The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-23
This Was the Reason Why
He Was Released, Says
DIR. Goodbred.
WAS EXAMINED BY A BOARD OF
WHICH He WAS A MEMBER
AND DECLARED SANE-MUCH
TESTIMONY HEARD IN CRiMl-
NAL COURT YESTERDAY, BUT
ADJOURNMENT TAKEN UNTIL
TOMORROW.

Geo. G.. ScudamOre Is insane ana IN
competent to conduct his defense,
was not reached in the criminal court
yesterday, examination OF witnesses
taking ND a major portion OF the day.
The chief witness was DIR. GOodDred,
superintendent of the Florida state
asylum for the insane, who was ex-
amined at length both by the attor-
news for the defense, and by the state.
While not admitting that he is ready
to diagnose the case as one or IN
sanity, he testified yesterday after
noon, after he and DR.. Blocker had
again examined Mr.. Scudamore In the
county jail, that, had ne not known
of conditions surrounding the case
before going to the Jail, he would
have discovered apparent signs OF
paresis, feigned or real He also stat
ed that the prisoner appears consid-
erably different than he did while an
inmate at Chattahoochee. On DR..
Goodbred's statement that DR. Jas.
II. Randolph, his assistant at the in
Urinary, had had almost absolute
charge of Mr.. Scudamore, it was de-
cided to wire him TO be present Cor
examination before Judge Beggs at
nine o'clock Friday morning
Case Grows Interesting.
As matters now stand. it would ap-
pear possible that there has been
very little error in the affair at any
stage of the developments which
have figured in the career of the al
legged sdefaulting cashier OF the Pen-
sacola Bank and Trust Co. Since he
was taken from that institution on
last Thanksgiving day. If me is suf-
fering from that form of insanity
known as paresis, 1t would have been
possible for him to have been unable
to withstand examination last fall as
% his sanity, and later, through
change of scene, regular habits, and
the best of medical care TO have ap-
parently recovered; to have appeared
perfectly sane and rational, to the
extent of passing a second examina-
ton more satisfactorily, and to have
ultimately obtained his release from
the asylum. II would, according 10
experts, have been possible for his
malady TO have taken this trend,
which in matter of fact, is only
stage of its progression, only TO de-
Yelop into an advanced stage, the COZ
dition of the patient, meanwhile,
growing more and more serious.
Geo. c. Seudamore exhibited many
symptoms of paresis when he was ex
amined by a board before Judge Boil
nnger several months ago. DR. GoGd-
bred, as a member of the examining
board at Chattahoocaee, through
which the prisoner secured his re-
lease, swore yesterday that his con-
duct at the infirmary after a short
time was that % a sane man. Since
he has been brought back to Pen~a-
cola, and has visited the scenes 0t
his late difficulties, he has once more
assumed the attitude of IistIess de-
lection which characterized his ap-
pearance during his former examina-
ton in this city; he has made pre-
posterous statements, and has grown
more demOnstrative, more energetic,
and perhaps more violent in his con-
versation. DR.. Goodbred, until he
conducted his second examination
with DR. Blocker yesterday afternoon,
was of the frank opinion that he was
and is still feigning insanity, and tes-
tined in court yesterday morning that
he believed his very attitude to be
studied. After the examination of
the afternoon, he admitted the change
which nad taken place in the condi-
ton of the prisoner since leaving
Chattahoochee.
Appearance in Court.
Perhaps the least noticed person in
the court room yesterday was ScUda-
more himself. He appeared in mar
hcularly good health, but apparently
took no notice whatever of what was
going on about him. Immediately
upon entering the court room, he
recognized DIR. Goodbred, and al
vaaced quickly to meet him. The
two men shook hands and engaged in
snort conversation. This was the
only time which the prisoner appear
ed to notice those in the court room.
After that. his chin sank upon his
breast; apparently not a muscle II
his body moved throughout the en-
tire morning His posture. which,
according to DR. GoodOred, was stud
LED. was that % man intensely
bored. dOwncast perhaps to the ex-
tent of an utter exclusion of all but
his ow1 morbid calculations. He ap-
peared, in fact, to be in a brown
study, and entirely unaware that
khere was any one in the court room
excepting himself. His brother, C. c.
Soudamore, who has done q brothers
part and more both financially and
otherwise, since the unfortunate al
fair took place, was present, as usual,
but no word passed between the
brothers by reason of the violent
sntipathy which the prisoner has de-
seloped against his best friend.
Or. Goodbred Testifes.
DT. GOodbTed was taken in hand
by Solicitor Scott NJ. LoStin for the
state when court convened yesterday
morning at nine o'clock, the follow