Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-20
Hood Sees Petition.


When Mr.. Hood arrived he looked
over the petition and remarked that
che guessed lit was all right. 1t looks
to be drawn in regular form. and IL the
defense wants an examination as to her
sanityI imagine they can have it"
At that Mr., Hood was clearly sur
prised by the action taken by Beasley
and Riker. AS told in the, EVENING
STAR ten days ago, the trial had been
postponed until October 10. and that
was the only court action looked for
yesterday.
w. Riker and Chauncey H. Beasley, the
latter two representing the accused
woman, then got their surprise.
Chief Justice Gummere admitted that
the procedure under which the pc
tition was drawn was regular, and
then said that 1t would have to be re-
ferred to Judge Jay Ten Eyck tomor-
row for final decision.
Chief Justice Gummere explained this
action by stating in open court that
on October 15 when the case would
in the Court of Error and Appeals.
"When the case was first set for trial
on May 1G last" said the chief justice,
II took the handling of the case on my
own shoulders. Later, when a post
ponement became necessary, l still in
tended to handle the case and gave up
my summer vacation to do so. When,
on August 20, another postponement be-
a
Prosecutor Mott, l made up my mind
that l would not have the time neces-
sary to give to the case.. Then 1 took
the matter up with Judge Ten Eyck,
and he is now in charge of It,
For that reason 1 think the matter
of this petition had better be referred to
him. 1t is matter that under the ar
raugements that have been made will
have to come before him in any event,
so / would prefer that the petition go
to him without action by myself"
Declare Her Insane.
In presenting the petition Mr. Beasley
said:
This is a case of whether a woman
should be confined in Jail or In an
asylum. Mr. Riker and myself have
carefully considered all details of the
case and, with the relatives of Mrs.
Martin. believe that she is not now in
this petition cannot be granted we ask
for a speedy decision on it. The sign
ers, the Rev. Albert G.. Wardlaw and
Mrs. Bessie Spindle, are both residents
of the South and have made many trips
here for the benefit of their two sisters,
who are in Jail These trips are costly,
and for that reason we ask that the
matter be brought to an issue at once.
Both of the parties / have named are
now in this vicinity and will remain
here until the matter is settled one way
or the other"
The Rev. DIR. Wardlaw sat close be-
hind Mr. Beasley during all the pre-
liminary work of the court He
watched with interest the swearing in
of the grand jury and listened atten-
lively to the chief Justices charge to
them Mrs. Spindle was not in court.
1t is understood that she will remain
with friends in New York city until
the question of her sisters sanity is
Settled.
Dr. Wardlaw would not discuss the
question of his sisters sanity at all
this morning. To all inquiries he re-
piled II have nothing to say. The
matter is all in the hands of my sisters
lawyers. They are the ones you will
have to get any information FROM
Under the law by which an effort is
being made to adjudge Mrs. Martin
insane an answer must be returned by
Judge Ten Eyck, who now takes up the
burden of the case, inside of fifteen
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