The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-20
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A Woman a Prisoner For Three Years
ia a Private Sanitarium.

Said SHE WAS INSANE
The Case Is One Of Much Interest
to the People of Asheville, Where
the Hospital is Located. The Doc
tor Ordered by Court to Release
the Woman.
On the strength of the report of
the board of examining physicians,
composed of DR.. D. E. Sewer, DR.. L.
B. McBrayer and DR.. G. W. Purefoy,
appointed by Judge Carter to inquire
into the sanity of Mrs. Alice Muck
low, who alleged that she was being
detained by DR.. Robert s. Carroll at
his sanitarium at Asheville, N. c.,
against her will and. that she was be-
ing illegally deprived of her liberty,
Judge Carter Saturday signed q
Judgment decreeing in effect that
Mrs. Mucklow was sane; that she
was illegally restrained of her lib
erty and directed the said DR.. Rob-
ert S. Carroll release her.
The order also provides that DR..
Carroll shall pay all costs in the pro-
ceeding, including $50 each to the
examining physician and S49.95 tn
Miss Amy Emanuel for stenographic
work. This Judgment in effect in
forms the world that Mrs. Muck
low, who spent three and one half
years in the Carroll sanitarium is
a sane person and that she was ille.-
gally detained. The case reads like
fiction, but every word of it is true.
Many other sane persons, no doubt,
are locked up in private sanitariums.
The case of Mrs. Mucklow is in
teresting. She is an accomplished
lady, a daughter of late English or
fcer, educated in Germany, ard at
the death of her father left an e's-
tate of 5000 pounds, or $4,000,
the revenue from which amounted to
approximately SSC per month. Three
and one-half years ago she was plac-
ed in the Carroll sanitarium. There
she remained until two or three
weeks ago, when on a writ Of habeas
corpus sued out tefore Judge Carter
at the instance of Judge Adams, OF
police court, she was produced In
court, the writ having directed again
Dr.. Carroll to produce his patient. -
At that time 1t was contendcd
for Dr.. Carroll that the lady w"s n
! sane and should not be at liberty.
Af1davits were filed with the Court
and Judge Carter, pursuing wise
course, decided that board Of three
physicians should inquire into Mrs.
Mucklow's mental conditionf DR.. Sew
ier was named one OF, the physicions,
while counsel for DR.. Carroll was
privileged to name second, and the
counsel for Mrs. Mucklow a third
physician. The board as finally con-
stituted was conposed>of Drs. Sewer,
McBrayer, and Purefoy. 49,
In the meantime, however, Judge
Carter directed that Mrs. Mucklow
be given into the custody Of the sher-
if of the County. This was done
and since that time she has been with
friends in the city. It was claimed
by Mrs. Mucklow that she could not
endue longer the treatment accord
ed her at the Carroll sanitarium. She
declared that she had been made
"subjct'' for demonstration purposes,
and that the humiliation was more
than she could endure. ~ ...
She wrote letter to Judge Adams
of the Police Court, imploring him
to render her assistance in an effort
to free herself from the sanitarium.
She also. wrote another letter to an
Asheville lady. These letters sue
ceded in reaching the persons to
whom thy were addressed and Judge
Adams took the matter up and on the
affidavit Of Police Captain Jordan
that on information and belief Mrs.
MuchIew was illegally re strained
of her liberty by DR.. Carroll, q writ
of habeas corpus was issued.
Just what further steps If any Will
now be taken in this mater +s not
made known. 1t has been rumored
however, that On the event Mrs.
Mucklow was found to be person
of sound mind the matter would not
be allowed to drop, that an effort
might be made to have DR.. Carrolls
license revoked and also that suit
for damages might be Instituted
These reports, however, could not
be confirmed Saturday, the coun-
sci for Mrs. Mucklow declining to
discuss the case saying that they had
not yet decided upon their future
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