The evening times., 1899-03-13
ENDURING into
PETERS SANITY
Smaller Attendance at the
Hearing Today.
First Witness Examined by the
Defence.
Intcrestfa:: Testimony Obta In ed
interesting: Testimony Obtained
From Fred B. Pyle. u Local
arc.,itect.

When the hearing in the Eugene Peters
de lunatico inquirendo proceedings was re-
sumed this morning the attendance vas
not nearly so large as during the sessions
last week. The number OF spectators, how
ever, increased so that by noon there
were as many present as on the preceding
days
Mr.. and Mrs. Peters were in court early.
When Assistant Marshal William b. Rob-
ipson called for order Mr.. Worthington
stated that Mr.. Wilson had Informed him
that he had closed his case
Fred b. Pyle. a local architect, was
called and said: Il have known Eugene
Peters since 1893. / met him at his own
home: the acquaintance continued til 1896
when I took a cruise with him on his yacht.
In 1897 he told me he wanted me 10 make
some changes in the way OF Tsmodeiing his
house. l never noticed anything about
Peters different from any other citizen
OF Washington. He had his peculiarItleS
like everyone else, one OF which was mat
he breakfasted very late. sometimes at II
a. m He often told OF his experience out
West and his experiences with gambling
now opicklv gamblers in The West could
=
which ne used to Illustrate. / saw him Just
before he Went TO Hot Springs. Ark. last
year: there was nothing unusual about
him Before going he gave ne instruc-
lions 10 see about some new decorations
ia his home during his absence. l receiT-
ed a letter from him while he Was al HoI
Sprines / saw him when he was arrest
"a. / was notified by Nj. Seats. Mr..
Peters private secretary. who has teen
,yilh him since 1876.
"a wanted TO see Peters, but Ar- DAME
Fraser. told me that / could not as he
Fraser. had given orders that no ont
should see him. | said that ! would and
went 10 see Mrs. Peters. she Vas III Gred'
distress and said she did not know Nha
TO DO. and / advised her TO employ couh-
sci"
The witness then went On to relate The
circumstances connected with and the re-
suit of his visit to the Twelfth Street 70
lice station on the day of Peters arrest
From what l saw of Peters at the ponce
station. - he said Il was convinced tha
he was not insane and that there WAS NJ
occasion for his detention. When he Wa
released | called upon him and he told m'
pf his experiences with gamblers in tA'
West and New Orleans"
with much deIiboration and emphasis
Nr Pyle stated that. from what he know
cf alr Peters. he is thoroughly competen
mentally and physically Cf caring Tor him
Ssf and property.
4 long, and searching cross-eNamln2uol
los Nr Wilson failed to shake the tesu
raouy OF the witness in any material state
meHt.
Frank r. Emmert, the member OF III
Metropolitan Police who watched over Pc
teis while he was confined at the Twelft
street station. when called to the stan'
said h. Was led TO believe that be had bee
given charge of a dangerous lunatic. bu
from what he saw Of Peters, he found hil
10 be a very mild-mannered man. He sal
that Peters talked great deal but he a
ways exhausted the subject before b
changed it,
The proceedings viii probably continu
uniil "Wednesday afternoon or Thursda
morning.