The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

able to distinguish the consequences Of
ne- acts The detention in prison OF
such a woman. he concl nded, would be
| NOS. serious.
| Dr. George Henry Savage, senior ply
ST :ian at Bethlehem hospital and lectur-
ar on women's diseases at Guys hos
pit al, who has for thirty years devoted
| hin self 10 the etudy of woInen's diseases
| endorsed every word Of DIR. Grigg's testi-
| n1ony. and DR.. Leonard Gabriel, men,
Der OF the Royal College of Surgeons.
. gave tn,ilar evidence. He said that inn
| PRISON. sent of a woman in the condition
| of Mrs. Castle would not endanger her
| life, but would certainly endanger her
sanity.
DR.. Scott. the medical officer of Hoilo-
way Jail, gave evidence of similar tenor.
which. perh. aps, was the strongest or all.
on account Of his position. DR.. Scott
said that he believed that any continu-
ance OF the i'm prisonment of Mrs Castle
| would be injurious TO her mental and
| bodily health.
Replying TO Questions OF the judge,
/ Dr. Scott said: Il can order prisoners
! to the infirnlary al ray discretion"
The Jail physician then produced a
draft OF his report which was read by
| Sir Edward Clarke. 1t was addressed
to the home office and said that Mrs.
| Castles physical hea 18th was fairly good,
| with the exception Of uterine trouble,
which had affected h sr for many years, -
adding: 1T is probab te that this has az
fected her mental conofticn. She is ner-
vous, excited, hysteriC9l and emotional.
and has complained OF pains and seeing
| things, and is liable to commit eccentric
acts unless she is looked after.
man Sir Edward Clarke then drew the
of Ia n
dition OF the woman. and suggested that
her friends who were in court were deep
~ concerned and greatly DESTROYS OF re-
moving her to some asyl1m. where her
mental health could be guarded
| The Judge replied: Questions Of this
kind, Sir Edward, must be considered
elsewhere"
Continuing, Sir Edward Clarke said
that no one could say a. VIVA moment a
disordered and unhinged mind. might give
way utterly.
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED.
Thereupon, at 11:45, the magistrates,
who numbered %, besides the presiding
judge, and Colonel Rotten, Ge neral Birch
Mr. Davis, Sir John Micks anti the depu-
ty Judge, Mr.. Loveland, retire d.
During the absence of the court, Mr..
Castle remained in the room surrounded
by his friends, who discussed the pro-
bable outcime Of the case.
At 1901 D. M, the magistrates return
ed and silence once more fell upon the
court. Mrs. Castle was again brought
up from the sells, with diffic ulty, sobbing
violently. She staggered to the front of
the dock, and touched the rail, while the
clerk Of the court read the indictment,
to which she pl Loaded guilty. The unfor
tunate woman then sank exhausted upon
TO- Ioalr fnr l,.ar
commodation.
that the court had great trouble in deal
ing with this difficult case. in which sym
pathy was almost interfering with JUS
tice. and knowing that whatever SEN
tence he might pass would Oe carefully
reviewed elsewhere, SO that any danger
to the prisoners mental heakh would be
guarded against.
The Judge then passed sentence Of
three months imprisonment without hard
labor upon Mrs. Castle. He added thai
he did so with the knowledge that the
sentence would be reviewed elsewhere
and the general impression which after
wards prevailed in court was that this
mans that the home Office will shortly
release Mrs. Castle on her own recoSni-
Zance.
AN ACCOUNTING SCENE.
The unfortunate woman, on hearing
the sentence, went into mysteries. Shrek
ing: "Oh, my God! Oh, my God" for near
ly five minutes.
She threw up her arms and staggered
about, muttering at times incoherently,
and then stricken in wild agony.
There was no doubt that she had the
full sympathy of her friends and rela-
tives, and that the court, counsel and
presiding judge were also greatly affect
ed by her distress. All present in court
remained motionless and silent while Mrs
Castle was being assisted out of dock,
and down the iron stairs by a nurse and
two prison wardens her shriekS becom-
ing gradually fainter and fainter as she
was removed further away from the
court room.
Mr.. Castles face turned aslnen gray
as he witnessed his wife'S agony and all
the physicians present hurried down 10
the assistance of the suffering woman
OFF TO PRISON.
At Las o. m, thanks TO the attentions
of the physicians who had administered
sedatives to her. Mrs. Castle was calmer
bubt fearful and was able 10 enter a
cab, accompanied by her husband and
the chief jailer and started for Worm
wood Scrubs prison.
Arriving at Wormwood Scrubs prison
Mrs. Castle was taken to the infirmary.
After description of her has been en-
tered on the books according to the regu-
lar routine, she will be clad in prison
dress The matron of Clerk enwell pris-
on, who was in attendance upon Mrs.
Castle said the prisoner, had been in a
very bay way after sentence and at one
tine il was thought that she was dying.
The n,atron added that Mrs. Castle will
have careful treatment at Wormwood
Scrubs. where she will be placed in the
woman's hospital
VERDICT UNSATISFACTORY.
In the court room after Mrs. Castle
had been removed. there was quite a
commotion and expressions of surprise
and dissatisfaction with the verdict.
When silence had been restored, upon
the application of Mr.. Avory the court
ordered the restitution OF the articles
found in the possession of Mrs. Castle.
DR.. Scott said he was surprised at the
result, in view of the evidence. intimat-
ing that he expected very much light
er sentence. He added. however. that
the prisoner will be under a doctors
care at Wormwood Scrubs, and that
everything possible will be done for
her.
AS the court room was being cleared.
the witnesses gathered in groups and
ca gerly discussed the case.
Mr.. +. \. Mergraf, of Mergraf, Silas
& Co. furriers OF Mortimer street. who
had testified TO Mrs. Castle having Wis
tied his store. after which he missed
some furs which were subsequently iden
titled at the Marlborough street police
station. with his private mark on them,
after having been found among her ef-
fects said as the neople were leaving the