, 1880-12-14
The 'Rp@ Old Gentleman Again
iK.the Etgin Baatile Of
- ,Bediam.
Having Escahpd, Ito Must Needs
Return ~ lSlgiM City
to Lecture. !
There Nero Abuses In tho ITosplta1
Which Inn tlnixoto Must
lictircss.
Tho Attorney General Advises tho TruHtees
to Haye Joel Lcotura Oh the
Inside.
Special Disputeh to Tia Chicago tribune.

Special Dsputea to 17s Chicago tribune.
E1nlS, ILL.,, nec. 13.-ft will DO remembered
TINT joel l1unry Walls, Of Chlcago. WIS declared
iusann ycar or nitro since md sent to tho E1gln
Asylum. Last spring ho elected his escape.
which TIE TRIBUNE mentioned ut tho tiRlo, and
has atrcc been Mt lihcrty. Ho hns spent Por-
tlon Of his time IN this city, and cnhcavorcd to
INTEREST attorneys In bis ease, DECLARING ho wns
perfectly snnc. Considerable intention has been
attracted 10 the mnn Of Into for tho reasun that
ho was
ANNOUNCED TO pEL1rEn LECTURE
In this city upon his Into confinement In and
cscnpo from the Asylun. Tho Trustees Of tho
institution took counsel from Attorney 0onetn1
Edsati, a,ld TN Saturday evening caused hls ur-
rest IN Chicago. md again contlnctl him In nno
OF tho wnr1s Of the Asylum, where ho wilt proD-
.ably remnu tho bataneo Of his nntural life. 1t
is sail however, that Wells oxrccn to procure
n writ Of hahoas corpus with Wow Of another
examination to test hts ll,nncy.
Following nro tho Ietters from tho Trustees:
THE TRUSTEES RI EpsAtt.
ErAtN, ILL.,. Dec. I, lss0-T0 The HIM. J. II. Fiji
sail. .ittornev-Gcncnaio NJ IHtnats-DEAn SIN: On
tho nth day OF January, 4. D. 1871 ft.oro was ro-
cclvc Mt tho Illinois Northern Hospital for tho
Insnno nt EIgln, OH a warrant Of commitment
from the County Court Of Cook County, Jout
Hetlry Woals, ho having hcen declared lnsane by
6Atd Court. Under that w.rrnnt OF commitment
hp wns retained as pAt'ent fl our institution
until April i, a. y. 1890 OF which day hp Of
tectea his escape. and since tint tsne i,as re-
maincl without tho State Of Illinois until
rcccu.ly. We aro now informed TINT he
hns returned to this State. Tho 1!oArl Of
Trustees desire your opinion as Attorney
IcnorMQ as to wslethor OF not they h,lro tho pow
or to issue their WARRANT for his urrrst a1,d DO
tentEon ut tho present time, he, Wells, having
rcRiIlncd nt large for about eight months, Ant1
being. In tho oplnlnn OF tho 1nccal officers OF
thTs Institution, insnne attt We desire this
opinion of you, as tho question has nriscn III
our Hoard, atla VIC nro III doubt II, ,ndcr tho
laws Of tho State. IL won!d not bo necessary for
m order OF rcconutllcnt from tho County
Court or Cook County, Or mn alIns warrant Is
sued, Respectfully, C. ". MA1tsu,
F1tEDER1CH SrAnt,
]. q. uOsWOttTi.
Trustees.
EDsA1t 70 TIE TRUSTEES.
SrATE or ILLINOIS, ArTUitNEy-G q GENERALS
Ors.cE, srlt1NGFlELp. Dec. 0, ls0.-To Masrs
c. ". Afursh, Frederick StaA aud L. G. Bosrort,
Trustees Hospital far Insane, ElytH. M.-GEs-
Tit,tEN: III rcpy to your letter Of tho 7tt inst.
1wolll say tlnt anl Of tho oplnE0u TINT, whurs.
pnticnt hHs been duty committed to tho Iios-
f,ltai on II wurrnnt from Il County Court, and as
escaped therulton, tho Superintendent and
his associates, and those netting umlcr his
authority, oltl,or written or vorbnl, hRro
thu right to rccarture tho patient md return
hin 10 tho 1losptat. to be thoro detained under
thu oriWtnni wnrrstnt Of commitment from the
County Court Tho power to detntn tho putient
undor tho original warrant. think, c1lrrics with
1t tho powor to rccnpturo HIN wbcu llo Inns
eseitptd 1t would b1 advisable to procure
certified copy Of tho Original warrnnt from tho
County Court Upon tho fauta It's dtttcd. | think
TINT Mr.. Joel Henry Wells mny ba lnwfully
rrcnpt,lrcd and returned to tho 1lospttn!
tllnler tho authority conferred by thu warrant
of commitment issued l,y tho County Court OF
Cook County. Tho power to be oxurotscd Is tho
sanu NJ TINT which exists In tho ctlsu Of my
patlcnt who ,nay csoapo fran tho Hospital no.
Eore his discharge, ana wo he continues iIs-
stno. Thu fact ttlut he hnR beon ut llrgo fur
eight months Bincc his cscApo 10 not think
alters tho caso. 1t othnr pcrs0ns thnn tho reg
ular officers Of tho Hospital nuke tho recapturo
It would bo well tlat they should hhvn writtop
authnrlty from tho Tr.1stccs or Superintendent
to do 30. Very respectfully,
JAMES X. EpaAL1.,
Attorney General Of Illinois.