 After a cursory evaluation , Solanas was declared mentally unstable and transferred to the prison ward of Elmhurst Hospital . Solanas appeared at the New York Supreme Court on June 13 , 1968 . Florynce Kennedy represented her and asked for a writ of habeas corpus , arguing that Solanas was being held inappropriately at Elmhurst . The judge denied the motion and Solanas returned to Elmhurst . On June 28 , Solanas was indicted on charges of attempted murder , assault , and illegal possession of a gun . She was declared " incompetent " in August and sent to Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane . That same month , Olympia Press published the SCUM Manifesto with essays by Girodias and Krassner . 
