Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-17
MORE OF MACKEY
Wife Of Oily Judge Mackey Of Wash
ington Says She is Not
Insane. 4
Judge Cats Reporter With Some
Morsels Of His Slippery
q Talk.
Says He and His Wife Are Busy
With Billing and Cooing Ali
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Washington, May 17.-Mrs. Rather
inc S. Mackey, who was adjudged of
unsound mind by Judge Cole on Fri.
day, although she did not appear in
court, is living with her husband,
Judge Thomas J. Mackey, at the house
of Mrs. Dollie Patram, 11O4 Prince
street, Alexandria. No attempt has
been made so far to take Mrs. Mackey
into custody as an escaped lunatic, the
course which, it was und derstood, would
be taken by the district authorities.
s Judge and Mrs. Mackey are seen to-
gether on the streets of Alexandra al
most daily. Once or twice Mrs. Mackey.
has attracted some attention, when
disturbed or frightened at an unusual
scene, but has given no evidence of in
sanity. They have made few ac-
.quaintances during thef' snort stay.
Judge Mackey stated last night that
he would in day or two remove his
wife to some watering place, where he
hoped she would, by proper care, soon
recover from her indisposition.
Regarding the proceedings against
his wife, Judge Mackey said: Il
would state that on Friday last, the
11th instant, at 4 o'clock p. M, my
wife and received at the general de-
livery in this city notice, signed by
an assistant district attorney in Wash
ington, dated on the previous day,
that there was TO be an examination
as to the sanity of my wife at 2 o'clock
p. N. on the 18th instant. ss..
..Thus the notice reached us after
the hour fixed for the examination. 1t
was directed to 424 King street, Alex
andria, which is occupied by a large
dry goods store--a place that we did
not stop at thence the delay. Had
I received it sooner, would have ad-
vised my wife to appear, as she would
have refuted, by her own statements,
the charge Of Iunacy in her case. AS
to that charge she is capable Of stand
ing every mental test. n 8@
.''The mover in this proceeding is
Col. Porferfield, my Wife's father, who,
whatever his motive, would certainly
reduce his daughter TO mental wreck
age if she were placed in an insane
asylum. The account Of the proceed
ings ia the Post represents me as com
trolling tie actions Of my wife in the
matter of her appearance at the exam
tination. She herself decided not to
appear, as she regarded the proceed
ing as an insult to her intelligence.
My wife has attained the years OF dis
cretion she is represented as my
child wife though she is in her, thirty
first year. would state that on the
9th day Of March, in order to meet the
suggestion OF Col. Porterfeld that my
wife was insane, i accompanied her
to an interview with DR.. Richardton,
superintendent of st. Elizabeth's Asy-
5lum, who, after a due examination, de-
5cided that she was not insane, but was
suffering from melancholiaa merely
nervous disturbance. On the I'd day
of the present month again called
with her on DR.. Richardson, and she
stated to him that she desired to re-
turn him her thanks, as she had acted
upon his advice and had been relieved,
to q great extent, of her melancho olia.
ssAny statement that i have ever
treated my wife with cruelty is utterly
false. She has bestowed upon me a
love as great as woman eyer bestowed
upon man, and has always been the OBJ
ject Of my most loving kindness and
affectionate Consideration. My wife
and / have been ait our present abode
for nearly a week. The intelligent
lady Of the house, Mrs. Patram, can at
test our affectionate relations in her
house. AS to my legal action will
exhaust all the resources Of the law TO
prevent the scheme Of placing my wife
in an asylum being carried out. The
court that made the order had no jurrs--
isdiction in her case, for she was re-
siding in Virginia, and not in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, where that proceed
ing was had. Nor did she have any
legal notice Of any such proceeding. AS
to Col. Portegheld, 4 will. as soon as t
expedient, hold him responsible for
his language toward me, : ss
Mrs. Mackey stated that the sole
cause Of the trouble was the fact that
she was victim OF melancholia, and
that this melancholia ws superinduced