The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-25
INSTANCE
OF RELIGIOUS MANIA

An endeavor to solve The nvstariaz ,-
hypHoIlsm and spiritu3lism have mao
mary w Eitel, the wife of VaIen7i-.
Lltel' residing at ll6 East Fourth South
street insane TO a very dangerous deEre.
rms was the decision Of County Pnv-
slelan Mayo and DIT. NcEIrov YESTERDAY
E -i,1o-l, ana upon their findings the
Wo-Il,.- M NJ committed to the insane
asylum me hearing was conFUctasf 1r
fore Judge PrOtemuOTe JEr7es ana So
last evening '"0 "os --'--
The case OF Mrs Ef-11 7,,-s7--..4 $500
OF the most remarfa1Ia 1870 1l1.
nave ever come before u Ir1ra-,- q, ,,-,,7,,--
sion IN l tah. As the uufortun5t7 v-o-17l.-
80 III '.le co"5~ room freely giving Cvl-
oence against herself Dc was dfhIriilt If
times to detect that her mind is ea--i,-, .-
~ aAScleu with religious mania of ,hs
most dangerous type. Calm and seIF-r,1s-
sesseu' lue SUBJECT Of the eyar9fnari7r
was never at loss for 5r---[,-,7-i,- 't
words 70 express her jh0rcbts 81 -
COuLseo OF topics or hypu0tism and snir-
ellLeI allilli5 slyle' and with a show Of
rare Intelligence. EEnfsi7frr 7-75-r-7,-
everything that called Tor re7s6r1 -
IUils CON p tllenclng the object of the IN
curry 70 JesJ her sanity. the examines
would nave been puzzled 10 fn1 -si7se 5o1
committing her to the states r7enr9I F,--.
pitaI mad not she betrayed that certain
sign OF insanity whenever the sensitivr
SPOT was touched.
Under the Spell.
When discussing the subject of hyDr5-
tlsm MIS- Eltel assured her inOuisitl~S
that she was under the spell 'Ehv Dr.
Mayo she exclaimed you are fu nv
soul now; you nave hypnouzed me"
At another time She told OF her 7a.
HgiOus impressions and admitted -61r
she was once seized with the almost In
resistibie impulse to kill Rev. Dr. Henry
because. she said. he had hypu1tized r--
whom she ATTENDED his fIrrr.1 Oh. .-.4s
she was a believer I'm Christian Science
after leaving the Methodist church ru-
now she believed in MOrmOnism. Sn-
stated that she had frequent personal i'm
terviews with Christ and the devil
Mrs. Eitel came nearly following one Of
her strong Impulses 20 commit murder
yesterday morning. when she read In the
paper that her husband mad sworn ou- a
warrant for her arrest on the charge Of
insanity Fearing what might happen.
Mr.. Eitel kept the morning paper from
her but with that cunning which char
acteriZes insane persons she borrowed a
paper from "A neighbOr. Almost the first
item she saw was that referring to her
own case. She few at her husband. and
Mrs. Clarinda 3. Slower, who has been
staying with Mrs Eitel, and declared. OF
have murder in my heart" Tt was with
difficulty. as testified by these TWO Wit
nesses at the hearing, that they To-
strained her.
The distressed husband said it was
upon the advice of the physicians who
years past that he had complained upon
her with a view toward having her COM
mltted TO the asylum. but moreover he
was in fear Of the lives of himself and
two little boys, aged and II. Three
years ago Dr.. Root removed the Thyroid
gland from the patients throat but this
u was declared had nothing TO do VIII
Mrs EitelS insanity. which first mani
tested itself nearly six years ago. three
years after she came TO this city from
Colorado with her husband.