Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-14
WHEELER is STOPPED
IN TUCSON BY ORDER
FROM FEDERAL COURT
Writ Of HabeaS Corpus From
Federal Court Stops Sheriff
Wheeler Who Was Taking Pa
tent to State Insane Asylum.

TUCSON, Dec. 3.-(SpeciaD -
Sheriff Wheeler Of Cochise county
who was on his way TO Phoenix last
evening with a young women named
Edith Gilbert. ordered committed to
the state asylum, from Cochise coun-
tv. was stopped here as he arrived on
Number one on the Southern Pacific,
being served with a copy Of a writ OF
habeas corpus that has been sought
out i'm the United States court The
matter will be herd before Judge Saw
telle within the next day or two.
Sheriff Wheeler had woman guard
with him. Miss Grace Gailen
According to Information received
/ here it seems the young lady was ex-
amined i'm Tombstone several weeks
ago by a lunacy commission cOmpos-
ed of three doctors. at which time a
number of witnesses We're examined
by Judge Lockwood, anS after the eX-
animation the doctors ordered her
committed Her attorney, Allen r.
( English, then asked that a further ex-
animation be made and the following
day seven doctors made a further eX-
animation and they after hearing her
testimony and the testimony OF mum.
Der of witnesses that she had sum
moned again pronounced her insane
After this the court held her pending
! the receipt of word from her relatives
for nearly two weeks Word was
finally received from them and they
refused to do anything
A woman from Tucson who was in
terested i'm the girl offered to take her
to Tucson and try and find her a place,
but Miss Gilbert refused to go and ac-
cused the woman of trying to get rid
of her Saturday afternoon the court
ordered the Sheriff TO take her on to
the asylum
The writ was issued on the grounds
that the defendant did not have a
trial by jury when she was examined
in the court at Tombstone, The
statutes do not provide for a trial by
jury I'D a case of insanity unless the
defendant is under arrest and charged
with having committed "a crime. At
the time of the final examination her
attorney asked that she be given an
examination by jury but the court i'm
formed him that there was. no provi
sion i'm the statutes that allowed the
jury to hear the case.
J Miss Gilbert was a resident Of Doug
! las and has decisions that she is be
ing prosecuted by Prof. Lutz, primer
. pal OF the Douglas schools. She has
been writing letters and posting mott
ces regarding him for over three
years but no attention was paid tc
b them until recently when she began
posting the notices around the school
b. building and his residence.
The case is q most pitiml one i'm the
extreme. The young woman refuses
b 10 many instances the offerings Of
friends to help her regarding then
D with suspicion and accusing them Of
trying TO get rid of her Il was Thought
If She were committed to the asylum
for a short time anu secured medica
attention and was taken away iron
the surroundings at Douglass she
would regain her mind. AT no time
has il been the wish of the officers &c
, do anything but for the best interests
, of Miss Gilbert and all efforts were
made TO place her without carryini
out the order of the court committing
her. Ii she is now ordered released