Crocodiles In _Tree Tops.
Woman Who Leaves $80,000 In Will Said to Be Victim of Delusions,
Which Are Made Basis of Contest. *
Extraordinary delusions have been
alleged In n will case that Is now be
fore t!io probate <? >urt In London.
:< i e LI.:: ? tliiK' a there died at
lJf o :d Mrs. Mnrlon Govett. the
ajj:-.! wMow ?f tin* late Itev. J. C. Gov
ett of ltli bui >nd hill.
Her fv'iute was valued at $?0,000. and
l>.v ? will. rated April 1 ?<" 1000, her
nephew. l>r. William K. 8. Pinny of
Kindlon hill, formerly mayor of King
ston. was made heir to the greater part
of the money.
This will has been disputed by sev
enil relative-*, plaintiffs In the pres
?nt action, <?n the ground that Mrs.
Covet t. w hei s'ie signed It. was not of
i.'iit s ? indues - of. mind to under
stand what s!u' was doing.
They desire to have this will set
aside and put forward In its place a
w III of lliOO.
The follow ng is the formidable list
of delusions and fancies from which,
it is said. Mis. (.Jovett suffered toward
the end of her life:
She Imagined that people were al
ways robblnr her.
She had peculiar ideas as to colors.
! For Instance, she jdeclared that her
I bank passbook, which waB really
' white, was bine. \
She said that she saw clinging to the
trivs round her house thousands of lit
tle birds with long talis.
She also said that these trees were
thronged with hundred* of cats.
She Imagined that thero were croco
diles In the trees.
She thought that two mysterious wo
men In gray cloaks stood all day on tha
doorstep of a neighbor's house.
She was under tho Impression that
her house had slipped down hill.
She thought she saw dead dogs with
fierce flery eyes lylug under bushes.
She fancied she saw people floating
In the air and dancing In the sky.
The illness of a neighbor, she said,
was caused by the fact that an octo
pus had looked In at his window.
Iu support of the validity of the will
Mrs. Inderwlck, sister of Mrs. Govctt,
was called as a witness and said that
the testatrix was of perfectly sound
mind. She was shortsighted. That
was why she tliought the leaves of
I trees were birds.
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Gave Arm to Get Sympathy.
Frenchman Burned Sores on Self In Order to Attract Attention and
Suffered Much From His Act? Considered the Most
Remarkable Case of Simulated Disease Known.
A remarkable story was related at
the Academy of Medicine In Paris by
I)r. Dleulafoy? the case of a man who.
from :i morbid desire to attract atten
tion end sympathy, willfully allowed
the amputation of an arm for the sake
of curing an Imaginary disease.
The subject enjoyed excellent health,
was Intelligent, well bred, and was em
ployed in a government oilice, where
he enjoyed an excellent reputation.
When his misfortunes llrst began he
was the center of friendly solicitude.
pk.vslchin studied the ease thoroughly,
but was forced to reject one hypothe
sis after another until one day In the
course of his culmination Dleulafoy
noticed that the sore# were similar to
those made by potash burns.
He plied the patient with questions
and accused him of causing th<> sores
himself. The patient met the accusa
tion at tlrst with Indignant denials, but
dually confessed that under the swa.v
of an Impulse too strong for his will
to overcome he made all the sores him
self with potash and that the sum?
HE rr.IEP THE PATIENT WITH .QUESTIONS.
That was a few years ago, and at that |
time there suddenly appeared on his
left arm a nmnl>er of raw sores.
The man consulted several physl- 1
Inns, and their diagnoses were almost 1
always different and their treatment
Invariably unsuccessful.
'I he sores were so persistent and ren
dered the poor fellow so unhappy that
a surgeon Dually suggested that hi*
have the arm amputated. He consent
ed, and the operation was performed.
The patient sought consultation with
Dr. Dleulafoy, one of the most cele
brated practitioners In France. The
Impulses forced 1)1 in to submit to the
{imputation.
I>r. Dleulafoy said this was 0110 of
tlu' most remarkable cases of slmulat
oil disease lie liml ever notml. Many
faked disease for the sake of the pleas
ure it cave them? morphlnoioanes, al
coholics and the like- ho said. In the
present case, however, no pleasure was
attendant upon the Imitated disease.
The patient suffered terribly from tho
wounds and stood the suffering heroic
ally. The successive treatments he was
forced to undergo were costly and te
dious, as well as painful.
Angry Cook Tortures Boy.
af In Seattle (Wash.) Cafe Holds Youthful Dishwasher's Arm on
Surface of Hot Stove.
"Flint Andy Johnson, a cook In the
>ulevard rejrtaurani In Seattle, Wash.,
Held (.Ward*. a youthful dishwasher,
in a vlsclllvc g.'lp and forced Vards'
arui down on the rcdhot surface of the
restalirant range till the flesh sir/led
aiul cooked was the talc told by Vards
when he swore to a complaint against
Johnson. The torture Inflicted on
Vards was the result of a disagree
ment between the two regarding the
way In which the clean dishes should
Ik- stacked. The dishwasher claims
that he was at work when Johnson
called his ntteutlon to a trilling matter
about the arrangement of the dishes
after they were dry. The cook said
they should be piled up one way and
Vards, jealous of his humble profes
sinn. Insisted- that they should he
stacked another.
The argument grew warm, and In the
heat of It Yards says Johnson seized
him about the ueck, holding his head
fast under Ills arm. With the other
free hand he seized the wrist of the
struggling youth nnd dragged him over
to the red hot stove. Yards' arms were
hare, and Johnson forced one of them
down on the red surface of the metal,
rite agonizing shrieks of the dlsh
| washer brought others in the kitchen
I to Ids aid, hut not before one arm had
been burned from the wrist to the el
how. lie was torn from Johnson's
grasp and taken to have his arm
dressed. Johnson has not yet been
caught
Tiger Conquered by Woman.
Mrs. Gerson Jams a Pitchfork In Beast's Eye and Breast to Save
Her Husband's Life.
Hermon Gerson, head animal keeper
In the East Lake park mo in Los An
geles, OaL, was seized by both arms by
a big male tiger while washing- its
cage. The tiger stripped both arms of
He h from the elbows down nnd al
most pulled his arms from the sock
ets. His wife caine to the rescue and
by Jnt/blng the beast In the eyes and
bre.ist with a pitchfork forced It to re
lease Its hold.
,s s the tiger's Jaws closed on Gor
dons arm the keeper, who was hold
ing n small hose, turned the nozzle In
the animal's face. The tiger placed a '
l?.:e paw on Corson's other arm. aud|
the keeper began to cnll to his wife,
who was In their home near by. The
ronr of the tiger had created a pande
monium among the animals, and us
Mrs. Gerson sank n pltehfork into the
tiger again and again the snarls trod
yells from the cage redoubled.
The flgbt between the woman ami
the man eater lasted several minutes,
ending only when Mrs. Gerson direct
ed the tines of the fork against the
animal's eye. With his arms released.
Gerson sank to the ground and was
later removed to the hospital. Mayor
Harper ordered the btors of the tiger's
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