The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-18
a QUEER CLIENT.
A Practical Common. Sense Man Suddenly De.
yclOping Amazing Freaks.

a fractlcai common sense Man suddenly De
veloping Amazing Freaks.
Among the brilliant army of coun
sci which Col. Rogers, whose unsettled
mental condition recently got him into
trouble with 4 Staten island hotel
keeper, had called to his relief, was
Ira u. Warren. The colonel fancicd
that a great many people were earn
eStly engaged in doing HIM seriou:
injury, and had intrusted q variety o.
litigation to Mr.. Warren, Clark Bell,
Roscoe Conkiing, Lucas l.. Van Allen,
and others. In regard to this remark.
able case of dementia, Mr.. Warren,
said:
1.-THE case of Col. Rogers is nothing
to the extraordinary insanity that be.
fell a client of mine some years ago.
He came of a fine family, and was
well known about town. He was quite
as much my friend rs my client.
knew him and all his family intimate.
ly. His affairs had been in nv hands
nearly twenty years, and during all
that while knew him rs one of the
most practical, common-sense men ]
had ever met. Indeed, he was the
embodiment of vigorous and robust
manhood.
"One day he came into my office and
told me he had contracted to purchase
ten houses. | thought l knew his
financial condition almost to 4 dollar,
and was surprised at the
ment, for l did not see how in the
world he could carry it out. He spoke
very uecisively, however. and as he
IlI nnt snn1n ,lIa,,ngnI TO nI,Iil, Ii.
plan to me | assumed that he had got
hold of some money somehow or other,
and knew what he was about. He
wanted me to search the titles of the
property that he intended to buy. and
added that the men would be in my
office mt noon the next day to sign the
agreement of purchase. Sure enough,
at noon, they were on hand, and ac-
cording to his instructions | drew IN
the papers for both of the contracting
parties to sign. Then t nv infinite
establishment. he said he was going to
pay 5000 down on the bargain.
"'This is absurd | said. 1T will
take me u week to look up those titles,
and these people are strangers to us.
What ii the titles are moi good?'
80 never mind that he answered,
inlitterently; they're ali right. Be-
sides, l have plenty of money, lots of
it, oceans, more than | know what to
do with. Pay up, pay up
II knew that this was all nonsense.
but supposed that he had his reasons
for wishing to impress the men with
his presumed wealth, so l SAID no
more but reluctantly gave them his
check. A day or so afterward he re-
returned and SAID briskly, Warren, do
you want to make a f%ortune?'
"'Howp l asked,
"'I'll let you into it, he said. i
have arranged to buy all the lots in
Central park from Fifth avenue to
Eighth avenue up oSeyentieth street,
and I'm going to erect a building on
them thirty stories high
II looked %intently at him as he
made this bewildering proposition.
His face was as straight and as seri-
Gus as if he were considering to buy
a simple building lot in Harlem. I
was forced to believe that he was Sc
rions, and, consequently, that his
mind was disturbed. So | answered
that | thought we'll OF his plan, and
"o"'" eee "hoG ilonep coulu raise 10
carry IL out. but just now, | added,
I'm a little short, ana should like to
borrow a few thousands of you. How
n"oi " vi oi ii"hu'
Half Il lEillion,' he answered as
coollv as could be. l knew we'll
enough what lie had, and asked for
$40, DOC. This, | knew, would not
leave nm more Than $500 in cash. He
v me ms check u left The office,
ana "llnln I'VE minutes had it cert
neg anu secure. then wrote his
Wl1e' II hcr reply was convincing
,hat ne was clearly insane, his mania
pelhS thau ne was immensely rich. A
gay or Two laser he came into my Of
G III company with another man
"hom 1 as a plcture-deal-
ef' theh' o me hrst time, l saw
yhlPtohis Oh INSANITY In ms face. His
eyes were wlid II ~bloodshot, and his
features cohtorted' as II IN rage. l
immediately concllded that we were
TO nave Il i've time over that $40, 900,
ana quickly rose 10 my feet to prepare
LOT ~.
Ile "aiheu rapidly up to me,
S!asPeu my manu. pullinS me toward
nm, Whispered va man, lend me
Sooo till tomorrow!
hardly knew what To say, but reach
ing INTO my SAFE took out an old check
DOOR long since dlsused, and point
ing TO a STUB that showed Il balance
IN pahk OF less IMAM SIOo, answered.: