Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-05-09

son 5 wife. MoRGsss behavior as at time un-
accountable, his very nature and disposition
<-eInel. changed. Though he hasl always De fore
been amiaiIe. Kind and affeciionate in his dis
position, ana lively ana eheerfuly, he became 4
Inorose. sull-n and mcody-woald not speak
when spoken to-so different from his natural
manner. concluded II fnustarise from a perver-
sien Of nigh: feeling, alienation Of his mind
aud affections. lie came % my house lih his
wife. III an highly excited state. wripgiag his
hands and crying veheinent!y. and told me he
had been detautier Ia the Penn Tow n>hip
Bank of which NoRGAx then Teller
IL ssad he believed he would have 10 stand up
in meeting and confess what he had done. I .
saii t. his wife:-'Sur~lv he is erazv--ae never
could have done this He said then. in the
presence of his sister Anna, his wife, and my
If and inv mother. II had bee mace now 70 =
tIal t.aat if he I'D not stand mp ana confess. his
first born child would be taken from him. He
said th confession TO be made in the North
Friends Meeting. and was afraid for several
weeks 10 go to meeting lest | should see ham 90
1t. | SAID 1t could not be true. but ii il was,
told him 10 make Instant resiItut ion--to 60 10
the bank ami pay every cent, principal and in-
te!est, and then come away from that bank. II
thee has nothing hot thy coat left TO thy back.
said II he paid every cent back he would be
forgive by his fellow man and by has iimi- hty
Judge He did pay it back. This Is partly
conf fned by Mr. RUSSELL. the cashier of the
bank, who testified 10 the missing OF the money
some time back. Of Norgan's conless,ne he took
L. and ;hst be iben p4i4 1t back SIX hundred
dollars, principal! AMI interest; anl though lie
ASKED TO lie peTnlstted to refnain ut his desk the
day out, he compelled leave at once
The mother details at ieugih her visit the
sons farm, where She went 10 recruit her health.
her confinement IN the city having produced
great debility, we NJ ness Of the breast, and spit
,ing of blood. On the road, with two stout
young horses, he complained much OF TIE
LOAD being heavy. that she asked him .'how
much lie replied, ..ah0ut hundred
poHn&s." She got out and walked. After "A
" ip OIL C4Ip md his finn ;efT
10 complain OF the load, she again got out amt
wuiAed- 1.-The next morning his wife asked
me to go with her into the orchard to get some
nice sweet apples. They commenced picking
from that particular tree. because they would
bake So nicely without sugar. Her came
mp, appeared highly excited and eXasperaed,
wrenched the little basket violently from his
wife's hand. and told to 20 to another tree
We had done nothing to exasperate him. His
wife demonstrated. but made resistance
saving TO hm she wanted those apples because
they cooked SO nicely without sugar. | told her
TO hold her apron and would knock some down
for her, for she had : good right to the apples
as he had, as her money helpc buy the firm
He then seized me violently by the arm. and
commenced dragging me; finding he could not
get me along in that way, he gave me kind of
twist over the shoulder. and in that
dragging me, when my cries brought assistance
sat on the ground weeping for some time. My
coiorrd woman helped into the house. and
into bed, where was bathed with something
which Margaretta prepared. A wagon was
obtained the next day, and rs | was going away,
Morgan came out, more like himself, and said:
''N ny, mother, thee is not going!" (Great stress
is laid upon her not shaking hands with him. at
parting; but we should suppose that, after such
treatment, some manifestation of disapprobation
and dIspieasure was natural, If not quite proper.
Much, also. Is laid OH the remark made by the
mother, TO the wife's right TO the apples.
This may have been iuIudicious, but il must be,
admitted Tia much depends upon III. tone and
temper in which this '.genile rebulse'' of In.
mother uttered, while some allowance is
certainly due for the unnatural ami ungcnerous
provocatlon. The bruises received by the aged
mother required medical treatment for "A week
Ti,is occurrence was in I-I5. 1t made tho
SUBJECT Of inquiry at the meeting Of which hc
was member, bu. at her instance. The
mother trstties that this, the bank and
other occasions she told She tried to
+ conceal her sous inrmities ana has fever sand
anything ..bout them until forced to do So
: Ills wife ha0 always been most Kind af-
frctionate and devoted wife. She came 10 my
noos- s.,yiog iier husband had refused hring
> her, that he was IN Il highly excited state. We
believed his situation was such rs 10 require the
Immediate steps took. The conve gsation oi
the wife ruled out, though this would have
showed the state Of insanity, aud was in fact
the actual founda:ion of the d.cision then come
to. She was apprehensive of her own safety,
and that of her chI.rrn.)
\ After their course had been fully concluded
on, the RICHES, brothers in-aw. were appl-d
4 10. They positively refused to have any.h II .
to do with 1T, unless it tie wife's wish
, These brothers had been Morgan securities al
bank, up to the time of his leaving, and re
+. actuited, the mother says, by the kindest mo-
t iives. Ii ~ important to show who the
first and prime movers in this alleged conspiracy
r They were the mother and wife Next come
, the RICHES who, Oh being appealed 10, said, il,
. the language of tho mother, ..that, unless oul
minds sere made up, TO the Necessity ano
. propriety OF the step, they would have no ham
IN IT, We told them II was | mean his wife, ms
wife's sister, his sister and M ysc.i.'' Here
4 then, are the conspiraters
: The plaintiff IiI~ciim,v himself. after hay ing
d been III the asylum some months, furnishes tho
best evidence of his having been safely placed
: where he was. He had the whole range OF the
4. grounds attached to the asylum, some six,,
: acres, Vet never went off; if he did 90 of.
: always sure TO come back. He visited a diSfan
= friend (Shne Makers sidId ali night aud wheI
3 IA that fr'emG carriage, next morning, lmsIste'
on getting out i walking. when near the IsS lam
with the avowed reason .siiIat his RETURN might h..
: as treaty. was. entirely voluntary - AnotheI
: witness, PnIIIP = .IusricE, tes,ities that he
y riding IN The neghbprhood of the asylum, an'
II met u man on the road. of whom he asked liz
way. He noticed he had a Wild. !craused ap
d pearance. The man SAID: ..Do Won not know
%. me The vitEess Gii not. had never seen hin
4 before. ~ ny" SAID ne, Il am NogcAS Hin
~ CHMtS; my friends have put in that as iuni
;. but don't think AN insane" He said the
n had "isieu his chiId ana las wifi. promised I
3 come when tile grass grew, bat she had not. :
= He said he iiad made ms escape but then added
Y Il am out on parole. but don't think I'll g.
h back. bat I'll get lawyer. After ten minute
conversation, the witness drove on, and thei
|. looking back, saw Morgan climbing In
h fence, anAiousi struggling ret back into til
It asylum.
= II this is not full admission Of his havin
y been of singular mind. ami Of the good motiye
: Of his friends in placing him whore he was re
8 ceiving such kind treatment his disorder re
d CURED. then is the English language incapabI
Of expressing q solemn. seif-evident truth Tn
idea of his being restrained bv .paroie'' is sim
IS ply ridiculous, unless he was fsliv conscious c
:, It's Justice ana propri-tv- "Paroles.'' it'll hid
= nappers and malicious cnnspiraiors or robi,-rs
never kept. never binding; and IL he was 10
: conscious Of this it is only another proof OF h:
V folly; Yet, all the evidence shows he not
= fool. This deciso in his case made b
! kJmsclt, when out and al liberty. very signi
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