Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-04-17
SENSATIONAL.
ANA DICKINSON NOT INSANE.
startling story Published ~ the New York
Hernld-The Ginsd woman Torclbly
Dragged 90 an Alleged
Asylum.

NEw York. April i0-The New York
Herald publishes a startling story ~
lating % the incarceration 81 Miss
Anna Dickinson, the famous lecturer.
in an insane asylum. II saws that Miss
Dickinson came 90 New York ycster-
day with nr. Frederick ". Seward. Of
Goshen. y. Y, az whose house she has
been since she escaped from Danville.
April 2 They came for the purpose Of
npprisiug Miss Dickinson's friends In
New York ~ the wrong She had suf-
fcrcd and to secure legal advice a. 10
the steps necessary 20 insure her free
dom II she should return 10 pennsyl-
varia.
Miss Dickinson lays the blame for her
incarceration upon her siste-. whom
she accuses of hArboring an intense
feeling Of jealousy and hatred. She
also accuses her sisters physician, DIR.
Hilcman, Of being in the plot against
her.
Miss Die kinson says that on the day
on which she was removed 20 an asylum
the door Of her room was broken and
siN men and a woman rushed in and
ovcrpowcred her. One Of the men she
says was Or. Hileman. and the oma
she understands, was the doctors aunt.
They announced their intention Of taxi
ing her % Danville where they said she
would be better of. Miss Dickinson
struggled until the skin was torn from
her wrists and her garments were
ripped from her In rags and tatters.
Finally she says her prosecutors got her
hands down and tied them together and
She wa compelled 10 submit.
DIR. Seward, il appears, became in
formed Of the facts Of the case as al
legged by Miss Dickinson and obtained
the release Of Miss Dickinson under
prctense that ne intended to take her
90 a private asylum where she would
bc more benefited. lie expressed him
self to-day as entirely confident Of the
sanity OF Miss Dickinson.
The Herald reporter who interviewed
Miss Dickinson says hat her n
was calm and rational and that she at
no time during the interview betrayed
the least evidence OF insanity.
She will prosecute her sister for the
mental and physical suffering she has
undergone. She says the Danville
asylum is n horrible place. She was
among the least dangerous patients,
but she says when she looks back on
the dreadful things she wonders she
did not 60 insane. April . Dr. Seward
went to the asylum and she was placed
in his charge. Louis A. Mcdonald, an
old family servant of the Dickinsons,
accompanies her and the doctor.
DIR. Seward was rcticent of his part
in the affair. His only interest had
been 10 secure justice TO n woman who
had been shut up in an asylum without
a shadow of right Miss Dickinson is
perfectly sane, " said he; 'of that ! can
assure you. / have studied her case
and there is nothing the matter with
her. ! have investigated some of her
statements and have found them TO
be true. When Miss Susan Dickinson
sent for me she told me that her sis
ter was a dangerous lunatic and ]
went 10 Danville with the expectation
of seeing such n person. The moment
j looked at her ! was convinced that
that statement was not true, and subse-
quent examination established her com
plete sanity. I'm prepared TO do what
ever ! can to assist her in securing her
rights, and came here with that pur-
pose, We shall consult legal advisers
as TO the steps that are necessary TO be
taken"
Louis A. Mcdonald corroborated the
points Of the story with which he was
acquainted.