Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-21
MENTALLY DERANGED
CHARGE UPON WHICH MRS.
ANITA ANDREWS IS HELD.

Mrs. Anita Andrews, thirty-f1ve years
old. paced the floor of the witness room at
the first precinct police station last night.
refusing to occupy a bed. She had been
previously arrested because of the allie ga
ton that her mind was affected.
IF l am not crazy" she said this thu. Il
ing, staying In this place all night Is
enough to make So" She protested
that there is nothing the matter with her
mind and wanted to know why she was
being detained.
Only my head troubles me-" she said.
land l declare l will not go to a hospital.
People have been trying to poison me with
arsenic, but they gave me SO much that it
| reacted. 1t did turn my eyes out and
make me look like a dead person, but got
| something from a drug store and saved
my life with it,
! Mrs. Andrews Is a manicurist and has
parlors on 18th street. When she appeared
at police headquarters last night she met
several detectives at the front door and
inquired of them: rs this the place where
the dead people are?''
Thinking the woman referred to the
| health office where burial permits are is
sued, of the detectives told her that
the office mentioned was two doors above.
No she said, 81 want to see my people
who were hanged. They are here My peo-
pie were all hanged and they are here.
Suspicious Aroused
The detectives at once suspected that
she suffering from mental trouble,
and Detective Flather went to the tele-
phone to call for the vehicle from the
house of detention. Mrs. Andrews heard
what he said at the phone and darted out
the door, down the steps and started on a
run in the direction of 18th street. De-
tectives Horne and Flather followed and
placed her under arrest. The officers at
the house of detention would not care for
| the woman. She seemed to have a fever
and they took her to the Emergency Hos
pital. The physicians at the hospital would
not allow her to remain there, and she
was detained at the police station all
night stated
Mrs. Andrews was well dressed and wore
diamonds. She said she had been living at
a hotel and that the clerk had been send
| ing her bill every day for her board.
| This procedure, she stated, was a novel
one to her and proved to be quite annoying.
Il was going to pawn my diamonds and
| pay the BILL she told the detectives, land
| then leave the hotel.'
To a Star reporter she said she had been
| in this country about seven years but
! had lived in this city only about four or
| five months She said she was unable to
| tell where her husband is living. but that
! her brothers and sisters live in Minneapolis
| Mimi She left there four years ago and
! has lived in several cities since, but did no
| work until she reached here. At the time
| she called upon the police last night she
carried a bag of fruit, and said she had
| purchased it to give to her dead brothers.
| Kept Under Observation.
| 1t was about 1890 o'clock today when
| the sanitary officer heard from the police
! surgeons about the result of the examna-
| ton of the woman. While they found that
she had Authorizations of hearing they did
not feel that they should have her sent to
| the insane asylum without having her put
| under observation for several days. IN
such cases, it is stated, the patient some
| times RECEIVERS in from three to five days,
| and upon their recommendation the patient
| was sent to the Washington Asylum Hos
| pital for observation.