The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-12
SOCIETY LEADERS
GATHER At TRIM J
Mrs. Harley Gage Appears IN
Court to Answer In
sanity Charge
DAUGHTERS TESTIEIES
IN MOTHERS BEHALF
Body Attachment Issued for
Fashionable Leader Who
Prccipitated Latest
Scandal

| w ASfilNuION, Aprtl li.---De901 II
| by beautiful Mrs. Archibald GractaA
leader in New York and Washingto0ls
society. who according to sworn tsess Il
| timony informed Mrs. Harley Calvin
/ Gage that Charles Bell, brother 04S3
Alexander Graham Bell. inventor oGsa
the telephone. had determined to boS
from the capital -Four Hundred THE
district suprefe court today issued =
body attachment for that fashionabloa
woman. a United States marshal n \
person will escort Mrs. Oracle before X
the supreme court justice board to@
morrow if-she can be found.
I A gathering of leaders in Washin9- h
| ton society. even more brilliant than
that of last Thursday. greeted Mrs.
Gage when she appeared In court to-
day to snewer to the charge OF in~ss@
sanity growing out of alleged threatm Il
against the life OF Chas. j. Bell.
! Seated In a group of fashionable w0~
| men who included Mrs. Daniel Thew
Wright. Mrs. Robert NJ. Harper. and
Mrs. a. l.. Barber. Mrs. Gage held ~
| impromptu reception.
/ Mrs Wright. whose husband held
Samuel Gompers. Frank Iorriao1
and John Mitchell In contempt wA4El
| witness for Mrs. Gage and teuft0405
that she considered Mrs. Gage sanel
/ Mrs. Barber, widow of the con-
crete millionaire, regarded Mrs. 0a9o
| as very brilliant and unusual W0~M
| man. II consider irt sane sS
Rev. w. J. Mckinntt pastor OF TIM
NJ. f. church. who visited Mrs. Gaeo@
In St. Elizabeth's asylum last week.
raised a laugh when she was chal~
tlenged for Incompetence.
Are you a DOCTOR" asked tho
prosecutor.
/ ..So. / have common sense which
sometimes lawyers have not. And 1#
know Mrs. Gage showed she was sane. \
Three other members nf my church,
are over there and they are really
insane and l could easily tell the dtf-.
ference have not conyersed with
a woman of SO good a mind in years.
She struck me as not only sane. out 4
as woman of pousu"l -,e~.~'s.s. ss.Ss
Not to the extent we expected to-
when did your mother organtJ4s
the national society of colonial foun4Na
ers?"
In 1906"
Where are its. officesc" 1
I'm our home, 4 Dupont Circle
who are its ofiicers?" a
=
secretary and We have no treasuror.Ss
Who elected your mother PRESS
dent?" IA
She made herself president wrot9S
the constitution and bylaws and hAAs
them copyrighted"
Where is the society treasury de-
rived .
Limitation fees are IS. SIS yearly fnas
regular members: $40 for assoctMt1H
members: s25. life members: $3ASs
honorary members; patrons. $100.
year - ID
$1,000
Miss Gage placed In evidence -
) tiers from ex-President Roosevelt aGsS
cepting honorary membership In t.
society and one from President TN;
allowing the society to name arr
him It's medal essays by schoolb0yM
on good citizenship. ss
DIR. A. X. Hammond. an alien5l
testified that he had examined 14t~E5
Gage and considered her Of s0un9
mind. xss
Dir. Chas Emmers. another alienl3
flor many years superintendent 0f
hospital for tho insane In Waahtnq%
ton, also gave Very favorable eN8s
dence for Mrs. Gage.
The case adjourned until tom0
row. MA
Some interesting light. were throws
upon the activities Of Mrs. Archthpf
Oracle by Miss Margaret Gage. Wl
I she went upon the stand ls$|
WHO told you Of your rumored 63
gagement to Commander HfrA9e
/ the Japanese sieEntson = asked
Lockwood. AsIs2
4 zone day we were at tea. moe
and /, and we met Mrs. Arcn5AM
Oracle. She laughingiy Sid ~
oh, / see the. love light shintnE
'yosr eyes. and then told pr sne
heard was engaged to the
mandcr. On many other oc0e4sy
We heard the false rumor from 0e
and on July. ~. ~la11. an arttcl6
published stating that was en-
to him. = 1853 z
20 you think that this 5i5
that you were engaged to him
ed you socially :"
II do. on account Of his O911
Oriental IN M
t Miss cage said she had never l1
her mother threaten to Kill Mn
did you believe with your
that Mr.. Beli wee preventing t
ticns coming to you IN a. lArUe
wood. sssss
II did, s.$1aS
Ibid you notice any cesmet6
invitations after the circrlAtae
these stories sS sa szs
Il did and ~ noticed TIT
\ invitation. to social affairs
giving did not meet ~ sreAt
1 - formerly" IN SsS
through thfillins err
Sec .spycv r..eh al - s'ss