The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-15

| - touJ rcsiuing In my family.
nearing threats Of a second incarceration in
rne asylum, in December, 1871, went to
Ensland with 5000 in gold in nv possess
sion. took house at bennington Spa.
l0O miles from London. My wife wrote to
sne superintendent OF police to watch me.
4 ana II became excited, to put me, in an
asylum. went to London, was lsfi
HURT on THE RAILROAD,
and when 1 returned was taken before the
mayor of Lexington, examined by physi-
clans and pronounced insane. / was taken
to the asylum at Hanton, on April 20, 1872
and ON May 10Th was examined by the
visiting committee, who declared that / was
in full possession of my mind. The doctor
gave me written discharge, and walked
over England for several months observino
the manners and customs of the people /
sent nome 70 NV wife for 500 to return
n9Ipe Wild; she sent my son to England
with 81 900, and he stayed there two months
We both came back to this country in the
Atlantic, afterwards lost. reached
cleveland on the Both of sem
temDer, 1872, and in May, 1873. fud.
ing II impossible to get along, took $50
auu "ens 70 Iippecanoe, Miami county, o.
engaged in my business there. aud. hav-
Ing made 81 800, L went TO Cievelsnd to buy
goods. My wife aud daughter were then
in Earope; called on my son, who had
| been appointed nv guardian TO see nv ac
| counts, out ne refused mo. He then went
oeiore tbe probate Judge and bad me sent TO
New ourgo second time, because l wanted
| 10 know what was being done with nv
property. l remained in the insane ssvIuril
from October s, 1873. until the 18th of May.
| 1874, although before God was as sane dur
ing tne entire time as you are. In May /
managed 10 escape from the grounds and
proceeded to Martinsville. Ind. NV son. as
guardian, had taken all my things
rom nppecanOe, and sold them
at loss of $500. and failed to ac-
count for 1850 of it. L stayed at Martinsville
| 10 weeks. and on the 2Sth day of last August
went to Bryan, O., with so cents in nv
POCKET. At that time my heartless wife and
unnatural daughters were rolling in luxury
az the fremont House, Chicago, and riding
IN tnelr carriages. AT Bryan l opened a
small shop for repairing watches in the cor
ner OF Longs drug store. On the Goth day
OF February l had accumulated 81 900 in
stock, tools, furniture and money, when /
was taken sick with the gout. / remained
III until the 1st of April. Il had used all of
my cash, and then l wrote to nv wife for
money. She sent word to the trustees of
Bryan that 1 had better come to Cleve-
land, and
SHE WOULD TAKE GOOD CARE
of me. 1 went back; the sheriff took me
home and attended me; went to my OVID
room, arranged my books, maps and papers.
and slept in it. The next day, physician,
who was particular friend OF NV daughter.
iled iuformation that had tendency to
insanity. 1 was sent to Newburgh again on
the Sd of last April. The doctor who sent
me there ad mitted that L answered all of his
| questions logically, and the officers who
took me there said that / was sane.
Within month | made another attempt
l 70 - -wrrk,t ,t..Nx -
| thereafter in solitary confinement for six
teen days, win only one ounce and a quar-
ter of food Fer meal. / slept on a small
quantity OF straw; there was 10 chair in the
cell, and was surrounded by wall OF stone
and CRATES of wooden bars, through which
fresh air could hardly enter. / broke up
several tin cups and made saws with which
| sawed the bars Off They put me in five
| cells in these sixteen days, and finally in
despair locked me in the best room in the
building. There young lady gave me the
pattern of key; / made another
key out of table spoon, and about
| half pat s o'clock on the night
of the 9th of last month / unlocked nv
| room door. got out of the asylum aud into
the village safely. In the village | surren-
dered to the police, and went back to New
| hurgh for the fourth, and, hope, last time.
1 made another key, and on the third OF
July (last Saturday, | read an Grafton of my
| own composition in the asylum grove be-
| fore the patients, physicians. trustees and
the public generally. AT night we had a
ball in the asylum grounds. The next
night Sunday last at 10:30, 1 un-
locked the door of my room with a new
key had made, went through the halls in
my stocking feet, and walked on to the
Bedford road eight miles to Bedford. l then
took the pike to Cuyshcga Falls, 90 miles and
| h. distant from New burgh, and reached
there at O'Clock Monday night From
there l was driven to Akron in buggy by a
young lady friend at night, while the officers
were alter me. She paid my fare to Dayton,
and there talked to the very policemen
who we're looking for me. / had passed
through Mansfield secreted in sleeping
car, when
OFFICERS SEARCHED THE TRAIN
for me. at Dayton / got shaved changed
the cap had worn for a straw hat, and went
to Piqua and thence to Lima. At Lima I
met kind friends who paid my fare to Fort
Wayne, and here am In Indian a, where the
Ohio officers dare not touch me without a
requisition. The above is the mans state
ment boiled down and condensed so far as
possible. He says his residence is at No.
422 Case avenue, Cleveland, and that he owns
a store at No. 256 Superior street in the
same city. His entire property he claims
is worth over Sl00,000 aud that the mo-
tive of his wife and children in having him
lodged in lunatic asylum Is to secure con-
troll of his money. He says he was a strict
discipliuarian al home and sometimes in the
way. he declares that there are la Newburg
asylum ten or fifteen persons vino are per-
fectly sane, but who were sent there by un-
worthy relatives for selfish and m6rceuary
purposes. His memory seems remar X ably
I clear and unimpaired, and his recollection
OF dates extending over years exceptional.
He told his story several times in this city
and never varied in q single detail He
has travelled extensively, and has a fine
knowledge OF history and general ltera-
ture. His own compositions, several of
1 which he recited last night before party OF
4 ladies and gentlemen with fine elocution-
airy effect, betray not a little genuine poetic
fire and spirit, although the versification in
some instances is bad. His powers as a