Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10
CRENsHAW DEFENSE
STILL PLEADS INSANITY
Brain anti Nerve Specialists Testify
tn Richmond Boys In
competency.
SHARPE EXPLAINS OPERATION
Defense Will Rest To-Day. When
State Will BcSin Attempt to Con-
vict Defendant Of Robbery and
Arson.

Special to The Times Dispatch
CHARLOTTE SNiIl.t.. VA. November
9.-Thc third day Of the crcnshaw ease
In the Circuit Court found tho interest
of the public undated in this un-
usual and remarkable medico- legal
battle. $. Dabucy trcnshaw. the
young defendant who yesterday con-
fessed 10 having burned tho university
laboratory 10 cover theft. had recovered
from his sudden nausea attack and
breakdown of yesterday afternoon.
which occasioncd his being placed on
IL cot. facing the jury, while the legal
battle IN his behalf was carried on
by his lawyers.
The defense may be said to have
again borne of the honors Of the day.
scoring strongly in the medical evil
dcncc produced. as they had on Wed
ncSday made notable impression
through the testimony of the boys
mother, whose brave fight for her son
has marked this case as ono of the
strongest human interest trials occur
ring here in II generation.
The first witness was X. j. Ham
mond, Il fellow student with the ac-
cused at the Episcopal High School N
1911 when lie met with a serious ac-
cidcnt. which led UP to an operation
on his skull at Johns Hopkins Hos
pitai by DR.. Cushing.
Mr.. Hammond related the occurrence
in question, and stated that after the
convusion ii took some four or five
days 10 hold Crenshaw and prevent him
from injuring himself.
DIR. TUCKER SAYS CONDITION
DUE 10 PRESSURE on BRAIN
Or. Beverley r. Tucker, of Richmond
a specialist on brain and nervous dis
cases. told of an operation performed
on young Crcnshaw at his hospital last
March. He said the operation was
necessary TO relieve the mental and
physical condition of the young man
On observing the brain as exposed he
found that there was no pulse in it,
as should he the case. DiStended veins
were discovcrod-a pleXus or bundle
OF largely distcndcd blood vessels. He
had never seen Il worse case OF en-
largement OF the veins. Asked as TO
the effect OF the conditions described
the doctor said that an Increased pres
sure would tend TO make person ab-
s'racted and Indifferent. the will being
the frst TO go and the intelligence last
He stated that the conditions found
would be pronounced as seriously dis
cascd. The mind of such person
would also be seriously diseased
Asked as To the progress of the pa-
TENTS recovery after the operation.
Dr. Tucker stated that there was n
satisfactory reaction, and the young
man recovered satisfactorily After he
had been at the hospital awhile he
began 10 he brighter mentally Inter
est in himself and the family was later
aroused. and the patient was subsc-
duentiy sent to the county at his
advice. The trips to the country did
him world of good and his blood
pressure improved. as we'll as other
vital functions He took an interest
in the approaching trial and made the
remark that ii seemed to him like a
thing apart" His feelings toward his
father and family also underwent n
change. and he seemed far more normal
and responsive.
SnARPE PERFORMED OPERATION
AND CONTEMPORARIES DIR. rJC,<Ey,
DIR. William Sharpe. another nerve
and brain specialist OF New York,
Continued on Second Pago1