, 1876-11-11

a Woman who NtaA AddEctc to I.ItiEatton..
judgment NJ n Jury Regarding Her Sanity

VHNENEElt III HVNTF HFknFulH4 1A6E
EonsatHe Gnurfer.aournnl
, Among the l'limer"i,s eurinsitlcs Of alleged
luAacy that luve for several years c1tstell
among the people Ut lA,uIavik1e, there II one
Few e st" ss1s ~ ag . 81 ~ @ rxa ff%tsrn f.t III
annoyance u then., but On nctount of her age,
SEE. anu T>ovcrty-slrickcn condition has t,cen
lllitnorcl to The extent of her w'l!ns BY them.
The parts. In question Is Annic Davis, Il thin
spare'rlalle, raw -i,oicd, kcen-cycd specimen OF
aiculalc. Thc kind VI mouonlanla with w1iiel,
puor Annie Davis has been afflicted Is. perhaps,
scldon koown TO exist: but II las By degrees
developed IN ler eyttem until, Ike q full
~ is 4 1nonomanla for litigation. and Of that
clahA Of litigation known As damage suits. She
Inns never Euu1 t0F sl.UU damages. Not even
$4,000 would content her. She must have
sio3,u q t'othlng to Revenge the wrongs AMI
anh thy court records Of today bear witness to
d half4lozen suits wtcli hive been entered for
s,tt,,s fatssin2 frym si0UU upward. Bttu i'ns
been u. tnr wvfx.housg, 6qt, undgr the agony
TO destroy the 3ulgr who sent her there, ,anl The
keeper who Corii,lth lur, willie even the City ut
Louisville l,as nut been lelt out in lLc cold.
Annie Davis first became known III tile courts
tllrous! suit fof alleged rape, which she illcd
heavy datnagcs. TIiat suit has been pending
nOo.it fotir years. bince then her appetite haa
BEEN aharJsncd, and now altogether aIous eight
suit* ior aanlages brought w. her nre docketed
III tAc Common Pleas and Circuit Courts. shu
has tried 10 csHp'oT ifcarly crcry lawyer In the
city to pruscctitc cr cases, but, having once be-
come kn0's1 to tlcnl, stlo has found IL exceed.
lDgly difficult to obtain counsel. The Judgus
have l>eetl very lc1llcnt aud klld toward her. unl
have assigned md rcaks'gncd her eases, but she
always complains that hGr witnesses {th0Bc uf
her naYnutiun3, Will not COME to time, that the
Court Ia againkt her and that the officers of the
Court are placing obstaeles In her patti TO pry-
vent her bringing hcr tases to d Bupcssfuf
Issue. For hours she sat III the Clerks Offices
ncrvous'y lingering law papers, aud scrthbllng
OF Il few wurtis under the halaucnation that she
WIS writing o petition for suit or al aiIdavlt,
or some document tu be fled In one
Of hcr suits. She has, H. 4cc,ns, 1,ad
moments of frenzy, and oncu slut at
u policeman, wounliug lin In ihger, while at
another tlm0 slie came very near crtppltng Il
prominent lawyer who was defending tic gen
t!esnau sued for alleged ra!'c. short tiiie ago
Gen. Basil Duke, commemorative Attorney,
filed au Information of larceny ngunat her, and
since she las threatened tn sue him and the
Court for sl0O, ,00 damages for malicious prose-
cutIon. Eyer, wttliis has been gratiAesl III this
were resrllt WIN testified to Icr lunary on the
question VI litigation. The Jury inira1lclctt,
after cnting the cuso, brought IN nvcHi!rt that
slle vas Elutloi1,nnlnr ON lstigato1 but that fo
cause could lie assigned for her lunacy. M re-
etraillt hatl ever bvun imposed upun her, except
confinement to !icr own ruotn. Further, SHE has
exhibited pcrto, Teal inonaents of frenzy, fol
Lowell by lucid Intervals, aud during tho l,rcvu-
lenteOf this frenzy HllC showed violence unu q
propensity to 1nisehfef. Through her lawyer,
Jeff Brown, sl,c moved for a new trial,