The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-01-05
THE PERRIN INSANE
HEARING
yTUMPED WEST VIRGINIA FOR HUGHES
AND FAIRBANKS ADJUDGED in
SANE BY A WEST VIRGINIA JURY
WAS ARRESTED IN BAL
TIMORE.

Another chapter in the sensational
hfafnrv RI Lawrence Perrin, Of Baltl-
mpre! tEIe young world traveier, Co. Ila
Snei6ty# man who recently rsLlllltsu
+r RaltjUnnre from West virginia,
where he was most active IN tne las.
presidential campaign, on the sIulnp
aH Spellhindar for Hughes ana 80
nanITs. anH in which state he oh p5
nrTTpbar l6 last received aA cOll4il5s 80
from vernon Hatfield as a colonea
AN his staff. He was brought DeiOle
M TTrdra William H. Forsythe, Jr. 81
NFMn circuit Court for Carroll SOunsy'
nv Dr. Joseph Clement Clarke, sIpel-
s,1tendent II the Springfield state
Hcsnifal. under and in response 10
writ m habeas corpus. His attorneys
$3.50 Harrv B. Wolf, of Baltimore
ard FdWard Ken. Weant, TIL cry
G ts.ss1 D0bbins Penniman, or BAIT
,,ora and Bond & Parke, OF this CITY,
T.nnrnaented Perrin's mother, VINO mas
haan seeking in many courts Io hass
Mim adiudged insane beIore lne pI
rriv,nfnr WV the hearing Mr- ferrM
met socially the court officials ana
manv others, and showed great inter
aaT in his case, and To your CORES
M Y,,nT ant displayed with pride hls CO..
mTaT1a commission On the stan oL 49,
Governor w West Virginia, az wei! ~
comics Of scores Of West virginia
naners that daily for the past several
~aaEE have been giving hirn mucn
nntnrietv bv front page stories w. aau
1ditoriai comment. One OF these
with flaring head lire gave him mucn
comment. One of these with narlng
Maad line gave aim much amusem 80,
NJ ~TffT, fira question, aIs He a Nut, or. Nm
THa a KerneI?'' Another one CIT hls
nossessions. which he exhibited was
80 little Christmas remembrance sent
Mfm since he has been i'm the Spring
MaTd Asylum INV Mrs. Alice Roosevelt
NJ nnrWorth. "a beautifully bound copy
of Mills essay on Liberty, ana ne
chuckled over the humor OF the senuT
ing sor haor-
irr Tuesday afternoon, the aulhorl-
ties IVY the Springfield State Hospital
made return in which it was alleged
THAT December last Mr.. Perrin was
!aa Tndred insane by al West Virginia
MI rNnrlrf1 but that he secured a stay OI
nrnraedings and had himself paroleu
II the custody OF a next friend VINO
acfed as his bondsman upon MS put
tine up the sum of money required a.
NJ fnmd that later he compensated nl5
hnrdafrlan ana left West Virginia &C.,
tendfrg IN get To New York On ms
WOW he stopped in Baltimore. mere
nn necember 18th his mother tlled q
nafitinn Ein Mill Circuit Court No N, oI
baltimore. asking fOr jury de luna
+inn inquirendo, and for warrant
80 his arrest that he might be de-
+ainad and his escape prevented until
NJ iIrrv could be. impanelled- - was
T~nHfad hv tfe sheriff and held ln
n1rHfn5v fOr a few days, when OH De
rombar y his mother fled another
natifion asking that he be turned Ov-
aT M mar that she might have nim
w +waafad and put into best possible
ruarlfFI condition before Kan jury eX-
mined him. Judge Bond passed the
order asked for that he be given into
fha charge OF his mother or her rep
NJ r.arraT,f alive she Immediately sent
" Ffrn fD the Springfield State Hospital
whpre fle has been confined for about
ten days. His attorneys made mo-
ffnn 10 auash the return, denying the
Jurisdiction of the Baltimore City
T0urt artd the whole day was spent
in argument Or the motion Judge
Forsvtbe refused to hear any testl-
nnony whatever as to his sanity or IN
sanity. and ruled that the Baltimore
court hah net exceeded 1ts lurlsdlc-
tfnnl And remanded him TO the cus-
tody OF DR.. Clarke, as the representa-
tive of Mrs. Perrin. It developed IN
the hearing OF the argument that
MONDAY the Attorneys for Mrs Per
rin had secured from Judge Bond an
order for the empanelling OF the
Jury de lunatico inquirendo WEDNESDAY
I'M baltimore. After the hearing MI
Perrin walking up To his brother Mel
son, urEed that he d. net returned to
Springfield because he could not sleep
there because of the insane there con-
fined. Mr.. Wolf also protested to the
Sheriff, who then consented Mr. take
Mr. Perrin I'D his home and assume
personal charge.