The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-09
JURY FINDS PALMER INSANE
ms MR. TFIIS % TROI BIT
NHE MN HITH mn.
Doctor S~rars That ne IIas NlrohaIIc
IDr,nrntIs aRd PaTaRoIsr idea. VIZ.
Palmer Tell, .Jury Ur Drank BrrauSr
he En Ds,e,II o. NrrdieI a.s 10 Minutes.

lbrnruttn ani PaTanotar ttlca% W.
Palmer TrIls Jury U~ Drank BrrauS-
IIr nDs,s,H NrrdirI i-s 40 Minutes.
MHITF PLANS July Robert Amory
Palmer. an inmate 1T the Binomiugdals
asV hum and uu' ut the heirs to- tho lrg" -
/ tat, L.ft Nv his fat her Cuurt isnd Palmer
whirh Inci,I,v- the Churchill Hotel.
the mon Sauare Hotel and other vain
abl. properly M New York city. was
DECLARED insan, and incomI,-tsut hy a
Shsrf's jury to-day
4 The Jury. which Wa IN Chsrg" of Com
missioners Dr. William ID Granger 81
/ BronNSilLr. Thomas Hodge OF Mount
Vernon and William H. Lake Of Whit"
Plains. was appointed by SIprenI. Court
Justice Mills un the Application Of Mrs.
Mary Dexter Palmer. the incompetent
wife. who testified that her husband had
drunk To EXCESS for many years and that
while they were IN Europe he had struck
her with a cane until II broke. and also
| that h. blackensd her eyes while he WAS
on one IL his spr,e- The petitioner was
represented by former District Attorney
J Addison Dung % New Rochelle" The
proceedings were contested by Daniel
Mason Of Mani attain. who appeared Tor
Mr. Palmer
Mr. Palmer has b,.en in Blooningdal.
ASYLUM sincc Nav p last He had prevl-
ously b.>en IA a stamford sauitarlum and
also had hsen confined "a an asylum IN
France
pr " = Gregory nf Bellevue Ho-fa-
tai test ti.d that Mir Palmer y sunering
| from slcuhUhc dem-uua and also has
| paran uiaC ideas ~" Sslld that the patient
| ~ not safe To- be- at large. Dr. Gregory
| SAID that MIR Palmer Was taken TO B.lle-
vi. on NAV >, after hs had been riding
| in a taNicah all day When ne refused
to nav the driver he arrested. and
from the poliC,' court he Was sent To- Belize
Vu- To be examined Prom there b" was
committed g. Bloomi n EdAl'' hy two eN-
anlners ia lunacy On the day h" arrived
Al th,. hospital. Dr Gregory sad. Mr..
Palmer had lsen drinking heavily Al
though he has hssn married To hiS wife
Tor nineteen wears vet. pr ,Grrgorv said.
MIR Palmer has drhIzypn that hts wife
has bsen unIaithful to him.
In one breath said Mr. Gregory, he
would tell m" about this h"l'ef and then
the next moment he would d"clar" that
b. loved his wife, dearly
Fre,iercs y Forster. who has charge
of the Palmer estate. testified that the
incompetent has all annual income from
| his fathers estate ~ about S"n he
acts and conversation Ot Mr. Palmer
! impressed th" Wirne-- a. being very
irrational
/ Dr John VI Dexter and the Rev Henry
DEXTER ala EPISCOPAL clergyman,
Of New York. brothers OF Mrs t'almer,
swOr,' to the In-tn" acts ~ the Blooming-
dale patient DR. Dexter said that hts
bruthpr-in-law had drank whSkcy, EIn
/ rickrvs. gtn fiz1.-S and champagne 10
oNo,..- and that when Mr Palmer re-
1 turi.-i from a FurOpean trip last wear he
! looks-i as though he had bs-'n on Jag
for months He testified that Mr Palmer
had a habit 81 going ont early m the
morning with his dog and visiting
s.ilOpn a. spon A. II vas open
I la. Rev Nr b,.,teT was very emphatic !
~ LiS testimony when be- told huW his !
-ist"r had cabis-d him 10 look after her ]
husband. VI o wH- m tolksion" last /
year ~" Said that Mr. Palmer was con |
annually drunk On whisk"y during the !
voyage to this country and that he made |
, SERIOUS charges against MIR Palmer which |
W.r- imagined IA hIr dlsorttered BRAN. |
! and also that h- C,Ir-'-d her
Mn Palmer took the stand against /
her husband and 'old Oi has cruelties
20 her While they were IA lsICerne and |
-. s.ral other foreign Citi..s she s~Or,'. he /
blac k-ned her tyss with hIS list and nearly /
broke her moss
He also pounded me on the head with 4
"A cane sad Mr. Palmer until the I
stick was IN ribbons II -e-'tn-d Ia l." ,
HE man hobby 10 raw" that had dc "a" .
-oIn-'hIug WRONG. and whIi" n" was
dTiHkIug h. spT-'Ir',i 20 delight IA iea'- .
Ing IA MhII. N-r" ~ Italy he =
dragl,sd me from = earring" Nv IN HAIR .
H.. kiCk'-t M urle tan" 80 nlr' thai Yell 4
ard rrok- nay ankle. ard th' % h' made .
On. walk all day vI.u iaIt 'rg' 'urs'' h,nc Z
-n1llv went tua hr-I tai and ST. 80 here Z
'or thp.. W'.'ks
Nm. NJ Palmer was d.uouncrng
I.t u'lzl aud actions 10" Saf u Iu-Iis
u.r rui tn.'r" u.s. no "a IT r''Cn gu'tI'u
Nj Palmer Su., whit. duck fru,Is.rS = :
.arfr'y lu~ii-h rlV and Carried = waking
-'u.l WI'h - -ilv.~ rHu'i" HI- fa,s' was
r'I- .-i '-'rvUr ~ M own t--uaf
no. u.., ,ldr..,. 10 60 Iurut VOC" that be-. VII,
ne" t--u un.ai'l'H aru mad .r'a too
'tH.'I.. win s. rra-t llf 90. "ra1fs iu
men som. 81 ghsrn q intsrna'iouaI
.m",ranr- Nh.n Mr Young asked Uu
% 3d., atd any ITouf IT this charg" g." 'a.i
h,. haI none. l.' that he could name !
s,rn. Vt "a" mon The commission -
rnld IAN NOT "a d" 80 Nj Palmer -aid
tIat M W." he. |r'iuk HluoLs worry
extensively during their tours 81 Euroy-.
IN ft,.- -" declared VIII, - NAY" ~ rts
how'd -sh" drank NOR" than did
-Nlw VI Palmer continued VI ,
Young. WHY dIi Won dunk 80 much
-BacaI--. enjoyed it. b" replied win
-uil"
10 ~ou still Iov" yoIr wife,
40 | havr no ,N'ctlpu tor her she
ha- told 80 many 10 - ~ p'It ~" and had
'r" placed no the asylum and has killed
"verv hit Ol love ever mad tor her. thank
tod
n only took tho Jury ten minutes 70
raturn verdict that VIZ Palmer l. in
San"
TRtIN DIRtfLED ~ IiRD.