The evening world., 1913-02-08
HE|RESS IS FREED
:, lOM LUNAT|C WHO
TO END LIFE
Marriage of Ernest r. Slocum
to Miss Baker, Daughter of
Railroad Head, Annulled.
REFUSED TO KISS HER,
She Waited Four Years Before
Bringing Suit, Hoping
for Recovery.
REFUSED TO KISS HER.

Hsw Maud Hamilton Baker. the deou-
tNirts daughter Of and heiress to the
miihcns Of Walter II. Baker. Secretary
Of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. rsai-
issd . month after her magnificent So
cfsty wedding In . Montreal cathedral
that she had been courted and caressed
and her heart won by a lunatc IL re-
vea,ed In . rsferse's report oe . secret
snnusmsnt suit concluded to-day.
Tie husband. Ernest Foster Slocurn.
- Of Gen. Jerry siocum Of civil
was fame and vlce-president Of the
Safety Car Heating and Lighting COM
panv Of No. . Rector street. jumped
from the upper dsok Of . Staten Island
ferry boat before the eyes Of his bride
aud AArrowly escaped drowning. Two
dock hands saved him. The identity
o: the would-be suicide and the circuai-
stances Of his cot had remained q mys-
tGy until Mn. Slocum. who IL de-
scribed as beautiful, blond-haired and
young, unveiled the mystery before
Major-Gen. John +. oIiyan, the ref
cree who took testimony.
IAN Asylum. a victim Of acute melan-
choiy. His bride. who treasures the
Gays Of their courtship before Slocum's
reason was dethroned. waited four
AysArs for his mind to mend and then
xappeaiei 70 the courts TO annul the
I marriage. She has returned TO her
+, Gathers chateau on Shcrbrooke street.
Montreal. slooum. who 10 still in his
kwenties. IL Q member Of the old Slo-
(c,rR family which resides at 0rymes
Hin. Staten Island.
WON IN sUsiNEss AND COURT.
SHIP.
= Hariy In 1907 slocuu,, q compan.onable
ara eapahlo business man, despite his
youth, went to Montreal TO sell the
Canadian Pacific Railroad a new heat
ing and lighting system for It's passen-
jOse cass. lie was thrown In touch with
SBskse and 80 impressed the railroad
smaSnaAo that he not only got = huge
routrA1t Cor his firm. but was rewarded
wiA IN introduction TO Miss Baker,
thsa q her nrst year IN society and the
esos a tAe city.
- Q swain slocum conducted himself
wa ths same despatch that marked his
'dsassng With Baker. After a whirlwind
oesrNsAip IL date for the wedding was
.osranssd for october 2, 1907 and the
tApsAbsshop Of Aupsrtb,and was asked to
'oAciase. Tsom the moment he drew an
aeQulsscsnt yes" from the young
woman. Sloeum's demeanor seemed to
change, witnesses testified before
NaSor-0sn. Organ IN support Of the
annulment of thu marriage
The night before the elaborate society
Wsdding which was held in the cathod-
~ ard which drew fashionable guests
hen New York and Philadelphia. the
\ &1As-so-be noticed tho FIRST indication
i q Aocum's deranssment. hut she At
ts1kuted u to his nervousness and even
stoshod" him about his shyness. Where
q Olocum had manifested his affection
Tor her most prOnouncedly." she says.
he then became Indifferent.
RGPUSEO TO KISS BRIDE WHEN
ASKED.
che met Slocum at the altar. she said,
Cut h did not extend his hand to greet
A1. During the ceremony Slocum failed
b make the responses and had to be
Saomptsd by his best man. At the
liunsr which followed the Archbishop
arose and proposed the health Of the
bridegroom. Siocum sat silent and His
Reverence had 20 make reply to the
toast he had himself proposed. She had
70 ask him TO kiss her, she says. which
he refused to do.
From Montreal tho young couple went
to Quebec In Bakers private car.
Thence they took steamer to Liverpool
and returned on Nov. 3, Just a month
later. On tho voyage from England he
called her traitor" walked necessarily
ana seldom slept. He thought pas
senwsr had charged him with the theft
Of Q watch and this became a ;halluclna-
ton. A ply stefan who examined him
IN Montreal urged Mrs. Slocum to hurry
with her husband to New York.
Mrs. Slocum told how on Nov. II
1907, two tugs put out and how Slo.
cum was dragged back aboard Q Slater
: Island ferryboat after jumping over
1board. When his w!fe approached
i him he said, II did that to get rid OF
you"
He was sent to Bellevue Hospital ant
then 70 a sanitarium at Yonkers. Mira
slocum called on him there, but he rs
pulsed her. Next no went to DR.. Thomas
p. Prout's place At summit. N. j., ant
il now an inmate OF DR.. Carlos +. Nc
Donald's asylum at Central Valley
where he was committed in June. 1910
on the petition Of his mother. Mrs
Cleone d. 6locun. and his brother, Her
bert 8. S,ocum, Attached to the papers
are affidavlts of alienists that Sl0cum'I
l.