The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-30

ease was consecutive and not tina result
( OF alcoholism
Aired Bach. in cros<-examinzng DE-.
I pold tried % make him say that the cause
Of his resigna ton from BioomingS1ale was
no. crea1 table TO him. and failed Dr..
/ Dold resigned because Ire was not pleased
! wsrh the superintendent An attendant
had made charge OF shaping a. her
+ against HIM
Would not a sane person incarcerased
I m a-1 insane asylum act precisely as Mrs
wflmerSkng has acted - asked Mr.. Bach
II do not know. never saw 3 sane
person In an insane asylum" DR.. Dold
replied such a thing in the staos OF
New York Is insposs be-
He had a CAIN RcksAdaiS'cal manner.
/ 1t was irnvoS<s bic 20 irritate him. 10 make
ham impatient But. after al. he said
thar the syznpoorns OF insanity IN Mrs
F wilmerCHnz were symptoms OF insanity
only because they were taken n connec-
+ ton with the entire history OF her case
That history Dr.. DolG knew not OF his
own observation.
''If STE were discharged w4sst would
+ Mrs Wilmersil1S DO: Dr. DoS was
asked Return to drink and dissipation
he replied
4 One OF the commissioners. Mr.. Travis.
/ asked; III you had never seen Mrs VIII
ErlsrVsng before your conversation with
her to-day. wosld you say tha- she was
insane7-'
/ Dr.. Dold replied: "I would not"
/ Charles F. Atwood. who replaced Dr.
Dold as first assistant physician az
/ BAoOnNTsgSia1e> said. reading from notes
made day hy day Snoe June ~: she
said her w'1eel must have been neSm~--
izet; Il went along 50 we'll She osrn-
planned OF her headache: she was x,rs-
picio1s. excttahle; she made scenes 10 1T
trac. attention; Shc IS fond OF dress: she
played one tune on the piano for an cour:
she has the delUzon THAT she Vii have
a child All these are signs OF tnstn.ty''
What IS the matter with Mrs. Wilmer
ding" he was asked. lie replied. An
Inherent defective brain" He said thar
10 be cured she must be kept IN che IN
sane asylum: that II wonld be dangerous
10 release her. because the improvement
IN her condition would be lost at once n
freedom He said tsSat there was a SYM
metry in her features And she made the
gesture of measuring her face with hcr
slands-a triumphant gesture.
Or Austin Flint said seat 70 release her
would be ''the elimination OF AL che
calamites." He had exaInired her twice:
not very carefully. but he knew how 70
decide without bong examination. Emil
hating the example OF Mr. Bowers N the
crurigllt case Mr.. Bsch asked:
do you regard as an evidence Of sanity
me drawing OF a conclusion from no
facts?''
NO" replied Or. Flint
s.~fNl.
Your EXAMINATIONS were brief smpe--
feet You took the reports OF others
without verifying them and based your
opinion on them
oh no. said Dr. Flint. IT judged her
answers, her conversation. myself She
said improbable things about her mar
riage. She said II was the result OF tier
step-mother's enutty"
DRINK NOT CAUSE But EFFECT
DR.. Flint said thar Mrs wsl11erxnrsg's
mental CONDITION was not the resuE OF
drinking alcoholic liquors. that drinking
alcoholic liquors was the result OF her
meTrtal condition. But no one IN the LITTLE
COURT room, now crowded win gadaboaFta.
scemei to appreciate the apology ca.at
could be made for MIRA WilmeritnE in
uhe opinion OF an expert aHeryist
No one seemed 20 appreciate s. excere
Mrs Wfnseri.ng. sire listened intently,
thon nodded with the ar OF one oonnrm-
ing Judgment II Mr.. Bach had looked
a. her then be might have been abe %
point TO her ard say:
You see she IS not tnsan~ Sha 40
lCDowledges that she drank excessively
because she was insane. The insane as
I nave ben arguing hero for four hours.
never acknowledge insanity But he ID
net hook at tser. Allen Fitch was called
% the witness chair.
Mr.. Bach had used tho argument that
he suggested 20 Mr. Bowers against Dsr.
Fhnts testimony IN the oKrtr rhe casa
The letters OF Mrs Wilmenling real N
court were not ali the Iet'crs nat shs
had written. DR. F8tch said mat IN nf-
teen years as an examiner Tor tire cd
Department OF Charities AMI Correction
ne had COMM tied n. go persons % inrans
asyluns
He mad no rerrorse lie was tosasl,
good natured eager 20 reply - questions.
lie said that II Mrs. WHmerdlnx were -
leased she would drink alcoholic liquo-
AMI diSsipaac again. tie SAID Il hoDs
Miss WlimerdinR wil get well So - a
most fnterestsTtg p@rS1r. Bur let her szay
in Bloomngdaie 10 vsotld cost 80 -
1900 a week elsewhere 20 nurse ard
watch her as she IS nlr1ed and watosl>i
ar Boom ngda1s"
How % yoi ooaInt 800 a w-ek7-'
asked Mt Bach.
'Ttlat v1R take TOO long replied D.
Fitch she says ssss could - q oho--1s
Rrl Think % g.. Ar. Bsch' A cslo-sis
girl! Beautiful. clever. Inclined 10 drink
tssst makes hsr insane All earning SIS
a week.
Mrs WTiuserGfnE laughed toy=sliiy ~
t1tt sally. 90 nrEt humorous trazt - ths
entire sad trial ST. Levy said hs would
make a rnotsvo fDr an allowance % ssn-
p'oy exp>rt aiersefe and me caae vas
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