Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-17
Two Indiana Attorneys Come to
Blows.
C0MBATANTS SEPARATED.
One Attorney Fined-He Apologized
Aud Hls Fine Was RENTED suit
For Possession OF a Millionaire.

Lafayette Ind, April 16,-There was
a fist fight in the circuit courtroom this
afternoon between Attorneys Dan
Simms, representing Fred Chase, father
Of the young millionaire Moses FoW-
Ter Chase, and A. l.. Kumler, represent
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Duhme OF
Cincinnati, who are fighting for the
possession Of young Chase, The attor-
neys had met for a conference with the
Judge as to what should be done with
Moges Fowler Chase pending the hear
ing of the guardianship case. Kumler
denounced the attorneys on the other
side and also Chase's father, and de-
clared that Moses Fowler Chase had
been brought TO Indiana from France
by force and fraud. He had further
asserted that the unfortunate young
man was put on exhibition at the law
Offices OF Chase's attorneys, when eN-
Judge Il. 7. Hammond shouted:
That's an absolute falsehood
Atty. Slmms jumped up from his seat
and approached Kumler, who tried 10
ward him off, Slmms then landed Il
fierce right-hand swing on Kumlers
jaw, and followed Il up with a smash
with his left Both blows landed,
Kumler protecting himself as best he
could, The courtroom was crowded,
and lawyers. court officers and spec
tators sprang toward the combstants
ard dragged them apart The judge
fined Simms S25,
Simms then apologlzed and Kumler
asked the court to remit the fine The
court RENTED the fine and directed
that Moses Fowler Chase remain in
the courts jurisdiction, with the UNI
Outstanding that Mr. and Mrs, Duhme,
who are his aunt and uncle, are not
TO interfere with him. They are TO
have the privilege Of appealing to the
court for authority to see him, how
ever The guardianship application
served on the young millionaire IS re-
turnable April o. for which day the
case Is set.
Drs S. NJ, Lacey, f. c. Davidson and
w. w. Ninnedge of Lafayette and Dr.
c. =, Burr OF Flint. Mich, examined
young Chase this afternoon and pro-
nounced him insane. They declare
bis answers to simple questions We're
incoherent although he appeared per-
iectIy sane when taken off the train
Or. Lacey said. Il asked the boy II
he had had his dinner, and he mum
bled out u lot Of disiointed words. The
result was the same when asked
whether he had been in Paris, and a
lot Of other things just as simple. II
was just as II he had picked a lot Of
words at random from various parts OF
q dictionary"
Moses Fowler Chase, the young mill
lionaire, accompanied by his father, ar
rived here today from Paris, A big
detail Of police was at the station.
Young Chase declared piteously. Il am
just as sane as anyone | am not
crazy His father held one arm tight
~ and lawyer held the other as they
hurried the young man to a carriage.
He recognized several old friends IN the
crowd and tried TO stretch out his hands
10 them. There was almost riot when
two attorneys tried to speak to young
Chase.
Atty. Kumler pushed through the
crowd and said, Moses, your aunt is
here Take me TO my aunt" pleaded
Moses. The young man was finally ia
ken to q law Office.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duhme of Cliff
ton, o., uncle and aunt of Moses Fow-
Ter Chase today declared that young
Chase is absolutely sane and said that
the place where Chase stayed In Paris
was neither a hospital nor a madhouse.
They said II was merely o retreat to
which Chase went voluntarily and
from which he was free to come and
go as he pleased
The hrst legal battle IN the case will
be fought over the question OF the
jurisdiction OF the Indiana cuorts TO
pass on the sanity Of the young man.
The Duhmes claim that the young man
Is a resident Of Ohio and that he be-
came a resident Of Hamilton county, at
Cincinnati In 1899, when he petitioned
the probate court 10 change his name
from Moses Fowler Chase TO Moses
Fowler.
Newspaper men were admitted TO see
Moses Fowler Chase this afternoon.
and he appeared to be an idiot. He
rambled on necessarily in a low voice,
looking down toward his right hand,
which he kept stretched out at length
His attorneys say he has never recog-
nized his father from the time the
latter saw him on shlpboard 10 the
present time. The young millionaire
was taken 10 hotel by his father
after the court proceedings, and is be-
ing kept in his room. Tomorrow his
father will get n house IN "A utlipt mart