The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30
BRAIN NOT RIGHT.
 DOCTOR TESTIFIES
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taxicab call from Mrs. DeSaulles on the night of the shooting. The corrections he desired to make seemed trivial and Dr. J. Sherman Wight, who has attended Mrs. De Saulles while in jail, was returned to the stand. He testified on Wednes- day.
 At Justice Manning's suggestion 1 Drs. Smith Ely Jeliffe and Lewis c. Johnson, also called by the defense and Drs. Islam Harris Charles W. moned by the prosecution, were given seats near the witness stand so that repetition of the long question would not be necessary.
 l Lewis J. Smith, associated with MT Uterhart, began the reading of the Interrogation at 10:20 o'clock.
 Mrs. De Saul1es seemed wearied by the long court proceedings despite the holiday recess when she appeared in court today. She seemed more de- | jected than at any time since the be- | ginning of the trial. She sat with downcast stare, apparently without
 taking heed of what was going on 1 about her.
 l The prospect of hearing the review I of the defense's case contained in the l count for a swelling of court attend ance today. Every seat in the space | allotted to spectators was occupied.
 Shortly after the beginning of court
 it was learned from District Attorney
 Weeks that because of radical differ
 ences that, he says, exist in the de- fense's question was compared with l the testimony so far given, an entirely new hypothetical question may be pre- pared and put to experts in support
 of the prosecution's case. | It had been thought that Weeks I would use a, copy of Uterhart's ques- l ton, making slight changes. in it's framing.
 | Weeks announcement was regard
 ed as indicating at least another day
 would be required to complete the
 examination of the expert witnesses After the reading of the hypo- tactical question had continued 30
 minutes, juror No. fell asleep. He was awakened by a nudge from the juror seated on his left. Several
 others in the jury box did not seem to
 be much interested in the reading of
 the long Interrogation. Two or three.
 with closed eyes, nodded in their
 chairs while others looked about the l
 into the countryside beyond.
 After reading one hour and 20 min-
 utes Attorney Smith reached the con-
 clusion of the first part of the ques- \ tion-that relative to the defendants
 soundness of mind. Dr. Wight was J about to make answer when the dis l trict attorney challenged Dr. Wight's
 ability to qualify as an expert. Il Weeks also declared the question was not properly framed. Its all right as far as it goes," Said Weeks. He added that there
 were omissions relative to the hap
 penings on the night of August as
 told in testimony so >far given, which should have been included. ,t The district attorney pressed his objections on the ground that the question was incompetent and inn
 proper.
 Justice Manning, after some con- | sideration, ovverruled this objection. The question was repeated and to
 each of it's three parts pr. Wight an- swered "She was not,'' ''She did not"
 and ''She did not,' respectively.
 Since the question seems to have 5 been built entirely from testimony of witnesses called by the other side, it seems based on statements of our wit ~t nesses,' said Attorney Weeks.
 Justice Manning agreed that this . appeared to be the only course to pursue.
 What, in your opinion, was she suffering from" Dr. Wight was asked , by the defense.
 |, Justice Manning at this point inter-
 rupted to announce a 10 minute re- cess.
 In answer to the last question at the resumption of court Wight } said:
 : Ut is my opinion that she was suf- fering from brain pressure, due to
 adema produced by series of psychic
 shocks received that night, in the presence of a lack of nervous control,
 due to a thyroid condition and result
 ing from the old injury to the brain."
 In answer to cross questioning by
 District Attorney Weeks Dr. Wight 3 said he believed that had no brain pressure, resulting from a skull frac-
 ture, existed, Mrs. De Saulles would n have been subject to lapses of meni- [ ory in consideration of other causes I related in the hypothetical question. ] The witness was asked whether he > knew of person having been con-
 mitted to an insane. asylum because he was suffering from hypothyerosis e He answered: "No.'' , The tnoon recess was taken a few ? minutes 1ater.
 ; Resumption of the trial this af- 7 ternoon was postponed a few minutes u | while Justice Manning imposed g . sentence of II years at hard labor ir . . Sing Sing prison on an Italian who
 had been convicted of manslaughtel 7, for the killing of a fellow country. man during fight.
 q Mrs. De Saulles and the jury were : not in the court room when this if judgment was passed. 7 In coming into the court room Mrs e De Saulles passed the Italian who hat
 just received the prison sentence. Sht
 smiled at hiEa, but as he was walking
 with downcast eyes he took no notic,
 of the greeting.