The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-09
9 COMMISSION FINDS MRS.
eRXsoN I'M COMPETENT. ON;
tiEARtNG 6 HER r t!Ss,
TWO THIRDS 0F ESTATE GONE
She Admits Using lntoxlcants Since
She Was Sixteen and Wasn't Sober
Fl Even at Mothers Funeral. =

NEW YORK., Dec. Sat an.inquiryt
into the mental condition Of Mrs. Hell.
en- L. Grysan before o lunacy commits!
sion and a sheriff's jury esterlayS itSi
was alleg that the woman, while il.l
|toxicated, had been Induced 10 con.
vey two.thirds Of herEshare OF real
estate at Flushing, L. l.. valued at $1Q,.
900. to man named Chester "A. Luff
for between $1,90Oaand $1,000. Z
Lin is connected with 9Bradt & Co.,
Of No. so William street, Who adver-
tise that they make loans on or. pur-
chase legacies or shares In unsettled
estates" They characterize their
business as confidential"
Frank E. Hippel APPEARED for Miss
Anna NJ. Sinclair, the only surviving
sister Of Mrs. Grysan, who petttionedi
1.-THE Supreme Court to have. Mrs. Cry
son adjudEed incompetent and unfit
| to manage her affairs.
Henry c. Dewitt, counsel for Luff,:
asked for an adjournment.
Mrs. Gryson. who has ben an in-7
mate OF the Magdalen Home. since,
August last, to Which she was com
United by a Magistrate at her own re-.
quest, was present, and Lawyer De-
witt said she was now under great,
stress and excitement I.
Miss Sinclair. who lives at No. Ito,
Cook avenue, Elmhurst, L.Sl., said her
sister left home shortly after she was
sixteen. when she eloped and got mar
rled. She returned home six months
later. al {,
| r urh = a not FINE clio m m III n,na. n fter
her marriage she was intoxicated"
testified Miss Sinclair, land Whenever
We saw her subsequently she was UNI
de rthe influence of liquor. l;9.
/ my sistertwas in the alcoholic ward
when our mother died year. and a
half ago, and was drunk at the fu-
neral. She had bottle of whiskey
| In her stocking. which fell out on the
way TO the cemetery" tBa
How much liquor have you seen
her drink at time?"
~ have seen her pour out whiskey
Into u tumbler and pour 1t down her
4 throat. She could drink a pint OF
4 whiskey right .,do@n--all pure wills
| key"
4 Admits She's Drinker.
i Miss Sinclair said her mother, her,
self and two sisters had inherited
| property worth $4,000 nom Bernard
i Carraher, her grandfather, and that
4 she became aware her sister had con.
yeyed two.thirds of her share OF one
sixth OF the eState to. Luff when papers
were filed in a suit for the PARTON OF
the estate. S''
After Jerome L. Gryson, her hus
band, and others testified, Mrs. Cry
j son took the stand. She swore she
4 was intoxicated the morning she was
|, committed-to the ,Magdalen Home AM
,j,that she found it to her. advantage tc
be. in the institution, where she was
iwell treated.
"Have you lived a sober life since
I.your mothers leath?n
az am sorry to say o,'sreplied thu
young.w oman. u .have'b been using In
toxicants since was sixteen.
!, Mamma was tried onja Sunday and
! went to Bradt's Office the next day
) | went from, the alcoholicsward to my
mothers funeral. Luff gave me bS2'
when first went to see him. and
went to his office on and of for twt
! weeks. I think ! got between s$f,25I
and $1,500t from him altogether. m
!, II refused to sign papers one nigh
!! in his Office l stayed there until !
waS getting dark and then signe,
J. the papers. / did2not know what
4 Ssigned. As soon as | put my name t
y the papers Luff caught me up andItool
!. me downia whole long flight of stair
! into room. There We're lot of me
G there, and when igotsup home ] erie
y and cried for o whole week. ft
d ~ don't know what ! signed. Ey
n erything annoyed me, and went dow
the next day and they said had no
y signed any papers at ALL
" Miss Leila Robinson. of Chicago, i
|. the guest OF Mrs. Hurry Robinson |