The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-20
NOT QUITE CRAZY.
Mrs. Schafer and Daugh-
ter Discharged.
General Barnes Gives Some Lively
Testimony as to What He Knows
About CrankS.

The matter Of the sanity OF Mrs. Pauline
Schafer and her daughter Lillian came I'D In
Judge LeyyS court yesterday. The women
were arrested several days ago upon suspicion
of their being mentally unbalanced through
their irrational statements in connection with
the Jacobson murder case and their preten.
sions of being prosecuted by General w. H. l..
Barnes.
The pair at intervals exhibit signs OF perfect
sanity, but they are apparently actuated by
whims which annoy other people. One of their
whimS is writing ] tiers, and il was one OF
these epistles which was sent TO General
Barnes some weeks ago that cut a figure in
their case yesterday. In this letter Mrs. Scha-
fer set forth that her daughters heart had been
pierced by Cupid'S dart and that the object OF
her affections was the generals son, W. S
Barnes, The District Attorney. "She was will
Ing to sacrifice everything" the stricken maid
ems mother wrote to The general, "if her affec-
ton could only be returned
But Mr.. Balnes bad never met or even heard
of the young lady who had fixed her hearts
love upon him without his knowledge, and he
so testified before the jury which had been I'M
paneled 10 pass upon the sanity or insanity of
the mother and daughter.
General Barnes, when called as Witness ex-
pressed some decided opinions upon cranks In
general. Mrs. Schafer was not The first who
han annoyed him, and lie was decidedly tired OF
their attentions. i he general under the infiu-
ence of feeling aroused by remin iscences of the
dCllOHS Vi luo CIdTkS Oh tue past IOlQ OF one IN
diyidual with wheel III his head" who visited
the Barnes residence on Suffer street and
issued orders 10 the servants in commanding
tones. and who engaged party OF painters 10
decorate the exterior of the mansion with bril-
liant carmine paint. The general however,
prevented this order from being carried out by
having the crank arrested and sent to the asy-
lum.
Mrs. Sehafer and her daughter were both ex.
ahmed and were quite rational when cues
toned upon ordinary topics. Neither became
excited under the forensic fir until the Jacob
son case aud the Barnes letters were mentioned
Even then their actions were not those Of crazy
persons. Mrs. Schafer admitted writing the
letter and said that what she had written was
true. Miss Schafer also bore out her mother
but seemed In doubt as to the proprety of
sending The letter.
Finally they both agreed 10 stop writing let
tiers and also TO not have anything more to saw
about the jacobson case If they were allowed
their liberty.
The latter matter rested with the iury.
though, and about IL O'clock was SUBMIT d 10
that body. The lurymen considered the case
for about an hour and half, and then returned
into court with the announcement that they
could not agree.
Judge Levy was evidently of the opinion tina 6
there was no necessity for proongng the case,
so he discharged the jury ana said he would
allow the women to go free and give them one
more chance TO behave themselves IL they
would. The jury stood ten In favor of finding
the women insane.