Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-08
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH;

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH:
JERSEY CITY, MAY Mrs. James Beach,
Of 80 Washington street, Hoboken, told
Prosecutor Winfield, of Jersey City, to-day
that her husband, who is employed by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road had conspired with DR.. Simon, ex-city
physician of Hoboken, and DR.. Atwell, also
of Hoboken, to send her to an insane asylum.
The conspiracy had succeeded, and she had
been confined in the State asylum at Morris
town a week. Her father learned that she
was there and secured her release.
This was several weeks ago. The certif-
cate on which she was confined in the
asylum, she said, was signed by Dr. Simon
and DR.. Atwell. DR.. Atwell had been her
family physician, but DR.. Simon, she said,
had never seen her. She had no idea that
she was going to an asylum until she got
there.
TAKEN IN BY RUSE.
Her husband had told her he was going to
Morristown on business and invited her to
60 with him for the pleasure of the trip.
When she got to the asylum she was placed
under restraint as private patient Mrs.
Beach's father, who accompanied her to the
prosecutors office, corroborated her story.
Both professed ignorance of any motive the
husband might have to get her out of the
way.
Detective Stanton is investigating the
story for Prosecutor Winfield. DR.. Simon
heard of the complaint shortly after it was
made, and went to the prosecutors Office.
He admitted that he had signed the certifi-
cate declaring Mrs. Beach insane, although
he had not examined her personally, and
he was about to explain his reasons for
doing it, when the prosecutor cut him off
and told him be could explain later.
He said to-day that Mrs. Beach was in
sanely jealous of her husband, who was a
hard working man, and he knew that at
times she had spells of insanity, and then
she was dangerous. He lived within two
blocks OF her and he knew them from his
leighbors. DR.. Atwell called on him with
the woman's husband, he said, and asked
him to sign the certificate, to send her to an
asylum. The husband told him just how
the woman acted. She accused him con-
stantly of infdelity and in order to live in
peace with her he had to stay in the house
with her all the time and neglect his work
A PARTIAL INVESTIGATION.
81 told them," SAID the doctor, ''that 1
would investigate the case. NV investiga-
tion consisted OF inquiries among the neigh
bors, aud 1 also called the Chief of Police,
who told me that Mr. Rahlf, who is a very
reputable citizen of Hoboken, and had come
10 him and complained that Mrs. Beach had
written letters to him telling him that her
husband had evil designs. 1t was
not the first time the woman
had got into trouble and the Chief
told ME he was convinced she was insane,
Then called at her house and tried to see
her. She was not in a condition to see any,
one, she sent word down stairs, and lett
DR.. Atwell called on me again with the
certificate of insanity signed by himself
and sworn to, and 1 signed it. That is the
whole story. To prove that she was Insane
I have letter here from Dr. H. Harris, of
the asylum, to whom 1 wrote as soon as I
heard there was trouble
CURED VERY QUICKLY.
The letter was as follows: "In reply to
your letter just received, have to state
that the reason we detained Mrs. Beach no
longer was that she had apparently recoy-
cred her mental health and was in coudi
tion to go nome, although her mind had
been more or less affected by the attack.
You tell me that you have been placed
in the position of having seemingly
done Mrs. Beach a wrong by hay-
ing committed her to an ASYLUM.
think you have no reason to feel that wav.
When Mrs. Beach was committed she was
a very insane person, and certainly was a
subject for an asylum. There is no doubt
that Mrs. Beach appreciates the care that
was taken of her. She has told me that she
is very much pleased that her friends took
the course they did"
Mrs. Beach is 80 years old and is very
pretty woman. She does not look or talk as
though she was insane. Mr.. Beach is a
young man, well educated and intelligent.