The evening world., 1905-10-28
Welded
THREE DAYS
IN ASYLUM
Husband Charges Her
Brothers with Having
Kidnapped Her.
Special to Tn. New York worldly

special 70 Inc New York worldly
WHITE PLAINS, ~ Y, oct. 2s.-By
the granting OF a writ OF habeas cor
pus by County Judge Plat to-day. d.
recting the authorities In Bloomingdale
Asylum 70 produce Mrs. Sarah Ann L..
Reid, a Bride OF three days, who is an
inmnte OF that institution, In court, was
revealed the story Of the alleged kid
mapping OF the young woman while she
WE on hcr honeymoon by her brothers,
her attenDt at suicide while being
taken to Bloomingdale Asylum, where
she is now confined. and the assauitlng
Of her husband.
The papers in the case were hled to-
day by Lawyer John NJ, Digney, OF
waite Plains, who Is counsel for AL
bert Y. Deane Reid. the young WON
ANS hiBbs nd, in the wos tohsster
County Clerks Office.
Bride HsIress to Estate.
Mrs, Reid formerly wes Mss Sarah
Ann l." Delano, an heiress to a large
estate loft to her by her fether, and
before she married Reid she resided In
n big country house on Quaker Ridge,
near Mamaroneck, on the Sound She
IL pretty, and Vt is alleged that she
was taken to Bloomlngdae by her
brothers. under an old commitment
signed by Judge Piatt about six months
oS1, At that time she was In the
asylum only a couple OF days, when
she was mroled on the agreement that
she was not to leave tho State,
The writ OF habeas corpus was made
returrable forthwith, but Lawyer Dig
ney received word from The asylum that
Mrs, Reid could not appear in court
because she had been badly burned by
the carbollc acid she had swallowed.
and was too III to 10 out,
Husband to Flight for Bride.
Reid IL an Bnglishman and he has
engaged Lawyer Digney to fight TO the
bitter end TO get his bride released from
Bloomingdale, where, he alleges, shs Is
Illegally kept a prisoner. He 10 Also
going 10 SUI the Delano brothers for
heavy damages for a~ssaultlng him.
The story Of the marriage and tho
Kidnapping OF Mrs, Reid is best told by
Mr.. Reid in his petition filed In court,
In which he says
That on Oct. 25 he was married to
Sarah Ann l.. Delano; that on Oct. "
he drove with his wife from 'their
home in Mamoroneck "a the railroad
station TO meet the train which arrives
ut said station at $50 that upon the
arrival OF said train Victor NJ. Delano,
Clarence H. Delano and Frederick NJ.
fDelano, oil brothers Of Sarah l., Deiano,
Rllghted from the train. HIS wife wac
then seated IN a carriage, As her
brother Fred approached her she said
to him; Fred, | have something 10 tell
YOU and her brother replied; What 10
|dtH Whereupon Opponents WIDE said:
We are married u.
Says Wlfe's Mother HIt Him.
Then said Frederick NJ. Delano
without warning struck Opponent u pow
erful blow in the Leck, knocking him to
the ground. That his wife tried to come
TO his assistance and she was pushed
back In the carriage
Mr.. Peld then tells how tho other
Delano brothers struck him violent
blows and then adds:
"Whereupon said Frederick NJ. De-
lano seized the relns and drove away
with deponents wife held In the sea
by Clarence L. Deano, She was
screaming to deponent TO save her and
struggling to free herself from the
clutches Of her brothers. .
Upon Information and belief depon'
ent's wife was taken to White Plains
By force, and upon the p%retcnse that
she II an incompetent person pro-
cured the persons In charge OF Bloom
ingdale to receive her as a patient and
that she IL restrained Of her liberty.
That your petitioner Is not committed or
detained by a mandate Of any court"
The brides brothers say the bride Is
insane. She Is twenty-three years Of age.
Just before the marriage that was taxi
ing her Bloomingdale reached there,
Mrs. Reid pulled out a vial OF .carbollo
acid and drank part Of II before her
brothers could ~knoek lit, out Of her
hands,