Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30
COURT DENIES REQUEST
FOR DETENTION OF PAGE
Failure in Effort to Have Lin.
en- Merchant Examined
on Lunacy Charge.

! The efforts of the Department of
Justice to detain Henry W. A. Page
| the New York linen merchant con-
! victed Of libeling the judiciary commit
| tee of the House of Representatives.
and to secure the withdrawal of his
| parole failed late yesterday afternoon.
| Justice Barnard refused the request of
United States Attorney Wilson to sum-
mon a jury to inquire into the mental
| condition Of the merchant. Page left
| for New York last night.
| When Justice Barnard had vetoed the
| attempted lunacy proceedings efforts
| were made to secure different action
from the other justices in the city, but
after consultation it was found that
| they considered the matter beyond
| their Jurisdiction. and intimated that
| the action of. Justice Barnard would
| have to stand.
Paroled for Three Years.
| Page was sentenced to the limit of the
law-f1ve years Imprisonment and a fine
of s1.OCO-early yesterday morning. but
on his promise to refrain from further
scurrilous publications Justice Barnard
placed him on parole for three years. The
Department of Justice became dissatis-
fed and sought revocation of the order
of probation. Justice Barnard declined
on the theory that the court had parted
with its jurisdiction over the man until
he should violate his parole
DR.. d. Percy Kicking of the Wash
ington Asylum Hospital, and Dr. George
H. Schwim of ST. Elizabeth were
quickly summoned to the office of United
States Attorney Wilson and signed ar
fidavits expressing the opinions that
Page is a paranoiac and possessed of a
Ilitigfous mind.
This disease. according to the physi-
| Clans is progressive in character and
incurable They also stated that a per-
| son afflicted is always inclined to COM
NIT acts of violence and may at any time
do serious harm to one or more OF the
persons considered to have wronged him
Asks for Jury of Inquisition.
| applied to the court for jury of in
QUESTION. In the application he recited
tn edivorce granted tot he wife Of Page
| In 1907, and its affirmance by the ap
pellate courts of the state of New York.
Page pretended to think, said Mr.. Will
| son. that the decree was procured on per
| jured testimony and that the appeal was
denied because of the corruption of the
| judges
/ The court is told in the petition thai
| Page sought relief from the legislature
| of New York. from the British parliament
| the British ambassador. the President OF
| the United States, officials of various COL
leges and finally from Congress. Wher
| he could not secure a hearing by the
| judiciary committee, he called the mem
bers crooks and perjurers."
Suggests Examination.
Mr.. Wilson concluded his petition fol-
the detention Of Page with the request
that Page be committed to Jail to await
examination by three ahenists. The re-
quest for Incarceration was based on ths
statement that the United States attor-
ney feared Page might do violence TO
| some member of the judiciary commit
| tee.
After reading the petition and the af-
| fidavits Justice Barnard Endorsed on the
papers his defamation to grant the re-
quest.