The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-08
State Humane Society Says
Womaniis a Priso- \
ner.
IVING m IA H0VEL
Attorney For Men Accused
Says Case is Much Mis-
represented.
represented. IEJl

Sensational accusations Of restraint
and simprSp per treatment of Mrs. Mat
tis8 EminE Esr, aged 653years. at the
hands Sof her husband and sons, were
made in the Marion county Circuit
Court today by Attorneys Tusca Nor
riss and M.yW. Ogden in behalf Of the
Humane Society. of West Virginia, dur
ing an argument over molten to set
q day for the suit brought to annul
thegap ppointment of her son as a Com
mtttee7 to- fafe for the woman.
iAtt1rney Van A. Barrackman, OF
MorEantoNn, and Attorney G. c.
Powell Sieappeared In behalf of the
son and husband resisting the efforts
OF the Humane society to have the
SON removed as COMMITTEE" on the
ground that Mrs. Eminger is proper
ltly cared for.
Attorneys Morris and Ogden con-
i tend that Mrs. Eminger, who is re-
fined, cultured woman of sufficient
businsa biltty to amass through her
own etfnEts an estate of from $4,000
tob$50 1000 0kRasa removed from her com
Portable home in Fairmont by a ruse
and taken to Sabraton, small mining
to@mneat Morgantown where she is
aIIdgedt ttok have been confined by her
iitksban4 and son in a miners hovel,
s9Isftuateds that to reach it, a per-
ssonsis1eb Hgeds to- crawl almost on his
handefanh knees through. the briarS
sahid hnd eEhFush.
tIsthe request OF the attorneys in
thescase Judge Raymond announced
that he would appoint "a physician to
30 III thga deputy ish erift to
sfA6 house IN which Mrs. Emingerss is
aHeEgd 10 be confined and ascertain
ieaahe is phy ysicalIyi able to appear
before the Circuit Court January 20,
when tn q case is set for trial at a
apR6a1 term Of the court.
ilAttorney Morris told the court that
Mrs. EIntnger, although physically
ahiaEto lappearsin court and anxious to
do1So, Is restrained by her husband
rom doing so.
1sAttorneysB sBarrickman said that Mrs.
Nmingeri itsf In poor: health, being prac-
tttEa1ly ii &smental darkness" and that
her rhusBandS and three sons are giving
hars the best OF care, Sabraton, where
ate Is being kept being very health.
ful suburb of Morgantown where the
tmountatn air Is especially good.
Attorney Ogden in reply, said that
tadrs. Emlnger is in good health ex.
soept fora partial paralysis of the
muscle In the side of her neck, which
stnteFferes somewhat with her speech,
making Sit difficult for her to articulate
certain words! He said that despite tho
fact that she possesses sufficient abil-
fly TO accumulate comfortable for.
tune in business, despite her husband
8she was taken from her comfortable
home in Fairmont by her sons on the
Ipretsnse that they wished her to con-
suit d physician in Morgantown and
that stnce that time she has been con-
dned In the miners home in Sabraton,
where coal Is kept in pile on the
porch and where she is deprived of
the Comforts OF the home which she
built IN Fairmont. He said the furni-
fture had been removed from her home
fin airmont and distributed
Attorney Barrickman told the court
thai the humane officers Of Fairmont
and Morgantown had refused to inter.
6fefs In the case. Attorney Ogden re.
plitd that Shelton Joseph. of Wheel
ing a. humane officer detailed by the
stasef society. had investigated the
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