The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-29

long afterward when the drugs began to take effect:
The one with the tea became dizzy that he could
not stand up. the one with the bread had terrible
pains in the chest aud head. and the one with the
cake had to sit down and soon got into a selai-
comatose state tried it again ut breakfast with
like result"
.sYou think. then the food was really druggedg'
II tell you the facts and you can judge for your
self. What would you have thought had you been in
my placer
"But you do not think they drug your food here at
"why not? At any rate am not going to give
them the chance When came here told them.
Gentlemen. you may rely upon my obeyng all the
rules Of the institution except one. and that
Is, I will not take any of your food. II
you will allow me to go out occasionally,
with proper escort will procure my own food and
anything the first sixty hours was here. Then they
reented and lot me CO. and have got along very well
number of boxes on one of the shelves) has more
drugs in it than the first had"
You do not mean to say that those canned goods
are e.9 srusYgSSS ear.
"But you bought them yourself"
$50 did. But can't help that. Whenever I
stop eating it; that's all. II am to die want to
die with clear BRAIN God knows it must be ter
ribie to die ,su an %beeie They would mot
Kill me outright. and if an autopsy fol.
lowed and my stomach was. analysed, the
presence of poisonous drugs would be detected.
would be any the wiser aftcrward. IT you and and
party Of friends Were to e. out to Central Park and
tom find an iron box and in the box lot OF canned
goods should be suspicious of them even il they
some Of the contents and find traces Of
drugs would stop eating them. that Is all.
Why; when I was at the metropolitan
every day and then could eat with some degree OF
comfort. 1t would be hard, you know, for them to
anticipate where was going to eat"
After laughing invitation from Mr. Palmer to dine
with him and another gentleman every day. and SO
share his dangers, the writer took his leave, with
ears.
THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY INTO PALMER's MENTAL
CONDITION.
The Commissioners appointed by Judge Glider
sleeve to inquire into the sanity of Palmer held an
other session in the District Attorneys Office yester
day. druggist named william H. Young of No
101 East Sixtysecond street. testified that Palmer
Boarded in his house in December last. He enter
tanned the idea that the food given him poisoned
and refused to eat the food set before him
he did not refuse to eat the food
set before other people at the table, at Other
times he imagined he heard the means of man in
pain through the house. and evening rushed into
witness room, armed with revolver and searched
under the bed and lounge for the supposed sufferer
he then quilted the house, and on returning broke
open the door of room occupied by one of the
boarders and continued his search for the moaning
man; his behavior was so violent that witness com.
PEELED him next day to leave the house.
Robert Smith, a schoolfellow of Palmer, testified
that the latter had been dropped from the sophie
more class He felt the event deeply, and in order
te conceal the matter from his relatives and friends
said he was sick. Witness had heard that Palmer in
his youth had suffered from disease of the
brain. Since his mothers DEATH which took place
about year ago. lie had been very low spirited and
was impressed with the delusion that con-
spiracy was foot to imprison him in
some place of confinement After the shooting OF
Officer Furniss witness visited Palmer IN Bellevue
Hospital. The accused gave q lucid description OF
the shooting and said he would not have shot at the
officers had they been in uniform. He imagined the
had carried the revolver with which he shot the Off
Ger for about year. The inquiry will be continued
tomorrow.