The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-30

] an asylum, ne itu MOI an intimate
acquaintance with Anna. He related
the occurrences in the room and said
that no more force was used than was
/ absolutely necessary. Unusual force
was used, but not undue force.
Wanted Her Room Watched.
ProthonOtary George j. Llewcllyn, of
+ Lu2erne county. was the next witness.
I He was on the police force of Pittston
at the time OF the removal of Miss
. Dickinson to DanVille, and was present
at the house on that occasion. He met
her on the stairway as she was being
/ taken to the carriage, and she asked
. him if he was conspiring with her sister
and the Republican national committee
/ to ruin her reputation. He told her HIS
/ business and she replied that if he was
/ n police officer he should watch her
room. He went to the carriage with
/ her and heard her make use of the word
damn" several times. She looked at
| him and chided him for not remaining
/ to watch her room. His impression at
the time was that she was deprived Of
the full exercise of her mental facul-
ties.
Or. Gideon Underwood was the sec
| ond defendant TO relate his connection
with tho case He is 70 years of age,
and has spent the past rs in the prac-
tice of medicine. He did not have the
least knowledge OF Miss DiCkinsOn's
troubles until DR.. Holman brought him
to examine her ON that dav. DR.. I'm
/ derwOOd was acting as physician of the
poor board. Dr.. Heilman introduced
him to her and he replicd that he had
come with her physician, Or. Heiman,
to see her. She scorned the announce
ment that DR.. Helman was her physi-
clan, and told him she did not have
the honor Of DR.. Heilmans acquaint-
ancc. The witness was convinced by
her actions that she was insane, and he
went Immediately to the office of Squire
Montague of Pittston, and attached
his signature to certificate of lunacy.
Judge Daley Cross-cXamined the wit
ness at considerable length on diseases
of the mind. He said he thought the
restraining jacket was not humane
treatment.
she Was Very Nervous.
DR.. Theodore Johnson. a homeopathic
physician Of West Pittston, treated
during the years 1856 1889 and 1890.
She suffered from the grip and strong
nervousness also. She was partial to
whskcy as a remedy, but he refused Ia
prescribe it for her in the latter stages
OF his professional treatment of her.
Miss Susan was her faithful attendant
and nursed her through all her Illness.
lie recited many incidents that made
him conclude she was crazy.
Mrs Bridget Moran, before she was
welded, lived as a servant in the family
Of Mr.. Thompson for several years.
She was well acquainted with Martha
Brown. the servant OF the DicknsOns
and was about to call on her on the
evening of Thursday Feb. ~, 1891. Miss
Susan Dickinson came to the door rs
m witness was about to enter and re-
Quested her to run over to tell Mr.
Eggleson to come to the house quickly
The witness did SO and on her return
was met by Martha rushing out of the
house, and Anna chasing her, shouting
and screaming you little devil. II
fix you" The witness concluded tina;
it would be better to return home, SC
she did not enter. The witness was not
CrOsS-eXamined
Theodore Strong president of tho
First National bank of Pittston, was
put upon the stand and Major Warren
offered to prove by him that George b.
Thompson, one of the defendants, went
to Mr.. Strong on more than one occa-
sion for the purpose of soliciting funds
to send Miss Anna to Philadelphia
This vein of evidence was objected to
as irrelevant and the court sustained
the objection. There We're other wit
nesses by whom II was proposed Ia
prove the same fact, but the exclusion
Of Mr. Strong's testimony disposed OF
the necessity of calling them to the wit.
ness stand. They were thereupon eX-
cused by the court.
Thought II an Act OF Kindness.
George Il. Thompson, another of the
defendants. was sworn. He occupied
the other half of the double house In
which the Dickinson family resided in
West Pittston and was on friendly
terms with Miss Anna. He regarded
her acts OF kindness in the most sin.
cere light and thought It was the high.
est act of friendship to lend his assist.
ance to Miss Dckinson's removal to an
insane asylum. He had no doubt
whatever but that she was insane be,
cause he had seen unmistakable evi
dence of II in her dress, conduct ant
speech. lie was willing to assume the
responsibility of his treatment of her
Mrs. Alverda Thompson wife of the
former Witness testified that she Otter
: made calls at the Dickinson house.
hold during the last illness of Mrs
Dickinson Miss Anna had more of q
disposition for reading novels thar
nursing her mother, leaving the latter
duty to Miss Susan. Miss Anna was
sick at times. and once when the wit.
messed asked her how she felt she an.
swr: "Oh. feel like h-ll; / feel just
like the devilv' Mrs. Thompson was
shocked at such language coming from
such a woman as Anna Dickinson ant
came TO the conclusion that she mus
be affected with loss of reason. Other
reasons that convinced the witness that
Miss Anna was insane was her man,
! ner of dress. She wore q thin calico
wrapper on the street and went ou
with light shawl and n straw hat
She told Mrs. Thompson that in view
= OF her gallant services to her countr,
during the war 300 negro children wer,
A taken out one day In a prominent cit,
n of the south and the female plckanin
MES were baptized after her and tn,