The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-11
A LUNATIC,S MARRIAGE.
TIE Insane Son OF a Wealthy Broker
1nveigled-Arrested for Lunaey and
Released ON Habeas Corpus--Wan-
der1ng Through the Streets tn HIS
Mife's UndereIOfht

RE insane son OF q W ealLnV broker
lnyeigled-Arrested for Lunaey and
Released ON Habeas COrpus--Wan-
dering Through the Streets I'm HIS
Wtfe's UndereIOthing.
From the n. Y. Sun.
Prior to October last, Herman Albert, son
of wealthy downtown broker, had for
some time been AN inmate of tha Lunatic
| Asylum, on Blackwelrs Island. His treat
ment there had been productive of such
beneficial results as led to his discharge
| therefrOm apparently restored to reason.
Freedom from restraint, however, soon
! brought on a 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 repeated.
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 furlough of one
month, and on the 26th ofOetober his lease
Of absence having expired, he duly pre-
sented himself at the asylum II, as his
subsequent acts prove, he was still mad,
there was strange method In his madness,
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. and much to the CONSERVATION of
all the inmates failed to return. Several
days passed without any tidings of him,
when it was ascertained that he was back
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by a magistrate before whom ne had been
brought for roaming the streets while in q
dangerous state of lunaey.
On 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, he was enticed into disreDutabla
house, which to his uns1specting gaze sp-
peared to be a cigar store in Canal street
While there the proprietress, one Marie
Diers, a shOwy woman, paid particular at
tenti9n to the victim, and knowing him to
be the son of wealthy parents filed him
with wine and persuaded him to acsompa-
nv her to the house of the Rev. ]. A.
Fcerseh, 81 Stanton street, by whom they
were speedily made husband and wife.
The newly married couple had been mar
ried only a few days, when the Benedict in
an unmlStakeaDle Mt OF insanity, wandered
from his home and was nabbed by police
man and ANONYMOUSLY sent off to the asy-
lum on Blackwell's Island. But his devo-
ted spouse had no notion of being deprived
of his society, so, applying to lawyer,
hGbeGS corpus was obtained which released
Herman. Having recovered from the par
oxysm which caused his incarceration he
was given up to his wife.
In a veTv short time after being n leased
from the asylum, he was found wildly pa,
radipg the streets antastically dressed in
his wiie's petticoat, crinOline, and bonnet,
and again he WAS arrested and sent te his
old quarters on the island. Recourse was
again had to the bnbeds corpus, but that
mighty instrument did not influence the
Judge OF the Supreme Court Three times
the wife returned to the charge with like
result, until driven to desperation, she has
now begun an action against the father of
Herman for having malieiOusly deprived
her of the comfort and support of her hus-
band, fixing her damages at $40, 900.
Mr.. Albert has, on his side, taken steps
to have the marriage declared void on tho
ground of the lunacy of one of the con-
tracting parties, and the alleged practice of
fraud on the part of the other.