The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-21
Defending mrs MIND.

Jcphtha A. Wagner, skilled inventor O

Jcphtha A. Wagner, n skilled inventor OF
louisville. Suffolk county. WIS adiudgcd u
lunatic in the kinee County Supreme Court on
Jan. 2j 1877. AMI Ills wife. Charlotte Wagner,
and his fnthcr-in-Lw. Samuel Waggoncr. we're
appointed u committee on his y rson and estate.
Mr.. Wagner IL the inventor of nm improved
sewing machine for q, manufacture oi which
u sto company with t2uu0.u01 capital has
been formed and II nls' the inv ntor NJ % sow
ing machine earring. Whirh ia deemed highly
valuable IN pro tcDdings which Mr.. Wagner
has begun. To- have the luuu'y proceedings at
aside and the COMMITTEES ii- 'hurg"d. remark
able story IL told. Mr.. Wagner ew"ars ,hat no
did not know until September. 1877 thnt h" had
boon adjudgcd lunntk.. or that n committee
was in charge Of him. He learned II then 10y
the accidental remark ~ n friend. IT, had no
notice Of tho lunacy Proceedings. He swcars
that he WIS in Jnnuarv. 1874 in the Office Of his
LAWYER. Mr.. II. ~. SnuthW lrih. Ol TINS ritv. ~
messenger handed HIM pap T. witch MIR.
SluthwOrth took saving laugh nclv:" They arc
going totrv To- uinN"n lunpii" " v"n, aud added,
" It will not amount to anything I'll attend to II
for vou." subsequently h" suys he asked
Southwurih NOR" about N" paper. AMI ne shih
that he had boon oyer tn BrooklNn tO see about
it. and that Mr. Wagner would not near any
more about it,
MIR. Wagner, ON making a search in the KINGS
County Clerks Offi'r. FOUND mat u" was rrcvrI-
81 there as a lunaiir; that l.. VI. cullen ant NJ.
I. Jnmrs, Cpmmiss ioncrs hal signed report
declaring him q lunatir. Hnil That the testimony
on which he Wa thus mad" loyalty irrrspnnsi-
hlr WIS rhsnN that at one st John. tho pr'si-
dent of the Wagner Improved sowing Mach ne
W@gtn"srr.' and Samu.l WasG5'n r. ~ fiHcr.n-
law The nfiidnVits ~ thps' Persons wrr'. IN
substance. that Wagner hal wife aud two chi
drcu whom hc did not pro, idr Tor; that hc i'm
nginrd himsri' worth millions ul dollars. ana
frequently ma'l'uut bills against dln'fcnt p"r-
sons for u million of dollars "a h that a. had
made three or four huulrnd thousand dollars
oft of his Inventions. which NJ had S,iuiud"r Il :
and that ~ tn" s5oOuuho OF stock OF the ) wing
Mtrhin' Company winch bore MS NAME mr. hhd
lit'ir or non" lot
one 81 the aIllavi,s rc'itcs that &, would not
hp prudent To- y, rnif NHtn g. t. attend the in
quiry uf tn" Cnumi-- toners, hr"au,,' uf h- muir
d"rou- inclnutiou~. us he had tlr'utrd t. ki'l
Justice Pratt h.c.ii-,, be- had given ju,l.,urni
rgain-t him in u foreclosure suit, in viii Ia the
knlckcrhockcr Life lnsuranc" Company was
Thc aiidavt ~ samuel Wasronrr was that
Wnenrr WIS inHohrr M ~ trirS. amt thut
hr wrote wilt anil un Ineligible letters. % one
oi which tie following - AN extract:
When the in'iuuiu . ~ sworn u 10 fhe pulpit icuch
an, .@r ', CO.. .' r,,f"r' a. -n'"
h ",n. l.cR st' n hl.ai, VI hi. nd, poN cr
ier ic'rown ,lh.h rr,ul,auon at ~, ,si.r',. gncr
cr'ii h'cHn' ''n not '".lnr i' tow ihr""-h 'h'
tat vil swallow 3D.. Co., ,Hr ffa's- 'n'"r-'d ~ u W
',' pes "' "'' ''" .''''''' ''''' ais 'D' ' ''''' Ct
Mr. Washer declares thu, the Testimony OF st.
John Cnl. and others ,.i- VIII ihr iiiri,t IT, /
him o'tt Cd, the WY amt sii1" an his NrluHhls
put"ui- AMI / r. IT, ir.- ~ iron ih"iu. iIraNrr-
mat ,,'r ',nf - ''.n ''ir l,ln MNn rn n'n
81, company. i'H-i', unn De-, u-.' oi.N to- manu-
hr .ut" b. x, isr n,r'. iua"iiu' p. nr lHny
nnNih NJ. tn MH-uo. lWllus a Wing Ma
,H,u" 'omp"ny Wa- -ul =. .u"nuN inrm't. W ih
"t,n "a ia, .,tb j pnii.' " '.'nrr "t~
hfl - lNNr.-li fffu." tffrl-. fuH fnEltr Nifn
S-jrpllu 1900. yaul ih '''ini i' -fi..'i So
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