The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-19
Physician at State In
sane Asylum Testi-
fies in Case.
MADE SEVERAL
VISITS TO ] ALL
Long, Hypothetical Question
Covering Entire Testimony Is
Read and DR.. Cotton De-
clares 1t Confirms His
Diagnosis-Witncss
Reads from Notes.
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Newark, N. j.. November ls.-Tha.
Mrs. Caroline B. Martin is paranolac
was testified by Or. Harry a. Cotton.
of the state Insane Asylum at Trcn-
ton. during the insanity hearing in the
womans case this morning.
On cross.examination this afternoon
the witness Insisted that he had not
said Mrs. Martin was naranoiac, blu,
was suffering from q. paranoiac condi-
tion.
You say she is a parauoiac?" asked
I.ou,s Hood, special assistant to the
prosecutor.
II did not say So said Or. Cotton.
Il said she IS suffering from a para
noiac condition"
MIR Hood demanded an explanation
OF the distinction after insisting he mad
heard positive declaration.
DR.. Cotton Insisted that paranoia
was too general and that hi added
the word Condition and suhdiyidou
the classification to get closer def
milton.
An Individual Diagnosis.
Tho witness admitted his diagnosis
was largely his own, not following ab-
solutely the dlctum of printed author
ity. He said there is no recognized
absolute authority, but that the class
feat "paranols'' Is generally being
displaced by more definite classifica-
tion.
Adrian Rikcr, at the end of the doc
tors classification, read a long, hypo-
thetical question covering the entire
testimony.
The hypothetical question rectted the
salient points of the testimony from
the beginning OF tho hearing to the
present. This Included mention of the
woman's precocity at the age of three
years, when she was able to read; her
youth OF exceptional attrsctIyeusss and
ts..e tttt5z;S .-i lc ge 81 grow
ing eecentrtslsy and fyrftabsli,y her
latter manifestations of contempt for
manners and conventionaitty.
At the close OF the reading Louis
| Hood, of the prosecution. went over the
| document for verifications of testi-
n1ony part of which he questioned
! The points questioned being settled
| by few changes. Mr.. Riker asked
Or. Cotton if the Testimony so convered
| affected his diagnosis of insanity.
''lt confirms my diagnosis he re-
| piled.
DIR. Cotton had not finished his testi-
| mony when court ad iourned. Once
| during the afternoon his method was
| challenged by Prosecutor Mott, who
| however, at once Withdrew his objec-
I tion.
| Reads HIS Notes.
| The physician read from the notes
| Transcribed from several visits to Mrs.
| Martin since her incarceration in tho
| Jail on these occasions, the first was
on April q. last, Chandler w. Riker,
| her counsel, and one or two other
/ physicians and stenosrapher were
| present
| A disposition to eSaggerate, coupled
| with strong eSotism, characterized
Mrs. Martin during these interviews,
J said DR.. Cotton. He declared she par
! ticularly revealed in an affectaton of
/ Familiarity with big people"
| II never cared for friends; have
wanted 10 be alone all my lifc.' The
| doctor quoted Mrs. Martin.
Regarding her SUSPICION of spies, the
| alienist quoted from numerous state
! ments in which Mrs. Martin exhibited
| her distrust,
The witness went through his notes,
| skipping great deal. Mr.. Rikera OBJ
1 jected when reference was made to
| this by Mr. Mott, that the doctor was
| allowed to pick his data, that which
! seemed to him most significant of the
/ woman's state of mind. and that this
| method of presentation was followed,
| without questions. merely to save time.
The case will be continued to-mor.
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