The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-16
MRS. DILlmAN
MAY GO INSANE,
DOCTORS Think
Alleged Murderess Breaks
Down When Arraigned-
Connaughton' S Body Buried

DAYTON. O., July 16.-Overcome
by extreme nervousness and excite
ment resulting from the tragedy, 1t
is believed by physicians and others
that Mrs. Daisy Gunsalus Dillman,
charged with the murder OF John Fran.
els Connaughton, at their rooms, 513
West Fourth street. Monday, Is suffer
ing from incipient acute mania.
Symptoms leading to this conclu-
sion, 1t is said, were manifest imme-
diately following the shooting, and the
conduct of the woman after she was
locked up, when she was rambling in
her conversation, and her general &C
tons became exceedingly weird, &C.
cording to attendants.
After her plea of not guilty had been
entered to the formal charge of first
degree murder in criminal division of
municipal court, the woman swooned
and she was taken to the identification
bureau to be photographed. She was
Eeld without bail and Is confined in
the Montgomery county jail
Showed Effects of Strain
The woman plainly showed the ef-
fects Of mental and physical exhaus-
ton as she appeared in the court room
pale and haggard, and had to be sup
ported by an attendant. She was i'm
mediately the cynosure of a throng
of spectators which filled the court
room, and was apparently Indifferent
to the proceedings SO far as the Gu
rious were concerned, but gave way to
repeated outbreaks of emotion which
could be heard in the corridor outside
the court room.
Police investigation fails to throw
additional facts on the tragedy. 1t
is not denied, authorities say, that
she was never the wife OF Connaugh-
ton, and that her only reason for kill
ing the man.!s the result of jealousy.
The report is current that insanity
will possibly be urged as the only
reasonable plea in extenuation OF the
crime, which police point out is one Of
the most heinous III the annals Of the
departments records.
Body Is Buried
Attended only by his sister, Miss
Mary ConnauGhton, AZ South Third
street, Richmond, Ind; close person
al friend from that city and two dis.
tant relatives, who live on East Third
street, Dayton, brief funeral services
over the body Of Connaughton were
held Tuesday afternoon. A simple
prayer service Of the Catholic church
in which denomination he had been
reared. was said, and the body was
taken at once to Woodland cemetery
Miss Connaughton came to Dayton
Tuesday. morning and Immediately
made arrangements for the funeral and
burial. Notoriety incident to the re-
moval of the body to Richmond, the
old home, is said to have prompted the
burial here. While in the city, how
ever, Miss Connaughton made no par
ticular comment on the case, save tc
say that she had not seen or hearo
from her brother in about two years
md that she believed he was living
in Chicago.
Advices from Richmond last nigh
were to the effect that Clarence Dill
man, husband Of the alleged murdress
could not be located there, and tina
those who knew him were of the opin
ion that he would not come to thu
aid of his wife.
1t is reported here that Mrs. DillnaI
told police she had no relatives living
A sister, Miss Gussie Gunsaulus, wa
drowned in Dayton during the food o
1919 il is said