Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-05-04
CRAWFORD GETS LIFE
Sentence FOR MURDER
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al- Ire county. and aaa always bone
god reputation The trial opened
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-..I Story concerning AZ Operation
e hal b. Dtas.r. al.lh vas supposed
la have ..s. nm slLh q mental diseass.
Indicated lr.zn-sy- hl. the eHalnina-
t,nE ut three physicians failed 20 show
an Abnormal galIrt.es DE- lbs mental
fa-lI-.sr.
c-aa.tg0i. AGO riding o. ms own stor5-
8a,g'r EltH,as stand, has been labor
.RE under the Ge.u lon that DR.. Hyatt
ard Dr. Walker had formed a cOuspir-
acy % take has life, and they had been
for the pas; ilv- year trying to give
him prescriptions which would kali
him. This story was Indicative that
the man vas suffering from the first
stages Of par4uoIa, Ia which the pa
'snt always Im4gines someone Is
fvIng 70 harm him He stated that
The ueiEhbuuHg farmers tired to put
poison in his water. His testimony
included story about the operation
performed 10 Denver, which was sup
posed 10 have left him mentally de
fectIye.
IL 1905. while working in 4 granite
quarry, Crawford developed . bad
case q blood poisoning and had to 20
10 q hospital for an operation. Ii
said that after the operation was over
he overheard two nurses in the room
discussing his case. One nurse said
that before the operation, the patient
had been given too much chloroform
and had been given up for dead b.
the attending physician. An inferno
10 the hospital asked FOR permission a.
try and revive the man, which wa
granted According TO Crawford, the
nuT-s said the experiment was a sue
cess, but d. was the opinion Of all the
physicians 1t the hospital that Cras-
ford would gradually become insanr
as q result Of the excessive amount o.
chlorDfoTm. Three doctors testified
the tual that the story was absolutel.
impossible. and II seemed TO be a rus
10 affect insanity.
Drs +. NJ. Russell. +. p. Hanson am
J. +. AcDonouRh, Gunnison physician
examined the accused man thoroly las
week and none Of them reported an
trace Of insanity. 1t is claimed tina
a person suffering with paranoia be
comes more violent as time goes OF,
and both Sheriff Hanlon and Deputy
Lehan testified that the prisoner har
given them no trouble whatever Will.
in jail It is said that Crawford haf
never told either OF the above storio.
to anyone before being lodged in ia'
did not believe the stories himself
There were no traces of insanity IL
mis- family, and all evidence SCENE
TO point 10 the fact that the man Wa
normal mentally. His answers 10 tn
lawyers were inteiligently given.
Seighbors of the accused man testifi
ed that he had always acted naturally,
which disproyed the theory that tn
murderer was suffering from paranoia
ut the time Of the killing.
The people were represented IL
District Attorney Lee ". Burgess 81
Grand Junction, and Ed. Sherman Of
Moutrose. The case lasted two days
and was tried before Judge Straud NJ.
Logan. The jury was composed Of
NJ. Il. McLain, II. n. DeYarman. Win
field LaMOy, Clarence Lehman, Fred
Wilson. L. C. Calvin r. j. Scheid, z.
+. McDonough, Clarence Radeka, Ho-
mer Davis, Clyde Burris and Frank
Clark.