FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, May 19, 1905 BILL DOOLEY INSANE _________ So Decided the Jury Before Whom He Was Examined on the Testimony Submitted _________ William Dooley, under indictment for the murder of William Harris, was on motion of the attorneys of the defendant, examined before a jury as to his sanity in the Circuit Court last Wednesday afternoon. Since last fall, until about a month ago, Dooley was confined in the St. Louis jail, and it was while there that symptoms of insanity which had before been suspicioned became more pronounced and were very noticeable to the guards, who spoke of them frequently. It will be remembered by the readers of THE TIMES that a few weeks ago, when Dooley was brought back to Farmington from St. Louis, a special correspondence appeared in this paper setting forth the general opinion of the St. Louis jail guards as to his sanity. The depositions of several of these guards and the jail physician were taken on the 16th inst. by Hon. M. R. Smith, one of the attorneys of the defendant, before Andrew H. Watson, a notary public of St. Louis. These and the testimony of Dr. C. L. Blanks on the part of the State and Dr. G. A. McEwen on the part of the defense in a hypothetical case of insanity, constituted the evidence presented to the jury. Dr. W. S. Lawrence, the jail physician, in his deposition said that Dooley came to him several times in a casual way about some trivial ailment, but he had not observed his conduct sufficiently to warrant him in giving an opinion as to Dooley's mental condition. Patrick Sullivan, jail guard, testified that from his observation of Dooley he would say that he is unbalanced, in fact insane; that his conduct showed that he was not right in his head, and that he continued to grow worse. When the cell was opened for him to come out on the floor and have exercise he wouldn't move, but had to be hustled out, and then he would stand on the floor, wouldn't speak to anyone, but stared at vacancy and seemed to be lost. Charles J. Gockley, an employe at the jail, said that Dooley's conduct impressed him as being an insane man. When his meals were taken to him, sometimes he would come and get them and sometimes they would be there the next afternoon. He would stand for probably an hour or two hours at a time in one spot, wouldn't talk to anybody and would not look at anybody. Some of this witness's testimony was about the same as given by others, and he said that he believed him to be insane. Thomas Burke, another employe at the jail, testified that Dooley seldom talked, was moody all the time and would stand and look at one object ten or fifteen minutes at a time and we couldn't tell what he was looking at. He was filthy in his habits, never cared whether he washed himself or not, and never cleaned his cell out. Would say he was insane, because he didn't act like a sane man in any shape; acted different from any man the witness had ever seen in jail; it seemed like he didn't care for anything. The foregoing and the examination of Drs. Blanks and McEwen on a hypothetical case of insanity constitute the sum and substance of the testimony, which was given to the jury without argument. The verdict of the jury was that Dooley is insane. The following named citizens composed the jury: J. E. Herrod, Pearl Phipps, F. C. Barthol, John Marks, George A. Tetley, S. E. Sharrock, Fred Schafer, John Grifford, Henry Browning, John Moore, August Thomsen and James Haney.