Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-02-12
Mr.. GrceleJ's AenlaI Condition.


munly rroft by thciT conclusions.
Mr.. GICeley's Aenlal Condition.
Ia the Greeley win case on trial before
the Surrogate Of Weslchester Co, n. Y,
on Monday, Mr. Oliver JohDson who is
orc 81 the trustees of the Tribune Asso-
citation, testified that he considered Mr..
Greeley dcraugcd from the time cf the
death fhis wife TO his death, and that he
supposed his brain had been over.taxed
by his campaign labors. lie stated that
at a meeting Of Tribune stockholders,
Nov. Is, MIR, Greeley rose and said
among other things, that he had ruined
them all ; he couldn't tell why, but he
knew he had done it, He said: 81 am
running you now 1 try to do right but ev-
erythiug do is wrong" he finally lost
himself and the thread of his discourse.
Mr.. Runkle, who was at the same meet
ing testified that Mr.. Greeley said that
be had ruiued all his friends and himself;
when demonstrated with ana told that he
had not ruined anybody, he SAID, "I am
bl&ck fraud, aud | have been running
YOU all the tmc-I was as wrong as l
could he all the time; ;'all he said was
simply repeiilions. he put his hand to lis
head and complained Of pain there; wit
aess had no doubt that Mr.. Greeley was
then insane.
Mr., Alvin j. johnson, Mr.. GrGelvy's
bosom frl2ud, testified at lcngth to many
indications of dsordered mind in Mr..
Greeley. The following is portion of
his testimony:
The Saturday before election Sir. Gree
ley said that the Tribune was ruined,
that Sam Sinclair was bankrupt and that
the stock was going on the markets; he
SAID tie only thing to be done was for me
to step into Sinclars place as publisher of
the Tribune and get up pool to run it;
We we're walking out by place at Chap
paqua called by Gabrielle "Pussy's place
and had been walking arm n-in-arm sud-
denly he let GO Of my arm and ran behind
this place had said to hiah that it was
very foolish cf Mr.. Sinclair to get the bns.
mess 50 extended ana hazard The TriJune;
he jumped behind the pussy housS quick
Ily, and peering out from behind it, cried
out, ga. D., it amt Sam that's to blame.
! it is | who have ruined the T'riLune.' |
thought had offended him we did not
do much choppins that day at Chappaqua;
whon he went TO the house he asked me
to excuse him fol short time while he
wrote a letter to be sent to Mr.. Whitelaw
Rciu ); | waited a long time for him, and
finally went-up stairs; there | saw Mr.
I Greeley sitting in sturer, with large
fat letter in his band; he handed me the
Ieltel, aud asked mo to take It to Sam
ISinclair's, and they wtuld take it to
Whitelaw Reid; us he gave ne the letter
he said to Inc. II never was deme crat.
never had anything to do with the demo-
Icrats, never wanted to be a democrat, and
am lot democrat now, and want YOU
TO tell that to everybody on the cars, and
p tel that am utterly bankrupt : he
told me at Chappaqua that he would have
died II L had not come up there. He did
not want to read the papers but very sell
dom. and would only read the Times,
which heread constantly; he would take
up the Trlbune and throw il down in dis
gust and say thai it Was ruined [ would
say to hitn you are mistaken look at the
advertisements, he would reply, They
are alaadoadheads; you know nothing
about it--you know nothing about it--the
paper Is nothing but fraud--there is no
brains about it, then he would take un
the other papers and say, "flere's paper
that has brans-there's the Tames-ook
at the Herald--ihe advertisements in tho
Tribune qint paid for; good God look
at this paper (cpening the Tines, sits
making money right along; there's no
Braius in the Tribune, it's bankrupt aud
played cut
Un.anc,hcr occasion Mr. Geeeley told the
uitncss that he had broken open will
Which was sealed and which should only
have been opened in the presence of the
lSarrogate and that Ida must send him to
lheiPeuitentiary for perjury, and that he
had wasted 100000 Of "motber's prop
/ Ipcrty witness tried TO convince him that
he had not done wrong, but ID vain.