The Washington times., 1934-12-17
Fee May Be $500

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The doctor and the prosecutor
clashed when Mr.. Bryan de-
manded to know the amount OF
fee charged Deacon Bell.
DR.. Tucker refused to answer
this, but Judge Coleman ordered
him to do so.
The fee, he said, will be 5000
or $780," In an effort to show
that Deacon Bell is not insane,
Mr.. Bryan called two witnesses
to show that the churchman at
tempted this year to secure the
office of postmaster here.
Benjamin T. Pitts, close friend
and business associate of Deacon
Bell, and John F.. Gouldman, jr.,
banker, both of whom testified
for the defense Saturday that
they believed Bell to be insane,
were called by Mr.. Bryan to show
that Deacon Bell attempted to
get the postmaSterShip.
Sugar in Blood
Defense counsel began QueS-
tioning DR.. Tucker at the point
where testimony ended when court
adjourned Saturday;
Q.-HOw long was Mr.. Bell In
your SanatOrium?
A.-One week.
Q.-What did this glObula
about which you spoke indi-
cate?
Alt confirmed my convic-
tiOn that he had SOftening Of
the brain.
Odd you examine his
blood?
Ayes, / found sugar and
calcium in his blood. This cal
cium in the blood in low guam
titles has an effect on the
nervous system.
At this point Chief Defense
Counsel Butzner read a long hypo,
thetical question in which he at
tempted to show defendant was
insane as the result of a long
period of illness.
A Diseased Mind
The question propounded by
the defense recounted a brief his
tory of Bells life, how the de.
fendant married, how he provided
for his family and how finally he
became seriously i'll in 1881. After
this question was put before the
court Mr.. Butzner asked DR.
Tucker:
Q.-What, then, is your Opin-
ion of the accused?
Al think from that history
1t shows the man was very ire
SpOnsible and that he did many
irrational things, acted on the
impulses of the moment, that 1t
shows a history of the product
of a diseased brain.
Q.-Would you say he was
sane or insane?
A.-InSane.
Q.-How long would you say
he was in this insane condition?
Al could not say definitely,
but certainly for several years.
DO SILLY THINGS
Q.-(By Mr.. Bryan Would
you expect a man of this type
to say one thing one time and
then deny it?
A.-(By DIR. Tucker) Yes,
these people do very silly
things: they are very child
ish. Nobody with a sound
brain would do these things.
Prosecutor Bryan then ques
toned DR.. Tucker.
Q.-DO sane people have
measles?
Ayes.
Prosecutor Bryan then took ur
a long series of questions at
tempting to show that a sane
man could have had all the
physical symptoms and ailments
that Mr.. Bell had and that the
many ills of the defendant woulc
not prove his insanity.
Q.-After Mr.. Bells indict-
ment you saw him at your
hospital, did you not?
Ayes. / had not seen
him before.
Q.-WOuld any changes in
the assumptions in this hypO-
thetical question change your
answer.
Ayes, 1 could be proved
wrong.
Judge Coleman chided the wit
ness for not being more direct lr
his answers.
Q.-What type of insanity
would you call MIR. Bells?
Alt is the beginning of
senile insanity.
eff you had known his
melancholy was due to remOrSe
would that have changed your
answer?
Ale never showed a strick-
en- conscience while in the Sana-
torium.
Judge Coleman broke in agair
and reminded the witness to be
more direct in his answers.
Q.-Would the fact that Mr..
Bell wept at a prayer meeting
be consistent with insanity?
Al don't think it would
prove sanity or insanity. 1t
would only prove the defendant
was emOtiOnally upset.
Q.-Did you have MIR. Bell
under treatment?
A.-No, he came to my place
only for observation.
Q.-In how many cases have
you testified as a witness in
mental cases?
Al could not say.