The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-11-11
KLEPTO MANIA.
RemarksBie Cases or the Disease.
Frou the NY. Evening Poet.

FROM the n. Y. Evening Poet
rich cut scctutric gentleman, almost 8
eciuse, but net insane 70 all Appearance, lived
In an Old nanor-lJuse in Lincolnshire, + q
land. he ~as insane 10 one direction Only
ana one might have passed a lifetime with
him WIthout discovering il He would ne
seized pv q sudden determins ion To travel
and on such occasions be would travel in stste
with 4 reulue o servants. After f0rtnighi's :
or pernaps 9 months absence he woa 4 return
home. Invariably on his return, tOwels,
whIcn had been taken from an open D0rtma1-
teAu, were found scattered about the room.
His custom was to write the addresses OF all
the hotel keepers ct whose nouses be had
slept during h.s absence, on 80 many slips OF
writing paper These he handed over to his
secretary, VINO in his turn gave them 20 the
hOuse-ssewsrd, with directions to enclose 10
each address the numOer OF toWsls speclned
upon each piece OF paper, aud to cOpT sucl
otLer writing Es he might tud there, ard Sc g
il IN a letter with the towels 10 tie hStei-
keepers. This gentleman was one Of tue IN,
happy race OF the klep5, whose particular
mania mpeiled him 10 purioIa toaels. he
suostQueul9 gave 10 t. friend tie history OF
MS case aGd sald lie was soA1sd 20 these
journey and Dlifeiipgs - an irresistible IN
pu Sc, which he IFS sted Was The res uls o. de
M niacal Possession
Glother interesting eX1mp'e Of sleptoEsna
is recorded OF q very respec able Sco,tsh
C'efgy u2l ic tue prime VI life, aud els
fUguisled ior his learning. piety acc CHARITY.
he stole Is oios vita : special grw 70 the
gory of God ~ the propagation OF Jle gos
pei. His mznIa wis litle - IN - iOnary
society "a slS.en Bibles" aod he was as much
in eaTnes- IL the Conversion OF sous oy Ih-
contraDdnd proc IS as the most enthusiastic
foreign missionary could be iu bis calling.
he vas at last detected in wholesale b. bie-
stealing. Ii was further discovered that be
nad Orgarized d wid: missionary district, aud
lett be or q Nest1EeLt at very cCtttge
where II vas needed sicng tire route. TIE
most touching fsc5 IN TIE story is Tat be W 8
arrested while on his knees, by the bedside
OF dying od man, with sJoIen B!o.s lying
vide open before b'm Oh the bed. What
made ycu steal the B bies, Mr.. B.. ?" asked the
sheriff, with pioUs error in his 'scf. God
made me steal tntm, good mau," was tue
reply. He Tss weary Of seeing Ills poor
people perlsh Of gospsi-hunger, because the
rich Bible 3 ciety could not afford TO feed
them wIJnOJt the bau0ees, well kaowiDg that
tbey had 10 blu ees aud SO God set me 10
steal o. them aud save them" He could
not be persuaded that he mad Go e wrong.
Another case reported Is tlaL Of lady VINO
could o. resist ,he stealing OF silk stockings.
She was r c., snd leader IN the fashionable
c.fcles OF l. uoon. There vas no sign Of q
depraved Intellect, " d. apart from tnts ore
vice, she was Exceedingly cou.cienious. It
was no secret in her f,mily, aud her eldest
soL-she being wido~-aiTays went him
self TO the sore where sue had made b, last
purchases to had out whether they had missed
any ST ckiugs afger her departure. AS il
nearly always happened that they had, ne
pad for them, AID SO he matter was hushed
up.
Another London lady used 10 stesl gloves.
She acquainted all the heads OF the establish
ments Wh2re sue traded With her disease, and
requested that she might be watched, and q
buI OF ner deiiBqusncles made cut, and sent
after her % her house. This was cone for
nearly two years, when she got rid OF the
mania, IS s ciaimed. b a course OF gymnastic
treatment, q prescribed Diet and vigorous
exercise. She bad always paid the bills PIE