The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-13
AN UNFORTUNATE CASE.
Mrs. Julia Nelson's Wild Manner and
Actions Brought Her Before
Judge TOrrey Friday
Morning.

FRIDAY morning at ten o CLOCK Mrs.
Julia Nelson was sitting quietly IN
her room. when suddenly, she
arose to her feet, arranged her toilet,
and within few minutes was run
ming up the stairway and into DIT.
Andrews office, where she partly dis
robed before anybody could prevent
her from so doing. Her manner was
such that officers BradleYand Schuette
were called in to arrest her, and with
sthem she struggled with almost su-
perhuman strength TO escape their
clutches. but without avail. In
the meantime Mr.. Nelson had order
ed a carriage, and after she had en-
tered she was driven TO the Probate
Court. office and appeared before
Judge Torrey. When she was seated,
she raved and called her husband and
everybody else all the names in the
calendar When her husband enter
ed the room. she became furious and
Just at one Of her widest moments,
W. E. Young, her counsel, appeared
on the scene, and in second she was
as meek and as mild as lamb. She
fairly few to his arms and cried out:
Here is the man that viii save me
from these men and my husband. Ii
he gets me out OF the affair, | intend
to marry him I viii do it for l
told him So" And from this
subject she went to at least
dozen. She demanded water, and
when it was brought her in a tin cup.
she said it contained posion and moth
ing would satisfy her until officer
Schuette secured a goblet for her TO
drink from. In tender manner she
spoke to Judge Torrey Of her son, and
in the twinkling Of an eye she
wanted to break away from the Of
icers. She told the hack-driver, she
would give him 800 for the privilege
of a ride to the court house. She
arose from her seat to re-arrange her
garments when Mr.. Young suggested
that she had better enter the vault
in the Judges Office. Looking at the
IegeI Iuminary she said: "Oh, no, you
don't put me in there" As the FREE
Press man was making several notes,
she arose from her seat, came to his
side and leaning on his shoulder, de-
manded to know what he was writing
about her case. Several times when
she became wild. none present could
pacify her as easily as Mr.. Young
After a complaint had been made out
and sworn 20, she was permitted to go
in the custody Of her counsel, the eX-
animation as to the state Of her mind
being set for two o'clock before Judge
Torrey.
When Dr. Andrews and another
physician arrived at probate court
office, at 2 o'clock Friday noon, Mr.
Soren Nelson was duly sworn and tes-
titled that he had been married about
four years, and in answer TO ques-
tiOn said that his wife had been
drinking woman since the day after
their marriage. Her drinks were gen.
orally Of beer, but many times she
drank wine and other in eoxicants. He
further testified that for three years
) at least her habits had been very in
temperate, and that her conduct was
unbearable in the household as well
as in the laundry. Several times she
had driven people away from the
house and on several occasions
ordered the girls in the laundry TO be
discharged because they did not suit
her whimS. He stated that she was
born in Norway and is about 80 years
Of age. On his oath he declared that
he believed the present symptoms
were developed TO certain measure
about two years ago.
At 4:30 o'clock, the physicians pro-
nOunced her a lit subject for the asy-
lum at St. Peter.