Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-19
NEW YORK.

Insanity and Death-A Crazed Wife's Ter
 ribIe Deed-Her Husbands Reason De-
 throned-An Uncommonly Sad Tragedy
 NEW YORK, Feb 1S.-The circumstances
 of an unusually sad and fearful tragedy have
 just come to light here. of which Jacob Ross Greene and his wife were the victims. The
 husband was prosperous young iveryman | in Bastrop, Texas, being worth about 1925, ,000
 and his father being the wealthiest man ln
 the county. Young Greene was the father
 of four children-two boys and two girls
 the eldest about thirteen years old. Husband
 and wife were devotedly attached to each
 other and their home was very happy one About five years ago, after 8 severe attack of
 illness, his wife showed symptoms of insani-
 ty, which disappeared until about the middle
 of last month, when she again betrayed signs|
 of mania On the morning of the 18th of
 January she sent the children off to school at
 an earlier hour than usual, and the Husband,
 who had to go to the barn, gave his servant
 special injunctions to watch her closely. TheI servant, however, was ordered to do some
 thing down stairs by the woman, who them set about her purpose of self-destruction |Seizing large lamp, full of oil, she pouredI it's contents over her head and saturated herI |clothing with the infammable fluid. Them sshe applied lighted match, and in an in stant was mass of flames. The affrightedl servant, hearing the agonized screams of theI unfortunate lady, hurried up the stairs, but when she tried to enter the room found thel door locked. The poor deranged mind hadl .laid it's plan we'll MT. Greene, too, heardl 1the shrieks and his heart at once misgaveA 'him. Rushing out of the barn anal looking toward the house he beheld aA sight that almost froze his blood in his veins. Standing at window which looked out upon 8 low balcony was bis wife, the flames curling up about her, while she made frantic efforts to open the case
 |ment. A dozen bounds brought him to the spot, and dashing through the window he took up his wife in his arms, carried her over the veranda and threw her upon grassy lawn, rolling her over and ever in the effort Ito extinguish the flames. He finally succeed led, with the help of the servant, but not un-
 til his knees and arms had been badly burned
 The flames, however, had done their cruel
 work. The unfortunate woman fingered in A terrible agony from eight o'clock in the
 morning until two in the afternoon, when
 |she died. The husband was physically and mentally V apEOStHdtSNs AAo Wdo pA1sSOA uANOA AAACSAhG1I ecare, but though his burns were severe and painful they were nothing to his mental an guish. For six days he did not sleep and re- fused to eat. On the morning of the sixth Iday he developed symptoms of mania, and lin very short time thereafter became ray ing maniac. His physicians recommended that he be brought to New York for treat ment, and about the 1st of this month heI was put aboard train, in care of his father, Mr. R. S. Greene his uncle, Perry Greene, and his brother, D. 5. Greene. Upon their arrival here several at ltempts were made to secure hotel accommo- Idations for the suffering man, but without success. He was finally taken to BellevueR hospital, where he remained couple of days. but as nothing could be done for him thereE he was removed to Bloomingdale asylum
 This was the afternoon of the 9th inst. HeI remained there until the 11th, late in theI
 evening of which day he died, having refusedI Ito partake of any food and being unable toI fsleep. The cause of death was certified by| the physician who attended him to be acutel
 mania, complicated by pleuro pneumonia.
 His friends explain it moro simply by sayingI ithat he died of broken heart.