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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...cabin door. Unfortunately for the other man, he at that moment passed before the door. The man deliberately laid down his gun, walked by the body of the man he had murdered and went to his cousin's. He was seen crossing the prairie and was asked where he was going. He said he was going to his cousin's. He was taken to Colorado Springs and it was found he had retained certain impressions. He remembered an altercation, he remembered the report of a gun, he remembered meeting a man crossing the prairie and when asked how he felt then he said he felt strange, his eyes hurt him and he couldn't see clearly. It was clear to my mind at that time that the man was in a state of disturbed consciousness and in a condition of automatism he fired the gun. If he had bad the gun at the time he was felled by his opponent he would have shot the man. His objective consciousness bleared or destroyed; his subjective consciousness, over which Dr. Bancroft very rightly says we have no control, was in existence and he fired the gun just as he would have done had he had his normal condition, but in his abnormal condition he fired it simply in the door of his cabin. The other man unfortunately was looking for him and came in the range of the gun. Another case, still more interesting from certain psychological standpoints, occurred in 1865. The two wealthiest men in Colorado at that time were a man by tne name of Adams and a man by the name of Iliff. Mr. Adams was accustomed to furnishing the government with supplies. He obtained a contract to furnish $150,000 worth of Texas cattle to the post. He had the promise of the government to afford him protection, because he had to travel through an Indian country to get to Texas and back with the cattle and he was fearful he and his men wou...

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