Show TWO I8ANEPATiE1TSI DISTRESSING CASE OP MRS VERA JULIA SIMS She I Committed to the Insane Asylum I Asy-lum Jacob Sora a Miner Prom Eureka Lost His Mind By Overindulgence Over-indulgence I Intoxicants The lunacy commission consisting of Drs Anderson and Wright and Deputy Clerk Blair had two classes in mental philosophy yesterday The more important im-portant case concerned Mrs Vera Julia Sims a young woman who has evidently evident-ly had more than her share of illfor tune The witnesses were Dr Witcher Mrs Florence Schmolhurst and R L Shannon and the evidence showed that the patient was frequently irresponsible for her actions When a little girl she had an injury to her spine that produced pro-duced nervous disorders She marred Robert D Sims before she was out of t her teens but some time afterward according to her own statements Mr Sims deserted her The evidence showed show-ed also that Mrs Sims was a victim of the morphine and cocaine curses Financial and domestic troubles coupled with the fact tnat sue could not sleep nor rest without resorting to the use of the stupefying drugs aggravated aggra-vated her case Only when endeavoring endeavor-ing to abstain from the use of tIle opiates does she become mentally unbalanced un-balanced MORE OF HER HISTORY All through the proceedings Mrs Sims showed a surprising degree of intelligence and selfconsciousness She admitted all the allegations but pleaded plead-ed to not be committed to the insane asylum She wanted to reform her habits and pathetically begged to bt sent to friends at Helena Mont where until about a year ago she held a position po-sition as a trained nurse The unfortunate unfor-tunate woman was once an inmate of an asylum at Yankton N D and her mother lives at Newbery Ore Minnesota Minne-sota is her native state After considering the matter in all Its hearings the commission resolved to commit Mrs Sims to the state insane asylum where it is belIeved She will be speedily cured of her mama and be fully restored to health ANOTHER INSANE PATIENT The second subject to be examined by the commission as to his sanity was Jacob Hora a miner from Eureka who hasbecome insane from an overindulgence overindul-gence in alcoholic liquors He is the man who recently made some violent demonstrations at St Marys hospital Hora was adjudged insane but his commitment will not be ordered until from the Juab county officers are heard |