Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-12-06
HUSBAND IS UNBALANCED
HE RAVES ABOUT RELIGION AND
APPROACHING END OF THE
WORLD
TWO CHILDREN CARED FOR
THE INNOCENT BABES ARE LEFT
TO THE MINIsTRATloNs OF
KINDLY FOLK

While suffering from temporary in
sanity, Mrs. ]. H. Crabtree of Ath-
ems, Tenn, who arrived in Las We
gas last night on Santa Fe train No.
2 accompanied by her husband and
two small children on the way home
from California, this morning endeav-
ored to jump from second story win
dow in the La Pension hotel where
she had been taken after spending a
night Of insane rawlings at the Santa
Fe station. 1t is thought she attempt
ed suicide. Her husband, who also is
partially demented, according to phy-
sicians, seized the woman as she
emerged from the window and held
her suspended above the pavement
until his hold gave way and she fell.
The woman was caught by several
men in huge crowd that had gath
cred in front Of the hotel, During the
time that Mr. Crabtree was trying to
pull his wife back through the win
daw, the woman screamed and tore
her hair, which fell almost to her
waist in a disheyeled mass A large
crowd was attracted by the woman's
cI1es.
Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree were on their
way from California, wheer they have
resided for some time, to their old
home in Tennessee. Conductor Jack
Fisher, who took charge of Santa Fe
train No. at Albuquerque yesterday
afternoon, noticed the couple imme-
diately upon leaving the Duke City
Their peculiar actions caused him to
keep a careful eye on them and soon
| it was necessary that he take com
plete charge Of them The woman raw
ed all the way to this city, and her
husband did the same, 1t was only
through the greatest care that Fisher
finally succeeded in reaching this
city last night without having serious
trouble with his demented passen-
gers.
Due to the fact that all trains have
been delayed here for the past lSi
hours on account Of big snow storm
at Ration, Mr.. and Mrs. Crabtree early
this morning left their train ana went
to the Santa Fe station where they
remained during the early hours. I'm
til about 10 O'Clock, when they were
removed to the hotel, Mrs. Crabtree
raved with no apparent cause. Her
mind seemed decidedly unbalanced,
while Mr.. Crabtree showed little
signs of dementia until this noon at
the hotel.
Local physicians were summoned
and after making an examination de-
cided to place the woman in a hotel,
thinking that perhaps rest would re-
store her reason. However 1t was
necessary that an opiate be used to
quiet her, and later in the morning
she was finally forced into light
sleep, from which she awoke to at
tempt to jump from the window.
1t is thought, by those opposed to 1.-THE
suicide theory, the woman's motive
when she attempted to jump from the
window was to be with her children,
as they had been removed from the
room. She cried in a most pitiful way
for her children, but advice from the
physicians was that they be kept from
her as she was in a dangerous con-
/ dition Of mind and might harm them.
4 Judging from the conversation Of
the woman's husband, the couple are
religious fanatics. While in the hotel
this morning the man loudly raved
about the benefits Of religion, and
predicted the world would come to an
end within the next few days. His
mind Is unbalanced, It is said, and It
is the opinion Of the physicians that
mental diseases run N the families
of the Crabtrees or that they are vic
Tins of drugs.
This noon both we're removed to the