The Washington times., 1919-03-20
FIND ISHIDA GUILTY:
SENTENCED TO LIFE
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1Ghida's visit to him. 1 believe Ishida
knew murder was wrong, in the alb
stract, but a man may be in such q
mental condition that he may be able
TO persuade himself that murder in q
particular instance is right. II he did
90 persuade himself and killed a man
during that abnormal process OF reas-
oning. should say that he did not
know the difference between right
and wrong at that particular moment
i think that the murder was an insane
act, that is, have no other explana-
tion for It."
During direct examination by
Prosecutor Hartman. DR.. Brush said
that be believed that when Ishida
talked to him directly following the
crime he knew what the consequences
OF his firing the pistol were and that
he knew the jeopardy in which he
had placed himself.
was AIWays RatioaaL
DR.. Brush said that neither in word.
action or. deed had DR.. Ishida ever
shown any symptoms OF mental de-
rangsment or irresponsibility during
his residence 1t the hospital. He said
that on the four occasions when DR..
Ishida compiained to him about DR..
Wolf. he had believed that DR.. Ishida
accepted his explanation. After? The
murder was committed he was Ia
grave doubt shout II. He said the
very fact that DR.. Ishida had tried
TO secure q warrant for DR.. VOLTS
arrest was evidence that DR.. Ishida-
was lSboring under deiusions about
Asked to assume that all the facts
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he would be forced TO concI Sds That
DR.. Ishida. was Of unsouEd mind N
the day Of the murder, but the- he
bad not yet determined what form Of
Insanity IL was. @
Contrary TO all expectations. neith-
er er,Attorneys Halle or Grayson argued
their case before the court They
rested their case with their highly
successful cross-examination Of Dr..
Brush.
when court opened today Ishida
found himself in as curious legal
tangle as ever confronted the de-
fendRnt in any murder tFial-a a tan
gle woven by eight Of the States
most noted aliehists, many Of whom
knew him personally, and several Of
whom had worked and studied with
him at Johns Hopkins.
On one side were two men who
emphaticaliy declared he was violent
" insane at the time OF the murder
and az the present time an incurable
psranoiac.
Thinks Him ReaP0nsIbIe.
Two other experts, while admitting
he was probably the victim OF delus-
lens, went on record as believing he
knew the difference between right
and wrong, and should be held legal
ly responsible for his crime.
Another went still farther. and not
only declared him sane at the present
time, but characterized the entire de-
tense as 20 fsigned, and fabricated
affair'-the work Of q -blooded
murderer, who used his skill and
knowledge In mental diseases DELHI !
erately to simulate the symptoms and
sets Of 3 psEAnoiac for. the purpose
Of later using that defense TO escape I
She consequences
And while controversy between ex- |
perts and lawyers wakes hotter and /
more intense, the man who seems TO
care least Df all what the result Of the 1
little Japanese whom
the fuss Is all about Sane, or
insane, guilty or not guilty, alive or Y
6ead. Ishida seems to think little, and \
20 care less. Practically buried in the /,
crowd that filis the bar enclosure, and
almost invisible even TO the eyes OF /,
the Judge who must decide his case, +
Ishida has not taken the slightest ap-
paFent interest in the progress of his
trial. He has uttered not q single
word since his plea Of mot guilty on
the opening day. He has not made a /.
single suggestion to his attorneys or
conferred with them in any way.
Crowd HRteH Hin. |,
To practically every spectator in
that courtroom, which is packed from
until night, he is a hated
Japanese whom they would gladly
assist to the gallows for the crime
be has committed against one Of their