The Washington herald., 1907-06-07

The woman In blue" who has sought
perslstently to see the President for the
past two years. and who kept two or
three Secret Service men busy last sum-
mcr at Oyster Bay 20 prevent her from
annoying Mr.. Roosevelt, is not likely TO
disturb his rest this summer.
Miss Isabella L. Case. OF Hsverhil.
Mass. the woman in question, nattily at
tired in a brown velvet jacket and
fashionable hat, was arraigned before a
jury in the Criminal Court yesterday. JUS
tice Barnard presiding. and after a brief
hearing. was declared TO be Of unsound
mind Justice Barnard al once signed
an order committing her TO the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane. and
the female nurses who brought Miss
Case over from the asylum took her back
in the asylum van.
They met with considerable difficulty.
however as the woman made a vigorous
fght' rendering it necessary to secure the
assistance Of a policeman 70 control her.
Miss Case was taken into custody on
the night the President returned from
his outing at Pine Knot. Va. upon the
complaint Of Secret Service Officer Foster
and another who informed the police that
they believed she intended 70 make a
demonstration at the depot. She was
placed in the House Of Detention. and
Inspector Boardman communicated with
her father Simon Case. at Baverhill ad-
vising him Of his daughter being in GUS
t0dy and requesting him 10 come here
and take her home.
Declared Mentally Unsound.
The following morning Dr. Joseph Wall
and Dr. William T. Burch. police sur
geons, examined her and reported TO Mai
Sylvester that while she was not danger
Gus. she was nevertheless mentally un-
sound. and persisted that she wanted TO
see the President and hold a discussion
with him. She stated that if released she
would al once go 10 the White House
Her people In Haverhiu declined 10 come
/ here and take charge Of her. and she was
accordingly committed % St. Elizabeth's
I 90 await formal inquiry into her mental
condition
When placed on the stand YESTERDAY 70
make statement she did not appear 10
be an insane woman, but after she had
/ continued for a while IL was plain that
she was not mentally balanced. She said
she believed in woman rights, and that
she desired 20 see the President While
the men elected him. she said. he be-
/ lOnged 20 the women equally with the
men She then stated that she was de-
scendaut Of men who had fought in the
Revolutionary war
When I tried 20 see the President at
Oyster Bay she said, they wanted Ip
for the privilege Of allowing me to do So.
and the last time I tried they wanted s..
On the advice Of the War Department l
refused 90 pay this tribute"
AIIenist on the stand.
She could not state who they were.
Or. Presley C. Hunt. the aIIenist con-
nected with Corporation Counsel Thomas
Office. took the stand and testified as 20
I his examination Of Miss Case. giving II as
/ his opinion that she was suffering from
delusions. and was mentally unsound.
Drs Wall and Burch. the police surgeons.
also testified, stating the result OF their
examination when she was confined at the
House Of Detention.
Il developed during the hearing that
Miss Case was committed 70 the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane in DeCem-
ber 1865. but was released and taken
home by her father She is q progresses
I ing woman. about thirty years old. and
1t is stated that the treatment at the
hospital may restore her TO a normal
mental pOse.