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Show 'PRISONER DAS A CRAZY STARE John McDormott, charged with for-I for-I Rcry, again appeared before Judge ' Howell this morning and again he wr.j crazy, or feigned Insanity Tho coitrt has concluded' that It will not be woll to proceed with tho caso until a medical board has passed upon tho mental condition of the man, and, to this end, Judge Howell has called an examining board to meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The prisoner appeared haggard and worn, his face and eyes showing unmistakable un-mistakable signs of mental distress. When his name was called by the clerk, he paid no attention whatover and did not raJso his oye3 from a constant con-stant stare at tho floor An officer lifted him from his scat and told him to answer the court. Tho man fuiled to givo oar to tho court, howovor, and gazed vacantly Into apace without uttering ut-tering a single word. An attornoy stated that h represented tho defendant defend-ant and that ho would enter a plea of not guilty. Tho court advised tho attornoy that ho thought It would hardly bo proper to accept the plea until tho man could be examined for his sanity. "This man appears this morning to bo mentally unbalanced," said the court, "aud I think I shall call u lunacy lun-acy board tomorrow morning for the purpose of determining just what his condition is. The officer stated In open court tho other day that the man Is foigning insanity, but he has such a queer expression this morning and is seemingly so entirely oblivious to his environment that I think we had better find out just what Is tho matter mat-ter with him." -James Goodman, also charged with forgery, appearcxl before the court and entered a plea of not guilty. Tho time for trial will be set at some future fu-ture time. Goodman, It will be remembered, re-membered, is alleged to have forged the name of the J. G. Reed Brothers company to a check a short time ago and cashed the same with the proprietress proprie-tress of a rooming house in this city. |