Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-09
THINKS. welded BY
MENTAL TELEPATHY
Choir Singer Throws Herself
Before Altar and Now As.
serts Was Then Married.
is NOW DECLARED INSANE

is NOW DECLARED INSANE
Miss Bessie Jablecnik, who wa
given hearing before the insanit,
commission upon complaint OF Emf
P. Conrad, who charged she had TO
four years annoyed and pestered min
in an effort to force HON to marry her
was judged insane by the commission
yesterday afternoon,
Miss Jablecnik was turned over tt
some OF her Bohemian friends will
the provision that she be given a place
on farm where her mind might turf
toward other channels, Ii, afte
three months, however, she fails tt
Erecover, she is to be taken to al
asylum. tr~ ... =.
Obsessed by the delusion that sh,
is the legal wife of Emil P. Conrad
that the marriage ceremony was per
formed by mental telepathy when sh'
threw, herself before the altar o
Kountze Memorial Lutheran churcl
while the conservatory hymn was be
ing sung, Miss Bessie Jablecnik agaii
appeared before the insanity commits
sion.
Clad in loose gown of black, wear
ing black straw hat>adorned with ;
bright blue ribbon, Miss Jablecnil
sits with her hand supporting he
head while listening to- the testimon.
that shall decide whether she shall b.
confined in the hospital for the in
sane. She recognizes her friend
readily and greets all cordially whel
they enter the offices of Clerk Smitl
OF the district court where the hear
ing is being conducted.
"a. Goes Before Altar. =,
How the girl had created conster
nation in the church on this Sabbatl
morning in March ! by, leaving TIL
choir loft where she was singing AM
throwing herself before the altar wa
told by the Rev. DR.. O. D. Baltzl.
Of Kountze Memorial church.
"Never before in my twenty-on'
years of service in the church has
similar act been performed said Dr.
Baltzly. "After the offering had beef
taken apd while the consecrator,
hymn was being sung she rushed from
lher place with the choir and pros
trated herself before me. Ever sine
that time she has imagined that Will
she knelt there with bowed head,
solemnized the ceremony that mad
her the wife of Emil Conrad. | com
handed her to arise and return to he
place, but her actions so upset me tina
It was with difficulty that | was abl
to offer the morning prayer.
Asserts She Was Married.
"On several occasions after thi
scene she called me on the telephone
and announced that her name wa
Mrs. Emil Conrad. When I aske,
| when she was married she replied
Why don't you remember marrying
us. You performed the ceremony ant
it is. now your duty to see that MI
Conrad supports me-" 7,
The Rev. c. Franklin Koch, as
sociate pastor of Kouptze Memoria
church corroborated the testimony o
DR.. Baltzly and added that the gin
had later falsely accused the pastor 0
circulating unsavory stories regard
ing her. IN .,r
Resigns Her Position.
FA w. Charske,, 1920 Dodge street
auditor in the freight accounting de
partment Of the Union Pacific, ties
titled that Miss Jablecnik leftlthe ser
vice of the company voluntarily ii
December, 1914 because of the ner
vous strain, Transportation was Sc
cured to- Chicago, but when the pas
was offered Miss Jablecnik, after he
request that it be secured, she refuse'
to accept it. =
Tells Of Her Love.
| II always did like Blondy's swee
face and, the honest expression in hi
eyes, and when l knelt at the altar a
Kountze Memorial church before tn
entire congregation, l did so with tn
thought that If Emil Conrad love,
me and wished to marry me that h
| WUuiu JOlll Tic tHcTc anu take III
nuptial VOWS" said Miss Jablecni
when she took, the witness stand il
her own defense. Speaking forcibl
and with unusually careful enuncia
ton, the girl told of the steps sh
had taken to win Conrad while EN-
ployed in the Union Pacific; head
quarters. "The look in, his blue eye
told me that he loved me, although h
never spoke the words. | knew tina
he was bashful and | wanted to max
it easier for him to win my heart an
hand by writing him notes. He mis-
construed these notes and is pun
ishing me because offered him M
affections. His attitude has been
continued puzzle to me. He was con
tinually staring at me while l wa
working and when | wrote him a not
referring to his white, set face
called him My Hearts Desire Thi
was not a leap year proposal, but sim
ply an effortHto pave the way for hir
and to help him break the ice.