The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17
WOMAN WH0 RAvEp
MRS. iELIZAHETH CURTIS TRIED
3 ON A CHARGE OF INSANITY.
WAS SENT TO THE POOR FARM
Contratiicts and Scores Witnesses
Tells About ;Maguire-Her hull
81 Pup Figures in the STORY
Free Trade DISASTROUS.

Mrs. Mary Curtis. an old woman who
wore "a green dress. n ybhaca< chip hat
Nnd a black dotted ,vell, was In Judge
McClernan's court this morning for EEK :
animation on charge of insanity. Sol
Levy the city jaiter, was the first WITT
ness. He said that he had known the
defendant for four or Ave years.
What do you know about herr the
county attorney asked. 4
Il know she has been down at our
place in the city Jail several times Oh,
different charges. Mr.. Levy replied.
What was her mental ccllditicn?"
She would be talking good deal"
when was she last brought tcwn?''
Two or three days ago She was az
rested on the night shift. L Think
What WAS her condition IN the MORN
ing when You came On?"
"She was talking a good deal. iShA
wanted mo to find her baby. Il asked
who her baby was and she said IL was a
dog. She said to give him plenty OF
meat and water
Harangues the Court.
Jailer Jellicl was the next witness,
and he was asked what he knew of Mrs.
Curtis.
when she came to the Jail She said
she had a jacket worth l$75, a dress
worth $40 and a dog worth 500 She sal !.
her lungs were stuffed up. and told
me to get a doctor right away. She he'll
hred so loud 1 had to keep THE door
@losed,' the jailer said.
What did she ,hoider about
''She wanted this and that. God knows
what"
Here Mrs. Curtis broke in. White
NJaiiar Levy was testffying she sc1asped
her hands and raised Athena and rolled
her eyes as if supplicating heaven to
| listen to the calumnies uttered against
her. Now she cried out:
! Tell few more lies they go Well"
! DR.. Sheeran mounted the stand and
began to describe the defendants cons
duct, when the latter took the floor and
said:
/ Had Valuable Property.
+ Mercy from heaven Don't lie about
me. doctor. DR.. Sheeran, YOU have Il
wife and you are raising children. Bring
in Mrs. Furey: she's lady. Doctor.
you're the biggest liar 1 ever heard Of"
The Old woman had wild air ana
looked like the Witch of Enuor invoking
the supernatural, and she was intensely
earnest. But the irreverent listeners to
her were shaken with rsmothered laugh
ter.
HAS she any delusiens, dottor?' Mr..
Breen continued.
"No; no fixed decisions" the physi-
clan returned.
Mrs. Curtis made some more pointed
remarks; then she turned upon one Of
the si,ters about and said:
That's right; laugh, my man. You
don't know how soon ,.esth may strike
you. You'd better t.,is>,i of that"
Er. Sheeran express The opinion that
Mrs. Curtis was suffering from acute
mania.
Then Mrs. Curtis had another erup-
ton CT words, and the questions We're
directed to her thereafter
She began to comment on the evidence
of the jailers who HAD aroused her ami
mostly, and she was asked what her
name was, to get her on side track.
Husband a Builder.
my name is Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis
My husbands name was William. He
was the biggest contractor that ever
struck Butte. He brought machinery
across the plains to this town. He put
and Mr.. Cwsley owned the ground and
he built the building. He built the
Alice mine, the Centennial brewery"
ask her another question:" the court
interrupted.
Mcguire, the Hobo.
What We're you arrested fer, Mrs.
Curtis?" the prosecutor quered.
"A big hobo up there at the cabin
where / live--from the time I came in
the ncishborhood he annoyed me. I'll
just tel you how it was. His name was
Mcguire. He is big hobo. I was hav-
ing little lunch. He came to my cabin
and knocked me down. He kicked me
there. There is a bunch there.
screamed murder and ran out with blood
flowing from my mouth. I went 10
Judge Boyle and he told me to go hom.
and he'd take care of Mcguire" said the
defendant exciteGty.
Mr.. Breen here inquired if Mrs. Curtis
had a dog.
II have an Irish imported bull ter.
rier. I was offered $50 for her. and I
wouldn't take $500. I went home and
fixed the dog SO she could look out. I
saw Mcguire coming right towards my
cabin. and expected the patrol wagon
to come for him, and I got some little
boys to stay With me-" Mrs. Curtis con-
tinued.
She was interrupted with another
question as to whether or not she
loosencd the dog to welcome Mcguire.
and she said no, and went on with her
story.
Mcguire came again." she said. land
she picked up a table knife and said:
ho1
Then the sp0sice came and told her that
Mcguire was going to die, and she said: