The morning news., 1894-06-17
SENT SHELLS TO MRS. CLEvE-
LAND.
Mrs. Martins Hopes OF Having
Them Become Fashionable.
From the New York Tribune

From the New York Tribune.
Mrs. Caroline d. Martin was declared
to be insane and incapable of managing
her affairs by a sherifs jury yesterday
afternoon. A committe will be appointed
by the court to take care of Mrs. Martini IS
estate and person.
Mrs. Martin was a bright woman, a
graduate from Vassar College and a
physician, at one time being assistant to
DR.. Mary Putnam jacob, at Mt. Sinai
hospital, and left that institution in Janu-
airy, 1881, to marry William A Martin, the
business manager of "The New York
Witness" Two children were born to
them, and though they lived compara-
lively happy life, yet their chickering's
grew in length and frequently until June,
1890, when Mrs. Martin consulted with
her attorney, S. S. Terrey, about bringing
an action for a divorce against her hus-
band.
Their differences were patched up
amicably, and an agreement was made
that they should live together year
longer. Before the year had expired
Mrs. Martin took her young son from his
home and went to Australia.
The first that was learned of where
Mrs. Martin was was on May 81 1892
At that time the San Francisco papers
contained Two and three column stories
about the adventures, Mrs. Martin,
claimed TO have had with numbers of de-
tectives. and some of them were pub
lished here. While in Australia Mrs
Martin bought several large consign-
ments of common shells ana sent them to
her attorney, i'll this city, with instruc-
tions to take them TO Tidany's and sell
them, as they would be valuable if made
fashionable. In order that they might
become the fashion, Mrs. Martin sent a
few to Mrs. Cleveland, with the sug-
gestion thar she should wear them.
Mrs. Martin took the witness stand
yesterday in her own behalf She did
not seem TO realize the nature of the pro-
ceedings brought against her, and said
that she supposed the proceeding were
brought TO decide her husband 5 sanity
Mrs. Martin explained TO the jury in a
ram bling way that she intended to get
the monopoly of these shells and thus
make them valuable. Mrs. Cleveland,
she said. had got corner in the diamond
market shortly after her marriage and
had made deal of money in the opera
tion She hoped to be able to DO the
same. She knew that if Mrs. Cleveland
wore them the shells would become quite
the rage.
MRS Martin said her son was a boy of
phenomenal mind, and was destined TO
become naturalist, and she was positive
he would DC President OF the United
States if removed from his fathers in
fuence. His father, she said was man
of fine mind. but is now a mental wreck.
Mrs. Martin then went on rehearsing
in monotone and low voice stories of how
all her relatives were trying to get her
property, and of how they had corps of
detectives following her day and night
AMI prowling around her at all times and
places.
When asked if she thought she was
sane, Mrs. Martin replied; ''Oh, yes. /
am quite sane, as you can see"
Braggs-You look rather blue this morning
old man,
Jaggs-Im black and blue. / was green
enough last night TO tell a fellow twice my
we ght that he waslt white man.-Cblcago
Tribune.