New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
THE ENGLISH W4DH0USES.

From II Letter ii The 81 James's gazette.
The recent escape OF Sir. Elliot from lunatic asV-
lum VIII undoubtedly do great deal IL good, llso-
much a. ~ must awaken public sympathy 10 the
wrong3 inflicted N many people III LnSand ny De-
inr deprived OF their liberty. The extent To which
thi, h carried few dream of; ana IL Is only tCse
who. like myself have been Tor mQntas IN luIatIc
ASYLUM who can form any Idea OF ma! what Is zone
within chose pUvl.e gcd and licensed PAGES OF con
,iurmeut for people whose Wcalfh tempts greedy
relatives or others 30 get them out OF the way Al
the present time there i nothing To prevent the
most sane and intelligent man ID the country from
beng declared luDatic, 50 long as II can be maze
worth the while OF TWO doctors 70 certify that he Is
mad: and once Iu there-tsat Is, IN private aSy-
sum--le Will find u all put Impossible u cape.
Nr Elliot managed IL easily because he was IN
county asylum, where ihr patients are not 80 strict
ly Watched bur he U0dlu lave found II dilhcult
MAJ er indeed to get away from n place Iii which
his stay cant so much more wear 10 the Propr4e-
tor. One great good has resulted-nIuI-ly. that
people now know that II patient can get away
ana keep away Tor fourteen days Ae ~ Tree. VI
- urllv the Ist Of February, 1874, a gentleman
applied To the sitting magIsirdt- az M3NleOoae Tor
advice. It appeared that MS son, VINO was twenty
uVr YEAR, OF age, having slNen way 70 drink, went
out OF la, mind. when lH2 father ndd MN taken 10
the luAatIc asylum at Hayward sheath. Having
recovered he applied TO see the visiting Justices.
but from some cause or other could not do 50. Al
ter waiting four months 20 see the visitors, he eS
caped on the 2oth OF January 1871, a7d went 10
his fathers house, where keeper followed and
found him. The father wished Mr. Mansfield 70
prevent his son, who was now perfectly sane from
being taken back 10 an asylum; but the magistrate
could not interfere, anu lhc young man. ucspitt HIS
own and lis fathers enjieat.cs, hAd 20 return.
Now | believe that all that was necessary IN THIS
case Was i0r the magistrate TO AXE the iat4er rs
surety Tor his son behavior, and to have released
the young man from custody.
may state. SIT, Tor your information JAat 10 What
follows 1 speak from personal kno"ledge OF the
facts in each OF the three cases reter TO- Inc hrs'
VIZ viii Term the Reverend NJ. A., was IA Oil
gentleman eighty year, OF age, who iIyed on pr
yate income OF over 600 year. At tins tine Ae
thought of masing fresh VII, but as soon As that
WIS IuoJu he was induced 10 20 10 the town or
W Ia meet q very nice gentleman ana There
he met with twO-thry were dOctors-wlth wnOm
h. spent pleasant hour and was then easily per-
.ua,isn "a "a further 10 see other nice man,
and getting into post-cAAise. was driven long
way 10 a luBatic asylum IN an adJplAlss county
goinq tn stav there Tor al hour. hen he realized
via had been done the poor Old man went nearly
out of ms mind. DE declared II was only relation
VINO could sign an order get physicians 10 certify
IN his state OF mind that he had but one relative IN
the world his sister. who, being older than himself