Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-07

Mr.. GREELEY MENTAL CONDTrI0N.-ln
the Greeley will case ON trial before the
Surrogate Of Westchester Co, n Y, on
Monday, Mr. Oliver johnson who is one OF
the trustees of the Tribune Association, tes-
tilted that he considered Mr. Greeley
deranged from the time OF the death of his
wife to his death, and that he supposed his
brain had been oyertaxed BY his campaign
labOrs. He stated that at a meeting Of
Tribune stockhOlders, Nov. IL. Mr. Greeley
rose and said among other things. that he
had ruined them all he couldn't tell why.
hut be knew be had done it. lie said Il
am running You now ! Try u do right, bdt
everything do is wrong he finally lost
himself and the thread OF his discourse
Mr.. Runkle, who was at the same meeting
testified that Mr. Greeley said that he had
ruined everybody. ruined all his friends and
himself when demonstrated with and told
that he had not ruined anybody. he said,
Il am black fraud, and have been ruin
ing YOU all the time-l was a. wrong a
could be all the time all he said else wa
simply repetitions he put his hand 10 his
head and complained of pain there WIT
ness had no doubt that Mr. Greeley wa
then insane
Mr. Alvin J. johnson, Mr.. Gresley'
bosom friend, testified at length to many IN
dicatiOns of diSorderei mind in Mr.. tree
ley The following is portion Of his test
mony.
The Saturday before election Mr.. tree
lev said that the Iribtne was ruined, that
sam Sinclair was bankrupt and that the
stock was going on the market he said tho
only thing to be done was for me 10 step
into Sinclair's place "a publisher OF the
Tribune and get up a pool to run 1t, We
were walking out BY place at Chappaqua
called by Gabrielle "PuSSy's place" and
had been walking arm-in-arm suddenly he
let 90 Of my arm and ran behind this place.
| had said to him that it was very foolish OF
Mr.. Sinclair to get his business 80 extended
and hazard the Tribune; he jumped behind
the pussy house quickly, and peering out
from behind it, cried out, "A j., it am t
sam Is to blame, it i who have ruined the
Tribune" | thought | had offended him
we did not do much chOpping that day at
Chappaqua when he went to the house he
asked me to excuse him for short time
while he wrote letter to be sent TO Mr..
Whitelaw Reid; waited long time for
him, and finally went up stairs there | saw
Mr.. Greeley sitting in a stupOr. with
large fat letter in his hand he handed me
the letter, and asked me to take it 10 Sam
Sinclair'S, and they would take it to White
law Reid as he gave me the letter he said
to me, IL never was democrat, never had
anything TO do with the democrats, never
wanted to be a democrat, and | am
| not democrat now, and want
you to tell that TO everybody on the ears,
and 10 tell them that | am utterly bank
rupt; - be told me at Chappaqua that ne
would have died if had not come up there.
/ He did not want to read the papers but very
seldom. and would only read the Times,
which he read constantly he would take
up the Tribune and throw it down in dis
gust, and say that it was ruined ! would
| say to him. ''NOu are mistaken; look at
the advertisements, . he would reply, They
are all deadheads; yOu know nothing about
lt-you know nothing about 1.-THE paper
| Is nothing but a fraud-there Is no brains
/ about it - then he would take up the other
papers and say, Heres paper that has
\ brains-there' the THneS-loOk at the Herald
the advertisements in the Tribune ain I
paid for; good God, look at this paper
! (opening the T,nes), its making money
right along there's no brains in the Tn
Jtine, its bankrupt and played oat. "
On another occasion Mr.. Greeley told the
witness that he had broken open a will
which was sealed, and which should only
have been opened in the presence of the
| Surrogate, and that Ida must send him to
the Penitentiary for perjury, and that he
had wasted $40, 600 of mother 5" pro
! perty witness tried to convince him that
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