New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-23
re- MR.. COOPER INSANE 7
MS HABITS AND CONDUCT DESCRIBED.
- NE ACTED IN EUROPE AID TLsEwHERE-pR
Nv PFARp's TESTIMONY.

MS HABITS AND CONDUCT DESCRIBED.
low HE ACTED IN EUROPE AND ELsE"hAhh-pf
Boards TESTIMONY.
m. commissioners appointed to try the
Ito, ~ the sanity Of Henry Prouse Cooper held an
Cue as,,nx Yesterday. Arthur T. Jennings was
e 'n.s a. tbe first witness He said that he wss an
s,,oc, Mr. Cooper employed HIN in January last 70
- l.rs for n house 70 be built on lot IN Flfthave
-" s.,v the plans but DID not know whether or not
~ cooner had ever done anything with them
ch.rles H. wheeler, a dry-goods merchant in Leonard
. aid he had known Mr.. Cooper intimately Ter many
.ssrs Mr. Cooper had always been kind ana anoc' %
I,sto his wife, and seemed to be anxious about hei
- she was away from him. He first noueeu SUI
ching peculiar in Mr.. CoOpers conduct III 'uIy' -
uv,e witness and Mr Cooper went TO Europe q" 'Ns
stasmer IN the summer OF 1881. MT C'opoi vi '
hoard was very restless He paced Up HuN w
seck in an distracted manner. lie olu 'eeAn -
ob time, to know what was gong Oh
M treoneny spoke to the witness of trenSn woman
whom he said he loved tenderly. Inc WiIheS' sa' ~
mayer saw Mr. Cooper drunk on board the steamer "
tsen described the theatre party In LONDON "hlou ~
Cooner In her testimony, had described ana Mt No'p
ar. conduct afterward at the hotel Mr. cooper Gam
into the room where the and Mrs Cooper were
,,ttiug He was dressed in his nightroos lie spoAo ~
a most disgusting way to Mrs. Cooper Inc W. -
afterward saw Mr. Cooper IN PARIS ana 'N'S -
varons places OF amusement together. Ono p'0e
called the Turkish Harem one eVeh"s % '1 ,r,,Dcn
ysrls they drank wine with '"o .d
- cgma along Mrs. Cooper a1ter""Iu
upbrsided her husband about his clssol1'e 1tan
ne became very violent and called ms wire hAi' 40
the witness did care 10 repeat ne to'u u1 tn,
~ 1,d not ike his conduct she could leave MN LUG
,ttnes. said he was "paralyzed" at Mr. cooper VO
W. 80, 1o,,pare He next saw Mr. Cooper IN LONDON
NJ, Conner asked MIN TO post draft TOT -'o'V l"n0 "
,he French woman OF whom he had spoken on ''" ~
.+eoo,or Afre-ward at the Grand Holel Nj Co"p0i
an,e INFO The witnesses room. he sara nc N@a Ia. =
- >, ,y,u his wife and family. He was riding Ae
ia with his wife and cousin in carriage az Ches'er
- "a lis wife that the cousin must get out or else ne
or,a lie did not like He thought his WIG was noV
,r,a IN him lie asked the witness whaV he thOusu'
shout il The witness thought that ne ought 10 NC
sshaped 20 speak OF his wife IN that way ~
ooper and the witness afterward went 10 Edinourgn
psfare leaving the Grand Hotel NJ Cooper had row
u,tb the landlord. On the journey to Edinburgh M
cooner WAS restless and nervous. In Edinburgh ne
spent one day hour OF two IN wiring some td
Hotel From Edinburgh Mr.. Cooper ana Ile VILE, nosS
came back to London. There Mr Cooper CON pa
,Sat he v rs tracked by detectives When the witness
t.rt wv Mr. Cooper in New-York, the latter looked e1
eifed; MS ewes mad strange, staring eAPI17io',
nike 10 the witness about a number OF Wld SA9 *
.Pos,f nnsiness schemes once Mr. COopeTs house
r. lr Cooper tod the witness that every AiIs We
blank everything al gone, money aud al he a
tbougn OF committing suicOe ana would nave uo1e 10
H H. wife had lot saved him. he seeIneU ~ 80
what would become Of his poor VIE. - us ' Ir
Mr.. Cooper was complete T Mr. cooner
body and mind The witness toia ot, C 6ripPS
tbat he perhaps only suffering IRON NJ IA
NJ Cooper SAID it more than drink anu tLat uo -
Dot taken any liquor for several aay n9 Vben Mr.
Coonef came back from Bermuda, be looked m9ch IN
proved lie spoke with Affection OF his vile AI.er me
Intention to AXE sim ng lessons. de sad ht 1u sVo
voice he also spoke OF extraordinary prouGs N W."
sonl6 he made bv engaging In KINDS OF business
lie said tuat he himself was making more money 'H"N
ever before IN his life. .
On cross-examination Mr. Wheeler asked great
number Of questions, all apparently Win d,r9 Her
tTip in Europe were prolonged spree, Nj, AZ
Wheeler asked when aud where ana "hAt aa i IV
often ne Lad drankwhen ne was III Europe lie sau 10
oLalA az mere NJ drank Mr. Wheeler denied hat
a. drank more than good for him Wnen ne Wa ~
Turope. or more than drank when al nome. Ques
-S SsTs also asked Mr. Wheeler to snow that ir
90 durig The last year and half, hac been % one
continuous spree In reply TO questions ny Lhe OonLs
soners Mr. Wheeler said that Ar Cooper looked now
Ibof A be had looked during the last eighteen months
HIS writing, however, was more scraWy. 49,. 4,
The next witness James o. scott, dealer IN
Japanese goods at No 202 Fifthaye. M Cooper called
on tim and proposed TO buy his stocK II IL MeIe 10
Valued bigh. Negotiations tor the puro.Sse VI he
stock were carried for time between them Inc
matter aiterward dropped. ,... M
In t,eorge M Beard tnen called rs witness Hs
frsr saw Mr. Cooper In December. 1881 DE CONSIDERED
tLat MIR. Cooper insane when ne hrsV saw Win. LlI
siye pArssls The exciting causes Ct hs disordsr
excessive fondness Tor VINE anu ~UITn resrant
ness advised the family 10 have MN pun uh1eI
He told tue family that Mr. Cooper was not Responsible
Tor his outrageous conduct he thought that there was
Danger that MIR Cooper mlgh kliI lls VI ib ~ re-
CooDers worst symptoms was hls JOtai laeh Vi SCI "
ia few DAYS bat he did not think that nc was now III
condition TO attend 10 his Ordinary Onlnesr ah'4s ~
The future Mr. Cooper might have Intervals Wnen nc
would De able do lie was now IL conutt4on AZ
when most people not acquainted Win sucA casoS
wNgid think that ne was sane Dr. Beard SAID that MI
Cooper had tod him OF us eonIueV s anu
that his story did not vary III SUI
stance with that OF Mrs. Cooper ana Others.
Dr Beard on cross-exaInnaJlon said that ne ulu hot
N nk thar MIR Cooper would ever be perleouy sane
mau lie had made original diagnosis OF MI. coop
trs case partly On statements mace 70 nm Wy ~
Cooper anu her daughter and Mr. wheeler, anu party
On lis own observations. lie Was tod tnat hr cooper
had been for long time addicted TO the excessive use OI
drink He advised MIR. Cooper 70 go 70 Btrmuua III Or
der mat be might be removed from all excitement ana
tempt atlon 70 drink .