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commit her for insanity.
Afraid TO Go Near Her.
Few In Skowhegan believe Mrs.
Britton legally insane. while con-
WINGED that she Is somewhat erratic
II seems to be the opinion here that
she Is playing opt her hand In
game. with her husbands lawyer.
According to Mr.. Britton's lawyer,
the evidence In his divorce suit Will
include testimony about his wires
aim with various household utensils.
including a butter churn. a tin OF
beans, and other things.
"The Brittons have been fghung
ever since they came to SHOW
hegan and ! have done everything
to bring about an amicabie settle
ment of their troubles, ne saiu'
"She has been cruel and abusive
to him to the extent that he Is
actually afraid to go near her.
Last summer she forged his
name to a check for 500. and
cashed II and ran away to Boston,
leaving a note that she was going
forever. In August she wired him
that she wanted him to meet her at
Gardiner, where she was going TO
arrive on the boat from Boston.
Britton came to me and tod me
that he was going down with the
divorce papers and n sheriff to
meet her, and being afraid asked
me to go, along for protection. And
he needed It.
when she got off the boat
Sheriff Arthur Robinson and l
walked up to her in the waiting
room and served the papers on her.
She cried out, Where's my hus.
band" and then she darted for
my car, where Britton was sitting
in the back seat with the curtains
rolled down.
Ran With Car.
"She jumped in and announced
her intention of staying. had to
forcibly put her out. and then,
when I got the car started. / looked
back to see her with her hands
clutched on the spare wheel in the
back, running along with the car
for all that she was worth. 1
stopped and told Sheriff Robinson
to make her let go. He had to
call help from the crowd, and then
she broke the rear bumper when
they pulled her away.
"She broke into the Britton house
when she came back here last Mon
day, and when Britton and l went to
see her Tuesday night she wanted to
do nothing but pick fight with him.
saying that she was going to kill her
self by starvation unless he gave in |
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he has not been near her since. But |
I have notified her lawyers, Perkins
& Weeks, of Waterville, that he is |
sble to do anything in the way of pro-
vlding care for her. They have evi- |
IDENTIFY decided they can do nothing"
Claims She Can't Throw.
Mrs. Brittons complaint against |
her husband is that he is lackadaisi |
cal in caring for his farm and that he |
has failed to pay her a separation al
lowance for five weeks.
She claims that she could not as
sault her husband because of a |
broken bone in her right arm, and |
demonstrated to the reporter that she |
could not throw far. although admit.
ting that she old try to hit him sew
eral times. once with a can OF beans |
and again with a small butter churn. |
She asserts that he broke a door to |
get at her one time, tearing her /,
clothes from her in a scuffle which |
followed.
DR.. Oliver J. GAIA, who attended /
Mrs. Britton early last week. but who |
has not seen her since told her then |
that she would collapse before two |
weeks are over IL she stuck to her de- |
termination.
Mrs. Britton is forty.three years Of |
age and weighs 140. She was formerly |
. housekeeper In several large Mid.
die West hotels and was secretary to |
q school president at Middletown.
Conn. She Is apparently well edu. /
Gated, and most OF her relatives are
people of means.