New-York tribune., 1886-05-14
SAD FOR BARTLEY CAMPBELL.


HIS FINANCIAL AFFAIRS GREATLY TAEGLED-THE
CAUSE OF HIS BREAKING DOWN.
BARLEY Campbell, the wcll-knOwn play
wright and manager whose rather than eccentric
conduct during the last few weeks has thrown grave
suspicion upon his sanity, arrested yesterday
at his home. No. 152 West Forty. .ninth-st, and
afterward held for examination at the
Yorkve Police Court The warrant which the ar
rest was made procured Wednesday by Winthrop
Parker. OF No. 206 Broadway. acting as counsel Tor
Mrs. Campbell. This decided step was deter
mined upon at a consultation held on Monday
evening at Mr.. Campbells house. between
his ply scian. his former counsel and the immediate
friends Of the family The cx-managers condition was
not then either desperate or dangerous but IL was
thought that his only chance Of recovery lay In tenn
porary forced retirement under physicians care MT.
Campbelrs partial alienation dates back month or
two. His failure with the Fourteenth Street Theatre
Is well known Tho efforts OF his receiver Ernest
Harver straighten odt the tangle were paralyzed
by njunctions in succession from Mr.. CampbeHs
old creditors The lost his grasp OF affairs
entirely. Last Saturday he broke into the Fourteenth
Street Theatre with iron bar and tried force his way
private office upstairs Some days before that he
surreptitiousy taken tickets for Miss Ene Elslcrs
Woman against Woman" then running at the theatre,
and distributed them right and left, without marking
in any way to show their complimentary nature
had TO be good by the receiver In deal
ing with Miss Elser's manager Mr.. Campbell called
meeting OF bis creditors but was not present himse.
friend met him day leading diminutive
toy spaniel When spoken to in regard to MS
mana cement he said 81 going to paint. painted
grapes the day and sold the picture Tor SO
Yesterday when he walked into the YorkvIc Court on
the or officer OConnor, who had arrested MIN. ne
looked tired out mentally and physically. lie wore
rose coat lapel and fashonably dressed but
his hair was dsnevelled and his air distracted ana
| wandering.
Police Justice White assured Mr.. Campbell that he
days quiet place whore he could get rid OF the
of settlements and inuncons and OF AL the other
which follow upon managerial failure. Mr;
Campbell had little to say in In return return, ,t0G ana
as his sanity Mrs. Campbell and her lawyer joined
the manager and his physician and the tle party
driven away toward Bellevue Hospital Mr. Camp
bell lodged safely there ana will he kept under re-
decide upon his mental condition. NO action VIII
he taken the Inuncons before decision is obtained
Mr. Campbelrs legal responsibility and the dsposl-
| tion OF his person and property.
Winthrop Parker. Mrs. Campbelrs counsel. was found
| last night by TRIBUNE reporter at NO;
last Saturday by Mrs Campbell' he soid. MT;
| in many OF the daily papers. and his own family had
been speculating quietly his mental conditlo i
was directed this morning to file an application for ex,
the family physician and her nearest friends
| and saw other way ont OF the dihculty.
| The unfortunate manager was taken In car.
| riagc TO the police court and everything went
through as smoothly AS possible lie will probably stay
in Bellevue until everything Is settled satisfactorily.
shall petition Supreme Court tomorrow for the an
| polntment OF a committee on his person ana estate.
Regular proceedings Will then he begun for the settle
men of the estate the disposition OF the property
| Mr. CanpbelIs financial affairs are much tangled up
now and 1t is uncertain whether anything would be
| realized from the estate"
Mr. Harvicr Mr.. Campbelrs receiver, was not at