The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-27
President Roosevelt 10 Be Asked
10 Secure Her Release.
THE STORY OF HER MADNESS.
Twice tho youay Woman cshvicfsi Of Fer
gerry Attempted Suicide Eminent AlIsa-
lists Pronounce Her Insane.

sShlngton, d. C., Nov 2I.-Relatives
Of Miss Marie Josephine EaStwick, the
American woman sentenced to six
months imprisonment by the English
courts for the forgery of a stock certih-
cate. are in this city to make an imme-
diate appeal TO Pvesident Roosevelt.
Tnder the English law the trial court
al old Bailey could not consider the i'm
sanity plea advanced By Miss Eastwick's
fsther and indorsed by the United states
embassy. only evidence bearing directly
upon the forgery was admissible and on
the prisoners plea Of guilty a sentence
was inevitable.
IL Is for the home secretary TO de-
termIne whether the prisoners condition
is such as TO. In Justice. demand COM
mutation of sentence
Edward r. Esstwick, the prisoners
father who is now in London, was for
many years a partner of the Hsvemeyers
I'm the sugar business He retired with a
large fortune.
The Eastwlcks are connected with many
OF the most exclusive families Of Phila-
delphia, and st one time owned Bartram
Gardens. on the Schuylklll river. where
King Edward VII was entertained when,
as Prince Of Wales, he visited America.
ALWAYS AN INVALID
Miss Eastwick is the youngest OF the
family. Always an invalid. she was COM
pletely Frustrated when her mother died
II years ago.
She recovered strength slowly but be-
trayed marked mental peculisrities that
became more pronounced as time went
on.
EstranGed for A time from her father.
she made her home abroad driving four
in-hand, through England and France.
and winning international reputation as
a daring whip. She was rich in her own
right and would suffer no -reStraiA+----
Steadfast I'm loyalty TO the erratic wo-
man was her elder sister. Hulda East
wick. She had promised her dying mother
TO care for the delicate. high-strung girl
and faithfully she fulfilled the trust
Three years ago the younger sister
was stricken with typhoid fever and for
weeks her life hung in the balance She
recovered, but with her mental disorder
intensified.
living in New York at the Waldorf-As-
toria.
IL was then that the irresponsible girl
began her wild career of specula ton on
the stock exchange
The revelation came when Miss Hulda
Eastwick one day showed to her brother.
Edward u EastNick Jr checks made
out to her order and signed by her sister.
She explained that Marie had for
months been buying her Olilda'sl prop
erty, paying in checks and advising that
Hulda keep them among her private pa
pers instead Of depositing them i'm bank
The astonished brother began an in
vestigation. His first discovery was that
the unsuspecting elder sister had parted
with all her real estate to tho younger
and that the checks given in payment
were worthless.
The second discovery was that the for
tunes of both girls had been lost i'm spec-
ulation and that the younger sister Was
known tp Wall street as its most reckless
woman plunger
In his fathers absence he used his
personal fortune 10 shield the girl from
the consequences of her insane acts She
was sent to Atlantic City under her sis
ter's care There she made the first at
tempt upon her life
THREW HERSELF IN FRoNToFcA
One day she left the hotel and threw
herself i'm front or a trolley car i'm At
lantic avenue
Miss Esstwick was then taken 10 Phil
adelphia for examination by Weir Nit
chell. the alienist OF that city. She lived
at the Hotel Stratford for several weeks,
showing a steady Improvement In condi-
tion. But the Improvement was decen-
-ti~~-efr day shr drank tne CONTENTS OF
vial of chloral and was found uncon-
scious She was ll for long time. but
medical skill saved her life.
Edward Eastwick her brother then
employed aiicnists 10 examine his sister
Among them were Dr Sterns OF Hart
ford Dr John Rhiun and Dr Regards,
of Philadelphia. and Dr. Wagner head
of sauitarium AT Greenwich The YER
diet IN every case was identical.
Miss Eastwick." they said. 'is ar
nicted with hysterical insanity. IL may
he durable and IL may not Time alone
viii tell"
Mr. Eastwick then induced bis sister
20 voluntarily enter the sanitariun at
Greenwich. She remained there for six
months until early last summer. when
physicians declared her cured
The physicians admitted that the Young
woman was liable at any time 10
fun return of her malady. hut technically |
their hands were tied. she was Seem-
ingly sane. They were powerless legally |
To demand her commitment.
SO Miss Eastwick was set al liberty |
with the result that she is i'm q cell in /
a British prison.