The Washington times., 1916-11-19

She h enc Of the sweetest tempered
women In Talbot county.
and NGa Is sans IKE ss has @
painted. He IL q good-hearted man;
not q very strong charactersd man,
but ono OF good feeling TO all. He was
amazed when the trouble over Grace
came up, and wanted to know what II
was ali about. He couldn't see that
; they had done anything wrong 4,
This 10 the line of defense that VIII
be taken, 1t Is claimed:
l. erses was WA: NOT NOT S Ssdiy fsS.
| 3. Grace was insane.
4. Tho family could not AFFORD to
send her to an Institution.
8. They did not intend 20 have her
immtred In an asylum.
Dramatic Legal Battle
Assured for Easton.
Over threescore witnesses, many OF
them character witnesses; others to
vouch as to Grace's insanity, the care
with which she was treated, the pow
erty Of the family, the dangers to
which she exposed them. have been
summoned. That II will be one of
the most dramatic legal battles Of
the county's history 10 assured. Grace
herself will be brought into court by
the State. and shown to the Judge,
and, II a jury trial. to the Jury. Physi-
lcians will point out specifically how
she was affected by the confinement,
how she has been improved by her
| stay outside, and what her possibilt-
ties of future normality amount to:
at Is our idea to prove that they
(the Marshslls) never made any Of;
declared States Attorney Butler.
'"They claim that several years ago
she was taken to Johns Hopkins and
thoroughly examined, and hex father
Grace Not Insane
Now, Says Her Doctor.
There is absolutely no evidence OF
this. There are no records at Hop
kins to support this contention.
"Then the claim that she got enough
food-why, her condition when found
shows the utter absurdity of such an
idea. Fifty-seven pounds! Gains
| sixty-four in a year! And yet they
fed her we'll. BAH"
DR.. Charles F. Davidson. the physician
who removed Grace from the Marshall
! ~ as to the condition in which he found
her. "She Is sub-normal. but not an
IDIOT now" he declared. He was asked
rs she insane?'' He answered In an
|
Grace had suffered from dementia prae-
cox about twelve years ago. and that
likely that had made her temporarily
insane. But now the dementia praecox
Is gone. and she 10 not insane any more.
When she Is with children she IL per:
fectly at ease. She talks. laughs. and
plays around" declared the physician
but before grown people she Is not the
same. However. she reads little. and
can write.
have proper food and attention" de-
clared DR.. Davidson.
One OF the most perplexing questions
of last years investigation Of Grace
Marshall was her mental age. Her mind
was declared to be a blank by several
physicians, but the majority Of the ex'
perts Joined In considering II of the
same stage OF mental development al
that OF six-year-old child.
Her Mental Age
Placed at Ten Years.
Now. however, It has gone consider
ably past that point. The last year,
freedom from confinement has given hel
mind several years development. a
least. Her mental age now Is about ter
years. It is believed. and may increas'
some farther. though there Is almost NJ
possibility OF its ever reaching normal
lGrace shows that she has reasoning
power In rudimentary form, however.
| One day she entered the store con
Quoted by her aunt, Mrs. M; B. James
with whom she Is living. No one wal
in the store. Grace had never beer
in II before. But she marched straigh
to the candy counter, unlatched tn
back door to the counter, and helped
herself to candy. At other times ,sh,
has read daily papers, and recitet
once. with delight. a simple poem.
At times dim glimpses of her priol
life flash over her. One morning MARY
James, her cousin, asked her suddenl,
where she went to school.
ITO st. Michels" she answered
quick as a flash. and then a pleased
smile spread over her face, and sh'
clucked to herself contentedly. NJ
one knows how mpch--or how little
she can remember. The likelihood is
remember it ali in a fash. or never
remember anything more at all. Blu
there 10 little likelihood OF sudder
fash of total remembrance coming
over her, expert aiienists have as
serted.
When ever DR.. Davidson, of whom
Grace Is especially fond, comes to So
her, as a mark OF her favor she tell
him "Hellow and "Good-by." Sh'
looks into his face and smiles yer,
improving. is shown by the. facilit,
with which she now combs her owl
hair.
Her physical growth Is astounding
According to measurements taken b.
DR.. Davidson the other day, the diam
eter OF her wrist at present 10 exactly
the same as the diameter OF the cal
Of her leg at its largest poin
when she was taken from the Mar
shalls. Grace Is now as. plump ant
we'll fed as can be wished.
Grace's father, and step-mothel
went to see her the other day. The,
were not restrained from doing 81
by courts order, SO no opposition
was put up by her aunt. They looked
at her and seemed very much pleased
at the Improved condition she wal
in. II Is said that they declared tina
she looked a little bloated, in fact.
Marshalls Have Had
Hard Time for Year.
The Marshalls, for their part, hav'
. had q very hard time OF It, and hav'
gotten the sympathy OF all thei
neighbors. Marshall has for the pas
twenty years been n tenant farmer
and as such has eked a meager liv
ing out of continual labor. He hai