The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-18
THREE FOR THE ASYLUM.
A Sad Case Before the Court of o
binary.

A peculiarly sad case of mental de-
rangement came up before the court of
ordinary yesterday afternoon, Miss Lou
Use Harmon being adiudged insane and
ordered sent to the state asylum at Mill
edgeville
Miss Harmon is a young lady, well
known in Savannah, as she had been To-
Gated here for some years previous to her
going to New York, and actively engaged
in Christian work. She was a devoted
member of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, and took an active part in
establishing the well-known institution
on Broughton street which it now
maintains. She had become well identi-
fed with Savannah before she left here,
and something over a year ago she went
to New York to take up her religious
work there
THE CAUSE OF HER MISFORTUNE.
After the jury had been sworn, Miss
Harmon, a sister of the accused, was
placed on the witness stand and testified
that there was no doubt about her sister
having lost her reason, and that while
she was rational at times it could easily
be seen that she was insane upon that one
subject. Mr.. @. b. Whatley said he had
not seen Miss Harmon for some time,
since he had visited the Columbia asylum,
but he had no doubt of the facts as stated,
and that DR.. Babcock, who is in charge of
the asylum at Columbia, told him that Miss
Harmon was insane. Mr.. 1. c.. Haas was
also sworn and stated that he had not
seen Miss Harmon since last spring but
could testify as to her having been in the
asylum at Columbia. DR.. Boyd stated
that he had been called upon to examine
the patient last spring and from her
symptoms he said he would not hesitate
minute about giving certificate of in
sanity if called on to do so.
Her continual thought upon this line
and her inceSsant religious study and
work brought upon her the misfortune
from which she is now suffering. She re-
manned in New York but a short time,
when, under the continued strain, her
mind gave way and she became entirely
irrational upon that subject. At times
she was rational upon other lines, but as
soon as the subject of religion was men
toned her mental weakness became at
once apparent. She was taken to the
asylum for the insane at Columbia, S. c.,
where she was kept until day or two
ago, when she was brought to Savannah
and has since been at the house of friends
in the city
Application was made to Judge Ferril
to have her adjudged insane and taken to
the asylum at Milledgeville where she
could be given proper care and attention,
and although the asylum has been COM
pletely filed with inmates for some time
now, DR.. Powell who is in charge agreed
to take her there after she had been le-
gally tried and found to be insane.
There was no doubt in the minds of the
jury after this testimony as to Miss Har-
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her insane and proper subject for the
state asylum. She will be taken to the
asylum within day or two.
WILL ASK FOR DAMAGES NO MORE.
Two other subjects came up for consid-
GRAFTON before the jury at the same time
They were Julia Brown and Cora Bennett
Julia Brown is colored woman about
40 years of age. She has already appeared
prominently before the public in the vari-
Gus roles she has played around the city
at one time and another She has been
under the impression for some time that
the Ocean Steamship Company owed her
a large amount of money on account of the
death of her husband, who died in Jail
from some disease, where he had been
placed for some offense around the Ocean
steamship wharves. She was under the
impression that she had large suit for
damages against the company, and APP
peared in their Office on one or two occa-
sions and demanded payment for the loss
of her husband
Seeing that she was crazy, and as she
persisted in her demands, Policeman
Haines was called in and she was taken
TO the barracks on both occasions. She
has been in jail since her second arrest,
charged with lunacy. Policeman Haipes
and DIR. Chisholm, the county physician.
both testified as to her deranged mental
condition, and the jury soon reached a
verdict which consigned her to the realms
of the insane
Julia has had a young child with her
ever since she has been in Jail, and al
though several attempts have been made
TO get the child and place it where il
could be properly cared for, she has siren
uously resisted every effort She will
have to part with it if she goes to the |
asylum.
CORA BENNETT FOUND INSANE.
Cora Bennett was put in Jail on a charge |
OF Iunacy on warrant sworn out by her |
son, Henry Miller. Shelis about 20 wears !
old and unable to take care of herself |
Miller testified that she was out of her |
right mind and that she had been n |
nuisance IN the neighborhood where She |
nYed. de was her son, but said he had a
family to look out for and could not pro- |
VIDE for or take care of his mother Or !
Chisholm testified that she was undoubt- |
edIy out of her right mind, but that she |
was harmless On his statement that |
she was mentally unbalanced she was ad- |