South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-19
IAN EVIL MIND"
BASIS FOR WIERD
100000 ACTION
United States, Two Federal
Judges and Score of Others
Are Defendants.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 1s.-The in
terment OF her dauRter IN a burial
outht Of pink which "insulted" the
family. who are not accustomed 20
laying away their dear dead In such
a picturesque manner" IS one OF the
many grievances st out in the wierd-
EFT suit ever fled I'm the local courts
an action for 500 600 damages
brought Saturday against the United
states. two federal judges two for
uer directors general Of the railroads
and two score defendants. By Mrs
Teresa Wurtsbaugh. Of Indianapolis
An evil mind" has been az work
for IS years from early morn till
close OF day for the purpose OF
Grinding out a new grist Of torts g.
SIS alleged i1 the sensa -ioual suit fled
here aFaIuvt Federal Judge Is. NJ
lands. Of Chicago. and a. p. Ander-
son. or Indianapolis. william G.. Nc
Adoo. and Walker ID. Hines. former
director general of railroads. the
United States OF America, and a long
list Of other defendants
The suit was flied in superior court
by Therresa Wurtsbaugh. who claims
10 Doe praCticing attorney here and
who acted as her own attorney.
Name Vicc-Prcsidcnt
Even former Clce-P President ThOs
R Marshall Is named "a having ad-
vlsed Mrs Wurtzbaugh to sign her
name 20 "a certain paper which figures
in her strange recital Of the activity
OF the "Evil Mind" a long list of
alleged abuses" for which she holds
the numerous defendants responsible
feature the complaint which defines
a tort" as an "actiouable wrong o.
anything which produces an injury
The defendants all alleged 20 have
figured in some phase of the years oil
the "eviI minds" activities The Dis
trict or Columbia. the States OF Iui-
nOis. the state or California, the Com
mon wealth Of Kentucky. the state of
Tennessee. the city Of indianapolis.
The Merchants Heat and Light Com
pany. OF Indianapolis. the Indiana
polls City hospital, the Northern hos
pital for the insane and forty others
are listed as defendants.
Tho charges are the OutErowth of
the woman's efforts to get support
money for her grand daughter fol-
lowing the mothers Ieath. These ef-
forts started IN the Whitley County
Gnd.) courts. and traied through
the higher courts The government
- involved as a result Of a contro-
versy over a trunk and some clothing
The complaint. 80 pages long, re-
veals further that the plaintiff was
found insane by a jury OF lawyers
To-.
or the peace court but that she later
gained her freedom upon being pro-
nounced intelligent"
The death OF Jessa mine Gle Berry
Wurtzbaugh. the daughter OF the
plaintiff. at the city hospital here last
August. and a weird recital OF the
burial on a "purported'' burial permit
without the knowledge of the plain
tin. figure in the long complaint.
Buried I'm Pink.
The strange story of the burial of
her an & h g r. Mrs. Wurtzbaugh
charges that Mary NoOnan. who nurs-
cd her daughter while ill. went 20 an
Indianapolis undertaking establish
ment and ordered and expensive cot
I'm for burial OF said daughter and
arrayed her IN a burial outfit OF pink,
not caring anything about the affec-
ton OF the mother for said child or
what her wishes might be and with
out authority she piled her strange
hands upon the dead body OF the
plaintiffs child and bedecked her for
burial as alleged. thereby insulting
the plaintiff and her family who are
not accustomed 20 laying away their
dear dead i'm such a picturesque man
rer"
She pictures the lonely burial pro-
cession without a minister. vending
its way from the morgue 10 Crown
Hill unaccompanied by the mother
A large section or the complaint is
devoted 70 Mrs. Wurtzbaugh's efforts
TO secure a trunk and an Insurance
policy belonging 20 her daughter.
Her many pages are devoted 20
setting out her action 10 get enforced
purported judgement In Whitley
county Ind. for support of the child
OF her late daughter.
Then she tells OF her efforts TO get
a certain hearing before Judge A. b.
Anderson. OF the federal court. then
many more pages reclte the alleged
action OF certain defendants 20 have
her declared insane in Indiana and
California.