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X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

normal condition was at Ports-
mouth, Ohio, at Eldon & Barra
store in the beginning of 1850,
Don’t know he bad any fits at
Cumberland. While there he
dashed out with only one or
three dollars in his pocket to
walk to California, to never atop
till he got there. He broke away
from us; and we knew nothing
till a friend told ua next day.
When he got to Pittsburg, he
wrote for money; received it;
eame back to Cumberland; then
went to Portsmouth. One eve-
ning he was brought to my
boarding house at Mrs. Davis’
in 2 stato very similar to that he
was in near Baltimore. His fel-
Jow clerk brought him there—
Watson. From Portamonth I
moved to Kentucky. This was
about the beginning of the next
year, I saw Edward’s condi-
tion as related by Dr. Curran,
at whose house we were living:
Reeollect the consultation I then
had with Dr. Curran. We thought
him a perfect maniae. ‘There
was no eause for the fit that I
know of. . We helieved it a per.
feet case of epilepsy. Edward
would sometimes go out and
sleep with some young men. On
one oceasion some of them came
to me and told me Edward was
in a very bad way. He had a
return of these spasms. He com-
plained of a dreadful headache.
That was always a eymptom with
hin. In the fall of 1852, he en-
listed in the army. About the
same time I went to Dover; to
my great annoyance he trent to
Baltimore and enlisted in the
army. I did not seo him after-
wards until 1855, at Wilkesbarre,
Pa. The mosquitoes had driven
me out of Dover. In the first
part of 1855 I obtained his dis-

charge from the army, through
Gen. Pierce of Maryland from
Jefferson Davis. When I came
to Wilkesbarre my son came to
us there. He there practiced den-
tistry, in the office of Dr. Each-
urt. The ague shook my wife out
and we had to leave there. We
went to Louisville, I to find a
school, my son to find a place to
practice dentistry. Then I went
to Dover. I then did not after-
wards see him until in Dovér. He
bad gone to Cincinnati and re-
joined the army. Saw him in
Dover about a week before his
arrest, During his then visit we
had no suspicion of anything
wrong. He used to attend musi-
eal soirees given by amateurs;
nsed to call and bid us good
night and to walk and join me
in the street. He wore different
clothing. One time I recollect
be wore blue trousers. After my
son’a arrest, T got to St. Lonis,
my wife and self, in about eight
or ten days; against the opinion
of physicians my wife accom-
panied me. Have not since seen
this irritability in bim, until Sep-
tember. Have discovered no vio-
lent fits in bim sinee his return
from Union, from the last term
of this court, After that time
he had had chills. He had no
fits during the confinement pre-
vious to September. He seemed
to need fresh air. I applied to Dr.
Bassett to get Felps, the governor
of the jail, to get him to give Ed-
ward fresh air and more enlarge-
ment. Tha doetor did not do 80.
T treated him; the fits then camo
on, became very bad and alarm-
ing; ealled in Dr. Davis. I did
so because Dr, Bassett did not
call at my request. The indica-
tions were at first great irrita-
bility, These fits were never vio-

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