The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-04
GOLD AND DIAMONDS
WEALTH HAS TURN
ED MRS. HEFFLIN'S BRAIN.
ONCE SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL
Now Physical and Mental Wreck
Jailed in the Dead Hours on
Charge of Insanity Pre-
ferred by Husband.

Because Mrs. Pansy Hefflin has got
into a state of mind in which she firmly
believes that her husband is the pos
SCISSOR of $65 900 in money and $4,000 in
diamonds, whereas he is nothing more
than a barheeper in good standing. draw
ing SO much per, she has been bestowed
in the county Jail on a charge of in
sanity.
In the Dead Hours.
Mrs. Hefflin is the wife of Jesse Heffl in.
and the couple live at 4S7 South Arizona
street. from which place Mrs. Heffiin
was brought to the Jail in hack at the
dead nour of $3.50 a. m. today by Deputy
Sheriff COhson, at the request OF her
husband, who desired her arrest
Mr.. Hefliin went with the officer to his
home, but remained out of sight while
the latter persuaded Mrs Heffiin to rise,
dress and be driven TO Jail. When the
officer arrived, Mrs. Hefflin was in bed.
but she willingly rose and accompanied
him, for the reason that she desired pro-
lection from imaginary evils threatening
her.
Money and Jewels.
She has known the deputy sheriff for
years, but in the ride to Jail she fire.
4ucLJIy 1OT6Ol his uUeHllLy anu al.
dressed him as stranger. She told him
repeatedly that her husband had $4,000
in money and $4,000 in diamonds, and
she instructed him to get this little for
tune away from Heffiin, especially the
diamonds, and turn them over to her
friend, Sheriff Dobson." The officer
promised to do that as soon as he could
find time.
While she was dressing she put on
seven skirts, and she pointed out a de-
canter Of whisky on the sideboard and
whispered to the deputy sheriff that the
liquor was poisoned. Then she impaired
to him confidentialy that a baby was
born to a woman in the neighborhood
the day before, and that the people were
since trying to kill her because she
coughed.
A Beauty Once
Once Mrs. Hefflin was a very beautiful
woman, rosy, plump and peach skinned,
the admiration of many friends. Now
she is the physical as well as mental
wreck of her former self. Two years
ago she weighed 175 pounds or there
about; now she hardly tips the beam
at 1875. Cigarette smoking is one cause
alleged for the ruin that has befallen
her.
On the way to the Jail Mrs. Heflin also
told the officer that she was blind, and
she commanded him to take $500 out of
the $4,000 referred to and buy her a pair
of gold-rmmed eyeglasses. She de-
clared. as well, that her husband was
trying to put her out of the way in order
to keep all the diamonds and money him.
SELF
Becoming Uncomfortable.
Mr.. Hef1'in was compelled to have his
wife taken into custody, as she was be-
coming uncomfortable. Her mental de-
rangement began about two months ago
and has grown worse steadily in tn.
time that has since passed. Her de-
mented belief that her husband possesses
the money and precious stones spoken of
and that he desires to kill her has led
her into extravagant behavior.
short time ago, while Hefiin was
lying on couch reading. she slipped out
and brought in two policemen TO arrest
him, and few days ago she made a
demand upon bank for the money and
diamonds, having acquired the notion
that the bank had obtained custody Of
those valuables.
Today Heftln swore to a complaint
against his wife, and she will be ex-
row morning as to her mental condition.
Mrs. Heff1in is about 80 years old, and
it is said that her mother, who lives in
New York, is wealthy. The probabilities
are that she will be sent to the Warm
Springs insane asylum.