The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-23


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S0Rar9 Aremeans These -four took
m the ertina anemoo1. Hrs DaHfs
| g. ttmo6g could NOT be broken down
~ the 1rosscutfop. She spoke with
nSnch f. ling and had All her subjects
Gh0roueh1y IN hand She had 70 be
at0Ppe1 SeveraI times 6or telling more
thSn shse vas asked
On. RafdfnEton intended taxing the
$50 GafH back to MoraEntoWn but
the tatSn went back without him At
toSbey &Iarry shaw hoped tn the Last
To pc able to change the doctors e1-
nsesseds opinion that Davis vas m-
SAGE 6f: Harrington has charge OF
eSamintuG Officers for mental diseases
at bdorS antoVHn. He has had 81 years
! nedical e1perfence He has been pro
feseor In the medical departmsnt Of
he STATE University for u years. Dr..
4g fdinRt0n held TO, his opinion firm
IL Snd most Of the ARGUMENT that At
tofpey shaw put forward. according
to his own remark, -intensiHed that
onnion>e
4The frst witness called was DE-. Al.
kffe, aee so, with 20 years medical
| experieace. DE. ARdre TESTIFIED that
| 1SsTis~aS a drinking man and that he
J had reated him In 1916 for three con-
~ {..adQ1Pya EdF
Aofe. Davis saw things on the wall
az that time and his mental condition
$as VeSy bad. Both DR.. Keister and
| Or. Bar also treated Davis for these
supentS but these doctors are out of
tie state at present. Davis Wouldn't
haze knopn right from wrong at this
tinde. before the shooting. bis eyes
! had a SISSY look and he looked stu
hid, He didn't appear TO be-the,same-
9rs AlSire was present shortly after
Doyle Ss7erson was shot and heard
hf1 sap why did you shoot me pc to
: ATsrcene Davis. Davis made no re-
nIg at all DIR. Akre did not know
hipselt 7ghy the shots were fired
1frs. NGarceue Davis took the stand
Eaeft she was dressed quietly and
CAGE toward quickly with little dem
onstratSop- Her baby. about three
SeS1S VI GSSs Cf4l1o VIII -a9E Jus bt&4S
taBen fGom the room immediately att
stopped . number OF times. Just as
SOON, however, as She began talking
, az8in, she became SO wrapped in what
a6e was saying that she completely
fofgot to speak SO that the steuog-
capher could take down what she said.
Mrs paws testified that her hus-
hadd had been a drinking man during
the thirteen years OF her marriage In
1916 he had three COMMISSIONS and was
IN bed six weeks. The doctor came
thee tSrpes the first day and every
9a5 afterwards until he was better
h 1917 he had these conVulsIons again
So badly that he was In bed this time
u weeks His eyes crossed and his
voice .eft him Stu later he had eight
eonVulSfons. When sober. he was
worse nnentally than when drunk. He
ta1ted often in a childish manner. He
SopttnoaIIy saw strange people IN the
boise. de tried to catch flies IN the
tap wAen there were none in the
boise. He laughed when there was
Sothine 10 laugh about. One night he
became 50 frightened at the light shin
&E on some tubs placed on the fence
to dry that he was completely nm
oe1Ted, He began to see, animals In
he hoose- Finally he suggested that
be kill both Of his Children, his wife
and then himself. At night he couldn't
Slcep bat kept his wife awake tossing,
Shpdderfpg and uttertng fr4ghteued
DOSES One day, according to the
Witness, he shot at something IN the
boise ard she was afraid to 90 in the
ro0m thinking him surely dead. When
She did go, he merely laughed. But
It vas oply when he was IN his right
nntnd thet he saw things, BE never
old when he was drunk. Once he tried
20 SHOE himself, and Roy Patton and
The wikuess kept him from doing so.
Or tho p1orning OF the shooting, Doyle
EFersoa was at her house for hreak-
ta5t aud both EVerson and her hus-
band We're the best of friends.
Dlrs. Davis also testified that her
ausbaad often beat his head With his
HIsts ADD once beat it with a revolver.
Sbe said both herself and her huS-
6and's famfly knew he was. not right
but ne9tber of them felt ike sending
hfn away to an Institution.
AttoSuey Shaw sought to show that
as The defendant knew how to run an
autonobne and to transact business,
he copSd not be insane.
Oh. 1ISrdinRton took the stand next
at this stage Judge Raymond law
YES Oh both sides and the prisoner
egtired 10 the office Of the Judge to
discusS the hypothetical question
Nearly IN hour passed before it was
eesdy. When read at length to DR..
9srdiI zion and the question asked,
'Ib yoo1 opinion do you think the prfs=
oper haew what he was doing at the
tiDae II the shooting" DR.. Harding