, 1881-01-01
His Wifc and Father Tell
Their Stories.
Tic Eccentrlcitics OF the Isclnt0r
Detailed by His Spouse.
A Marked Tendency to Nocturnal E1our-
sions Around the Back Yard.
Dr.. kilbournt on Wells Conduit ,rhils an Inmate
Of The Elgin As}lnm.

ETEWAteT MDDSNELta
tho lret witncss, testified ttnt he hn been sont
" Milwaukee, to examine tho records OF the
Catholic churches This Ind bocn donc by tho
Hector Ut tho Cathedral who looked over tho
bfoks Ut tho oniy two churches In existence Il,
1873, bttt could find nO trnc0 Of tho nnrrlaEo of
Henri De Travis ard lsosn!ic Do Lo Fontntnc, or
tho christening Of nuy Of their children. Wit
neaa produced certificates Of Don, +. Thill,
Ncctor ot st. Iiarys, and 1ntncs ]. Kcoph. Hector
Of st. Johl,'s Cathedral. setting forth their I'm.
blllty to ind my cvldonco OF tho truth Of Mr..
WcllB' statements.
Mis-. J. Z. WELLS,
vito Of tho resator, testified TINT Ahe was 40
years OF nge. an,l hal lived In Collier, Kns.. for
tho last two years She hud bQon married
twenty-five years. and WIS the mother OF four
children. lier father wns Sidney Aliou, Ut
Atlcn's Grove, Wis. Tho first years Of her
welded iifowero very happy. her husband being
onu of the niost devoted husbands and rs nt-
fccttonnto fathera rs she hnl ever seen. These
peAsant reIutions continued until Just after tho
Aro Of 1871. About n month before that she Ind
first noticed symptoms ot insanity In MIN. Ills
manner changed, and he was ut times gloomy,
inngintnY thnt Ills family wns coming to
want. They had had eight children, and.
having gtttcn up "bnby jumper"
thero WIS talk Of improving It, and
they succeeded In 'nrenting une which pleased
the neighbors very much. 1t was decided to
make a,ld sell tho jumpers. and she urged air.
Wells TO get tho invention patented. He, how.
ever, put oH making the application on varlous
Qucer grounds. lIe becatneh II great fns1lttlnder,
mad neglected hts business One winter uftur-
noon t,p asked hcr 10 look out of tho window,
she :iI'l r. aSu sad tho falling SNOW iooxed very
s hs tga nnI @ st so an1 s er H
sss.o",sst. Aao,beT sy SIC 81 found I'm IL liz
barn. and ho led her un-stnfra aud
sss%s ssa tsiax 1fs her rope that lied pe to s,i
sa q e to HF hs y
petite 6ccnn,o rayenous. and he ncquired tasto
for sour n,l!k snd ortter1n!!k: which articles he
lives in Tie face of Doris providence, aud asked
.e wy ' M H. ws RSi rSs @ e eoss asSsSs 0S i II hs @
duty to nut bis. family out Of tho way, but ho
could net decide upon tho manner ot killing
bod and 90. into tho, yard il bis night
skirt to dslyo out l.nas'nary dogs,
Fss fay 'sss2 @ hsn svo lin sss dSs
TINT woMid "'t'x him, md prepnrcd soulo
sr1nn-o pl!s which hsa n1tnx ssot
n,Rht nnd was gone a long lime: sho iearticd DO
had been sitting; ,naket', II tho aow IN tho
rse ss tas S1Sa hs Mot d nca sio4s TIT r to s 5acs
and 70 away from It. fig bccamo a kind Of
axent for ila.per Br,s: and kent az, a. atten.lant,
her to TINT etfCct. Hc ,y..a always wApttug
money. Iio required her to sleep In 4 cold
room, and told hor IL eho wHrtel c1nl tn
Gorrnsv it. During uli this time bo hid not
doubted Ior chast(iy Or questioned tho patcrnt-
ty Of my Of dor c!idro,s. Onco ho said TO l,cr,
800 with this gentleman and 1ujuy yourself"
Uo said it in the prepopce OF tho sei,tIeuu and
she was very much stpckctl Thtt WIS tho first
Id said on the Btibtcct. Ho hoti written Df thn
gentleman since, "iIe is tho best nun that ovcr
frlsntts." Thoro via not tho InSst shntow for
},la,i,,Krutfnis Hor. conduit hnti niwnvs bcon
cnrrtcf. After biz first triai ror itisa.,Ity
be had hor arrested for thrpNtcn]pa nnd.asynt,t-
inr lila lfc anti testified thnt tho assat co1l.
ssicti .S II, hor throwing money nj lin. lie hul
| lpckrI th1 fmmtiy IN lilo in,isp. Once. whfin
| tnnyinr fi1r,.isnrn. hc struck lis honti. nnti
sMId witness hit him. she lid not
nn III, hrs s lint yoor innn met lin on ti,n
Street and,c!ai.ncd to bo atl Illegitlmate son Of
@ r"xn hin, snsnc III, Ind nevnr m0ntInnnt hts
nn,rn ar spuksn al him afterwards 10 har. ia
| mi ncvnr tni5 hrr TINT Mira ;FhnrntS,n wns nor
t'a1 his astur mr. NJ hts tirst mnrrinro. sho had
| n"ver hc,tr,i of thesn fhinus Iutif after ho fs-
r,nn tnss,o " In rept,rtoi that they wcrc st.ey-
Inn ami I,"l,,hhnra stt,nt fhern ffnwi 49,
"f fihn % aYn,ntno Hon sI..vn"ncd rntt,nv ~
In pfnro.f Hhc Mo,t NM fnit thu yrtl vhnf, WciIs