New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-31
OBREIGHT TAKEN no MIDDLETOWN.

|. AN EXCITING SCENE IN CENTRAL PARK.
A CONsPIRACY TO ESCAPE WHILE DRIVING TO The
hallway sTAroN-PEPPER THROWN IN THE
OFFICERS EYES-LODGED IN AN ASYLUM AND
HIS WIFE A PRISONER N POLICE STATION.
The proceedings saturday afternoon in the
| case of Samuel UDreght, the alleged lunatlc Gull
minated III the CIvll court by an ORDER OF Judge
/ HaIght sitting III Supreme Court, Chambers COM
mttIng the erratc proprietor OF the Jumbo
Palace" his lager beer shop IN lhird-aye. Is
called, to the AilddletOwn Asylum pend
! lug an investigation as to MS insanity.
| 1his course was pursued on account OF
Obreghts and his wifcs Contempt OF court III visit
ing and assaultmg his mother. Mr.. trOnme, acting as
counsel for the Obreght family, started OH with the
alleged lunauc who had been committed to the
tody OF John Mooney and Francis Nhte, deputy
sheritS deputies, TO take him to the MlddletOwn
ASYLUM on Saturday afternoon. On the way TO the
depot matt was made at the Jumbo Palace"
where il Is alleged that SAMUEL committed
sault upon the lawyer tromme. The affair created
considerable excitement about the nelghDorhOod and
resulted IN the police arreSng OuIelght and taking
him before Justice Power at the Harlem Police
Court ODrelght was committed Tor eXamlua-
ton, and yesterday morning the case came up.
Counsellor Fromme showed the order OF Judge
Haght but ODrelght insisted that 1t was not
IA genuine order and that they were trying to
kldnap hun. lie then went on To reclte his gTlev-
ances. alleging that his family wanted to put INN
out OF the way because he had married a Christian
pIrl instead OF a wealthy JeweSs they lad selected
for him. and other matters already familiar TO the
public lie complained tnat the order OF the
Supreme Court was not regular. While the magls-
trate was Ieauing IL, Mir. Kahn, his counsel, came
into court aud admitted that the order was cor
rect.
Thereupon Obreight turned upon him angry
and said discharge you right mere as my lawyer
ana don't you to have anyt thing more 10 do with
my case. You nave gone over 10 my people ana are
helping to them kdnap NE and lock Inc Up IN an asy-
uuv Justice Powers dismissed the charge of assault
and battery sayng, That the order VI the Supreme
Court must be respected turned the prisoner over
to custody mooney aud " nlte the deputy-sher-
ITS deputies. Asa large crowd OF OOreighI friends
fb.n In
sent several OIL his Officers to SEQ the sheriff
men and their prisoner safe III the carriage
in waiting for them. Obreghts wife was permitted
by 5uerIn 5 men 10 rue Ill tile carriage, ana
hanucuts not put upon the prisoner, rs trouble
was not ante pated. Lawyer tronme tOok II place
beside the driver on the carriage Dox, ObreIght and
and MS wife with Mooney aud hIIe, sitting lnside
lu order 10 avoid the crowd and 10 reacn tine Grand
Central Depot III all possible haste, 10
take the cars TO Mlddletown, the carriage
was driven down Observation-Disclosures y-nttL-st.
and through Central Park. Upon arriving
at observation-disclosures Xth-st. while the men were
chatting and smoking Obreignt and his vile, rs Is
alleged, as If by a precOncerted plan suddenly
dashed great hauu1us OF cayenne pepper III the eyes
OF the snerlfi's men, completely binding hlte tor
tue moment ana causing both 10 snrIek with PAIN.
The driver, nearing the noise, reIgncd III his
horses and the Instant Oorelght ieaped from the
carriage with his vile aud attempted To escape
Deputy Mooney, though his eyes were Dufn-
ing with the pepper, ran alter OOIclght ana
cautured him ana his vile with the aid OF Park
Othcers Meruagh ana Finley. he patty, Including
the officers, thereupOn PROCEEDED to the fllty-
seventh Street POnce Court, where Mooney ana
White preferred II charge of leionous assault
against Mis-. ObTeight before Justice OtIerbOurS,
VINO was Just about closing cOurC tor the day. The
Justice SAID that he would not entertain any fur
ther compi Ints, and, as he will not occupy the
bench again or several weeks, he directed the Park
officers 10 lake their prisoner To tue station
house. From the court the party went
TO the Futy-nuIh Street Police station,
where lawyer romme drew from his pocket Judge
Halgut ) order. and with the deputy snerln uepI-
ne, and tne Park officers succeeded III having Mrs
Onrclrht lOcA ed up charge OF IeIOnOuS assault.
After she had been disposed of tine lawyer and The
y-snerIt deputies AGAIN took the carriage ana
.itoy. OF with OUrcight. Mrs. OOreight denied
that she threw the pepper and SAID was the work
of her husband. ODrelght also SAID That
Inc threw it himself. The officers are certain that
his wife threw the pepper
AleanN hIIe the uquOr-StOre at lhlru-aVe. ana
Niuetv -second-st. Is III the possession OF Mrs.
Otreirht's friends, who stood around II yesterday
throughout the day two deep, while inside were
three puwcrful barkeeDers. All day they wondered
WHAT mad become OF Mrs. Obreignt. One bar-kecp-
err SAID ne was AFRAID size had been kidnapped.
Jake ObreIgnt, one OF the brothers, Kept watch
over what WAS gong at the stole from distance.
II WAS SAID III the that in the ngnt on Satur
uay when an attempt was made 10 carry OH
Obrelght to the asylum before he cOuId see
his counsel That his clothes were torn INTO
shreds over 800 persons gathered ABOUT the place,
and were ready to stand by OOrelght II he needed
their services. During The row ODTeght struck Mr.
tromne a vigorous blow ON the side vi the mead.