Evening bulletin., 1911-05-18
TOURIST FOUND
TO Be INSANE
Dr.. J. N. Martins Actions in
fliIo End In Commitment
to Asylum.

Especial bulletin Correspondence
mo, May lG.--Dr. J. n. Martin. a
tourist who arrived at HilO some five
or six weeks ago. coming from Homo
lulu, where hc had stayed several
months, was last Saturday afternoon
committed to the insane asylum Mar
tin claimed that he was at one time
professor Of gyncCology at the Univor-
sIty Of Michigan. He has for several
weeks past been creating considerable
excitement in Hilo by writing abusive
ing those with whom he came into
contact. and numerous complaints were
made by these to the police and the
county attorney. Action was finally
taken on Saturday morning through q
complaint sworn to by Deputy sheriff
Fettcr and the hearing took place at
1890 o'clock.
The hearing was attended by quite n
number of people. among them being
about half n score who had been called
as witnesses. Martin conducted his
own case, and his manner was strange
he was not mentally balanced. He
continuously made marks on sheet Of
paper with pencil, dots. dashcs, fig
ures and peculiar CabalistiC signs APP
! parcntly pretending to bc taking short
| hand notes. but the notes were no
more shorthand than they were san
| skirt At times h6hccame very excited
and argued with the witnesses, the
court and the spectators. making long
addresses to the latter.
! Mixed Strange Drink.
| Panos Porphyres, the host at Demos
themes Hotel, testified Mt length in re-
gard to the events which followed when
! Martin on his arrival In Hllo took
rooms at his hotel He described vnri-
our scenes at the bar and drinks which
Martin had md.
II took blackberry brandy" dcclaim-
ed Martin, facing the audience. II
took It for my health. am not used
to drinking raim water"
He took Scotch and sodu," remark
ed Panos.
II never took a drink of soda In my
lifc,' insisted Martin. Pete Phillips
tify to that. III give ten dollars fol
every drink Of soda that | can III
proven to have taken"
'Panos went on to describe Il new
cocktail which Martin had mixed fo
IA crowd at the bar.
IL N..1.#
: catsup, sweet oil and vinegar" sal,
Panos. He passed II to all Of us, bu
we all refused, with the exception u
an engineer from the Helene. lie tri"
to drink It. but he vomited Immediate
ly. Martin took a drink Of II, thoug
| tried to stop It,"
Had Lady Patient.
Panos tried to continue his story, hu
Martin broke in again, Il wanted pro
lection for my patient, who Is u lady
J She is a friend of the Castles in Ho
= noluu I guess you all know then
Henry aud J, b. Castle. You are goin
T to hear something drop" he eNclaime
In sudden anger, facing the spectator
Then he pointed To Panos. You ar
going To hear something drop for thi
lying | went to look for Il policcma
the other night, but they were n
|, asleep. They hang about the stores |
the daytime. and nt night you can't fin
them when you need them. | know !
II am not afraid of the whole posse q
u you. | am a gentleman, and you'll fin
J II out some day. some of YOU"
Z Claims Big Backing.
He said ne would fix me-" continue
Panos. "Ie said he had two hundro
|I millions behind him"
II referred to the company which
: represent" explained Martin. 1T ha
two hundred million dollars. 1t is n,
my money, for | never had cent
my life except what | earned. Th
company Is behind me. They send
detective with me, and they pay hil
$72O a month They would not pay thG
II | wasn't worth something to then
lie sees me all the time. lie Is seein
me now, but | don't know where he (
Z for see him only once or twice
n week"