The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-23
JUDGE ANDRADE'S FINDINGS
IN THE ATCHERLEY CASE

]. Ffsuk Anfmde District Mage
trnif Of soc District ~ ionulaiu, Cay
aud County ~ ilonoiuiu. Territory ~
Hawai-. DO hereby eefiify that an the
above entitled matter on the Goth day
Of July. 1909. after a foil examination,
! found the said John Atchefley 10 he
AN insane person aud unsafe 10 be- al.
lowed NJ large. and thercupOn ordered
aud adjudged that the said John Ateher.
ley is insane. and that IL would be AN
safe 20 allow him TO be at large, a copy
of which Judgment marked Exhibit
"A.' II hereto attached aud made
part of this certificate.
And ] further certify that the facts
upon which said Judgment is based are
briefly as follows:
That the said John Atcherley is in
sane and suffering from the form Of
insanity known rs paranoia. He has
systcmatized decisions of persecution
and believes that he is the object of
evil designs of other persons; that his
plans are thwarted aud he is unjustly
dealt with. That he is tormented by
unknown and unseen foes. mis- sus
picions have 10 an extent fastened up.
on particular persons, viz: Doctors
Wayson and Brinekerhoff, Chester
Doyle and John w. Cathcart. These
persons with others, he believes, are
iormenting him by making strange and
peculiar noises around his premises, by
using bad language and by threatening
him. The object of the persecution
is TO compel him TO disclose secret
remedy which the said John Atcherley
believes that he has discovered for the
disease of leprosy, 80 as 20 deprive him
of the credit and glory Of such diseoy.
cry, and TO appropriate such credit and
glory to themselves; that the persecu.
ton is carried on by an organized
gang who concealed confederatcs
and agents in his, DIR. Atcherley's,
house for the purpose Of oyerbearing
what the said John Atcheley says, and
for the purpose Of making strange and
inexplicable noises; that such persecu.
ton has continued for the past months
and that the said John Atcherley has
suffered indescribable torture. That
the said John Atcherley believes other
physicians in this Territory have been
secretly made away with, and that he
| fears that he will be made away with
AS illustrative of such decisions, and
os indicating the way in which the
persecution is being carried on, said
John Atcherley reduced to writing hi
beliefs and ideas in signed letter
which he handed to Walter @. Smith
Esq, Editor of the Advertiser" 4
copy of which letter, marked Exhibi
"B,p is hereto attached and made &
part of this statement Of facts. THAI
such decisions Of persecution are in
sane delusions, inherently impossible
and without foundation, as the evi
dence shows, in fact.
That il Is unsafe to allow sad Johr
Atcherley to be at large, as it appear
that in January of this year, believing
that Dr. Wayson was prosecuting him
he fred several shots from a revOlye
at and into the house of said DR.. Way
son at an early hour in the morning
when DIR. Wayson, his wife and tw'
small children were sleeping therein
That ii appears that said John Atcher
ley has shot gun with which he ha
threatened to shoot and kill persecu
tors, and more particularly Cheste
Doyle.
The above facts appear from the eyi
dence adduced on the examination o