Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-02-10
A LUNATIC'S MARRIA.E.
TIE Insane Son of a Wealthy Broker
IDveig ied-Arrested for Lun aey and
Released ON Habeas COFpus--Wan-
dering Through the Streets I'm His
Nife's UndercIOthfng.

TIE Insane Son of a wealthy Broker
| Inveig ied-Arrested for Lunaey and
| Released ON Habeas COFpus--Wan-
dering Through the Streets I'm His
| Nffe's sUnderciOthfng.
From the N Y. Sun.
Prior to October last, Herman Albert. son
| of wealthy downtown broker, had for
some time been AN inmate of tn Lunatjc
Asylum, on Backwell's Island. His treat
ment there had been productive of such
bene fetal results as led to his discharge
therefrom apparently restored to reason.
Freedom from restraint, however, soon
/ brought On return of his malady, and he
was sent back to the Asylum only to be
again discharged as sane. After this pro-
ceeding had been several times repealed
He became at last q permanent inmate of
the asylum, being granted short furloughs
during his sane intervals.
Towards the close of September of last
year, Albert was granted a furlough OF one
month, and on the 26th ofOctober his lease
of absence having expired, he duly pre-
sented himself ut the asylum. 1t, as his
subsequent acts prove, he was btill mad,
there was strange method in his maduts SIS,
for the experienced doctors of the asylum,
after careful examination, declared him
still sane and further extended his lease
another month.
For few days nothing occurred to lead
Herman's friends to suspect he was less
| clear In his intellect than he has been for
the past month. On the 30th OF October,
four days after he had returned from the
Asylum, he left his fathers house on Tenth
street aud much to the CONSERVATION of
All the inmates failed to return. Several
days passed without any tidings of him,
when il was ascertained that he was back
at the Asylum, whittier he had been sent
by magistrate before whom he had been
brought for roaming the streets while in
dangerous state of lunacy.
Ga leaving his home Herman, as was his
custom, quietly walked through some of
the principal thoroughfares of the city for
exercise, until when, where, or how is not
known, lie was enticed into disreputabio
house, which to his unsuspecting gaze al.
peared to be a cigar store in Canal street
While there the pfoprletress. one Marie
Dlels shogy woman, paid particular at
teniIon tn the victim, aud knowing him to
be the son of wealthy parents filled him
with wine and persuaded him to aceompa-
ny her to the house of the Rev. j. A.
Foerseh, G2 Stanton street, by whom they
We're speedily made husband and wife.
The newly married couple had been mar
ried only few days, when the Benedict in
; an unmlstakeable mt OF insanity, wandered
from his home and was nabbed by a police
man and ignominiously sent off to the asy-
lusn on Blackwelfs Island But his deyo-
ted spouse had no notion of being deprived
of his society, so, applying to a lawyer,
hdbeas corpus was obtained which released
Herman Having recovered from the par
oxy-m which cansed his Incarceration he
was given up to bis wife.
Ia very short time after being leased
from the asylum, he was fonnd wildly pa
rading the streets frGtrs Ically dressed in
his wite's pettieoat. crinoline, and bonnet,
aud again he was arrestetlsnd sent to his
old quarters on the island. Recourse was
again had to the habeIS corpus but that
mighty instrument did not influence the
Judge of the Supreme Court. Three times
the wife returned TO the charge with a like
result, until driven to desperation. she has
now begun an action against the father of
Herman for having maliciously deprived
her Of the comfort and support of her hus-
band fixing her damages at SO 600.
Mr.. Albert has, on his side, taken steps
to have the marriage declared void on the
gronad of the luracy of one of the con-
tracing parties. and the alleged practice of
fraud on the part of the other.