Show SPIRITS HAD MiBBIED HER A Widows Strange Infatuation For a Gay New Yorker WICHITA December HAn unparalleled unpar-alleled trial ended yesterday in the Probate Pro-bate Court The plaintiff was Harry is Windaon handsomepopular young society man who came here about a year ago from New York City to take charge of the eastern business of Smedley Darlington who filed an information infor-mation for an inquest of insanity upon Mrs Helen 0 Fields a beautiful and wealthy widow who maintains that she has been married through a spiritaal medium me-dium to the young broker Mrs Hoxie mother of Mrs Fields said on the witness stand that she first noticed the strange behavior of her daughter last June She insisted she was engaged to Mr Windsor and one day entered his place of business talted with him and returned home saying the ceremony would be preformed pre-formed that afternoon accordingly dressed herself in white adstpd upon the front porch awaiting the coming of the expected groom As Mr Windsor Wind-sor did not appear that day she dressed herself in the same fashion several days afterwards and anxiously awaited himMrs Mrs Hoxie finally went to Mr Windsor Wind-sor and asked him if he intended to marry her daughter He told her he did not and showed her letters and postal cards from Mrs Field containing allusions al-lusions to certain matters of which he knew nothing and couched in the most loving terms She then turned home and advised her daughter stop paying pay-ing any further attention to Mr Windsor Wind-sor as he cared nothing for her Mrs Hoxie also testified that her I daughter about six weekS ago began to talk of signs omens and spiritual manifestation always connec ing Mr I Windsor with them Seeing her supposed sup-posed lover driving past her house one 1 day she ran to her mother exclaiming There he goes the marriage will soon be preformed n Sue commenced to talk of the church and said that while he was appointed ofOhrist to be her husband yet he should not come between her and her God One night early m October she dressed herself in a magnificent wedding wed-ding trouseau and at 10 oclock after the family had retired stole thus arrayed ar-rayed fromher room and walked to the First Presbyterian Church where she remained for several hours going through an imaginary wedding ceremony cere-mony The next mcrningshe told her mother that part of the ceremony had been preformed Last Sunday night she went to the church without cloak I or gloves on and stood for some time The next morning She told her mother I that another pert of the Ceremony had been preformed and that in a few days I would all end The following night she made another trip to the church wearing neither bonnet nor shoes Tuesday night ar 1 oclockarrayed in black velvet and carrying in her arms bundles of roses she entered the vestibule vesti-bule and strewing the roses about her knelt and toled the church bell Thursday night she appeared at the church at midnight dressed in a magnificent magni-ficent robe of red and after remaining I there until 3 oclock returned to her house aroused the family sung hosannas declared that at last the spirits had united her to the man of her choice and asked to be taken immediately imme-diately to him Mr Scott who lives with Mrs Fieds and her mother said she had often told him she was being married through a spiritual agency to Mr Windsor She said when questioned as to why Mr Windsor dm not claim her that it was part of the programme to be carried out there are certain vows and penances pen-ances to fulfilled by bath of us she said and then I am gong to claim him She hasbought beautiful wedding wed-ding outfits several times to preform this spiritual ceremony and has been ready every Sunday for the past six months to receive her lover wearing elegant costumes and with her carriage and driver ready to drive her and her husband off to the spirit land to spend their honey moon Mr Windsor when nut upon toe stand appeared embarrassed and said he had known Mrs Fields for about a year He had received letters and packages pack-ages of all kinds containing allusions to things spiritual There also came a pile of boxes with poetry and flowers and disconnected letteis He said he had never spoken to her of marriage A letter written last spring said that she understood the manifestations and was too ill to came to this office but that if he would call on her it would beaU be-aU right and sha would wave formalities i forma-lities wits pleasure He had not spoken to her since last summer and never noticed her on the street Mrs Fieldswho is a beautiful woman next took the stand She was richly dressed and as sho related how she nail striven to be worthy of he spiritual bridegroom wept She related the I story of how she had received the signs j I and omens with great earnestness afad I told with no little feeling how she had baen married Now I see she sobbed thj t have I misunderstood all the sign and it was all all in vain1 She appeared perfectly I sane upon every other subject and the jury insane returned a verdict of Not I |