Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-10
LEAVES SANITARIUM
MRS HUGHES TRANSFERRED TO
HOTEL IN NEW YORK.
Friends to Ask Court to APPOINT Guar
dian for Her-Mr. Niles
Denial.

Mrs. Louise Beauchamp Hughes Is no
longer confined in the private insane 'asy-
lum of DR.. Kellogg at Riverdale, near New
fork city. Last Saturday afternoon she
was taken to the Park Avenue Hotel, in
New York, accompanied by trained nurse
and David NJ. Grassi, relative of Mrs.
Hughes dead husband. She will remain
at this hotel until the pending habeas cor
pus proceedings have been disposed of.
According to reports from New York,
when Lawyer Shipman, who was formerly
Mrs. Hughes attorney, appeared at the
sanitarium with the order for her release,
granted last Friday by Justice Hall of the
supreme court, Mrs. Hughes seemed re-
luctant to leave the asylum. 1t is stated
that Attorney Edward G. Niles of this city,
who was responsible for her commitment,
was al the asylum before Lawyer Ship
man arrived and urged her to stay at the
institution. and that she was inclined to
yield to his persuasion. Mr.. Niles, it Is
said addressed Mrs. Hughes as mother,
and she referred to him affectionately as
my boy
Consents to Leave Sanitarium.
1t was evident that Mrs. Hughes was be-
wildered by the opportunities of the two
lawyers, but in SPITE of her affection for
Mr.. Niles she was not quite sure that she
wished to stay at the sanitarium. She
finally agreed to leave the place, and was
taken to the Park Avenue Hotel, where
she is now under the care of a trained
nurse and with Mrs. Reed, the wife of the
proprietor of the hotel, and several other
old friends. According to the reports, Mr..
Miles, after parting with the aged woman
went back to his apartments al the Wal
dorf-Astoria
Mr.. Shipman states that he intends to ap-
ply to the court for an order appointing a
guardian for Mrs Hughes He said her
mind was undoubtedly failing, but that she
by no means came under the ditinitlon of
an insane person, as defined in the statutes,
and that she should not be confined.
Mr.. Niles declares that he acted only for
the interests of Mrs. Hughes in having her
placed in the sanitarium, and he seemed
grieved to think that Interior motives were
assigned to his action. He resented the
charges of Mr.. Shipman and Mr.. Grassi
that he was trying to get possession Of
Mrs Hughes fortune.
Mr. Niles is still absent from the city in
New York He is expected to return to
Washington tomorrow, when a statement
will probably be made by him in regard to
the affair.
Surprised Her Friends.
A friend of Mrs. Hughes Informed a re-
porter for The Star that Mrs. Hughes de-
parture from Washington last spring was
very much of a surprise to her friends
here, none Of whom knew Of her intention
to leave until she had been gone several
days. 1t is also stated that a large portion
of her furniture in her house at 2014 r
street northwest was taken to the store CT
local auctioneer and sold at auction. Her
fortune is estimated at about $500, 600, and
her annual income from investments is said
to be about $4,000.
After Mrs. Hughes money had been
taken from the banks the story Of which
transactions was related in Saturdays Star
1t is understood Mrs. Hughes carried
considerable part of the money about her
person seWed up In the lining of her skirts.
Those who acquainted with Mrs.
Hughes business affairs state that accord
ing to the will of Mr.. Hughes, he left to
his widow the income of $685., 600 for life
$50 900 in cash and the right to dispose of
$50 900 at his death. The heirs of the es-
tate, 1t is stated, are two grand nieces of
Mr.. Hughes living in New Orleans, and the
two Grassi brothers, living in New York.