, 1872-12-24
HORACE GREELEY.
Testimony of the = sTribnness - fefe-
man IN the Contested VIII Case

Mr. tfeeley elnce lc!l- WIS co|''ln,a ~,
the Tribune. After several yoarH became lore o1s
man, and hare held that position ~ ~ 1.ss tne
present time. used to see Mr. dfceley ailnosI s
daily at the Tribune Office. ana was " nl'!usIe ~
terms with him. He visited my mouse ~ aa: nlany
occasions, and stopped there osv-
cd in rerard to forming the tribune Aasocia~
ton. It was an association %or4tne 2rne on sne
paper. was approached By ~. nlGI.natn. 1tte5
MIR. Greeley and Mr.. McEnasn naa mas!1rea
their plans, and having gsea eaoois+;nn s forned
co,ayo <,f n9 f1,a ar;o1s neads Of departments.
fave sincn Tns:rzained intimacy with
him and he uged to speak to me- about
his financial affairs: am aware tnat ne m so4a
eharo Of the Ir%'ls sna 5H He then n informed &c me me
fhat }''a eo15 fhst share f stock for the purpose
Of paving up debt i1clrfed BY lndors1ng
note. aad he leased LIS word that 1t was tho
last piece Of Eaper he w'uld sign as an ndorEe-
nent. .
o.-was his property ess in amount during
tbe l.et roaT of lis Life than any former year
Al know nothing to the contrary was
present a. the funeral G: Mrs. Greeley, and OBJ
that NJ Grfss hsre as ge ooE Itrabse abSat
IN IN, " that seemed uncathly. he did not seem
t. be the man T he{ known go long. The
funeral was before clction. The stare OF his
eve looked as though 10 did not know where
he was. as if walked d pp ont OF dream q
A4tS
the man was crazy. Il! next time saw him
was o. the 18th Of November. in his room in the
Tribune Office. I leared that ke WAS in his
room, aud went up to aeet him. When I en-
tered he was aspparent'nsieep II his chair; Mr;
John l. CleyeIard WI in the room. I had
heard that III. Greeleyoald not sleep and could
not cat, and thought would not disturb him
As vas going down airs Ar. Greeley SAID,
tsIoc!.cr, / want to &c YOU" went back and
shook him by the hand
He fell into a dcze gam, and 1t was minute
or two before he said nything. Ar. Cleveland
left the room, and I:l1reeley said to ne, -
e1a ruined We arc all iuiaed- We are all broken
up. 1h2ve ruined 81! all! 7 an ruined, bu.
you have got some roscy and some property,
and wan: VOC to promise moto take care ef my
caro- Of them to the last cent I hare" I then
told l1r. Greeley that Wished him to so home
with re. I teliev:i rhat if he would
come to my house, where xo.,;l he
and would resi- 1o1 dy or two, it would help, %
ed taat he should. ! He sid, II have been
thinking about writing to-day, but could not
write anything that taitea me: I have been
trying to vito about Boston," His desk was
about Bostin, and about the effect in Wall
street, and another on Mississippi. Alr. Rcd
came in, ant said to him, :" Mr.. Greeley las
been tryin; to write about Boston and Wall
T., IT,. T.
need not wite. We will attend to that" I then
tried to ct A-r. Greeley to come to my house,
and CharI@ Storrs came in to get him to go to
his house. alr. o:DWye1 said that Mr. Greeley
WINS going % ClappaGua next day, on the 3:es9
train. fanted Alr. Greeley to 60 With ne and
stay wee: or more. talked to him and tried
to cleer hin up. I said, II will take you over
env time, 4 or ) o'clock added, IT will get e
carriage an6 drive you to my house." I got tho
carriage. -.
time AIR. G1eeley got into the carriage, what was
you- ooiuion as to his state Of mind, its sound
ness o. unsoundness. Al thought it unsonnd
got him in the carriage about 5 o'clock and
took him to my houge in Brooklyn. After
being ahovn to his room he came down stairs,
lay on the sofa, aud went asleep. Ny sister put
pillow u.der lis head, ard my wife covered
him with q shawl. He lay there, I suppose. half
an hour. Ny vile asked me if she should wake
him up. I said no, that sleep would do him
and reserved Nr. Greeley his dinner. Ny wife's
brother dinea With Us, owing to which fact We
were longer ct the table than usual. After din
ner We stayed in the front parlor talking over
family affairs. After few minutes
" Geey Ssss sssd ms RY ha4s 1sp Sc t'i
much as can. Let Us talk!" I went into the
room, and instead Of talking, he vent into q
stupor again, and so remained for some time.
I thought would try to get him into converse
H. ,
got book. and read poem to him. He asked
me for book entitled Earth" I vent and got
It. He SAID s'That is the most awful book
ever read" said: "Awfn good or awful
bed:" He said it always froze him to read it..
He seemed to be as familiar with it as he usually
was with the contents Of 8 newspaper. He re1
quested my wife to tell my brother-in-law not to
say that he had met him there, for be was not
right, not h;mielf. About half-psst 911. Gree
Ley said he felt wearied and sleepy, and went up
to his room. In the morning when 1 went up I
found him reading newspaper. Hesaid he had
slep. IN hour. and said be must go. He insisted
on going. AID I offered to get 3 carriage. He
said he would take the cars, and be got on the
l1vrtle avenue line and vent to the ferry.
Q.-From his conduct from the time he got in
q carriage to so to your house from the Tribune
Office, until he left your house, what is your
opinion as to the soundness or unsoundness Of
Of his mind? Al thought his mind uusound,
for had made up my mind to find out what was
Tie matter with the man. He had been my as
sociate for so long, whom had seen under cir
cypastanccs similar. but not Iaating for so long
time. I felt that he had been defeated, politi-
cally, often enough. We crossed the ferry to-
eether. 4 great many people looked at him,
Crowded around and talked to him, He hooked
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