The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-28
MOLL ARD is NOT INSANE
Commission Orders Him Dis
charged From Custody.
SMALLPOX IS HIS HOBBY
He Denies the Existence of the Disease
in Butte and Claims to Be
Somewhat of a Doctor
Himself,

Henry Mollard, who has been in the
county Jail for several weeks under
charge of insanity, was examined yes
terday before Judge Lindsay by Drs.
Schwartz and Turner and discharged
although there was evidence that Mol
lard denied the existence of smallpox
in Butte and also claimed to be some
thing of a doctor himself and cured
people after regular doctors had given
them up to die. Mollard had been ex-
amined before on the same charge anu
was found mot guilty" A few days
ago an attorney commenced habeas cor
pus proceedings for him and the matter
was set for hearing to-day, but Will
now be dismissed.
DR.. Sheeran testified that he first
knew Mollard about two years ago, at
which time he was examined for m
sanity and discharged. The doctor sald
Mollard had been in the asylum once or
twice and that his was a peculiar case.
Since he has been in jail under the
present charge his mental condition has
been fair and the doctor said he could
not say that the man was al the pres
ent time insane. Mollard mas tour
William C. Purcell, who made the
complaint against Mollard, testified
that he had witnessed number Of pc
culiar actions on the part OF Mollard.
He saw him once washing his feet with
his stockings on. He also wandered
about the house at all hours of the
night One night the witness came
home late at night and found the lights
all out in the house, the American
house in VAUDEVILLE, and as he entered
the office he saw a man coming toward
him with an arm appraised. Purcell
,ol,t h hv;t he
asked the mans name and received no
response He choked the man and then
dra gged him out on the sidewalk, where
he recognized who it was and apollo
gized to him. Mollard walked away
and threatened he would kill him for
throat. He also had a mania for mix
ing all the victuals on the table and
| mixed brown pieces of paper with the
pickles and said that would make
| good mess for the men. When ne
smallpox scare first came up ne SAID re
| did not believe the disease was small
| poX He said that although he was
| hard working man he was a good doc
| tor and knew smallpox when he saw t.
| At another time he said he was GOOD
lawyer although he was a hard work
| ing man. On another occasion he claim
ed to have a sore wrist and that a doc
| tor told him he had bad gathering
| there and the doctor took the wrist
and broke it over his knee. One day he
| uOOre6 a bucket of water INTO the
| stove. then put some coal in and more
water and then tried to fire the coal
| with a match
A man named McElroy told about
| Mnllard mixing up the food at the table
| and about having his pockets full OF
little sticks and scraps of various kinds
which he frequently took out and eX-
| amined He was also bad singer anu
| aften kept other boarders awake TOR
| hours at night with demonstrations or
his vocal powers in that line.
Edward Golden said he worked with
Mollard at the Moulton and one DAY
the man told him doctor had broken
his wrist and after that he kept II
wrapped up with many cloths. he
| said he was good doctor himself and
| was also great navigator. Golden
said he had been informed by some ac-
uuaintance of Mollard that some menu
| bers of his family were insane. Mollafd
said he could cure cancer and obtained
his remedy from an electric plant N
Australia.
Mollard was questioned by the doc
tors and he said he was born IN Cora
wall as years ago and that he mas
worked in mines since he was 10 years
of age. He told a connected story or
his life but denied that he made an at
tack on Purcell and said he knew noth-
ing about bathing his feet with his
stockings on. He said If man pald
his board he had a right to mix AIS
food if he wanted to. The doctors
questioned him about his claim to pc
something of doctor himself, He ad-