Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-08
A MYSTERY FRON||OV ]
winneshiek Deputy Adrift
New York With Unknown :
Crazy Woman.
No Law Governing Removal OF
Insane Patients From One
State to Another.
Des Moines Minister Talks Too
Much--supreme Court
Docket Light.

/ Des Moines. May s.-The foll5wing.
somewhat interesting story is from
Sundays issue of a New York news
paper
Deep mystery surrounds the case Of
a woman about twenty seven years old,
who violently insane was taken to po-
lice headquarters last night by Albert
/ Christen. who says he brought her from
1 Winneshiek county, Ia. where, he as
serts, he is a deputy sheriff.
4 He admits he brought the Young
woman here without commitment.
He says she is Miss Nellie O'Neili, and
h accompanied her here, he declares,
under the orders of the yyinneshiek
county authorities, because she asserted
/ she lived in this city, but at No. 11e
East Ninety eighth street, the address
she is said to have given, no one here
lever heard of her.
Captain schmittberger who was in
1 charge Of headquarters. refused al first
To have anything to do with tins. case.
1 and berated Cnristen for bringing the
young woman there The captain said
it looked as il the Iowa authorities we're
trying to unload heir insane on this
lefty.
Eventuaily schmittberger summoned
DR.. Merrill from ST vineenrs hospital.
and the physician pronounced the wo-
man insane. While at headquarters she
s|raved continually of diamonds. ard
called repeatedly for her maid. BE-
coming violent, she tore nearly all h.r
clothing off She was taken To Bellevue
/ hosp.tal. where sts Will be detained ua-
I'll n magistrate determines what shall
be done With her.
According TO Christens' story he
started from Iowa With Miss OlNeill
Hast Thursday, travelling ovel. the
/ Pennsylvania railroad. He took his
! niece With him To watch the young
woman at night Arriving here yes
tertlay, he went in a cab % the East
Il ssftii street s,s,,,ii-s s given. oy
Miss O'Neill. As nothing was known
OF her there he took her to Bellevue,
4 but the officials said they could not re-
4 ceive patient from another state with
out a commitment. He then went to
headquarters He did not leave h:s city
address with the police.
Christen showed Captain schmitt-
4 berger a letter he had found in Miss
A sEsO'Nell's possession. It was apparently
from the Rev William f. Cannon. of
st. Johns College. Ferdham. The writ
Ter simply wished Nelly and Molly
god luck in their journey to other parts
eof The country
/ The story which is probably true in
every particular illustrates one of the
Weaknesses of the law. especially as re-
Hated to the treatment of both the in
sane and paupers. Inquiry at the capi-
tol proves that in such cases there is
no uniform custom as between states
and no legal way in which an Insane
person living in one state can be sent
BACK there To be cared for. Within
/ states there is a method Of requiring
/ counties to bear their share OF the
burden Of caring for Unfortunate. An
/ insane person may be sent TO state
/ hospital by authorities in one county
and ii the residence of the person is in.
another county the latter county can
be compelled 10 support the insane
ward Of the state. But as between
states there was no such laws. The
deputy sheriff from Winnishek took
great risk taking the insane person TO
/ New York. But that is what is being
| done all along with insane and with
paurers In a mere enlightened age
there viii be laws which will make such
incidents both Impossible and unueces-
sary
4 A Des Moines minister of the gospel
/ / has -9i himself INTO d little Trouble by
| speaking hismind too.frecly and shield
1 ing his own impetuous vews behind
those Of another. This gospel minis
ter told a reporter what Minister Con-
ger was supposed to have said to him
about Minister WI, the Chinaman who,
/ ;ci,ie:.f ;its; the celestial empire at Wash
| ington. The reporter sought to shield
Congcr. who hardly dare to give utter
! anee 10 such expressions even If he felt
that way, and did not use Conger's
Ename Rut he quoted the Des Moines
| minister nj the gospel substantially cor
| rect. This was to the effect that Min
| ister Wu is a liar and, tha. 1t was all
| wrong for Des Moines people to invite
| him to come here and talk to the Chau-
tauqua Then the gospel man. like
many others. when he saw it in print
and saw that Mr.. Conger gives Minis
| ter WI high praise. took 1t all back
and placed the blame on the reporter.
| Now the reporters are quite sure that
| there are ministers other than WI who
are all that he was described as being
| The fact is that While Minister Canger
and his family suffered from the Chi
nese they have not uttered a word
which would indicate that they feel any
resentment toward the Chinese PEOPLE
or the Chinese government. and they
speak in terms highly complimentary
| of the Chinese people
Inspection dates in southwestern
Iowa for the companies of the Iowa Ma
tional Guard are all off for this week
on account of the railroad accident at
Thayer in which Col Olnstead and
Major Hume got mixed up with the
smashed cars and other things. They
We're to have made inspections at Corn
ing, Red Oak. Shenandoah, Vilisca and
Council Bluffs during the week. They
are both deservediy popular with the
Iowa guardsmen and many inquiries as
to their conditions have been received
at headquarters. They will be all right