New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-06
MRS. MORRIS'S CASE.
Statement Telling of Her RemoUal
Made by Dir. Barnes.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Mrs Minor Morris, who
yesterday elected from the White House after
insisting seeing the President, to-day is In a
state of nervous collapse. 1t is said that her hus
band. DR. Morris, will reach here tomorrow from
Ohio. Mrs. Morris did not answer to her name In
the police court this morning and the IS col
lateral which put up for her ut the House of
Detention declared forfeited.
statement made to-day by Assistant Sec
rotary B. f. Barnes at the White House con-
corning the ejectment of Mrs. Morris. The scene
created much comment account Of it's unusual
character and the distressing circumstances at
tending it, and 1t was felt at the White House
that an official statement of the incident should
be made. The statement follows:
Mrs. Morris called at the Executive Office yes
terday at about o'clock. and asked to be allowed
was engaged with the President, and Mr.. Barnes
her Upon aed as to {R9 OF
that her husband had been unjustly dismissed
did not propose to have anything to do with the
Secretary Of War concerning IT, but that she
justice was done. She was Informed that the
of War would be final. She insisted that she
Was out of the question She asserted in bolster
Gus manner that she would not be PafDee er 1rG
for a month, if need be, unless she saw him
She was allowed to remain for moments.
When Mr.. Barnes returned to the reception room
an3 DOWN the Room and informed her as Quietly
as possible that she could not see the President
and that it would be useless for her TO remain
longer She replied in loud voice that she would
him and that she would stay there until she
did. She then advised to drop the matter
and go away quietly. This. in still louder tones.
she refused to do
the office at once voluntarily or It would be
necessary to have her put out Of the building At
this she shrieked at the top of her voice: Il will
not be put out rushed to chair, threw herself
into it. and shouted: Don't you have any hands
fd % am 4 9n to- isay beFn nR hreSs
were heard throughout the building, and it be
She was accordingly taken in charge by. police
asked her to go with him quietly. She refused,
and told him that If she removed she would
fore applying force, the officer asked her three
times to leave the office quietly. She shrteked
from the room She struggled Violently with two
police officers all the way from the office build
AS soon as she was outside Of the Office building
she threw herself on the ground and it became
The offcers repeatedly asked her to stand up and
walk quietly with them. so that they would no5
defed them in shr1eks that were heard throughout
the White House She was finally removed to
disorderly conduct After her arrest she produced
an envelope addressed the President which she
found to contain lengthy poem on the subject OF
insomnia. which she said was her own composition.
She stated to the officers that she had not slept foF
seven nights past.
There IS no truth whatever in the statement made
by many of this mornings papers that a negro laid
hold OF Mrs. Morris and assisted in carrying her
One of the colored messengers Of the office fol-
articles dropped in the woman's struggles,
but there no other foundation whatever for the
statement
Hamilton. Ohio. Jan. 5.-Dr. Minor Morris is work
ing on the farm of his brother near here. He went
there last fall. Neither Dr. Morris nor the family
would make any statement to-day