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Iklahonia CSftf* WM |tan*d on hlt;* stand Ho told of iXimimtafjVI ri Sever» casi« n«i sim o*regard to th«* act she commit|lt;id because she is insane and s o V c j a I suffers delusions. Her act was* slay inn of the result of what she conceivediitff and found her to he suffer* i fo be 3 need to escape from per*r»g from diabetes, severe hyper* secution. ension and in a mental stale if,, said Her insanity was evi*hat rendered her unable to ingwish right from wrong.Persecution Claim.deroia* denced by an excessiveio mysticism, the tprocess in animal!?.When he examined her in the Difmdwt tndiff.r.ntOklahoma county jail on Septem* I medical rebuttal witnesses,her 24 last vcar, he said she told called in . Mervin lt;lark,aim she had shot a man. ^r- Stanley M. Kemmel, and l)r,Shp gave n» long hi,lory *£ C*lllw.' W**1^ •**•». .. state mental hospital here. Thvyi k *1* s 1 u I * testified that a N-diy period ofagainst hrr* that thi v had mI .. t 1 . .* * . . * i - - . ,olt; ohsiTViition of Mrs. St!vmi» ledK\, them to tondode that Mr§/Sev* | eras was capable of knowingright from wrong “iniellecttially,** The stale also summoned eightlay rebuttal witnesses who leaned they thought Mrs, SevemsfitMNUt hlt;*r n*Hmum her ofshtiaed her and spied on her,u* said.On a sulMMKittent f*timioatkm#tie said heiif epsont sailsii sedative.H vmind administeredMiIn my opin II and shouldshe'sconfinedttreatment tor her own safety and the safety of society, hecourt,Oth.rj Qo.itiontdCross examination liy lie/ ,T. Bussey, Cleveland county attorney, drew from Dr. Stilwpli anadmission that his opinion of Mrs. Sevens* sanity was basedon what she had told him andwhat he observed during thethree hours 20 minutes he haswas normal when they had business dealings with her.•», Severns sat stumped in courtroom, paying little attention to the proceedings. Heruncombed hnir frequently fellabout her face as she raised or lowered her head. Shew as assisted by Her husband and son to and from the courtroom.HURRY!-FINspent examining her.Bussey's cross * examination bought to bring similar admissions from Dr. George Guthrey,Dr. Moorman Prosser and Dr. L0 N Coppedge, all of OklahomaCity,Dr. Guthrey said Mrs. Several is suffering from schizophrenic read ion, paranoid type, chronicSecond N. Hudsonsevere, which he said is a dangerous mental illness. He said Mrs. Severn* has a persecutioncomplex.
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Feb 26, 1959
Page 29
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