South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-25
REVEAL QUEER ACTS
OF WEALTHY FARMER
Witnesses Testify Against Der
ger-Love Letters In
trOduced.

DR. r. IT, Draper. Bremen. Ind,
physician. was called 90 the superior
court stand Monday by the defense
20 testify in the insanity proceedings
Of Edward Berger. Madison county
retired farmer who seeks 20 have
ms property interests restored TO his
own management. The only bin OF
conversation which br Draper could
recall 1s reuCtnE -o make him bee
licve that Bereers reason was un-
sound was the farmers statement
that che was goiuE into business C.
reduce the cosE Of high living. The
physician further testified that he
examined Berger as 90 reGeXes after
which he formed the opinion that
the patient was sIfferlu- from seu1ie
demcuua.
Joseph Baker. 10 whom Berger
tried to sell the farm iu DoWaglac.
Mich related Of IN automobile ac-
into EerZef's car. Tie also told now
cidaut ira which someone else ran
Berger on that trip passed another
car on the wrong side OF the road.
These things. Baker testified. Ted
him TO believe that Berger was i'm
sane
Love Letters Read.
Henry II. Miller Bremen. who
was clerk during several sales stag
ed by Berger testified that bee be-
Ievcd The man was dementrd. g..
RI Hester who operates variety
store iu Bremen. said on the stand
th4t one time Berger said 10 him
that me- was thinking e. opening q
fruit store because he believed ne
could handle fruit more cheaply
than those In the fruit business.
Love and business letters alleged
rHrH T. ID ma no
Berccr Madison county farmer.
who seeks 20 have his reason de-
clsred sound and his $4,000 prop
er-ty interests returned TO his own
management were introduced in evil
dcuce by the defense when the hear
Ing was resumed iu the superior
court Monday morning.
Writing Identified.
Two letters. one written March 3.
1920 and the other March L. go
10 Miss Edith Cruub'et. nurse at
DIR. PuIlialu's sauitarium at TT.
WAYNE and signed Edward Ber-
ger" were read 20 the jury. ia one,
Berger SAYS OF his experience az
tho sanuarium. "Wish ] could keep
company with you one night j Ger
tauiy did enjoy myself because
do love you
The other letter says
"I am anxious Co hear from you
FOR Z truly love you. I wish 90 have
you for my wife and ] do love you
truly Lovingly I'd Berger
The handwriting ou these TWO
letters were Identified lv Ralph
Berger the defendants son. as that
of his father ON cross summation
ne admitted that they had been sent
Go him by Dr Pu,l.am 'to use as
be saw fit"
one letter Unclaimed.
Still another letter written 20
Mrs IT. f.. FoEel. at Colorado
Springs. Col. Fen. II. 1920, but
which was returned from the dead
letter office as unclaimed, was read.
The wrirer.iu that uudeIivered com-
muuicutiou speaks OF having busl-
ness i'm the west i'm the summer. at
which time ne would come and see
her The letter was signed ~ our
Sweetheart"
a postal card written by Berger
60 i. IT, DeCriue of Wakarusa. Ind
while Berger was in The Ft. Wayne
saultI-ium couc,rniuG the consiEn-
men. OF DO automobiles was read
THIS letter tending 100 picture the
mans mental condition the defense
sought to- show, was somewhat
wandering" as was another let
ter written from the same institu-
ton 90 a Mr. kizer at DOwaElac,
Mich IN which Berger wrote about
sale held by Kizer.