Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-22
COULD never DIE
Strange HallucinatiOn of Miner
Dennis Shea.
MRS. YORK NOW A CITIZEN
She Takes the Oath of Allegiance and
the Judge Does the Rest
Has a Homestead.
MRS. YORK NOW A CITIZEN

Inc mental COnQlllOU Ol DelllllS OIcd
was made the subject of an investigation
in Judge Smiths court shortly after 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon and at the
conclusion of the ordeal Shea was pro-
nounced insane and a commitment for
his admission to the asylum issued by the
court. The commission comprised Drs.
MacNevin and Bryant. About two years
ago last August Shea attended a picnic at
Anaconda and in returning to Butte
jumped from a moving train. Not being
accustomed to such feats he fell and frac-
tured his skull. For fifteen days he re-
maine unconscious. Six or seven months
after the accident he began to drink and
kept it up until his arrest, which occurred
on the Sd.
DR.. Sheehan, the county physician, tes-
titled that his attention had been called
to Shea's condition early in the month.
He had found him quarrelsome and I'M
aginative. He believed he would never
die. The witness also said he thought
Shea's condition was in a measure due
to the excessive use of liquor.
Shea could not tell the judge where he
was from, but he thought the event had
occurred in Ireland. He could not tell his
exact age, but he thought it was 80 years.
Shea aid his father was dead, but his
mothe was alive and a resident of
Ireland. He had come to Butte on the
Sth of January, 1896.
Shea's brother John testified that Den
mis- was 80 years DID,; that one of their
brothers worked in the Republic mine
in Washington and they had a sister i'll
Minnesota. About two weeks before the
arrest of Dennis was made he had noticed
that his actions were somewhat queer.
The physicians examined the unfortu-
nate mans head and then recommended
his admission to the asylum.
Mrs. Elizabeth York, a native of Eng
land and the widow of the late John York,
was granted naturalization papers by
Judge Smith late yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. York and her twelve children live
on a ranch on the Big Hole river. York
was not a full citizen of this country, and
his widow, in order to prove up her home
stead, took the oath of allegiance. AS il
is somewhat unusual for a woman to be-
come 8, citizen Judge Smith made the fol
lowing special order in connection with it
I'm the matter of the citizenship of
Elizabeth York, an alien-In this mat
ter, after hearing proofs in open court,
the court finds: First-That said Eliza
beth York is the widow of John York,
Secondhand said John York died on
July IA, 1892, leaving him surviving said
Elizabeth York, his widow. and II chill
dren, viz: William, Albert, John, Eben,
Charles. Harry, George. Alice, Cora,
Bessie, Lottie and Minnie. Third-That
prior to the death Of said John York
he had complied with the first condition
specified in section 2165 of the revised
statutes of the United States. Fourth
That said John York died before he was
actually naturalized. ~Fifth-That said
widow, Elizabeth York has this day
in open court, taken the oaths pre-
scribed by law, and is entitled to be de-
clared a citizen of the United States
with all rights and privileges as such
and it is ordered that naturalization pa
pers be issued to her in due FORM
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