Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
Husband Files a Petition in Court
Today.
THINKS SHE HAS BEEN HYPNOTlzED
Husband Alleges Wife Was Sent to
the Hospital While He Was Away
From Home Without Notice to Him
of the Event
From Wednesdays Daily.


Believing herself to have been hyp-
notised by Professor Flint, a we'll
known exponent of the mystic art,
Mrs. Carrie A. Flanders is being kept
a prisoner in the asylum at Mt. Pleas
ant. This is what is claimed by her
husband and her other relatives, in
petition that was filed today in the Of
fee of County Clerk Michaels, at the
court house. 1t is further claimed
that Mrs. Flanders health is failing
because of her confinement in the in
stitution, and also because of her sep
aration from her husband and her g.
year-old daughter. 1t is greatly de-
sired by Mr.. Flanders and others that
the woman be released and that she
be allowed to live at home, where, it
lis guaranteed, she will be given the
best of care and attention.
Makes Hard Charges.
Frank Flanders, in his petition, as
filed by Messrs. Steck & Smith, makes
some charges against the board of in
sane commissioners. He says that on
October last, at the suggestion of
DR.. A. o. Williams, the latter a mem
Der of the board of insane commits
sioners, and believing it to be to the
best interests of his wife, he filed an
information with the said board, charg-
| ing his wife with insanity. He al
Ileges that no order was made at this
time and that the case was continued
without day and without date. ,.
He says further that some time
thereafter, DIR. Roberts, his family
physician, and his wife's regular at
tendant, informed him that it would
be useless and detrimental to the wo
mans health We're she removed to Mt
Pleasant, and that he, Flanders, then
dropped the prosecution on the infor
nation which he had filed.
| He says in his statement, that or
December %, while he was away from
home and at work, and without notice
of any kind to him, the commission
ers of insanity met, issued war
rant on the old information and order
ed Mrs. Flanders committed to the
asylum, and that when he returned tt
his home in the evening, he found his
wife had been removed to Mt. Pleas
ant, where she now is.
Frank Flanders vouchsafes the
statement that his wife is merely suf
fering from the belief that she was
Ihypnotized by Professor Flint, at one
of his visits here some time, and the
the insanity is in nowise of a violen
Tor dangerous nature; that she can b.
properly cared for at home, where sht
will be happier and where, he hope.
that she will have better health.
4 Mr.. Flanders also states that tn,
members of the insane board seem tt
ttake the effort to have Mrs. Flander
. released, as a personal matter, ant
that they do not seem inclined t
grant him any justice in the matter.
: Mrs. Laura Cresswell's affidavit a
to the condition of Mrs. Flanders
; health accompanied the petition an,
: affidavit of the husband In it sh
, states that she visited Mt. Pleasan
, recently for the purpose of seeing he
sister, and that she was shocked t
| find that her health had failed to sue
noticeable extent. She said that il
/ stead of being as strong and vigorou
| as when placed in the institution, Mrs
!, Flanders is now enabled to get abou
, only when assisted by an attendant
: She says Mrs. Flanders pines for he
/ daughter, aged 9, and that the littl
one is also lost without the presenc
of her mother at home.