, 1875-05-20
CL0UDED REASON.
Trial Of Mrs. Abraham Lin
coin for Insanity.
Why Her Relatives and Friends
We're Driven to This
Painful Course.
Testimony Of Physicians as to
| Ncr Mental Unsound-'
Hearing Strange Voites...Fcars ol
bIurder. Sickness Of
llcr Son.
What Was Seen by the En-
ployea Of the Hotel.
Tradcsmcn Testify Concerning ncl
Purchases OF Goods.
She Is Found Insane, and Will B
Gont to Batavia.
What Was Seen by the EN-
ployea Of the Hotel.
Tradcsmcn Testify Concerning Her
Purchases OF Goods.
She Is Found Insane, and Will Be
6ont to Batavia.
Scenes in Court.

Tho death Of Prosidon. Lincoln mas ono Of |
tic nation's e1ldeHt .uisfortuucs,-a misfortune
that tt hss not set outhyod. The fact that he
had fal!on by the hand Of tho asanssin only tend.
ed to intensity tie public grief. and to add to
tho gloom which settled upon tho popular hcnr:
From Nor.b, South, East, and Hest, The wall
OF regret camo up. aud distracted
county was united in Bympathy u
tie great calamity. Even from ncroaa the
nators, nlero ho was known only o. President
and not as tho typo Of the American citzcn,
came expressions Of tue deepest Badness. In tue
general grief, togrct, md humiliation, Ills native
State, Illinois, nnd tho great City Of Chicago,
which h1d error been proud to honor him, we're
foremost. But to pono was tho calamity 70
paiuful, and upon mono wore Its traces 80 con-
tiauoua nnd married., III his immediate family
and intimate personal {ricnda. The natton
put on tho garb Of mourning TO bc worn of by
tims or offaccd By tho rapid hucoesslon Of groat
national ovents hut tho hearts Of Lis family
wero percod. deeply cad etarnnl'y. Especially
vAu this true with
and eldest son, tho former Of whom, 1t the tiuae,
it uas feared, would luso her mind. In fact, tue
o.ect wa4 visible In her subsequent life and con-
duct which timo seemed to heigAten and in
| crease. Tho death Of q sou WAS one Of tho in
| ti.ctious which her mind, then falling,
mas poon called upon to endure. Travel, change
| 4f Bcenes and associations, tho best o. medical
/ ca1e ali failed to arrest tho prclnonlttona Of
failing mind. Tho lavish affcctlon Of her chill
| dton, Aud tue consolation Of ffiondB, ind tue
naton's sympathy. failed 10 arrest tbe symp"
,u.ne Of insanity or to tighten her mind OF tao
| iuruo1lHe burden It WAS tottertng beneath. sho
coutinucd to tlecliae, not only III vlgor Of mind.
| hut iu physical condition, nothing aeouarg .
aYail her ii hor grief aud declining years.
SO fesbls Aad uecome the state Of her mind,
hsbts b. ot is that II SATURDAY ia.
4 COUNCIL OF TIE LEADING PHYSICIANS
| OF tie city aud her personal friends WAS hel1
10 consider what waa best to b. dola for her.
va s:oPpng It he ufaha o f9eo nose i
was felt that something was necessary to DO
dpne to protect her life from lor own hands,
and to secure hor from bodily harm.
The rosuis Of tho council was nu agreement to
petittpn Judge Wallace, OF tho County CDnEt. to
mako MI order OF warrant and Senles to try The
question OF her sanity. Tho warran: Was &c
corl!ngIy issued yoatorday. waen
COMPOSED Of d.. 8. 9. n:au., c. 3. rarwell, G
ii. Henderson, 8. Ii. Moore. T.. J. dsgs II. G
Durnud. i, B. Pnrkhurst, William Stewart. D
II. Cameron, J. A. Mason, J. MousegoE Aaauia
nud Thoman Coggswoll, WAS in,paueled for tue
| E8u ff144. AOQ Q1E6s 44hlf ALAGUA4 fAo
BROUGHT INTO c0unT.
Tho unfortunate lady onkcr0d tue courtroom
scarcely observed, aud certainly without ner sat
mission being known. except by tho i1ionos VIZ
accompanied her, mud tue large NUMBER ~. q VIZ
nosues who had boon aurnnlonod. IAo lady va
t,ai!id, her oyo NAs watoEy and excited. AND he
general appearance that q ono sat1ering fron
Gervloua excitement. Sho WAS attircd il
plain black suit; at;,,s,.sMco sna "an Y, nsa =,
party accom- panyiug hnr WAS ter son. "hoH
every fentute rms marked with sadnsss. Ill
ewes, too, wero sufruBcd with tears. ~ Wero ais
those Of several others OF tho party. The per
sons outor,ug tho court-room Ind nlore til
appearance OF = funeral procession than any
thiug else, and thoi1 appearance WAS tho alEn'
for : broathlesa hlloucs among the few III IL
| room at the tinio.
.itlo mi hor counselor aud friend, knd tue bios
rapher OF her husband. thu 1lon. !: N: Arno!t
rhe petitioner, her son, Robert T. Lincoln, took
rcat near her and ohl!quc!y to hor lift. 1sesd
lin snt tie Uou. Leonard swett. and D. l
= Aver, counsel for tile petitioner. while IN fFoE
Of thcu and on tho west side Of the room wei
seated tho 1urosa who wore to paes upon ono
tic mos. important and ro81otful c:sea sv'
The uews OF tho csss Aoon flashed thrnua
the building and tho atreeks, and when llle ir
: vltucus wag ca!ie4 tho room WEB ttehsely fncGt
with tho wondering and Hvmpa'hlxll'g pop''lac
\ Was tho first wisnoas called, llo knew Iii
! LIncolu, and ln November, 1873, visited hcr pr
= fossioual'y. He treated hor. several woefs !
feyor and ueryous arrangement OF tho head, ~
observed " tho tino indications Of mental d.
turpnnce. hehad stEanGe !ruaglptnEsi thong
= tina. ruu,u GEO wAH at Work n her head, and th
Al Iu.i!an ~as removing thc boues from her fa
~ aud pulling Wiros out Of her oyos' !
visited her again in September, lS7
:, whom she was suffering from d9b'll
.o ui tho poryous system. She complain
i that sume ono was taking steel springs fro
IL hpr head, aud would not let lcr rest tlat q
waa roiuc to do Within a faw days, and that O.
had been admoplB1led to thkt effect by Ter hu
- band, She Imagined that eho heard rai's oa
table conveying the tine Of her 1oatls, q
A. would eIt and ask questions aud repeat tue su
ch noHed snsuer tlo table would give. He
IL pressed doubt Of tho reliability OF her eneEe
and nha would make what she terned nnnl =
BY putting tho question IN goblet on tho lab
- The goblet waa fouEd to- DO c1tcked. q
that circumstance she regarded "a corrobo
ii. tiou Of tho Eaps. ilot derapBcmene was nos I
,"r pondont on tho condition OF her oody' or a1sl
IN from physlcal disease. lie caaod upon he1
kuo1e of her stay in florida, OF thu p'easi
tn,o sl!o had the1o, Of the scenery mud yie nj
l. uarI and c,lnsutns Of tho BoutAcin people. {
. anpeatel 1T ttu tilne to DO In excellent heal
an.l Act iu.mer Lallnc1natona appeared to III
nassei away. HAe said lof reason
raturolnK from Florida waa that she WAS
voii. She startled him somewhst by eayinE t
An sttsmpt had bssn made to poison hsE on
4 1eutney GAsk, ahs l,Ad tesn vs.y taltsty, ,fud
-. fvststda Il1AuR nos tAI from 3Aa&Atnslne
~ tasj spp Qt ea2as n vAh0A ~ Assest'