The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-07-16
ALIRNIsrs TESTIFY.
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badly have been an idiot, an i'm beetle
or feeble-minded.
He said that an epileptic was not
quick at figuring, purchasing or add.
ing amounts. Defendant had a repu.
tation at figures and examinations.
When asked what he was to receive
for testifying he was uncertain, but
said he usually received $50 per day.
He stated that at the time of his ex-
animation of Anderson In the Jail
here he was apparently sane.
DR.. George Stockton, superintend-
ent of the State Insane Hospital at
Columbus, was then called to tn e
stand. He has devoted his entire
practice to the study and treatment
of mental and nervous diseases. For
% years he was assistant physician at
the institution of which he has
been superintendent for the past elk
years.
After having been taken through
preliminary examination in regard
to his mental and nervous diseases,
their general causes and their effects
on the patient, he was asked the hy-
pothetical question propounded to
DR.. Rutter He said that in his opin
ion that the defendant was insane and
not conscious of his act He said
such person could no. control his
mind and in his opinion did not know
right from wrong.
On cross.examination he stated that
his answer to the question was upon
the supposition that all of the facts
stated therein we're true and th It If
they we're not 1t might change his
answer. While no arrangement had
been made for his pay, he usually re-
ceived $50 per day. Court here ad-
iourned until nine o'clock Thursday
morning.
On Thursday morning DR.. Stockton
was again placed on the stand he
stated that he examined Anderson
some time last February in the Jail
here. Had been told that defendant
had epileptic its, but did not know.
He had some of the characteristics
of an epileptic, such as being moody
and gloomy.
Anderson had lead an immoral life
and had been diseased to a consider
able extent.
In speaking of the tragedy Auber
had told him that he had been to see
Pearl twice on that evening. The
second time Pearl sat on his lap and
struck heI hand against something
In his pocket, which he told her was
revolver. She asked him to see 1t and
he gave II to her and she laid 1t on
the table inside the door. He remem-
bered nothing else In regard to the
tragedy and said that If he had killed
Pearl he hoped he would be punished
as he had never had better friend.
Col. Morrow conducted the cross
examination and brought out that
Anderson had told the doctor that he
took drink on the porch and that
Pearl had taken the bottle from him.
Nothing was said In regard to defen.
dant's mental condition. Anderson |
answered most of the questions he
asked him lntelligently and seemed |
to have a clear recollection of events. |
The only peculiarity about him was
his tendency to jump from one SUBJ
ject to another.
DR.. B. F. Beebe, the last of the de-
fense's alienist, was then called to
the stand. He is a teacher of menta |
diseases at Grandview Sanitarium at |
Cincinnati. Treatment is given for
mental diseases and drink and drug
habit. He has studied epilepsy and
treated it in all its forms. He gave
a lengthy explanation of insanity
Had never seen the defendant until |
the last two days when he had made
two examinations of him of half an
hour each day.
The hypothetical question was then
presented to him and he was request
ed to answer 1t, basing his answer on
the examination and the statement
in the question. He sid
there was no doubt but that the de-
fendant was defective from birth,
was defective now and would con-
tinue to be 80. Had never been right
mentally or physically.
He was then asked to lay aside his
and answer the hypo-
tketica' question on the basis that
the statements in 1t were true. He
said that he was unquestionably In
sane.
Returning to his examination of
the defendant he said that his head
was abnormal and out of proportion,
a condition common in epileptics.
The ear Is low down and the brain is
out of proportion. The mouth is
arched and the teeth very bad. There