The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15
Is RH1NELANpER INSANE.
The Man Accused Of marrying Beneath Him
Talks Like Sane Man.

Talks Like a Sane Man.
New York Mail and Express.
William c. Rhinelander was nibbling at
dainty breakfast in the Tombs, this morning
when a reporter called. He sat in big chair in
his shirt-sleeves, and read a paper leisurely
IAN / insanelp he asked the reporter. do
look 500 No. sir. Now let me tell you. One of
the reasons have made such a fight is that
morally and socially / think | am right
don't wish the act to be classified as insane, not
even for the hope of escaping punishment. But
of course the main reason is have perfectly
proper dread ola lunatic asylum. dare say
there may be popular idea, particularly among
the upper classes that confinement in an asylum
in place of Imprisonment in State prison is a
desideratum for all who have committed crime
The only difference in an asylum
would be that there is hard labor; but labor is
at all times preferable to enforced idleness, and
residence in an asylum is liable to result in
the complete ruin of sane man If people
have lost the gift of speech-and we have known
instances where they have-by nor-communica-
ton with their fellow creatures, certainly the
human mind will be imperiled by contact with
those who have no reason. 1t is one thing to be
sent to an asylum by the State when a mans
counsel pleads insanity at the time Of trial in his
defense. A man so sent becomes charge to the
county, and will be liberated the moment his
sanity returns But man sent to an asylum
by his family for the purpose of getting him
out of the way and in the hope that they may
be able to manage his wife and child as they
superintendent of the asylum can be induced
to accept a large weekly compensation for his
guardianship. Then again, it must be remem-
befed in my case this sending me to an asylum
is the carrying out of an oft-repeated threat on
the part of the family, through an agent, who
did and said all things for them that 1t might
not be proper for themselves to do or saw
Rhinelander then reviewed very harshly the
report of the commission who decided against
him. He said in DIR, Detmold's case it was IA
foregone conclusions" that he had been ap-
preached by members of the Rhinelander family
He was not so severe on Mr. Nolan, and praised
Mr.. Patterson
There are only two reasons for my being
pronounced insane" he said Zone the testi-
mony of the medical experts, and the other
that was under a delusion. The Rhine
landers, in their malicious attempts to over
whelm me with amount of expert testimony
against my sanity, made the fatal error of hav-
ing these various experts to pronounce me in :
sane on various counts. The irreconeilability
of their opinions in the most essential point
demonstrated the worthlessness of their evil
dence. Even Detmold acknowledges that The
second ground for my insanity was based upon
the fact that the day l shot that 1nterloping
agent, my wife was not in his Office and | sup
posed she was. My detective was unimpeached. If
any delusion existed my detective made it. The
Rhinelanders have demonstrated, and they have
been allowed by the authority of the court to
demonstrate, that they have it in their power to
legalze illegality.n