Evening star., 1902-04-04
LUNAGYe .sPROCEEDINGS
THE coffnr @EAns TESTIMONY
IN TEN CASES
Mental Condition of Mrs. Mary Carlos
and Hsg Daughter-other Parties
in Custody.

Justice Barnard -of the Supreme Court of
the District OF Columbia heard testimony
this afternoon regarding the mental condi-
tion Of oiher Ri Nelson Charles T. Muir
ray, Henry! Jennings, Henry Smith. George
Z. f. Lfndenkohl, Mary Carlos, Anna Car
los, Annie Brooks, Edith Dennis and Annie
l.. Elliott. The hearings were had at the
request of the District Commissioners. who.
through Attorney A -Leftwich Sinclair.
caused petition to be filed in the Probate
Court Monday last, alleging that the sub
Jects or the Inquiries are dangerous lunatics
and not proper persons to be at liberty in
the District. All Of them, except George c.
F. Lindenkohl, are said to be INDECENT,
without property or estate and. If found
to be of unsound mind, will be committed
to St Elizabeth Hospital at the expense
of the District
Mrs. Mary Carlos and Miss Anna Carlos
are mother and daughter. They were re-
Gently found in a stable loft in the rear of
92l 9th street. in pitiable plight. A war
rant, charging the women with vagrancy,
was sworn out for the purpose of giving the
police authority to arrest them. Sergt. Will
liams and Bicycle Policeman Simpson took
them into custody. The policemen reached
the stable loft by ascending a ladder and
going through a trap door. The women
were taken from the poorly furnished room
to the House of Detention. where they were
examined by Drs Charles II. Latimer and
DR.. v B. Jackson.
Report Of Physicians.
The physicians reached the conclusion
that both mother and daughter were de-
mented. AS a result Of this examination
they were committed to the Government
Hospital for the Insane on temporary per-
mits issued by the Commissioners, to await
judicial inquiry into their sanity.
Miss Carlos mental condition was called
In question last~summer, and after hear
Ing before Justice Anderson then holding
the Probate Court the young woman was
turned over to ner friends, who agreed to
provide her with home and proper atten-
tion at the House of the Good Shepherd.
vinced by the testimony given before him
that Miss Carlos mind was unbalanced,
and, 1t is believed, the court would then
have committed her to the Insane Asylum
If friends had not interviewed
Mrs. Merwin's Statement
r. Since the trial before Justice Anderson
Mrs. Carlos and her daughter have been
supported by the members of the Southern
Relief Association and the Associated
Charities. Mrs. c.. D. Merwin, treasurer of
the Southern Relief Society of Washington,
and who was for two and half years
chairman of the relief committee, made
this statement regarding the case:
THE Southern Relief Society for the past
three years paid Mrs. Carlos rent at any
pace WueTe she elected I'VE our so
cety worked in harmony with the Asso-
ciated Charities, that organiza ton provid-
ing food and fueE Up to the place from
which she and her daughter were removed
she always had a good room. but she did
not seem to get along we'll with persons
living in the same building.
Last summer She took the room in the
loft of the, stable in 9th street, claiming
that she wanted TO be alone. Miss Whitman
of the Associated Charities and myself went
to her and fairly pleaded and begged of her
not to go there. We tried to persuade her
to take rooms in house with some one
else, but she would not listen to us. The
Southern Society paid $3.50 month for the
room, which was rental away out of rea-
son, for 1t was worthless. Whenever she
called upon me she was provided with re-
lief. We. were requested Wednesday to
withdraw our assistance that measures
could be taken to induire into her sanity"
All the foregoing were commit ted! to the
Hospital Of insane with the exception of
Henry Smith al nd oliver r. Nelson. The
last namedsmen were discharged from sus-
tody. 10 ta-