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Show THE AUSTIN TRIAL. . Examination of the Vouat; Man who Undertook Un-dertook to Hold I'p the Bank FBect of the "Koely Cure. The enrruiry into tho mental calibre and responsibility re-sponsibility of Charles W. Austin, the yonnj gentleman who after exuerim'-nting with th blchlorido of gold cure at tho Kceley Institute foe the chemicalization of broken down humauitjv, aud his a'llieequnt eftort to Be' ure $50 gold, treatment from Cashier Ilawloy, was resumed uc a o'clock this afternoon in the pro. bate court. The evidence thus f.jp teud" to show that Austin's mind w-us affecf i'd and that the more he experimented with ttiej gold bichloride or McMurray's -'improved'' thu, more aggravated became hi? condition. I.et'-r were introduced and one, above the signature of young man hinu-e'.f was addressed U .leans Chris, it was but a abort time after liis udmission to, tho Keeley institute atj Olyrupia that his condition became mo violent. He was apprehended " in his rooms with a knife, studying the sluggish arteries for a vital point, lie was disarmed and another suicide's sui-cide's 'rave was cheated of a tenant. An aunt had sticcumbiMi to the dread malady at a reBstoM revi a!, an uncle was burdened with atich deusa volumes of melanchalia that h too, was prostrated, prostra-ted, the grandfather of tne accused had atao been prostriited by Insanity and th' disease that had manifested itself in the grandson was easily traced lor year past, A. L. Badger of the Turkish baths testified Uia the Milijeet bad been employed there but had doce? bis work so listlessly that they were-compelled to dismiss him. Dr. C. W. Dart, the next witness, had know the accued since Wednesday laft, and hud ex- amiiied him in regard to his condition and had ul- I vised that the treatment at the WcMurruy be not administered, lleliadhaiirdtheaccusi'd ask Superintendent Super-intendent Crook what he knew of foreordination and nredestiiiation. His advice, as the physician physi-cian of the institute, wa- not to have anything to do with hail, a he believed that his will power wa all gone, and that it would be time thrown away, o the treatment would be of no benefit unless un-less there was will puwer in the patient. Het'-llev Het'-llev 'd tipit the accused was suffering from fm first stagt-s of f-ofteaing of the bralu. He has led, a fast iife, drank ahohol, smoked cigarettes to excess ex-cess (another form of opium habit), and had commuted com-muted exeeeeea In other directions. He had led a very dissipated life. .Iudg-J bartch What do you believo the maiu cause of his trouble? Wituess bpecilic poisoning. The court then questioned the witness as to the eflect of cignrt'ttes and hqnoc upon the huumu system, and of the former th nhysician said that of tV- thirty or met brands of cigarettes now on th- m urket all but thren or b ur ontaint d opium, and smoker ot the Amo were unconsciouslv ac quiring the oium habit. The smoking of oiga-ettes oiga-ettes had a tend n y to c e t an insatiab e appetite, appe-tite, the same as laorphine, and in some suionens it produced the s;m o effect as the fumes of op uiu, while fn othWa it caused au aberration -f the mind, fa ti e opinio i of the itnoes the accused was not in a ienponsibie frame of m.ud when he -Kought his memorable interview with Mr. ll.-.wl -j. The examination is r. a h g an e;id and will probably t e c.osod before court adjourns today. . . . . a . |