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Another case involving III. magic boots
20 Matthew Hilsert. who rum what he calls
u ssnitsrium AZ n West Twenty sixth
street. cam up in the supreme Court'yester-
day. when Gertrude Dunlop Havoc and =
number ~ other Dunlop~ applied TO Jus
tice Mccall for the appointment Of u rom
mission To inquire into the sanity ~ their
sixty -three-year-old relative. Dr. Clark
". Dunlop. a retired physician.
Gilbert Ray Hawes. husband and counsel
~ Mrs. Halves. told Justice Mccall that he
and his wife had received information that
DR.. Dunlop. who. IL IN said IL worth Gloss
on 81 ono .Oo. was being treated for paralysis
by Hilgert in the sanitarium. The treat
ment Mr.. Hswes said. consisted Of making
the doctor. whose mental faculties are said
Ia have disappeared almost entirely. wear
a pair Of the famous magic boots. and 90
through a course 81 electric therapeutics.
Mrs. Halves got her information through
an anonymous letter, which declared that
Hilgert had got the doctor to sign a will.
Following up this letter. Mrs. Halves
found that DR.. Dunlop and his wife, Eliza
beth. we're at Hilgert's place.
Mrs. Dunlop resented strongly what she
called the invasion ~ her privacy by DIR.
Dunlop's niece. Later Halves and his wife
saw Hilgert. who old them bluntly that he
was not worried about the case of DIR. Dun
lop except hat he thought the physician
might improve under the magic boot treat
ment Mr.. Halves averred that he was
convinced that Hilgert has a plan on foot
to marry Mrs. Dunlop after DIR. Dunlop Is
dead and that III win. said to be executed
gives everything to Mrs. Dunlop.
Nurses and others who are said to have
had charge Of Dunlop are quoted by Mrs.
Halves to the effect that the physician Ia
quite helpless and that his name has been
traced. by direction % Mrs. Dunlop. TO
various checks. His hclplessness il de-
scribed by these nurses as piteous. IL Ia
related that he often cries like a child and
begs to he taken home.
Annie TisdalI. a nurse. declared that she
was convinced hat there was a fraudulent
scheme asoot TO deprive Dunlop OF his
property or 30 assure il to Mrs. Dunlop that
Hilgert would be sure to enjoy the benefit
Of DR.. Dunlop's money at his death. Mrs.
Tisdall says that Hilgert offered to pay her
a largely Increased salary IL she would stay
and keep her ewes shut 10 what was going on.
Ex-Judge Clinch appeared TO oppose the
said that he represented Mrs. Dunlop and
that he would be able TO show that many
OF the statements made by Mr.. Halves
were based merely on information. and
not on personal knowledge. MIR. Clinch
said that DIR. Dunlop's health was bad,
but improving. and that Hilgert was not
treating him at all.
Justice Mccall rema rked that he thought
an examination Of DR.. Dunlop by a qua lifted
physician would be the most satisfactory
outcome. out that he would not take such a
course until he was convinced that DR.
examination. Mr.. Halves said that hia in
formation was that the doctor was in such
a bad way that he might die at any moment.
Justice Mccall then reserved decision.