The Indianapolis journal., 1893-07-22
SCARED THE SECRETARY
Myron King Has an Encounter in His OF.
flee with q Discharged LuDatic.
She Began 10 Get Wild, and He Hid a Pair
of Scissors That Were Lying Danger
..e ously Near-Her Woes.

Secretary King. in the Governors Office.
was the recipient of caller yesterday
who. during the time she was present.
kept him in that alert state of mind in
which q man gets when he finds himself
dealing with sn unknown quantity which
may result In harm to him. While at work
at his desk he was interrupted by the en-
trance of @ woman who was apparently
about flfty-tive or sixty years Of age. and
VIII ose face bore the stamp of one who has
had many and bitter trials during her life.
She took . seat quietly by his desk and in
troduced herself as Mrs. Maria Hinsley,
and said that her home was at Union City.
She was asked to state her business with
the secretary, and Mr.. King then for the
first time noticed peculiar glare about
her eyes, and o nervousness In her manner
that would indicate that her mind was un-
balanced. She had hardly uttered the first
words until he was certain that such was
the case. She stated to him III the most in
coherent manner that she wanted him to
protect her from the persons who were try.
ing to rob her of her property. She said
that the court officials. the county officials,
and all who knew her were trying to do so.
and that some or them wanted to kill her.
Pulling her chair MP little closer to the
secretarys, aud speaking in a fierco tone OF
voice, she continued: "Ihey chased that
woman from her home and they tried to get
all of her property. They sent her to the
insane asylum so that they could get it
from her. and then they mistreated her.
They wanted to kill her and they made her
the subject of all sorts of indecencies."
What woman do you meanP asked the
secretary.
This woman" she replied. and struck
herself OF the breast with her clenched
hand. "Oh, know them. They follow me
around. and can't get away from them.
TO come down here to get you to help me.
Iwant you to get my case In the courts.
and have these people tried for trying to
get my property away from me. | want
the United States. and get some men to so
on the jury. / want Grover Cleveland to be
on that jury, and q whole lot of men just
like him. know that l could depend on
such men as he Is"
Having proceeded that far her manner got
more and more excited, and she get more
and more In earnest. The secretary in
stinctively began placing the paper " eights
that W. ere on his desk on the side the fur
thest away from her, and hastily slipped
a pair of long. sharp-pointed scissors under
pile of papers out OF sight de told her
in as MUD manner IS possible that he
wOulQ see unob ali was UO0c bn8b COulQ De
for her, but that he did not see that it was
possible for him to get the case into the
courts. She arose to 60. and as sbe did SO
remarked
"Well. if 1 can't get rid Of them In that
way will have TO buy revolver and kill
them"
Mr.. King tried to dissuade her from doing
any such rash act AS that. but she was
not to be convinced that she should do
otherwise. and left with a repetition OF the
declaration.
Mrs. Hinsley has lived at Union City for
q number of years. Her husband died there
in the seventies, and her children. two
grown-up daughters. have died since that
time. She owns about forty acres OF land
near Union City. and it Is this that she IL
afraid will be gotten away from her. She
has no near relatives. and has been living
around from place to place. wherever peO.
pie will keep her. She was declared in sane
and sent to the Central hospital in this
oity. She was admitted there on the 1st of
juno, 1888. and was discharged as cured
on Feb 26. 1889. 1t was not known where
she went after she left the StatehOuse. but
1t is probable that she returned TO Union