The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-15

! In the probate court yesterday. Mrs.
George Roseberry of the vicinity OF
| Bayneville was adJudged insane and in
a few days viii be sent to the asylum.
hundreds OF people in Wichita more IL
sane than Mrs. Roseberry, no reflection
| whatever is meant on the probate court
or the jury that examined her, as it is
understood that there was no effort made
on the part of Mrs. Roseberry to resist
the examination or. for that matter, 10
object to going 70 the asylum. She does
not believe she is insane. but Is willing
10 go away where she can have some
care and rest combined. She stated that
she would resist any attempt 10 place
her in the asylum unless X would be
guaranteed her by the court that her nus
band would not have charge Of the chill
dren in her absence. Judge Haymaker
promised her that the children would be
well cared for and introduced her to Mrs.
Townsend, president OF the Children's
Home, who promised to have the chill
dren wei! taken care OF.
No person competent 70 give an intelli-
gent opinion on the subject of insanity
offered to testify that the woman was
mentally unbalanced. DR.. Cave, who was
the family physician for years, stated
thai in his opinion Mrs. Roseberry was
easily Irritated On some subjects until she
became perhaps urba, anced. The partic-
ular subject that irriteted Mrs. Roseber-
ry was an idea that she would frequently
get into her head that RosebeTry was in
love with other women. If the fact that
woman gets riled because her husband
is suspected by her Of being fond of other
women constituted insanity, Their forty
asylums would not contain all the crazy
women in Kansas.
The facts in this case undoubtedly are
that Mrs Roseberry and her husband do
not get along well together and instead
Of having their troubles aired in the pro-
bate court they should have them adjust
ed in the divorce court. There is where
they will De settled ultimately. Mr.. Rose
berry was the main witness against his
wife, and he testified that she spatched
from his eyes from time to time five pairs
of spectacles ard broke them under her
feet. He also testified that she burned
two black hats and two straw hats oe his
besides tearing up pair of overshoes and
an overcoat or two. His evidence show
ed that they had some exciting times, but
other people in Sedgwick county have
still more exciting times and nobody has
ever thought of charging them with it
sanity.
That great deal of their troubles are
due to the fact that she holds all their
property in hen own name there is no
doubt. A few years ago owing to a bust
ness failure, he transferred all his prop
erty TO his wife, and ever since then she
has been running things to suit herself,
and he has had to take a secondary place
in the family government. She has told
considerable about him, stating, among
other things, that Roseberry is not his
name at all, but Nolan. ard that hs
changed it before coming to Wichita over
twenty years ago.
When Roseberry came to Wichita he
was considered the gayest young man in
The city. No dance or party was COM
plete without him. and Pat Healy says
that nobody Gould hold a candle TO him
for giving life to all social events II
was here he me. the wife whom he has
with insanity. she was a Miss
Wright and at that time was a school,
ma am. 1t is said that they own about
zoo acres Of as good land as can be found
in this County Their son, yourg man,
is attending one OF the colleges in this
city.