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EDWARD D. WORRELL.

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ed with fits of any kind, Knew
several attached to his family
that were erazy. I have known
his father to be a very eccentric
man. I have understood it to be
current in the neighborhood that
Mr. Worrell attempted to com-
mit suicide; was at times so
changeable that he changed his
mind from the study of divinity,
under Bishop Kent of Indiana,
to medicine, and from one pro-
fession to another without any
apparent reason whatever. Have
understood from common report
that his grandmother was eccentric
on the subjeet of nicety. Have
known several relatives of the
Ringold family who are insane.
Professor R. W. Ringold of
Chestertown College was insane
for several mouths, His brother
committed suicide, and one of his
nieces is now in the hospital of
Maryland.

Daniel Blocher. Knew Wor-
rell in the years 1848-49, whilst
residing in the town of Cumber-
Jand, Allegheny County, Mary-
land. He was then a wayward
young man, without stability of
purpose, and was not considered
as respousible for his conduct
generally. His ambition seemed
to soar above his ability to do
what he would sometimes under-
take. He lacked discretion and
eaution. He had the head of the
man and the mind of the boy.
Dr. Worrell, the father of Ed-
ward, was a very eccentric man
whilst he resided in Cumberland.

James Dunn. I was intro-
dueed to Worrell in Baltimore,
at the office of Robert W. Raisin,
and bad considerable conversa-
tion with him in regard to the
several new states now settling—
Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, etc.
‘He became much excited on that

subject and inflated with s con-
siderable amount of gas. Found
that I could not continue my con-
versation with him any longer,
and was requested by Mr. Rai-
sin to stop the conversa-
tion. He must be an in-
sane man; there being no differ-
ence of opinion on the subject
of the conversation, as we con-
curred in opinion, and therefore
there was no cause for excite-
ment.

Samuel Ringold. Have known
prisoner from his infaney, though
not eontinuonsly, in consequenea
of not residing in the same
place. He has at times shown
Dneommon stability and an un-
expected, uncalled-for turbulence
of movement and hasty impet-
uesity; he has evineed no mani-
festation of insanity except an
oecasional wildness and extreme
excitability, I do not know
whether E. D. Worrell has ever
been alilieted with fits of any
kind. I do not know that any
Worrell was erazy except a re-
port that Dr. E. H. Worrell onee
attempted to take his own life
by landanum. Have heard that
Dr. Worrell, father of defend-
ant, is rather eceentrie; he was
thought to he more than eccen-
trie when he suddenly, without
explanation, abandoned divinity
after having prepared himself
for ordination under Bishop
Kent of Maryland, Defendant's
grandmother was remarkable for
nicety, but to what extent I do
not know. It ia not believed that
every branch of the Ringold
family has presented some sub-
ject of mental aberration. The
branch near Chestertown has.
As to the Eastern Neck branch,
one of the family shot himself
and one has been insane and is

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