The times., 1899-03-08
EUGENE PETERS Case
COMES UP TODAY
Witnesses From Hot Springs
Believe Him Insane.
He Squandered Large Sums of
Money in the South.
County Clerk Frank &. Place Re-
Iatcs His Experience. With
the Defendant.

The hearing in the de lunatico- inquirer
do proceedings in the case OF Eugene Pc
. 1ers, which was set for yesterday morning,
was postponed until today. The writ was
issued by Judge Cox March ! on the peti-
tion Of Annie Hannah. an aunt OF Peters,
who alleged that the man was not balanced
mentally and was incapable of managing
himself or his properties The writ was
made returnable yesterday. bIt postpone
ment was granted on motion. An iniunc-
tion restraining Peters access TO his funds
and securities on deposit in local banks
and safe deposit companies is returnahle
On the 18th % the present month.
Among these who will today testify as
10 Peters mental condition and his &c
centric actions while in Hot Springs Ark,
are three persons from that city. They
are DR.. E. W. Holland. a physician who
attended both Peters and his wife during
their stay at the Springs; Frank c. Place,
The County Clerk al Hot Springs, and Lee
Mayberry, q hackman from that place.
Mr. Place is the clerk who refused TO is
sue a marriage license to Peters which
necessitated the trip OF that gentleman
and his fiancec 10 Malvern, twenty miles
distant to have the ceremony performed.
Mr.. Place is registered at the ST. James,
having arrived there Monday. When seen
last night he talked freely of The ma ter
which comes up today. Peters. ne said,
accompanied by Clara Louise Alackay, ap
peared Al his Office al an early hoIT one
morning and requested marriage license.
II was refused because of information re-
eeiyed from Detective Williams who Is
employed al the Arlington and Eastman
hotels. whore the coupe stopped a. diff
ferent times. The information recited
that Peters Was Of uusound mind ana not
responsible for what he was doing. In
order TO get rid CT his applicant Mr..
Place told him that he would have TO max
an eyoTb.taut charge for the license
otherwise it could not be issued. Mr.
Peters replied that money was no object
at the same time throwing roll of bills
containing between $500 and $500 on the
desk. He stated that he was under bond
in Washington 10 get married, and had
consulted the stars with regard 10 the Ger
cmony, and had learned from them that
IL was necessary that he should marry the
woman who had been his companion for
over a year. The argument did not pre-
vail with Mr.. Place, and the couple de
parted.
Later the woman returned in company
with Martin j. Walch and requested the
issuance Of a license. The second request
was refused. as was a third one. made by
Nalch at a still later hour. MIR plac.
stated that in order to satisfy Peters when
he requested the license in the morning lie
tPlacel had fixed him up a nondsscript
document signed Best Wishes" This n
sealed in an envelope with instructions to
Peters that il should not be opened. Pc
tiers doubted the legality OF The instrument
because the envelope bore no gold seal.
When seen here during his incarcera ion
In No. stationhouse Peters described the
document as a land grant Mr. Place is
Of the opinion that Peters is unquestion-
ably mentally unbalanced
Mayberry. the hackman who claims that
he was in almost constant attendance on
Peters and his wife while they were in
Hct Springs both before and after the
ceremony states that the man gave every
evidence OF mental alteration He
squandcreG large sums Of money and gave
large sums 10 destitute gamblers and other
lndigenIs. Mayberry further states that
Peters frequently played faro bank, and
he thinks in most instances won money.