The San Francisco call., 1908-11-14
GIRL CONSPIRATOR'S
SANITY Is DOUBTED
Young Woman Accused of Plot
ting Mothers Death Must
Face AIieniSt Board
Parent Denies Trouble With Her
Daughter and Says She Will
Come to Her Aid

CHICAGO. Nov. 13.-Furuher action
in the case of Miss Mae Otis. arrested
here last night charged with plotting
to bring about the murder of her
mother. will depend upon the result OF
an examination TO determine the pris-
oner's mental condition. This states
ment was made today by Chief of De-
tectives OBrien after he had seen Miss
Otis. who was pale and hysterical, calls
ing constantly for her mother.
Mrs. Sarah Otis. Miss Otis mOthers
was interviewed BY telephone at Maus-
non. Wis. today. With reference to
the statement by detectives who made
the arrest that Mrs. Otis was to be
murdered by hired thugs on her return
to Chicago Saturday night Mrs. Otis
declared that she had not intended to-
come to Chicago on that day. had made
no plans. in fact and had not been
urged by her daughter to come.
Mrs. Otis expressed her intention OF
coming at once to Chicago to the girls
aid
Miss Otis is alleged to have ap~
preached Robert G. Stolpman. a privat5
detective. with a proposition to do
away with her mother for a cOnsid4
Grafton of 800 to bind the bargain and
S2,4O0 when the deed had been accOm->
plished. StOlpman informed the city
police and Detective Mackay was de-
tailed to assume the role Of a thug
willing and competent "to do a job
which would have no hospital prelude.
Every arrangement had been COM
pleted with the thugs" last night and
Miss Otis is said to have paid over
500 to bind the bargain. The follows
ing receipt was taken from her after
her arrest:
Received of Mae L. Otis. 45O East
Forty-sixth place. 500; balance due,
81. 400. ROBERT C. STOLPMAN.@
/ II < al Q1 haf
Stolpman a promissory note for the
S2.4G0 payable after she had collected
her mothers small fortune. Following
the delivery of this note the thugs
made known their true identity and tha
arrest was made.
The prisoners first visitor today was
Miss Anna Stuvingel, a cashier of a
restaurant near the Rock Island sta
| tion. She declared that she had per-
suaded her employer to loan to Miss
/ Otis the s100 said to have been paid
over by the latter to the detectives.
Later Captain O'Brien ordered the
prisoner brought to his Office. where
Lieutenant CudmOre recognized her as
woman who four days ago came to
the station and complained somewhat
vaguely that her mother thought more
of her money than she did of her
daughter. She told the lieutenant that
her mother had several thousand dol
refused to share it with her daughter.
Mae l.. Otis, arrested last night on a
charge of plotting to do away with her
mother through the agency of hired,
thugs. was pronounced sane tonight
! BY DR.. Blake Baldwin. city physician
DR.. Baldwin, at the request of the POI
/ lice. spent an hour with the prisoner
/ testing her on various subjects. When
the test was over he declared that the
girls mind seemed normal. although
she was on the verge of a nervous COLI
lapse.
The following message was received
by Captain OBrien of the detectivs
bureau from Mrs. Sarah Otis, mother OF
Mae:
"Maustin, Wis
''Will arrive. if plans do not fail. in
Chicago at $3.50 o'clock tonight at the
Union depot Send protection.
MRS. SARAH OTIS
Captain O'Brien detailed two men tn
escort the woman.