Evening star., 1933-10-04
{. B. MlEAN FACES
LUNACY HEARING
Wife Files Petition at ToWSon
Against Former D. c.
Publisher.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, October IA lunacy
petition was filed today in the Circuit
Court at Towson against Edward B. Nc.
Lean, former publisher of the Wash.
ington Post, who since September II
has been a patient in the Sheppard
Pratt Hospital, a sanatorium on tht
outskirts of Baltimore.
The action was instituted by his es.
tranged wife, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
Mclean.
Judge c. Gus Grason signed ar
order directing the sheriff to assemble
a jury of inquisition October 18 to in.
quire into McLean's sanity. The lunacy
jury will meet at the sanatorium.
Certified by Doctors.
Over the signatures of Dr. Ross McC
Chapman, superintendent of the Shep.
pard-Pratt Hospital, and DR.. Arthur e
Pattrell, assistant superintendent, II
was certified that Mclean ''is of un.
sound mind and incapable of govern.
ing himself" that this condition arose
from the excessive use Of alcohol" anc
that 1t is reflected in "delusions ol
grandeur, feelings Of persecution. emo.
tional and aggressive outbursts and mis-.
identification OF those around him"
Mrs. Mclean was represented BY
Edgar Allan Poe, attorney. The pc.
tition said:
That Edward 3. Mclean. husband
Of your petitioner, Evalyn Walsh Nc.
Lean. Is now at the Sheppard and
Enoch Pratt Hospital, Baltimore Coun.
ty, having been committed to said in
stttution September 10 on the certifi.
cate Of two qualified physicians Of the
State Of Maryland.
Your petitioner further shows that
said Edward B. Mclean Is now and
for more than three months past has
been OF unsound mind and a lunatic
and that he is not capable of govern
ing himself or managing his estate
and your petitioner herewith files a
certificate deposing to the insanity
Of the said Edward B. Mclean. sworn
to and subscribed by two physicians
practicing in the State Of Maryland
for more than five years past both OF
whom have attended the said Edward
B. Mclean within 10 days preceding
the fling of this petition, said certif-
cate setting forth the cause, nature
extent and probable duration of the
mental tncompetency Of the said Ed
ward B. Mclean.
Property Valued ut $100, 900.
THAT the said Edward B. Mclean
Is possessed Of personal and real prop
erty aggregating In value at least $780,
600, which property requires manage
ment and care which the said Edward
B. Mclean by reason Of his mental
incompetency is not able to give and
that there Is no one legally authorized
to manage and look after the same and
to apply the revenue therefrom to the
use and support Of the said Edward B.
Mclean and that it is necessary there
fore. as well as to the interest of the
said Edward B. Mclean that a suitable
committee of his person and his estate
should be appointed by this court.
The property Of the said Edward B.
Mclean consists of income from a trust
established by the will Of his father.
John r. Mclean, deceased, and other
property, real, personal and mixed. a
detailed description and value of which
the petitioner IS unable to state.
your petitioner, therefore, prays
that commission may be issued to the
sheriff of Baltimore County to inquire
into the sanity of said Edward B.
Mclean and that proper notice be
given him Of the filing of this petition" !"