The Washington times., 1912-03-14
HOPE Of FREEING
MRS. GAGE WITHOUT
WRIT ABANDONED
Her Attorney Will Start
Habeas Corpus Proceed
ings Within Week.

Hope Of freeing Mrs. Mary T.. Gage,
detained at the Government Hospital
for the Insane on charges of insanity
growing out of threats she is alleged
to have made against Charles J. Bell.
the banker, by arbitration out of the
courts has practically been abandon
ed by her counsel, Mrs. Belva Lock-
wood.
Mrs Gage probably will be detained
at the asylum probably a week be-
fore habeas corpus proceedings, If OF
avail, liberate her. Mrs. Lockwood
said this morning that she intended
to spend most of the afternoon going
over the records of her clients case.
She declared that habeas corpus pro-
Ceedings would hardly be filed before
tomorrow afternoon and possibly not
until Saturday.
In this event Mrs. Cages detention
at the asylum will remain of in
definite duration as it can hardly be
ascertained Just how long 1t will take
the court to decide on whether to is
sue the writ.
Called Absurd.
Statements to the effect that an
agreement would be reached today be-
tween Mrs. Cages counsel and Mr..
Worthington, counsel for Mr.. Bell, by
W
the asylum and the charges against
her dropped, are absurd, according to
Attorney Worthington.
The matter is not left to us, since
Mrs Gage has been taken into custody
by the DCiiCe," said Mr.. WOrthington
| this morning. 1T is entirely up TO the
authC rites to take care OF Mrs. Gage.
Mr.. Bell complained about her threats
to take bis life; the police arrested her
after learning from others the Circum-
| stances in the case, and according to
law she will he tried on the charges.
Mrs. Lockwood said that while she
thought she could obtain trial for
| Mrs. Gage within a few days, she pre-
| ferred to have her client liberated as
soon as possible by habeaS corpus pro-
| ceetlinFs.
and does not seem to mind being de-
tanned at the asylum, said Mrs. Lock
| wood this mUrning. Il am preparing to
institute habeaS corpus proceedings and
am sure that by this method ] can OBJ
tain the release of my client. The lCnG-
est possible time the authorities can
hold Mrs. Gage at the asylum is thirty
ldayS. W hile they have to grant her a
trial at the end of that period, we will
not wait, but will be aCle TO obtain such
a trial within a few days At amy rate,
We vii make fight 20 get IT..
| Mrs. Lockwood when asked II there
was any truth in the statement that
Mrs. Gage would be liberated. said that
as far as her client is concerned such n
mediation would be entirely satisfactory.
Calls Her Sane.
Mrs Gage is perfectly sane" said
Mrs Lockwood, land realizes that her
saying certain things against Mr.. Bell
has been exaggerated. She is perfectly
willing TO promise not to mention Mr..
Bells name again if liberated. She
declares that she never said that she
would do anything to Mr.. Bell without
qualifying the statement. Her talk has
been exaggerated by those to whom she
talked and that's the cause of all the
trouble
In the event the trial is obtained
within the next few days the following
witnesses will be summoned to appear
; against Mrs. Gage:
Central Office Detective Evans
Louis e. Barnard, CT 2O12 Q street
northwest; William II. HayCock. OF
5000 Dumbarton avenue northwest
Francis Bennett Poe, the well known
realty broker of 924 Seventeentr
street northwest; John Kendall
Thomas F. WitherSpoon. and George
Meyers. all OF whom are connected
with Mr.. Poe in the real estate bust.
ness; Harriet G. Douglas, Of 140i
Massachusetts, avenue northwest, anC
Adelia G.. Hensley, of 1109 NJ stree
northwest.
Witnesses for Mrs Gage are being
lined up today for Mrs. Lockwood.