unsound.
 After a series of relative questions court | was adjourned at 6 o'clock. until 9:30 ! this morning Judge Hundley announced
 that night session would be held to-
 night in order to expedite the case
 Wind in the da'v's business