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Miller
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color and size-very similar to
that"
Mr.. Shipe told Assistant United
States Attorney Charles B. Murray
he believed 1t was the same gun he
saw on each occasion. He said it
was never taken out of the envelope
In his presence.
The witness was not shown the
third gun in the case-the one later
found in DR.. Lind's f1ome-and
asked to tell whether the weapon
he saw in the envelope resembled it.
An earlier witness testified that
Millers actions during the IS min
utes before he shot and killed DR..
Lind were automatic and on the
vegetative level"
Third Fsychistrist Testifies.
DR.. Harry Crawford testified as q
defense witness to add his opinion to
that of two psychiatrists yesterday
gth1t Miller was of unsound mind
on the day OF the Staying.
DR.. Crawford said that when MI
Ter set out for the Woodward g.
Lethrop department store at / pm
on February 81 he did not 60 with
the purpose Of killing DR.. Lind.
did he deliberate any time dur
ing the 25-minute period before the
shooting on the purpose to kill?"
Mr.. Murray asked.
He did not" the witness said.
How would you characterize this
.period?" ar,
eHe was badly confused men,
tally"
The psychiatrist said Miller had
the intellect to commit the crime
but not the mental capacity to
evaluate it.
WAS he capable Of premeditating
it?" Mr.. Murray asked.
mo"
WAS he capable of executing the
plan to kill?"
He did,"
Called Temporary Upset.
DR.. Crawford told Mr.. Murray he
was unable to give a name to the
mental condition under which he
said Miller was suffering at the
time.
ut was temporary mental up
SET" DR.. Crawford said. There is no
categorical name for it."
After the shooting, the witness
said. Miller apparently had no clear
memory of the events that occurred.
The peak Of the confessional period"
was reached at the moment of the
tragedy and was followed by IAN
evident memory lock-" he said.
A mental lull followed the shoot
ing, DR.. Crawford said, and there
has been "a clearing up of the con-
ditions since then"
How long after the shooting was
it that the mental condition
cleared?" Mr.. Murray asked.
Il saw him three months later"
the witness said. I'D say his mental
condition was normal then"
Yesterday DR.. Antoine Schneider
testified that if Miller actually placed
second gun in a white envelope on
the seat of DR.. Lind's automobile
next to the body of his victim, as
charged by the Government, he was
either mentally unsound or "un-
believably stupid"
Dr. Albert Marland agreed, saving
1t would have been rather a foolish
thing for a man of his experience
to do"
Long Hypothetical Question.
The two psychiatrists based their
Judgments on a long hypothetical
question propounded by Mr.. Welch.
1t took Mr.. WEIGH "a minutes to ask
the question, which was, in effect, a
summary of the defense case. All
three doctors were sworn in to
hear the question in a body, al
though their answers were given in
dividually.
DR.. Schneider said that when he
examined Miller in the District Jail
inflrmary on May 4 and again on
May 10 he found the defendant
to be suffering from an arterio-
sclerotic condition of the vessels of
the brain. He said this condition
never disappears. but may become
progressive or may remain static.
He said this probably was a "sec-
ondary cause" of Miller's abnormal
conduct which led up to the
shooting.
The psychiatrist testified that the
mental strain under which Miller
suffered after he learned of his
wifes relationship with DR.. Lind
resulted in mental alterations that
ended In "his killing an individual
without regard for the conse-
quences"
What consequences did he disre-
gard?" DR. Schneider was asked by
Mr.. Maher.
THE one that faces him now
electrocution,' the witness replied.
The psychiatrist also said that If
Miller cautioned police officer at
the scene to pick up the second gun
with a handkerchief, as charged by
the Government, such an act would