The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-05
A WIFE'S INSANITY
Her Husband Blames the
Kelley Cure.
FOUND IN THE STREETS SINGING
Was Treated at White Plains, N, Y, for the
Alcoholic Habit,

She was Given Liquor when Ill and
Drank it in Secret Afterwards-Sbe Was
Loving Mother to Her Children and
Helpmate tn Her Husband-Her system
Is Entirely Broken Down-wn be
Placed I'm an Asylum.
HoBoKEN, N. j., April 8. - A tall,
stately woman, who had been seeu wan
dering aimlessly about the streets of this
city for several hours, stopped at the
door of the Church of Our Lady of Grace
on Willow avenue late on Saturday even
ing, gather a number of children around
her and began singing to them in
plaintive tone. Policeman Welhe, who
came up and listened to the singing, said
to her in kindly way that her audience
seemed to appreciate her efforts, She
did not pay the slightest attention to
him, and at last, seeing that her mind
was wandering, he TODD her to the sta
tion house.
The sergeant on duty tried to get
statement from her, but she would not
answer any questions or tell anything
about herself He remembered that a
general alarm had been sent from Jersey
City for Il missing woman, and this one
answered the description. Word was
sent to the Jersey City police, and late
in the evening gentleman called at the
Hoboken police headquarters, said that
he was William Garretson and identified
the woman as Evelyn Garretson, his
wife.
Mrs. Garretson, after she was taken
home on Saturday, became very violent
and smashed furniture, crockery and
bric-a-brac. Her husband was not able
to control her, and she will be taken to
an insane asylum as soon us suitable
arrangements can be made.
He attributes his wife's dementia TO
the treatment given to her at the Kelley
Institute at White Plains, which he
alleged broke down her system entirely
and left her physical and mental
wreck. He says that Mrs. Garretson
became victim of the alcoholic habit a
long time ago During n long and very
severe sickness she had been fed on
alchoholic stimulants to keep up her
strength, and when she began to get well
she could not give them up. She drank
in secret, and her appetite became so
strong that she would sacrifice every
thing to get liquor, and her family ties,
her love for her children and home did
not have any restraining effect upon
her
Mrs. Garretson was removed quietly
TO the Keeley Institute at White Plains
last August, in the hope that the ter
rible habit might be broken. She spent
five weeks at White Plains. Her hus-
band visited her regularly and had no
fault to find with the care that was
given to her, He says that DR.. Vanden-
burg, one of the physicians at the insti-
tute told him that Mrs. Garretson was
so nervous and excitable that it would
be- unsafe to give her the full treatment;
that it would be dangerous to give her
certain Of the drugs used,
"Mrs. Garretson was somewhat broken
down when she went to White Plains"
said Mr.. Garretson, "but she was in
great deal worse condition after she left.
Within a month after she came home she
began to exhibit signs of insanity, and
upon one occasion she wandered away
from home in New York and was found
in the night unconscious on square.
She was taken to hospital and did not
have the slightest recollection of where
she had been and what she had been
done. A constant watch had to
be kept on her to prevent her
from going away from home. NY
wife's present condition appears to be
similar to that of several other Of the pa
tients who have had the Keely treat
lnent and believe that her mental de-
rangement is due largely to the treat
ment that she received at the instituten
Mrs. Garretson has two lovely chill.
dren, and since her husband met with
business reverses she has assisted him by
giving music lessons Some Of her pu-
pills are the children of the wealthiest
persons in Jersey City, and Mrs. Garret-
where.