The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-27
CORBETTS SET FREE
Both Mother and Daughter
Declared Sane by jury.
LEAVE ST. ELIzABETH's TODAY
Nefglnbors and Physicians Testify 60
Absence of HaIIucinations-Med
Experts Declare Women NOt of
sound Mind-Dr. HamIin's Tcsti-
mOny Is Called Into Question.

many of the friends Of Mrs. Caroline
Frances Corbett and Miss Cornelia Lydia
Corbett when both women were declared
TO DE of sound mind by Judge Gould and
Il jury in The Equity Court yesterday az
ternoon
The curry required bur little time to
make their decisi0n which was followed
by an enthusiastic demonstration in the
courtroom. Both ladies gave way to tears
ana FASTENED 10 thank their attorneys
/ for securing their release from ST. Eliza
beths. The women went back to that in
sututioa last night. but will leave to-day.
when an order fom Judge Gould is sent
10 the authorities.
Airs. Corbott mas not yet decided where
she viii reside in the future, but for
the next few days she and her daughter
VIII stay with some If the many friends
who surrounded them yesterday.
The witnesses brought by the counsel
for the women consumed the morning
session. Dr Charles n Emmons. sec
rotary of the Modico-Legal Society was
the first to take the stand lie testified
that DE had not noted any OF the so-called
/ decisions IN either Of the women, and
/ was emphatic in his statement that their
seclusion was due more 10 the fact of
their poverty than 20 any insane EallUci-
( nation
DIT. Hodges. whom the defense wished
( 20 bring forward as an olenist. was not
( allowed by the court tu give evidence I'm
THAI capacity he testified. as "a general
+ practitioner, that iu many interviews with
/ the women he had uoJ been able TO dis
cover any evidence OF insanity.
Ms Elizabeth Young. VINO WAS for
some years "a neIghbor of the Corbetts
sald that sine was on most intimate terms
WIN them, ana had Always regarded
I tneh rs most seiislole ana htnoly Np-
men. whose home ana surroundings were
/ pl 'HD most F'Hhe' nature
At Issue with DR.. HHmIIn.
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. bc''S. thd lad 'ouId -hcIH perfectly sane
and exec ouonally intellectual women.
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version or fbr conversation was fhtt i'm
answer % Har request that coats Dee pro-
/ cured for the women. iu order 90 allow
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soon ae "a suitable pja.. for tIfa car. 81
+ the women was obtained he would allow
their release
During tho gr0ss-cElmiuaI0n Of Mrs. /
F Culberson. air Fenuiug characterized the /
testimony az tho witnesses id favor Of the I
C0Tbelts as another attempt OF the Med /
+ i.D Legal Society to reflect on the man. /
Augment or Tho asylum
MI and Mrs Hayden who followed (
each other on the stand. both avowel I
that they had never detected any delu- I
sions on the part OF either Of the women. /
although they had been most intimate I
with Them.
Mrs. Graves corroborated these state 4
W"utS. AIS did Mrs Hale. Both Of these 4
witnesses questioned Dr Hamlin'- testi- /
money of THURSDAY Airs Hale insisting
That he made a statement 60 the effect 4
that 1T was either tho insane asylum or /
The pOOrhGuse for the Corbctts.
Experts say Women Are Insane. /
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Nil'IoA ''dl lAe women were insane lie /
explained to the jury the different phases .
of insanity and expressed the opinion 4
that there va--un s-r.h thing as Martial .
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cases I4utHtS ulu not become worse OF /
more dangerous
me CoTbettS. he SAID. We're undoubtedly
unbalanced mentally Among other delu- (
S'ohs "hlth me- Claimed the women had /
was one winch caused them To ;nink that I
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because whoever ,ausad tberD - Ia /
placed there was fearful of some lnowI- /
edge possessed by Airs. Corbett
Dr. White did not think IL advisable /
That they BE- released. but thought they
luisnt 5e allowed d parole which could be
s.'i's' "i,He'' 'ue eoHul'ioh OF the
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