The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-05

BUTLER TELLS 81
HER GREAT THIRST
"a -
RYE. SCOTCH. GIN COCKTAILS AND
BnER MRS. BrsHors DAILY
CONSUMPTION.
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SIZE WANTS DIVORCE.
81 - -ss-------
UNNECESSARILY SIM Asks FOR
sss.ees 4 sEAR ALl4oxr AND
1zrR HUSBAND Has
OBJECTIONS.

NEW YORK. Feb. l.--Seyera
amdayit4 fled with Supreme Court
Justice Hendrick by james Cunning.
ham HisAop. hAnker, Id sanswNr to hli
wtfe's suit for !. divorce and alimony
Approximately $4,000 q year, were
made public today. revealing the line
OF the hanker's defense. In the am.
davit three neuroIogists, q trained
nurse, and q butler formerly en-
ployed BY the b1shops, tell OF large
Quantities Of alcohol consumed by
Mrs. Bishop In the form of whiskey
rye and Scotch, and cocktail.
DR.. y. Ramsay Hunt, associate pro-
foesor- OF nervous diseases, swore IN
his affldayit that Mrs. Bishops con-
dition was such In April, 1910, that
was found necessary to have four
trained nurses In, charge OF her. and
20 keep her locked in her apartment.
Another afiidavk was that Of DR..
Pearce Bailey, consulting physician
for the Manhattan State Hospital for
the Insane, who.y with DR.. Charles L.
Dana, was called into consultation on
Mrs. Bishops case, according to the
afiidavits. on May 81. 1910.
In view of Mrs. Bishops excite
ment. and her violence" he swore,
"and in view of her charges of cruel
ty and infldelity against her husband.
find reasonable basis in fact, DR..
Dana and !, on December 20, 1905,
signed the r1edical certificate for a
special commitment to ST. vincent's
Retreat, at Harrison. N. Y. This in
stttution has 4 special charter for
the reception of women whose minds
have become unbalanced through
inebriety."
DR.. Dana said in his afiidavit he
IN fVxRx 4rrk-
drank twelve. bottles of beer a day,
besides gin and cocktails.
Has Authorizations.
DR.. Dana also swore that In his
presence Mrs. Bishop had spoken Bit
teriy OF a certain lady to whom she
referred as "hlackmailer." Farther
on in his affidavit he said Mrs. Bishop
had told him her husband was try
ing to get her to sell her stock In a
water company to get her more in
his power" and that Miss Morrow.
the trained nurse who went to Egypt
with her in 1909, had entered into
an agreement with Mr. Bishop to
look for signs OF mental disorder
while travelling with her"
Edith Morris, the nurse. described
IN her affidavit alleged Authorizations
OF which Mrs. Bishop was the VIC
tim. She saw imaginary people in
the room. according to the nurse, and
would beat the walls with shoe trees
while calling to them.
Tells of Big Thirst,
James p. Munro. the butler. told
in his affidavit Of serving drinks Sc
cretiy to Mrs. Bishop. sometimes ad-
vanctng the money for bottled goods
from his own pocket. Prior to the
time the four nurses were engaged.
he swore she had been drinking as
much as bottle OF whiskey q day.
IT left Mrs. Bishop In the fall OF
1910. came back again shortly be-
fore her daughters went to Europe.
She was drinking a great deal at
that time. and during the summer.
She did not drink as much whiskey
then, but drank Martini cocktails
Sometimes she would drink as many
as fourteen or fifteen cocktails a day
When she returned to New York
she continued to drink, but drank
principally rye whiskey. / remember
in April. 1912, when Mrs Bishop
cracked the panel on Mr.. Bishops
room. I had served to Mrs. Bishon
great deal of rye whiskey on that
day."