St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-11
MISS SUSAN'S DEMURRER.
The Sister Claims to Have Always
Treated Miss Anna Well.


SCRANTON, Pa, April 10.-Miss Susan
f. Dickinson was in this city to-day in
consultation with friends relative to the
statements made by her sister to re-
porter in New York. Miss Dickinson
said that she had this morning tele-
graphed to DR.. Seward that he would
be held in damages for the injury he is
doing her sisters mind, confirming her
deluSion, and also that friends in
West Pittston and vicinity will
testify that she has devoted
her life for years to the welfare and in
terests of Anna. In denying the story
published in New York, Miss Susan
Dickinson first refers TO the charge that
a removal was made to West PittSton
clearly to please herself. The true
reason of the removal. she says, was be-
cause Miss Anna had lost the means to
support her mother as she desired in
Philadelphia. She explains facts rela-
tive to their family arrangements and
then answers the charge of eXtraya
gance, saying that she was her sisters
private secretary and bOokkeeper and
was allowed $3.50 a month to
/ meet expenses, which included the
rental of $1,000 year house. The
house was generally full of Annals COM
pany and they had to be provided for
1t was impossible therefore to avoid the
standing over of accounts until her re-
turn home to settle at times.
Il never made an investment of any
kind in my life,'' continued Miss Susan.
Il never bought trinketS for myself,
and was not in the habit of making
gifts to other people. My sisters allie
cations that | have an intense hatred
and jealousy for her has never taken
any other form than that of striving
TO further her interests to the ut
most Of my ability. Physicians
will testify that in the summer of 1877
1t was my nursing which saved her life.
DR.. Hileman, whom she abuses, was
her own selection, and she praised him
to the skies. After time, on Thurs
day, Feb. 10, Anna became violently
deliriOuS, and her actions were very
curious. Among other things she be-
gan screaming and pounding on the
partition walls. The servant was
afraid of her, ran out of the house
and was followed by Anna. She then
came back and ate her supper. Her
story of cleaning white crystals in a
cup of coffee is pure fabrication,
which only Insanity can account for.
Several days before she had been accuS-
ing Howe d. Hummell, her attorneys, of
vileSt treachery IN her case against the
Republican National committee, and
she asserted that an old friend in Bos-
ton was concerned in a plot to ruin her
reputation.''
Miss Susan speaks Of Miss Annals
violence toward her. and then says that
on Feb. % it became necessary to de-
liver her sister to Danville because she
had eaten nothing for three days. She
was not roughly handled, and her cloth
ing was not injured as stated in all the
papers at the time her door was forced
open. Her papers have been carefully
assorted, and they now await her dis
position. Her stage Jewels. in one
package, and her private jewels, In an
other, are safe i'll her own bank in
PittsIon, subject to her order. The
attempt to secure money for her
was inaugurated by Mrs. Longford
and Miss Willard without action or
VOID on Miss Susan's part. In con-
cluSion Miss Susan says that she sees
now that her friends told her truly
when they said she was foolish to de-
vote her lite to Miss Anna. Hereafter
Anna must find faithful servants where
ever she can. Miss Susan does not eX-
plain why, when the Scranton Republic
can first gave to the world the story of
her sisters insanity. she sent strongly
worded denial of it to every paper in
the region, claiming that the report
was a cruel outrage"