The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
|"OH! DEARIE" MAN
 LIMITED LUNATIC
Dr. GiarIick Testifies That He is UnSOnnd
 in Single Respect.
PAINFUL ORDEAL FOR WOMEN

David Flanagan, who became famous locally as the Hello Dearte' man was heard yesterday afternoon and to-day. He is on trial for blackmail and at tempted criminal assault on Mrs. Ger trude M Ellsworth. wife of Charles Ellsworth, of George B. Clarke & Co.,, whose son Chester was killed in Pres ton, a few weeks ago, by a locomo- tive. Flanagan. on June 26, is said to have accused Mrs. Ellsworth of be-
 trayine her marriage vows. He
 threatened to shoot her unless she ac-
 ceded to his very ugly demand. The
 state called in Dr. S. M. Garlick and F. B. Downs yesterday afternoon. to
 inquire into Flanagan's mental state.
 Dr. Garlick testified this afternoon that in his opinion. the prisoner Is
 suffering from a form of insanity which would explain his conduct. Out
 side of this degeneracy he is rational.
 Flanagan tells rambling story. It
 is to the effect that on the evening Of
 June 26. he was returnin~ from Brook
 lawn, when he saw a man and woman
 on upper Park avenue, near the Beach
 Brothers flower house. He followed
 them, and hid in a clunp of bushes
 near where they were sitting. What
 he saw he held sufficient to warrant him in confronting Mrs. Ellsworth.
 He declares that he never made any
 demand of Mrs. Ellsworth. He also
 says. that he followed her to her home,
 where he declares she confessed all
 and told him her name. She told him not to fear anyone as there was nc
 one about only her children who were in bed. He called the next morning
 at her request and was surprised when
 told that one of the boys whom they
 thought asleep had been listening and
 had told his father. She said that she confessed all and was forgiven. With this she sent Flanagan away from her home. Flanagan then penned a note would expose her in, a Sunday paper that he had the drop on her.
 Mrs. Ellsworth tells an entirely diff ferent story. She says the evening of Saturday. June 26. she was accosted in her front yard by Flanagan. who made an impossible demand of her saying that he knew she had miscon- ducted herself. He again called on the Monday following. displayed a. pis- tol and renewed his demand. She succeeded in getting him to go away and later had him arrested.
 The story told by Flanagan in the city court and that in the Superior court differ in many points. This morning, when cross-exam1ned,' FIan' agan testified that he never carried | while in the room at police headquar' ters with Captain Arnold. other detec: lives and Mrs. Ellsworth. that Arnold called him a cur. threatened to throw him out of the window. and struck
 him on the face. He further stated that he did not make a practice of fol | lowing persons in the parks.
 When Mrs. Ehsworth was recalled tt the stand this noon she testified rela. | tive to a letter he had written. She said: '~The last line is the only word of truth that man has told.' The last line was to the effect that she had or dered Flanagan off the street.
 All the evidence for both sides wa! | in at 12:30 o'clock when the State made it's charge to the jury. Attor. ney Judson said that the State would demand that the man be either found 1 guilty of blackmail or not mentally re- ls lssponsible.