The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-04-12

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rvrprrcr or FRANCIS rrARLArD's INSANITY
VIM. J. McGrsth, called for the defence, examined
o-You are clerk Of the Police Court. " the Halls of
sS1p .e certain az y cae Rfs
esrtlacsts. Of commitment upon Francis hcfsrlsndf
9.iHi,s you the or!slna, thsre1 AYES, sir.
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t,%.s f F rs ns ety.
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e Sss Ps5%s e !:
ssnSnr sis9aSn mind S,ssOss i hin r., f rom
.eSsence. q lis scs amounting sb.opte d.Ro.
% sisSn Of the ss and n'Yi; srD.a
Sworn to osf0. W wn ,aIs 1SR az & SS Ss
Ln Z. by the Committing Magistrate dated i''a
LuSArrc ASYLUM, pLAcKwrLL's ISLAND.
o-what book Is thisp A.-Massraes Minute
Upon this book was this entry;
Doctor Fisk, for the oeisndsnt fI,nci' L MsFs5'
land nature Of the. complaint, insane; oBpohuon'
cVpmwiss s, Il 40 a. ssois Initials signify, A-Iunac Asy
lum, Backwells Island
CONSTRAINED ny THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Oils there any memorandum upon Inst record that
'o9TSst would be on the records Or the Asylum
' so v va. e'S
WIN he VINO taxes the poHef
SS he record
REDIRECT.
.o-These warrant. are not returned 70 your A.
nsss ere b beR shT dea al Al believe
could not say how long 'ince he died l beheve 1t Is
some years.
| NO CERTIFICATE OF FRANCIS NFARLAYD's DEATH.
Dr. Horace r. Styles, Assistant Sanitary superin.
tendent OF the Board OF Health In Brooklyn, testified
sre 10 , 81 S dss s here 3, Sens
| no death records In Brooklyn prior to 1850
gsys s "a Scc3 iOS1d Gn m 10
| JOHN DOUGLAS BILLINGS,
for defence, called and sworn by Mr.. Graham.
reside in the city OF New York am an attorney At
have been sueh for n s seS haze S. hSown The
being Commissioner OF Enrolment during all the draf
| ODD he ever have q deck In your oflce7 Ale
.,o-when va. that A..FIom the spring of 1865 to
| .o.swEy dld he cease having desk 10 your ofnee'
.o1pd you see him on the 18th Of November. 1860 ?
,o.-whsrs did you sec hlm1 A.-Eearly opposite the
New York Hotel in Broadway on the same 'ee of tho
| o.Swhst time CT the dsy' Al think 1t was about
| twenty minutes past In the afternoon.
| d-which way were you roinsp Al was going up.
sSsss;s sSsi .sSs giss, between You; A1 l.,
Sssd iSas hs iOSiss 'onsvSss srsisn! from What
had been 10 the habit Of seeing him and when he got
sSSS $: SsSd. .Ss fSosss snS s.. head aSE1'
Mse So% soS STSs looked up
hewssy,, this Is sou i H. B,lly " WIN We'll AID l.
mean G&is" Y! "% S an YOUR "n' what 90 you
"rou LOOK VERY STRANGELY"
.De IIn says he. Say, T. 4" Have you been sick :"
h, rs {sa Hf oi SST
says. WHY iSf %asE Sl's sSs n''h'ns nc
| "You LooK VERY STRANGE TO Me-"
ssa s% b going @
e Ss y ss% Ss to s.
then asked him again e he was not ,lex he said
~ s' i'm %P.s e SsT. VI; tsss
had hold q his hand aud "a s,k ed him pc wa,
Liz hand nom rom me- Se and said ~ must 90. ~ '''
| TIE STARS WILL BE OUT SOON"
and he paced on down the street ,...,,-,,,o,.,
or irrational2 A,-weli he had a peculiar look be
look cppre..ed as though he was under heavy pres
aSTtsm wh., you had observed q him OF that o.
een nina 81 On s.sea oee,s for pehap. two
years previous, when he was under q very great ex
him 1ssu Saas but had
THAT PECULIAR LOOK ABOUT HIN
TIA, he had on the Occasion vas convinced a. n,
% a he was Vas non S s mi MIND tue
az sS % To at % MINUTES os o Ts. Z, or s The @
Any once Is 81 Is Duane tt lett my once about
The eat usually tsEei II was sOOu, 20 minutes past
Wien Sp s Se las. tim. you had .een him ecor
thsis ItsInE ABOUT Two %esss or perhsp. shTe
o.~wacre did you see him then? Al think me
HIN s SSs ssGr sGS. near se P1s thns h, wa
prse Sf ~ he Sns On Re s Gs ss
2athl Allie hardly ever met me. whether in my ono
this transaction, OF the suit that he had commenced
AGAINST Mr.. RICHARDSON,
and the crcumstances OF Mr. Richardson, as he ALLEGED
%S ,s 6t and
YOU .sS ~itS I'm .es .aSss, aSrlsS sSe:s ~
Swat ,Ses@ent did Won form Of the state Of b
thought the man to be in a normal condition FOR Nv
TWENTY-FIVE CONVERSATIONS, AND ALWAYS OF HI
WIFE.
his, but this one to which you refer? A-No, never
.6sxsre yor sequsipted with hi. wife2 Ally.
:sht,s .eaIan,sd WITH his Tile she I.ea e call
o.-irom the conduct you observed between him an
| what was their conduct toward another In reieI
| enee TO afscton1 A.-They seemed 10 DO
vaRY AyYEcrIosArE TO kAcH OTHER ALWAYS.
| when she would come 10 the once she would rene
ally bring little Percy; sometimes he would not be 4
and she would wait for him and when he would con
in they would salute each other anectonAtely "n
dear and darling" were the
r PET NAMES
that they used 10 each other.
l were hey 10, unusually sa.elions,o with 81 one
: o-bld she have any conversation with you in refs
ence to her husband behind his back7 A.-Nothin
| except 10 ask n he was In.
Q-Did he ever have any conversation with you
reference To her and his children, when they were
present, while he was In your once, before Nav 1860
| He WAS constantly speaking OF his chldren-wh,
talking on that subect-how he had educated the ell
, | est boy, and how he Intended to educate him no
much he dotted upon educating him the very best tn
he could giving him the best opportunities and FACT
| ties lie could.
Odd you ever hear him express himself In referea
. 10 the Affection he had for his wife. whether he
LOVED HER suPRKAELY on DEATH,
i | or anything like that Al remember on one occ
sion think along In the fall about the time that thu
q mOved-l think they movel from Yonkers fro
, come VILLAGE up in that dlrecton-to the city OF Ne
4 YORK and think about that time we had some co
y yersatlon.
Q-Hhat did he soy 10 reference TO his attachment
herr Ale tnd he could not bear TO have them |
there, ard he here and lie wanted them where
might see them every day. and not subject golI
mn and down In the cars.
~ III IA him. aN ~. a.