The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
OUICEUVLEASEO WIFE
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AVD sEVDS HtTk ms CHEeM.

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Nrs trnuio France ppen. vlfe ~ Henry
". 4 Page o. linen imporfer ~ Tits city VINO
Waa committed ~ ~ Stviour's stnifastufn
NJ lnvood IN Arfii n IN Tho certificates
~ frs f,IssfI livingston Hunt and Ffed-
erik reiofapn and the nfHdn VIZ ~ her ~
Fand. saa fol~1 ed ycstrr,ny IN chaFae ~
her friend. ,ffs William ~ Leonard %
sss Weai ninety SEVENTH street. Mrs PaGe's
conns'l W " X Oicutt had applied for
n writ ~ lnhona corpus, lacking u Win
many aHdnvita thnt Mrs Page was not,
~ her husband alleged and the two doctors
declared, an ahthitual drtnhard and adj
dried 10 the ,inp NJ druRa" IN" ahida WIS,
publiahasl In TITS Srg ~ sunday. wcre
taken before Justice Ncwburger, who
granted . writ calling for "ra PfEc's rTo-
duction In court ye,teriny morning .
o. Pine, attorney for mo Ranitarium. In n
IeGter to Mrs. Leonard, wrote that Mrs.
Page "waa not a suitable subject Tor the
care ~ the institution and that the au-
thorities had decided mot 70 contest the
writ that has been issued
The Mother Superior ~ the sanitarium
told Mira. Leonard that II became apparent
after Mrs. Page had been In tho institution
only a few days hat she was not. and APP
parently never had been, n user OF liquor
or drugs. The physicians df the tnsti-
tuition, Mrs. Leonard said, found that she
was merely suffering from nervous strain.
She did not ask for liquor or drugs az any
time In the nino days sho was there. Mr.
Page had sent a check to the sanitarium
for tho maintenance Of Mrs. Page for one
month and the check was returned 70 him.
II was announced by Henry W. Unger.
counsel for Mr.. Page when the habeas
corpus case came up before Justice New
burger yesterday, that there was a prospect
Of settlement. II this ia so, Mr.. Olcott,
Mrs. Page and her friend, Mrs. Leonard,
know nothing about it. After Mr.. Unger
made this announcement word came to
the Justice that Mrs. Page had been re-
leased after the doctors OF the sanitarium.
ut the request of the directors, had made
n thorough examination on Sunday and
reported that they could find nothing in
her mental or physical condition to justify
a charge Of habitual alcoholism.
EX-Judge Oloott said that Drs. Hunt
and Peterson, who are examiners in lunacy,
had never seen Mrs. Page before they ex-
amined her, and knew practically. nothing
Of her married life or OF Its infelicltlee.
At the time of the examination Mrs. Page
was suffering from the effects of lit. eat
ment and humiliation at the hands OF her
husband, and was very nervous. She was
also nursing her sixteen months-old baby.
The examination made her still more .ner-
vous. She X 80 years old, OF. sensitive
temperament and has three children. The
eldest, a boy of 8, is in England, and the
others, a boy of 4 and the baby, are In the
possession Of the father, who took them
after he had had the mother committed. Her
friends say it is marvellous that she was not
made a fit subject for the sanitar1um by
her recent experiences.
Ex-Judge Olcott said yesterday that he
believed examiners in lunacy had altogether
TOO much latitude. Justice Levintritt, who
issued the order committing Mrs. Rage,
MIR Olcott said, was not to, blame. The
statute permits a committing justice to dis
pense with a hearing if he is satisfied from
the afidavits that It is unnecessary. Inc
afidavits were strong and said that Mrs.
Page was in no condition to be served with
legal papers. Fortunately, Mrs Page had
friends who have known all about her
marital troubles, and they got the legal
machinery working through Mr.. Olcott, who
Is also one of her friends.
The result of the incarceration OF Mrs.
Page will be n suit for separation and the
custody of the children on the ground OF
cruel and inhuman treatment. One OF the
instances OF this treatment will be tho at
tempt of MIR. Page to put his wife in the
sanitarium. Mr.. Olcott said that 1.-The
whereabouts of the younger children were
unknown to himself or Mrs, Page, but that
they hoped to get on the trail OF them In q
few days. N""
DR.. Hunt refused to say anything ~yester-
day about his certificate and DR.. Peterson
was out OF town.