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v eri-nirrens is p.m. after jurors naa m i gpg liberated for some 4lt;t minutes, {sod at During the all-day hearing, the homa's jury heard opposing statements i era by psychiatrists and heard Mr* . you. | Severn*’ husband testify he felt ___If Id I f , , .. * a I 0,1them s mentally competent. W(t| J||rI Huiband T*»tdi#*them Mr*. Severn*, charged with the 1 —and i ; August 2H slaying of a neighbor 1 compouword on ,f’ outskirts of Oklahoma heartacMx i City, was described as “men \ .. .♦ally ill and acutely insane by j\\mA 1,1 'lourrmm rrossrr, u*Hwiomn (,lnvvmt; |(|lv j in gov*rsHer husband, H L. Severns, ! .Mid r« lister, Mrs. AnnabelleChristian, also said they believed ,..Tllfilfi IIMrs. Severns to be insane. m*nt a“She’s net sane. Dr. Prosser' , , 'told the jurors. He said the de ; fendarst was “mentally tit arid acutely insane and had been so ,,,lw ,Mlt;♦ f II mbised.ex-2S :wand thickwascold : over a period of years'Kilt;l Butify Disaflrtti j abilityinter i , . , ; federalfir Pm *i. final witness totthe defense, agreed with evidence previously presented by psychiatrists at Central State hospital j „ that Mrs. Severns has a “schiso- I _ phrenia reaction of the paranoid type.County attorney Hei Bussey•fc:tmaintained that Mrs, Severns isd t01 able to assist her counsel dr-1 percent spite the mental condition. His j Recent! ontention was backed up by\ 31 tM’m testimony of Dr. John Gaines and J The c(I,,, , | Dr Sammy M. Kemler. consult* i “dangeit psychiatrists at Central State: thoughtIlf fill I)kla* j *s|enrr*fivehospital where she was examined ; «lt;*•«during the 90-day mental obser\ at ion period last August.Widow on Hand♦ *hut * mm*avi-1ahe hasn i changed sincetime wi examined her. I she would be able to a- .sist iter attorneys,'* Dr. Gaines *»»d. He further stated he be*j fULSMrs. Severns would he ( william to understand live questions. ‘, r fromDr Kemler said the patient ^ay mjl“did not co-operate very well gtandinf during his observations. She) He rlt;hacked emotion in reference to MalP jIri* the homicide,*' he said. , mere* lt;, , merer rMrs, Severns is accused of fa . nrill-tally shooting \V turner Forest Si- Np,. ier, 63, with a .22 rifle. The j williashooting allegedly occurred aftera long standing argument overCandida fnee turfishing signs for a nearby pond *®r’ j Siler’s widow and three mar-: i od daughters sat through the i j,al^hearing i
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Feb 20, 1959
Page 43
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