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EDWARD D.

WORRELL. 61

knowing it. I don’t recollect all
the persons who were present at
the ‘time of his illness in the or-
derly room. A short time after
the doctor gave him medicine he
became calm. Don’t know what
he gave him, I don’t know what
eansed it, Can’t swear it was
not prodneed by liquor. Am no
physician and can’t swear any-
thing about it. At the time of
the controversy between the sol-
dicrs and citizens, Worrell said
something, I don’t recolleet what.
‘He was a very resolute man. Did
not know but what he might
shoot. There was loud noise and
talking; what it was I did not
know, but it was something to
the effect to go away and make
no more disturbance. We very

wiekly lef as soon as we saw

e pistol. Have seen Worrell
on parade where he acted very
strange 23 8 non-commissioned
offeer. Worrell was frst ser-
geant. That office is very im-
portant. He is secretary and
Keeps all the secounts of the
company. He discharged the da-
ties of the company up to the
time he deserted, except when he
was sick. He kept the sick book.

Re-examined. Never saw him
worse for liquor than once and
then he was not noticed by the
commanding officer. I have nev-
er seen him when he was not able
from that cause to do his duty.

Dr, Edward H, Worrell. Am
father of defendant. Am
teacher, and in connection with
my wife have been eondueting a
female and male academy. Have
been a physician. Mental dis-
order is a very comprehensive
definition, embracing want of
judgment. He showed it very
early in life to such extent as to
ereate in my mind alarm and in-

duce on my part_eonsultation

with his mother. He hes been
subject to delirium from begin-
ning of his life. In 1845, near

Baltimore, about 11 years ago,
he was then about 16 or 17 years
old. In the evening be eame
up to where we were staying;
complained of being weary and
tired; was asked to tea, but de-
clined; said he would rest in the
poreh and refresh himself. Af-
terwards one of his aunts went
out after him; came back and
told his mother that Edward was
standing by a@ tree, leaning his
head against a tree and using
gestures and actions that indi-
cated extreme aberration of mind
and suggesting to her dreadful
apprehensions he was crazy. He
was rearing and tearing in con-
volsions and we could not hold
him, He was tearing his hair;
be wanted to draw a knife on
Mr. Rose. We could not man-
age him. Mr. Rose was appre-
hensive thet Edward wanted to
get_a knife out. Edward mado
indications of getting » knife
out, but for what purpose no
one knew. He seemed like a
perfectly wild man. He stared
out of his eyes, It took all of
us to keep him down. After a
considerable struggle (he was
very athletic at that time) we
sueceeded in getting him down.
The paroxysm was still on him,
and he continued to throw him-
self about violently. He was rut-
tering and mambling and talk-
ing. Had to watch bim all night
but he was not violent after that.
He finally went off in a kind of
stapor; he was quiet through the
night. He showed no mark of
intoxication. Never have seen
him so at all. The next mani-
festation of his variation from a

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