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EDWARD D.

WORRELL. 63

lent, and more frequent in the
forenoon. Sometimes they would
begin by drowsiness. Restless
if things did not go right. He
would then have a peculiar look
in the eye. Then he would faint
away. His pulse would flutter
and then intermit. I sometimes
thought he was going to die. Ail
of a sudden he would have a
most violent spasm, and thought
he would break every bone in bis
body. His eyes afterwards would
become fixed and glazed like tho
eyes of a dying man; then he
would gradually revive, mutter,
mumble, froth at month, show
the volani Inaseles were out.
of the reach of the will, and
gradually come to himself.’ The
manifestations were not always
the same. Sometimes he would
walk ahout with his eyes staring,
sometimes and generally he would
Tie down when dizziness and sick-
mess began to come upon him.
‘Have seen him miseoneeive what
did not exist. He thought he saw
flying gnats, which did not pre-
vail; there was nothing of that.
Dr. Davis, besides myself, treat-
ed him fo for epilepay. He occu-
Pied the cell in northeast corner
of the jail in the third story—
I think No. 25. Either my wife
or myself have been with him
every day since. We often went
together, but alternation was the
rule we established; she in the
morning and self in the after-
noon. We changed as near din-
ner as ‘would accommodate the
officers of the jail. We had a
stove in his room warmed by al-
eoho! fuel, by which he would
eook his fi
Cross-examined, R. W. Raisin
married a cousin of Mrs. Wor-
rell, the mother of prisoner.
Samuel Ringold is brother to

Mrs. Worrell; he is 50 odd years
old; I suppose about 56 years
old. Know nothing of Dunn.
Blocher is no relative whatever.
There are no other persons whose
depositions have been read, re-
lated or connected. Guess Rai-
sin is 50 years old, From when
Edward left Louisville until I
saw him at Dover; don’t recol-
lect he said he had left the army.
The newspapers stated and
Lieut. Clark wrote me he was
dead in the manner expressed
here today. My impression on
his arrival was he had deserted.
Hither asked him or took it for
granted; don’t recollect it. It
was heard sometime in Dover
that Gordon was killed before
the news was communicated to
me after his arrest by Dr. Bates.
His previous letters had shown
great dissatisfaetion with the
army. He bad none of these
fits at Dover. He was about the
same as usual. I am astonished
now, he then mainteined his nor-
mal condition of mind and equa-
nimity, he knowing what we did
not.

Mrs. Elisabeth §. D. Worrell.
My sof is 28 years old; was
born in Wilmington, Del. When
he was only 4 or 5 years old ha
exhibited irritability and want
of self-control. Think he had
leas self-control than children of
that age generally have, He was
not injured in the region of the
head that I know of at that time.
This want of self-control con-
tinued to increase, The first vio-
lent fit he had was in July, 1845,
aa related by my husband. The
next attack was when he was
brought home by Mr. Watson, as
my husband related. In Balti-
more the talking was not in his
eleep; it was before and after

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