I "The scheme we had in mind was to
I undertake to httlld one-half of that
'building and move out of Annex No.
12. and In the meantime be acquiring
the additional land to provide for the
rest of the building.”
I.
! JURY TRIAL GRANTED
! TO OFFICER PATIENT
Justice Hoehling Acts in Case of
Lieut. Frank D. Allen at St.
Elizabeth's Hospital.
Justice Adolph Hoehling of the Dis
j trict Supreme Court today ruled that
i a retired naval officer may not he
j ordered to St. Elizabeth's Hospital or
j to any other hospital hy the Navy
j Department without his consent. He
j accordingly granted Lieut. Frank D.
I Allen a hearing before a jury to de
| terrnlne his present mental status.
Allen was taken Into custody while
passing through Washington on a
visit to his former home at Newport
News last September, and was placed
in St. Elizabeth's by order of the
Navy Department. loiter he was ad
judged insane by a Jury, and District
Commissioner Frederick A. Kenning
was appointed his committee. His
wife. Mrs. Matilda I). Allen, knew
nothing of his whereabouts until last
week, when she learned he was In
I'the hospital. She married Allen In
1 1917 and lived with him until he left
New York on the visit to his former
home.
Attorney George E. Curtis brought
a petition in habeas corpus and the
Jury hearing is in response to that
writ. Assistant United States At
torney Neil Burkinshaw opposed the
release of Lieut. Allen and claimed
that a retired officer, being subject
to court-martial, could be sent to an
insane asylum.
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