The Durham Recorder

His Insanity.
A dispatch from Richmond to the Baltimore Herald of Tuesday says: A special from Jarratts today says that Rev. J. E. R. Riddick who recently shot and killed Dr. Temple, in Brunswick county, had a severe spell of the grip several years ago, and both his hearing was destroyed and his mind impaired. In exchanging experiences with a man, he said he was perfectly happy at the thought of dying and would shout for joy until prostrate, when the doctors would scold him. He said his mind was entirely blank, and he could remember nothing except his sermon and Latin textbooks which he could repeat with perfect ease. He was unbalanced at times often losing his way on the public highways traveled by him before, and has been known to have two appointments at different churches for the same hour and date.