The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-07
CHARGED WITH INSANITY
Examined by a Commission Be-
fore Judge Clancy.
THEY WERE COMMITTED
Mrs. Marie Naughton Said That People
Were Throwing Bouquets at Her.
John Burns Said He Was
Not Crazy.

Two persons were examined yester-
day before Judge Clancy by Drs.
Bernheim and Mcdonald on charges Of
insanity and were ordered committed
10 the asylum. The first was Mrs.
Marie Naughton. who had been placed
under restraint on complaint OF her
husband. NJ G. Nauchton. Judge
Clancy read the complaint To- the wom-
an and then asked her.
What have o To say Co that, mad
am. are you deranged or not?'
Not a bit of it replied Mrs. Waugh
ton with emphasis.
DR.. Bernheim asked her il h had
ever been sick or whether anything
troubled her. and she said that like
most women she cried when she was
worried. Then she began talking about
a Miss Bawden. landlady of h house
where they a lived. and Of whom she
doubtless was causelessly jealous.
why did YOU husband accuse you
of being insane asked DIR. Bern
helm.
Because Of his intimacy with Baw-
den"
Mrs. Naughton said she did not be
lieve the place was a reputable one In
which To bring up her children. She
said her husband had always been kind
10 her and she felt ashamed that he
should nave made such a fool of him
self. She said she was a mind reader.
The woman's husband testified that his
wife had not been right i'm her mind
since last November. She talked with
out reason and said some one was
pouring electricity on her head and
talking To her through the walls.
Lately she had exhibited violence to-
ward her three children, and he was
afraid she might harm them. Miss
Bawden testified that Mrs. Naughton
had not been i'm the house three days
before she began to ak irrationally
and said people i'm the house were
throwing bouquets at her and meant
IL for an insult. Mrs. Berger and Mrs.
Naughton once sent for her and told
her the people in the house were going
10 kill her and her husband. She
walked the floor day and night and
talked continuously about her neigh
bors. a man named Cloves aid the
woman laughed a "fiendish laugh"
when he inquired after her health.
Cloves said he would not have been
surprised to heal any time that Mrs.
Naughton had killed her children. The
doctors then further questioned the
woman.
Il hope you are not double-faced."
she said to DIR. Bernheim. Il am n
straightforward woman Then she
told bout the people in her house
turning electricity on her. She
said that all of the IN
had a hand i'm il and she believed they
got a per cent on il. She said they
were also mind readers. DIR. Bernheim
asked Naughton II he could pay the cx-
penses OF his wife at the asylum, end
Naughton said he could not. The doc
tor then inquired OF the court II they
should decide who was To pay the eX-
pense.
mo. that is for the judge TO decide"
replied Judge Clancy.
Judge Lindsay old me different"
said the doctor.
And I tell you different. too" said
the court.
NauEhton at first declined to give the
names Of his wife's relatives. but Hnally
said she had two brothers, Michael and
John Connallan.
JOIN Burns. "A 16-year-old youth from
the poor house. was the second person
examined. The judge also read the
complaint to him.
What have you to say, guilty or not
guilty."
The boy answered. with a SHY GRIN.
Il know | was arrested
ID you think you are crazy asked
the judge.
NO. sir"
Witnesses testified that he was
brought to Butte from Great Falls by
his mother. who left him here while she
went on to Anaconda where she Is now
living. About six years ago he was
kicked on the head by a horse, and
since hen he has been subject TO fits.
600 cote - 18th 90, Srn IN W.T.