The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-02
Said to be Unanimous Verdict
Of AIieniSts About MikaIes
WHO SHOT MRS. MASC0TT
Case Against Barre Young Man win
Come Up ii County Court on
April TILE Has Been Under
Observation Some Months.

That James Mikales was insane when
he shot and killed Mrs. @. G. Mascot
III her apartments in the Eastman block,
this city, On july 25 last, and that he
il sill insane, IS said TO be the unani-
nous opinion Of the alienists who have
had the young man under observation for
some time; and when the case charging
murder comes up in Washington county
court on Monday. April II, they will 80
testify, it Is understood The young
man is at the state asylum La Water
bury, where lie has been held since last
fail.
The physicians at that institution have
been observing the patient since his com
mitment BIT order Of the court, and re-
Gently Dr. n w. Mitchell superintendent
of The Eastern Maine Insane hospital at
Bangor has been at the Waterbury i'm
stitution having been called by the de-
Tense in the case. DR.. Mitchell has just
been appointed to the superintendencv of
the Danvers, Mass, state insane asylum.
He has just returned TO Bangor after
being in this city and ID Waterbury for
some time.
After watching the young man and
looking up his history, the doctors are
said TO have reached a complete agree
ment that Mikales was irresponsible Or
insane, At the time lie shot Mrs Mascot.
and that he - still in that condition Of
mind insanity win, Of course, be the
defense when the case comes up for dis
posal III eourt within ten days.
just before adjournment Of the court
yesterday afternoon for the Sunday re-
IL. o.
ing state cases the first Of next week,
and then the suit Of John Shearer
against the Consolidated Lighting com
pany and the Vermont Telephone a Tel
egfaph company will be taken up. Shear
er was burned so severely while working
as a lineman that he lost one leg.
The first state case to come up win
be that Of Enrico Mangiani Of Barre.
who Is charged with stsbbing Pietro
Petrucei on Granite street in this city
several weeks ago. Mangiani was bound
over from tie Barre city court.
4 repiegin suit vas decided yesterday
afternoon IN favor Of the Union Granite
company of Waterbury which sued Han-
N lawson, deputy sheriff, the plaintiff
getting ans cent and costs The Union
Granite company manufactured monu-
mant foF Charles Clement Of Boston, and
the Globe Granite company sued Clement
and attached the monument which the
Union company had made for him. The
attachment was made after the monu-
ment had been placed on the car at Wa
terbury. and forthwith the Union com
pauy rapleYinea 1t from the officer, claim
ing that the title had not passed
A4 fhe close Of the evidence Yesterday
AFTERNOON, the plaintiffs attorneys. 8.
Hollistsr Jackson and John TIT Redmond,
moved for verdict for their client on
the ground that Clement had cancelled
the contract before the monument was
loaded on the car and that wrong in
struetions had been given the railroad
company, SO that there was no delivery.
and the title still remained with the
Union company This motion was fol-
lowed hy the verdict for the plaintiff, "a
above stated Attorneys WI. Il. Lord, w.
N Therianlt and r q. Gleason appeared
for the defendant.