Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-30
GIRL SUSPECTED Of.
FIRING HOUSE TO Be.
GIVEN SANITY QUIZ
KATHERINE TRoYER, PATHETIC
VICTIM OF DELUSloNS, WILL BE
TESTED BY COMMISSION OF
DOCTORS IN JUDGE RECK'S
COURT.

Katherine Troyer, the Is year old
girl who is suspected of having set
fire to the home of her mother, Mrs.
Margaret Troyer, at 1923 La Sale
street, on Monday night at midnight,
will be subjected to sanity test be-
fore Judge Rock on Friday. The
girl, who was found twelve hours af-
ter the fire, wandering around Utica,
clad in her brothers clothing, will be
held in detention until the time of
the hearing.
Investigation of the blaze, which
was of a mysterious origin, halted
yesterday after Katherine was found.
The girl informed the authorities
that all she could remember was II
blaze. which led them to feel that
she had been in the fire. The fact
that she was clad in her brothers
clothing, rather than in her night
clothes when last seen before the
fire, did not lead the authorities to
believe that she had been awakened
by the flames, and she then fed to
safety.
In case a commission of physicians
at the court hearing pronounces Kath-
crime irrational, further investiga
of the fire will probably not be re.
sumed. If she is found to be in her
right mind, the state fire marshal
will probably be called in by the To-
cal authorities to aid them in work.
ing on the case.
Katherine spent the evening before
the fire, playing with a group of
children across the street from her
home. When she returned she com
planned of q violent headache. She
retired, and was seen to be sound
asleep, when the mother looked into
her room before retiring. She was
not seen from that time, until the
officers found her in Utica
Under Nurses Care.
Katherine was taken to the La Sale
County Sanitarium at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. From that time un-
til morning she maintained a stoichl
silence, which the attendants were
unable to determine was due to IRA
or to sulkiness
She was under the constant care of
Miss Helen Woodn, a trained nurse,
who was taken to the home with her.
After being given a bath, and hav-
ing the traces of travel removed from
her, the girl was put to bed where she
throughout the night.
Locked in Room.
During the night she and Miss Wood
in were locked in their rooms, the
nurse occupying one adjoining that
in which Katherine slept This was
done to keep the girl from getting
away or from annoying any of the old
people at the home.
During the night she slept soundly,
falling into a sleep of youth and ap-
parent exhaustion, and sleeping until
a late hour this morning
She accepted her supper and ate
heartily. After that she again lapsed
into very quiet mood.
Several of her relatives visited her
at the county home. and remained
with her for time.
infatuated With Teacher.
Last week Katherine attended Tie
teachers institute, and was greatly i'm
pressed with the meeting She seem
ed fascinated with Miss +. Louise
Adams, of De Kalb, who conducted one
of the sectional meetings. 1t is sup
posed she was trying to reach Miss
Adams yesterday, as she informed C.
]. Niesen, who apprehended her in
Utica, that she was trying to reach a
teacher she knew in DeKa1b.