The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-09
A BLOW FOR
 THE DEFENSE Trial of ,.ornton Jen-
 H Hains. MEE ON TIE sTAD Capt Pstsr Hains ssffsrsd fzpm Maniac Oppressive hsanity. rA,s i. :. AnsssAs 1kLt w.slS Hsy. P.vs.tss Hl- rrs. Resesri.s.s N tAs Face sfra i, V. Enensy.
AlEEs ! ON TIE STAND

Flushing. N. T., Jan. S--The defense
 la the trial of Thornton J. Halns as principal with his brother. Captain
 Peter c. Hains. for the killing of wm.
 E. AnHis. came to a close, this after
 noon and before court adjourned.s Jus
 that they. would undoubtedly be
 able to conclude their labors about the
 middle of next week. f
 The defense placed two alientsts on
 the stand to1ay--Dr. L g. Manson and
 pr. |. Piece Clark--to tell the jury ftlfat Captain Peter Hains suffered
 from tmpulsive insanity when he shot
 Annls.
 Their cross examination was not call
 culated to aid the defense. both medi-
 cal experts disaKreeing in some main
 essentials on their y testimony. Dr.
 Manson. was recalled to the stand to
 uualifyaa statement made earlier In the
 day that Captain Hains suffered from
 maniac. tlepressives insanity from the
 time of his wifes confession. could not
 recognize his enemy and would not
 know his enemy by name. He qualified
 this and stated that when he heard
 the name .Annis," he was seized with impuIsive insahity, which reached it's climax when the shooting was. end
 ed. During the, periol, the. -alienist said. Captain Hains knew his victim.
 Dr. Clark, after testifyipg at some
 length, and when asked about certain authorities. stated that there were no authorities from his point of view on insanity. and that he tdids not claim 70 be an authority The cenfusion and seeming eonfiictions Of She aiienists
 served to proiong their cross sxamina- ''s sJs' As few .wituesses wsre called in re- buttal by the state late today when adtournment was taken. tS s--sis < |. Justtce Crane took part in the cross -ex animation of Dr. Manson. Wno declared that hysteria waA allied so at iength on his definition df the varf- GUS forms of insanity and pf the ner- ,voiss, sif&oraere and their relatlonA fo l lhysterfa A h liyatsrteai mah vas not insatle. aaid the hiienist. A ss ETTfle crosa-examiuatiQn Of pr. MaTsons
 wa lsgs s , sRs s|!', IFS z ,9l .. s wi.. fs@lsift6k.5 deHdItI0h Of the mind as that whlch perceiyes, acts and thinks, was only ah apology for such The aiienfst defined "iliusions" and "delu- sioi.S." He described the phases of mental dtstuFbAnces through which Captain Hains bassed. For more than an hour the prosecutor tnterrogated the witness on the various forms of
 
 ship to each other. 4f-s sss If 4All the phases of Captain Hains' mental condition were described as maniac oppressive insanity, said the alienist. - A43sa Fl
 sSuagering from such a malAdy as you have mentioned. would the patient be able to dress himself?"
 No sir. All power Is virtually gone.p
 F"wouid the patient recognize the face of an enemy. Would 1t affect your opinion that Captain Hains had impulsive insanity if you knew that on the day of the shooting he recog- nized hts enemy; that he talked intel iigently and quietly alter the shoot. | ing and that at the same time he,light- ed and smoked a 'cigarette?a "It would not" said Dr. Manson. IL. Pierce Clark who, Is connected with the Manhattan State Hospital. was called. pr. Clark said that he had read the hypothetical, question and that fin his opinion Captain Hains was inc sane at the tune of the shooting. He said he had examined Captain Hains on November ! and that he was insane at the time. Dr. Clark said that Cap tain Hains suffered from maniac de- pressive insanity at the time of the
 shooting and that the Captain became
 affected with. the mental trouble at the time of his wife's confession. --~ a.t