The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-01

= END OF LIFE OF IMPRISONMENT W fL'h
WILLIAMS. IN JAN FOR 1wbaIY FIVE lEahs
DYING. The Philadelphia Inquirer say
A ou trter OF a century ago the na.iie "
Wylie williams was one that attracted ,nucn
public attention. Its owner, toe son OF VI.
OF Georpia's uost eminent citizens, - w"
about diving in the Eastern penitentiaIs,
uhere he has been incsicerated 'or ore'
twenty five Years, ard the following pft
told history of bis career will prove interest,"
ing: ,,;t,,la 400 WAS
,,,ncs IN The preparatory acEocl at 1nie Coz
iayc. hut when he was there SNORT tme lte
s,aos,den, wrote 10 The father OF the youth
,,a,;nc iba, the latter was not susceptible Of
nen,aI training, and .egre"fully intinating
that his mind was not entirely sane.
Wxjic was returned to his family, AID
shortly therc.fler commit. : on, appointed by
ono Of The courts. found that his mind was
afl.c,ed. There being no suitable institu-
ton in Georgia In which 10 have blm
treated, wylie was sent 10 the Pennsylvania
Hospital for the lusane, UT der the manage.
ment OF Dr.. Krkbride. He was quite yio-
lent, and frequently threatened that be
would escape from cor fnement, and then
shoot DR.. Kirkbrlde-a prediction which he
verified by breaking out subsequently, ana
lodging ball in The head OF DR.. Kirkbride rs
the latter passed along the road under tree
in the uppcr branches OF which the maniac
had placed himself. Wylie was arrested ana
tried for the attempted killing Of DR.. kirk,
bride. but the jury brought in verdict Oh
mot guilty by reason of insanily.' =.
The Judge (kingl stated to the frienos OF
Williams that he should send the latter 10
the Eastern penitentiary for 'ae'SeeplDg,
but that he would be discharged as soon as
his friends were ready to take him 10 pace
where he could do no further harm. Ihat
was twenty. five years snd more ago, sInIc
which time WiIlisms has never oeeo outs'ue
the walls of Cherry Hill prison. His 'r!enus
and rcIstiyes deeming the peultentlary as
s,l,tat ls place as any that could be proVlosu,
paid the expenses OF an extra heepeI'
whose soc duty it was to Waich ana care
for the in.ap patient. After the breaking out
of The lste war. in 1861, remittanteS ceased,
and Williams was placed in an ordinary cell
.monr couYicts, being allowed, however, the
+, eefom of the ward. An effort was recently
made 70 discover whether any OF his family
eurviyed him, and 1t was found that only
hroiher OF his Is living, and he has been so
! imnoyersbed by the results OF the war that
hn "a, contribute nothing more than sorrow
for his unfortunate brother Wylie. Ine
family prior to the rebellion was one OF tne
wealtbicst in Georgia. but their wnule wealth.
was swept away in that struggle.
W>lic is now about sixty years OF age, ano
il aimt st childlke. The one desire that Das
absorbed him fer several years is to reV'si,
the old plantation OF which he was born ano
rYistd It has been his daily custom to sl'
in the yard. with bis face turned 10 ihe
South as be smoked his cigur. His healtn
has been gradually weakening for years. ou
rccect!y he has been falling rapidly. III
short time be will excbar sc his present NV
ing tomb. where be has been buried lie
time, for thu. last restng-pace where he vii
sleep for eternity.