New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-11
MRS HOYTS TESTIMONY.
rnorp,rs WITH HER DAUGHTER
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NJ. Helen NJ. Hoyt. although we'll advanced
a.. aars and although her deafness makes $500.
o. thelawyers to shout at her, proves hei'''-
s,.cr,minating witness, well armed TO answer qu M,
..ted nv the shrewdest legal minds ohi'eu o'
-, Attorney Root in the Hoyt will contest yes'efus.'
crst asked Mrs Hoyt regarding the trouble
.e,f and her daughter September H. 800 ", U.s.
telegraph official summoned oy teiepn ,rn calls
Uovt "Dd you not" was his inquiry An'"'
for a District Telegraph omcer . an. .,ssrnoop
Mrs. Hoyt-I remember OILY o"e' 49,
POSSIBLY 'here ~.,o s hin, to arrest your daughters A.
Odd yen not ask MN W ~e''
No. ont ., her mindi
Srdee Fullerton made strenuous and succesSlui ~,
lection to Mrs. Hoyts testitylng as III 0~p'
cpestion of her daughters sanity -, ,,r,
~ MIA Won mt in June, 1892 say to samuei my"
:. Mary oucht to have been sent away a year ago
Aohar on,ection threw this question ana others To-
rsrsinc Mrs Hoyts conversations out Oh court
o-0n ssptember IL did you say to Mr. Qusckehpo'n
that you compelled to summon Poii'e
your daughter out Of the housef nsd
Mrs Uovt balanced her mind carefully and rephou
sUhs saws So IL may be true" Then she addca oeciu
.dlv Mary however, never put out OF 'ne nouso
o-You never refused her permission 10 return A'A'
,rom the asylumf A.-Not as remember ~
nun Ma ro meyer saw TO Dr. Hall that your daughter
Q.-Dd you never SD! w D-' ~
vsed Won shamefullyf
NJ uovt inset the proper categorical answer OF
,el.educated witness by answering was hos nAo
me to say such thing. don't believe ever A.
thing of the kind. No, 1 never saio W III ~ ~
eould not live with my daughter"
o-What drugs did she take for her ahesoo
-, A-Idon't know. I only surmsed from her
o,ent actions that she suffered from too mueh nea
cine. ,,, ror out ~
o-pe You remember that once she locked you GU. VI
the housei Ayes; believe 1t was sonetiihe peio'.
INV husbands illness in 1882 and in the evening.
man was sent through the scutte hole anu speHu VIZ
door for me. 49,. 49,. BALLAD
o-Do YOU remember that your daughter then eaieu
ION . hou.e-breaker and threatened TO nave you
srrestedf A-she might have done so. she was ca
cited and do not recall her exact words
Ex,Judge Fulertm-What reason can you s'o ioi
'S%s Mrs Howl (sgniacantly).-Oh, I know, know.
t MIR. Fullerton with Chesterfield ar-we also would
M Mrs Hoyt twisey)-she had been taking too many
Mrs aoy had expected complete her ent
owing 10 the nonarrval of her daughters conn a n
papers from the Frankfort Asylum she was sxcusea u
Jane Shook somewhere about forty years old TOOK up
the thread OF history She was nurse AaJ h accom-
papied Sy samuel Hcyt and William Ellis her employ,
ers went with Mary Irene Hey1 10 SaS Railroad
to the FRANKFORT Insane Asylum on the way 70 the
fey awsy from home in this fashion, Jane sn9ok
also said that Miss Hoyt tainted in the carriage on her
way to the depot and was revived III fh'H"''' ""e
did she to Samuel 9T" H tGu h.d Ae Of
her dying father. He said that she was IN 10
wiiam ~ r. Ellis said that he had received
Orders to take Miss Hoyt to the asylum, ss9i.
%nen S sfeq HOyt ran to her and
self In burst open the door and ound her IL
s S os n shs 70
dressing accompanied her with sainuei o!' anu 'ei'
o"WSpD did you first see Samuel Hoyti AT my
Office several days before the removal OF MISS ioyt ne
Mr. Bailey zone of Jesse Hoyts nurses also called re-
gardng the removal He asked me to bring slralght
was not needed for the lady.
General PryOr-who suggestedbreakng into the room
Q-What did she say when you reached the inside OF
the roCm Al raHsH Of b mat you'll repent
this Don't take me away from my Dying iaher' ono
Q-Did not Mrs Hoyf pay you for removing her
daughter. Al don't know who paid for it. .. -, dawn
in T freneh as '"g in English rub
ber Informed the surrogate ana an has in $50 and
that Hoyt took lessons OF him ID yapof pans Hrey
also rubbed him In February Mr. Townsend discovered
trouble with Hoyts spleen. and after that Mr 19wn
send performed upon him at his house uu May Aheio
he saw Miss Mary Hoyt attending her father
Joseph H. Choate. who had been watching lne %aen
with curious eye addressed MIN olo INC P"'sH'
seem better for your rubbing Y
Witness-No, sir, he got worse - -, -
,essions with him. was ne not ..s n,u,
Witness-Yes, that's the way wanted him.
Mr.. Choate-How long did you subject him to this Or
deal at time
Witness-About an hour. 49,,
Mr.. Choate-And he came out alive every umei
Wituess-Yes, until he died
Mr. Choate-He must have been pretty robust man to
endure the rubbing you gave him, was he NOT p, -,
witness-oh, no, only gave 1t to him hght' lAaueh
Mr. choate looked content and Mr.. Townsend trium-
plant as he stepped out OF popular gaze
The hearing goes on to-day.