New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
TNAGTyES MASONS PURSUE HIM.
,..-,cr MADAM HOLDS ANTHONY BAUM N
ORDER TO HEAR EXPERTS TESTIMONY
on HIS SANITY.

Ar,horv poun, ,hlrtv-Hve years old vas orouens
before Justice McAdam. in the Supreme Cou,'
ye,terday on a writ Of hateas corpus, directing n''
production In court. by Commissioner OF 'ha''.'
John w Keller. Baum was arrested as luna"''
.rd vas locked I'D in the Arsenal pending an
examination h. medical experts as 10 MS sAn''''
Drs Fitch and I<unz decided that ne wac
,rs,pe He would have been committed 70 INC
insane asylum but Henry ". Bates. Baum cou"'
sci. secured the writ Of habeas corpus on "H.O" 40
was nroduced IN court. Mr.. Bates says mat BAUM
is perfectly sane. and that he cannot lesaNy 70
detained In an asylum, -.
A.s,s,ant corporstio Cnounsel Cowe opposed tho
motion for the discharge 81 Baum. He SAID 'na'
R,un was suffering from Authorizations and DC.
u.ved that he vas pursued BY members OF some Oh
the Masonic lodges who desired TO do injury 70 hN.
He had been held for examination az the request -
his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Baum. who Complains.
tina. in one Of his hts Of insanity he had assaueu
her and who was afraid that he would harm ne'
or others II ne was permitted 10 remain az iAeI
Al the time he assaulted his wife he rirst snash."
hor hicvcI. and then tried TO choke her MY. co"'o
said that the doctors had made most cale,1
examination OF Baum, and found that ne was -,
zane Justice McAdam called Baum 10 the w."
ness-sand and examined him. Baum sta!eu u
no had been a Mason. but had resigned from '''
order.
Mrs Raum was IN attendance In court. ana "aS
also examined by Justice McAdam as 10 her nus
hands behavior and conduct. She saii thA' ~,
husband had been left SIP 900 by his mother. ITO
purchased A house az No lob East One-hunu'eu
and.thirty-third-st r. transferred this mousse ~
her Mre Baum sa.i tina, her HUSBAND lu",'
tn. house and bought her about szV worm 80
tev-slrv He also bought her bicycle nu' 49,
a month afterward he came home one his 80
smashed 1t with an exc. Justice McAdah "'9' -
Baum sworn. He denied that he was IN any W."
mentally affected He told how he receiFea VIZ
81 600 and accounted for an expenditure OF 49,
5000 -Four hundred dollars OF TINS was '
r.ano 500 for a ring 500 for watch goo Ior
rings and $50 for china He said he spent So
paving his debts $500 for monument 20 Ms III and
and gave $50 for two Scycles one ro hv him for
masSine his vifes wheel was that he had soma
friends at his house and asked nis WI, so 40 and
said she was going out on her wheel lie toa on
he would smash tho machine IL s.s az aye
doing So and broke the machine WIN a.. 80 ., tho
justice McAdam asked him what became me our OIL on
rest OF his money. and he sad ne ma 4, the Berk
%Grgase Az, and y spsn good time there Baum
went bitterly while her husband gave MS az 10
and answered some questions ne p us ~ He was
unable 10 account for about ssoo IA ,retty
Justice McAdam said Re appeared 70 Go sPpiions
aane, ~ be- very peculiar He adjourned va va
case for the testimony or the sNis sLsa that he
P B sent baK TO ne IN
a ward with fifteen other men some 81 he would
very violent. justice Mssa wo,ld Edo do their duty
and take proper care OF him Il am rss,nct the
Judge 'n cases of this kind, bound 10 and II
family of the person stated 10 ne isfI, his
anwsd him 10 60 AZ large and he muro,src"d On
wife or child the responsibility would os rom his
sudden eccentricites or impulses. and Ms re-
trcites and impulses seem ,sn so saa that his mother
naa Seen and an uncle his had
been mentally affected. -.- -. --..--.->S-- 49,