Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-15
BUCHANAN GIRL NOT INSANE.
Miss Tracy Kuter Examined by Judge OF
Probate Saturday and Is
Not Insane.

Glic lIFSU Ol DcccluDcI JnuU IL DUN
man town girl named Tracy kuter
had become raving maniac be-
cause her parents had refused to let
her marry the man OF her choice.
The story OF the matter Is as follows:
Miss Kuter Ia 81 years OF age and
has been engaged for the past two
years to u young man OF the same
town, Hobert Kelsenber. The
young man is said to be OF good
parents, thrifty and well-to-do. The
girls parents had never been asked
their opinion in the matter, but
permitted the young people to go to-
gether and gave their passive consent
to the engagement, which was an
open sec ret in the neighborhood. They
decided to be married about Christ
mas and began the necessary prep
arations for the event The girls
parents were then told Of the matter
and they refused to give their con-
sent. They had no particular fault
to find with the young man person
ally, but for the reason that he had
no farm of his own and would take
their daughter on a rented place.
The girl tried to persuade her parents
to give their consent, but they re-
fused, and locked their daughter up
In a room and refused the young
man admission to the house. Worry
and grief over the matter unbalanced
the girls mind and she became a
raving maniac and it was necessary
to guard her to keep her from destroy
ing the furniture and doing herself
bodily harm. 1t was also stated
that she broke all the windows In
the house before she was over
powered. For time the girl was
kept in the village OF Buchanan with
her parents, but was later removed
to the farm OF her brother.
Considerable Indignation was felt
in the community toward the parents
Of the girl, and some of the neigh
bors were in the city Friday and re-
ported that the girl was apparently
better and that she was not receiv-
ing the proper treatment. They
stated that she was tied in a room
with ropes, and Judge OF Probate
Richardson was notified. The Judge
of probate at once ordered her
brought to this city for examination
and Sheriff Tanner went out after
the girl Saturday morning.
From Mondays Daily.
1t seems that Miss Kuter's "'ir-
sanity" was in a large degree due
to the neighbours gossip, as she was
brought to this city Saturday even
ing and examined and proved to be
sane. The girl seems to be in fair
health. and the stories circulated
that she was being SO badly mis-.
used by her parents are, without a
doubt, untrue. AS was stated in
Saturdays daily, some Of the neigh
bors OF the Kuter's were in the city
and told some thrilling stories of
how the girl was locked up in a
room and was bound with ropes
and gave the opinion that the girl
was being very badly used. The
would-be protectors instructed the
local humane officer, H. G.. Van
Buskirk, and he at once placed the
case before the judge OF probate who
ordered the girl brought to this city
for examination. Sheriff Tanner
went out after the girl Saturday
and found no such terrible state of
affairs. as had been reported. He
states that although the girl was
not in the best of moods, che showed
no signs of insanity whatever.
The girl was taken to the hospital
Saturday mig and will be taken to
her home again in a day or two.
Considerable talk has been going on
throughout the neighborhooda about
the girls affairs, and the stories
have gone from one to another until
they reached an enormous size, and
made the girl ravlng maniac. The
examination will undoubtedly end
the matter, and the girl will prob
ably not be the subject for any more
stories.
81, 900 Offered for its Equal.