The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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Wss Ieable FRANCE r,sr vito u Henry
VA pase. q linen Importer " thls city who
,sas cnUmItteI ts 80 80 siouf's sanltaFIum
at Inwcpd IN Arril " ~ the ceFtinestes
"a Ora EdeArl f~lyinF.fun HINT end Ffed-
etirh prfaf an AMI tho afIoh ~ ~ hHF bus
hlsd, WIS feIea-sd yesterday IN ehefHs ~
tlr friend, Mfs. William w. fs10ard ~
IL West Ninety.asyeni street. Mrs PHge's
eAgnesi, ". N n Ol,ott. nad applied fOf
writ of laleaa corpus. hacking 10 with
Navy alHdavits that Nrs Page wa not.
har husband alleged aud tho two ee,ctors
srInred, an "hahinml drlnkard ard adj
4 htsd IN tho u~s ~ druRa.' Tho anitlavita,
.bllsbed IN THE sry ~ Sunday, were
men before Jtsticr Newburger. who
anted . writ calling for Mrs Pages pro-
lcfion In court yesterday morning. John
Pine. attorney Tor tho siuitarium. IN a
4lter 10 Mira Leonard. wrote that Mrs
hgs was not = suitable subject Tor the
cAre % thn Institution, and that tho au-
ehogitles had deaided mot TO contest IN"
writ that has been lssueh
The Mother Superior ~ the sanitarium
told Mrs. Leonard that Il became apparent
after Mrs. Page had been In tho institution
only a few days that she WA not, and ap-
parently never had been. a user Of liquor
or drugs. The physicians OF the insti-
tuition, Mrs. Leonard aid, found hat she
was merely suffering from nervous strain.
She did not ask for liquor or drugs at any
time Ia the nine days She was there. Mr.
Page had sent a check to the sanitarium
for the maintenance Of Mrs. Page for one
month and the check was returned to him.
1t was announced by Henry W. Unger.
counsel for Mr.. Page when tho habeas
corpus case came up before Justice New
burger yesterday, that there was a prospect
Of settlement. II this is 10. Mr.. Olcott,
Mira. Page and her friend. Mrs. Leonard,
know nothing abou 1t. After Mr. unger
Rnado this announcement word came to
he Justice that Mrs. Page had been re-
based after the doctors OF the sanitarium.
kt the request OF the directors, had made
thorough examination on Sunday and
reported that they. could ma hothing IN
her mental or physical condition 10 justify
a charge Of habitual alcoholism.
Ex-Judge Olcott said that Drs. hunt
and Peterson, who are examiners IN lunacY,
had never seen Mrs. Page before they ex-
ahmed her, and knew practically nothing
al her married life or OF its infeliclties,
AT tho time Of the examination Mrs. Page
was suffering from the effects OF ill-t 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-
yous. She is 80 years Did, 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
frierds say it is marvellous that she was not
made a fit subject for the sanitarium oy
her re Nent experiences.
Ex-judge 0lcott said Yesterday that he
believed examiners in lunaoy had altogether
, too much latitude. Justice LeVlntritt who
| issued Il order committing, Mrs Page,
4 Mr. Olcott said, was not TO blame. III
] statute permits a committing justice to dis
sSnAe with a hearing il he " satisfied Anprn
, the afidavlt3 that IL IS Unnecessary. line
I afidavits were strong and said that Mira.
Page was in no condition TO be served WIN
legal papers. Fortunately, Mrs. Page had
friends who have known all about her
marital troubles. and they got the legal
machinery working through MIR. olcott, VINO
n also one of her friends.
The result Of the Incarceration OF Mrs.
Page will be a suit for separation ana the
custody of the children on the ground OF
cruel and inhuman treatment. One OF the
instances of this treatment VIII oe the at
tempt of Mr.. Page to put his wife In the
eanitarium. Mr.. Olcott said that 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 @
DR.. Hunt refused to say anything yester-
day about his certificate and DR.. Peterson
was out Of town.