The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-18
LAYS CLAIM TO
THE POOR FARM
Miss. Cora ToIbert, an Inmate
Has Queer HaIIucinati0n.
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
Her Derangement Caused
From Over Religious Zeal.

4 complaint CT insanity was made in
the probate court Of seGgwiek county
yesterday against Miss Cora Toibert .
young woman % yeas old Poor Commis-
sionsr Daniels made the complaint Hear
ing Of the case VIII probably set tomor-
row. The young woman is q Wichita
girl. her father al the present time being
an employe in the CITY broom factory.
1Ess ToI5ert declares that she owns
the sedgwick county poor farm. Of which
she is an inmate. Her presence at the
Institution Is caused BY her being on the
invalid list and having lost her mother
some tine ago. she stoutly maintains
that she has supervision OF The entire
farm, and declares that her mother was
q cousin 10 Queen Victoria At times
she becomes violent, and az these times
she acts more Ike 2 person with q high
temper than an insane one The girl :
father says that NJ believes his daugh-
ters unsettled mental state Is due 20 a
protraete0 religious meeting. II which she
took an active part
Poor Commissioner T. T. Dnieis, who
made the complaint, visited this same
young lady who SIX months ago was
tried II the probate court for insanity and
was acquitted D. jury. Al this trial
only her father appeared against hsr.
and her tact and bright answers COM
pietely outwitted the prosecution. M
Daniels declares that there IS no doubt
but that Miss Toiberts mind is derangsd
and that he has enough evidence 10 send
her 10 an asylum for treatment
The first signs OF insanity appeared
when the girls father sent her material
for q dress. She made the dress. but on
trying it on she discovered that il did not
'suIt .4er and thereupon she tore It into
strips with a vengeance. threw the scraps
across the room and made the room look
Ike a rag shop Superintendent Dillon
came into the roCm and demanded that
the woman clear the room up She re-
fused. notwithstanding his demands
However. after protesting for ten minutes
she went TO work and got the disjointed
dress into a heap. Tying this up into a
bundle, she suddenly turned and let It
~ at superintendent Dillon. He re-
treated ard The woman was later put into
a jail room.
Mr. Daniels visited her and tells Of his
interview with her as follows.
7 said 10 her. -How are you. Cora
right she replied Why shouldn't
I feel g0od2 I oVn this institution ard
It IS under my supervision When she
talked TO ne she would laugh with the
pretuest little twinkle in her blue eyes.
as though she were enjoying joke al
my expense. Well said T. why are
ley keeping you in here II you are the
boss? She replied. 7 don't Haow. but
am glad c. it. for It keeps them from
knllng me. Yes. they are always trying
10 Kin me a presentincnt told me SO
I had a prssendment last night that RI
Ddlon VIII be president Of the United
states
i asked her where she GOT her present.
inents. From Christ. she said Wei,
then I told her thought she had better
ask Him To take care Of her. she said
she had. ard chat II vas he who kept
them from killing har. She then went
on 10 tell me that she was a second cous-