New-York tribune., 1920-03-19
$ listers Freed
After 10 \ ears
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had been made final and binding. It
was impossible for incoming superin-
tendcnts to so over the record of each
Of the more than d,0oo patients to make
sure that no clerical error damaging to
any Of Them bed been made, he said
but in the Brush case he was certain
hPcause in November, 1871 they had
appeared in court in similar proceed
ing. and their records consequently had
been investigated with considerable
care.
White haired Miss Phoebe and her
gray y-haired sister made q most favora-
bic impression en- She court, despite
their grotesque costumes. A ragged
aNd rakish cap az dark matccial striped
with vivid yellow was drawn far down
over the white hair OF Mis- Phoebe.
Her sister wore-a mans fedora, stained
and fraycS, while her institutional uni
form was concealed by N coat of
hidcous nlaid. which was Fastened at
the throat with a big brass' Safety pin
aud across the chest with a bit of red
ribbon which had been made fast where
q button was lacking.
Dont Know How 1t Happened
They dSeiaged' they did not know how
they came t0 be committed to the asy-
lum. Ne physicians had examined
thqm they asserted While they we're
;caring for their inN;lid mother four or
five man had burst inlo the house,
bundled them into an automobile and
driven away to the madhouse. They
jwed<in Huntington, Long Island
= d. "l have fi1e broTlrers and & sister in
Huntingdon said Miss Ada, and none
Of them ever came o see Us. nave
always enjoyed good health despite all
-. t..k 01
sltust say that any one who lives ami
cablv in such surroundings as ours
were II that madhouse for ten years
should bo entitled to his Freedom
A Deputy Attorney. General repre-
sentod the asylum at>the hearing and
I, :s'1l3aad II. pay :of .Auntlngton, was
r1rr-s-c nj as attcNncy'-for Douglas Conk-
lin. a banker of Huntington, wNo was
appointed committee of.the property OF
the Misses Brush after their commit
ment.
Miss Ada Tells of Trouble
The Deputy Attorney General asked
Miss Ada. aboslt the trouble which is
alleged No hase caused the commitment
of herself and her sister. She was
! ALLEGED no have declared that tho Rev,
salnuel r. Seeasi, pastor OF the Central
| Prcsbyterian Church at, Huntington,
firtod vFith:. her MurinG his sermons
and 10 have infde such threats' on the
eve Of his. wedding thAt special dep
uty' sheriffs weFa -on duty as guards
during ,rh q oexemony. lie also named
the Rev Samuel Z Carter, DR.. A. d.
GihsQq a}Id Charlos Collier, apparently
Win q view to arousing memories of
past .:ani,nosi%ies. but without avail.
Miss ADJ declared she never had had
any difHculn6a wish any Of them,
Didn't you attack Dr.. Seem ~ de
niwSsNe;3S' ehe;spebdsY Attorney General,
n did noi," said Miss Ada sweetly.
Gl9ids syo: .w'snt him to marry yop p
''Never.' replied Miss Ada primly
~ haven't ts<anI thoughts on the sub
ject; it wasn't what he wanted; il
wasn't what desired.'
Relatives Stayed Away
Misc Ada.reqested what seemed to be
the Sisters e6ief grievance throughou5
their long .contnam that none of
their ralQ giycs-'not even our brother,
'ifenfy S. Brush, nor our sister, Mrs.
James Brush"-came to see them while
they were in the asyliim.
D% Henry T Kolly, of White Plains,
Elastifiea afs,ls11 IN Ii; -op;1ion the SIS
ters were sane ana heir release. would
not be a mSlgce TO- society. DE-. Thomas
S. Cusacll, OF the asylum. testified they
never had Shown themselves subject
to delusions, but that he regarded their
failure to befray Themselves in this
respect simply as proof of a cunning