Arizona republican., 1892-05-22
TELLS \ TALE OF WOE. A Remarks able Story told Ina Chicago
 Court, MISS SEAMANS IS NOT INSANE. But Claims That She Has Been Cruel
 ly Prosecuted. She Has Some Money aud Strangers are Trying to
 Get IL.
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 CHIcAGo, May 2l.--Miss Emma Sea mans told remarkabe story in Judge
 Browns court room at the detention hospital yesterday morning. She vas taken there in custody oi officer Will liam Steward of the Cottage Grove aven- ue station at the instance of Mrs. White of 30O0 Indiana avenue, but when her case was called no evidence was presented in support of the assertions that she was insane. She was placed on the staud in her own defense and Tn less than five minutes had satisfied the court and the jury ot her perfect sanity and verdict of mot insane was re- turned. Miss Seamans' testimony was as follows:
 "l was born in Fremont, O., and my family was wealthy. When my parents died my sisters and had difficulty in settling the estate and 2 lawsuit result ed. When the matter was iinally set tied decided to go into busInese, and in January received letter from Mrs. White whom had known slightly, ask ing me to come to Chicago. 1 did so and went to her residence iH the Nor wood flats, Thirteenth street and India ma avenue. l had not been with her very long before she began to make ef- forts to get my money away from me. She wanted to borrow $2O0 on her mort gagged furniture. but 1 refused to accom- modate her. Then fell sick and Dr- Weber began to treat nae. lie said | was nervous and Respondent, and one day he took me to the office of another physician, Dr. Brewer, and they held a consultation over me. About that time Mrs. White began to write letters to my friends telling them that 1 was insane, and asking them to come and take me home, but they paid no attention to the letters, except to write that 1 was welcome to return to Fremont when ever 1 chose to do so. When Mrs. White found that she could not get my money in the form of loans she took $40 that had in my purse, and under pre- tense of having me taken to the depot on my way back to Ohio she sent me here to this asylum"
 Mrs. White tells quite different sto. ry. 'I had often asked Miss Seamans to visit me, |" she said, "and when 1 heard that she was going into business again asked her to come to Chicago. Shortly alter her her arrival she began to show very alarming symptoms. She wept hysterically all day and walked the floor all night and was lrightiully melancholy all the time. 1 called Dr. Weber to treat her and he told me that the woman was mentally unbalanced and that her condition demanded her confinement in some suitable sanitari- um for that class of mental diseases.
 Dr Brewer was called and confirmed Dr. Weber's views. She was getting worse all the time and showed svmp- toms of violence. was afraid tO live in the house alone with her and sent for Charles w. Demond, a friend of her family, to stay in the house to protect me. Thursday afternoon Dr. Weber and myself went to see Dr. Noble, the county physician, and he told me to send the woman to the detention hos pltal and she would be sent to her friends.