The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16
FOX DANGEROUSLY INSANE, II |s SAID
Alienlst Testifies Defendant Told Him God Said To
 K,iiiI Cobura,.


 ATLANTA. Ga. Dec. 16.--(Ry As- sociated ss.)-Philip B. Fox was declared insane by Dr. R. R. Swint. expert alienist. In testifying for the defense late today during the trial of Fox here on the charge of the mur- der of William Coburn. a klan at torney.
 Dr. Swint testified the type of in sanity which the defendant was sui fering Is regarded as extremely dan gerous, defining it as paranoia."
 The expert is superintendent of the Georgia State Sanitarium for the In sane. He testified he has been a specialist for 22 years.
 Fox is a man who hears voices, yet he does not rave and Keeps his illu- sions to himself A voice tells him to kill and there are some cases where men have wiped out their families" testified the expert.
 pr. Swint said Fox stated to him that he had heard voices regularly during the last six months.
 "rhe voice of God told him to kill MT. Coburn or else MT. Coburn would kill him." Dr. Swint testified Fox told him during the sanity test. The specialist added that a man who has a delusion can have at the same time motive. The state has declared it would prove that a nan who Is insane al the time he stays another cannot be prompted by any motive. -zH Court recessed until Monday morn ing, while pr. Swtnt was on the stand. his testimony being uncom- pleted
 Defense Paves Way.
 The prosecution had previously an- nounced that in the introduction of it's rebuttal testimony it would show that there was an alleged motive be- hind the killing; that Fox went to Co | burns office because Coburn had in lis possession an affidavit damaging to FoX's character and had threat- ened to expose it.
 Throughout today the defense l paved the way for the intToduction of Dr. Swint's testimony, Witness after witness testified that in their opinion, based on FoX's action imme | diately before the shooting, and after he was arrested that he was insane others testified of his eccentric man. ner during his residence in Atlanta while yesterday Fox's form0 asso- ciates in the newspaper business re- lated his alleged illusions during the past few years.
 Dr. Swint said that on December he made q private examination of the defendant, remaining with him foI about three hours. T examined his mental processes of emotion and in- tellect and found that he was not normal. l also found Fox suffering from tremors of the hand and .tremors and convulsions of the facial mus cles," testified Dr. Swint.
 From your examination would yoU say he was sane or insane%'
 Tt is my opinion that he is men | tally diseased"
 How would you classify his con dition?"
 l Called Paranoid' Condition. If l lad to classify him, I would L say that he was suffering iron, q lparanoid condition, In other words he had suspicious arising from yer l bal auditory hallucinations.
 Besides hearing the voice os God to kill MT. Coburn, the alienist testified that The thought he was being watched If he saw two or three peo- pie talking on the street he would | imagine they were talking about him |, He imagined that there was an or ganized plot to get rid of nifn."
 Did he appear to be stimulating tthis condition?'
 ''No His was typical case, and l such cases are4hard to simulate."o
 Tn all your years of experience how many cases have you known fCnpfinned On pure Txvn