Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-26

SSO--S~s
flag now furled forever, but waving In
imperishable glory in the hearts oi
every lover Of liberty. His speech
was short, but full of words that
breathed OF patriotism and love fol
his people"
Among large mass of other testi.
mony, showing conclusively the men.
tai malady Of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln,
the following testimony Of her son
was given. His reference to the mat
ter Of his sickness explains . telegram
from Mre. Lincoln while In Florida,
who imagined her son to be sick while
he was In excellent health:
ROBERT T. LINCOLN,
the petitioner, then took the witness
stand. His face Was pale; his eyes
bore evidence that he had been weep
Ing, and his whole manner was such a.
to effect all present. His mother look
ed upon him benignly, and never be-
trsyed the emotions which must have
filed her breast during the recital OF
the unfortunate and regretful scene
thay were parties to. He testified
that there was no reason his mother
should think he was sick unless she
had seen some newspaper paragraph.
He had not been sick In ten years. He
did not want any money from his
mother. He owed her money, that is,
he had some in his hands In trust for
her. Mother arrived from the South
on March 18th. When witness entered
the car,in which she wa, s,she appeared
startled. She looked we'll and not
fatigued after her journey Of seventy
two hours. Asked her to come to
witness home. She declined,
and went to the Grand Pacific. Had
supper toA ether, and after It sat talk
ing. She told him that at the first
breakfast she had after leaving Jack.
sonville, an attempt was made to
poison her. Occupied . room adjoin-
ing hers that night. She slept we'll
that night, but subsequently, was rest
less. Several nights she tapped at
witness bedroom door; she would
be In her night-gown. Told her to 60
back to her room. Twice in one night
she reused him up. One night she
aroused him, and asked that she might
sleep in his room. He gave his moth.
er HE bed and he slspt on tho lounge.
Hero witness gave vent to his feel.
ings in tears, and the scene was
MOST TOUCHING.
He continued: Then I got DR.. L.
ham to attend her. On April lst she
ceased tapping at witness room door,
for witness told her she must not do 1t
or he would leave the hotel. On that
day he went to her room. She was
not properly dressed. She left the
room under some pretext, and the
next thing he know she was in tho el-
evator going down to tho ofilco. Call
cd back the elevator and endeavored
to induce her to return to her room.
She regarded witness interference as
impertinent declined to leave the ell
evator. Just then the bell rang sew
eral times. She was not in q condition
Of dress to be seen, and witness gently
forced her out OF the elevator by put
ting his arm around her waist. Mag
gle Gavin assisted him, and they got
her into her room. She screamed,
"You are going to murder me !" and
would not let Maggie Gavin leave the
room to do her work. After awhile
she said that the man who had taken
her pocket-book promised to return 1t
at o'clock. Asked her who the man
was. She replied he was
THE WANDERING JEW;
has seen him in Florida. Then she sat
near the wall and for an hour pro-
fessed to be repeating what this man
was telling her through the wall.
During the afternoon she slept. Since
the fro she has kept her trunks and
property in the Fidelity Safe Deposit
Company's building. In the beginning
of the last week in April he called on
her. She said that oil Chicago wal
going to burned, and she intended to
send her trunks to some country town
Ito Milwaukee. Told her that Mil
waukee was too near Oshkosh, where
there had been terrible fire tho nigh,
before. She said that witness house
Of al in Chicago, would be saved, and
witness then suggested that WA
the best place to send the trunks
On the Sunday following she showed
witness securities for $4,000 which
she carried in her pocket. She hal
spent large sum Of money lately
bought $500 worth of lace curtains
three watches costing s450; $7OO wortl
of jewelry; $500 worth of Lubin'i
soap and perfumeries, and . whole
piece Of silk. Witness had NO doub
that
SHE IS INSANE.
He'd had conference with he
cousin and Major Stewart, OF Spring
field, and Judge Davis, OF tho Supreme
Court ~ to the best thing to be dom
for her. They advised tho presen
course.
@. Do you regard It safe to allow
your mother to remain % she IL, unrc
strained2
A. She has long been . source 0
much anxiety to me. (Agsin Nj
Lincoln was Affected TO tears.l I d.
not think It would be safe or proper
Have had . man watching her for th
last three weeks, whose sole duty
was to watch after her whom shs wen
on the street She know nothing atou
1t. She has no home, and does nc
visit at witness house because Of
Misunderstanding With his vita. HI