The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-29
GARRETT IN SECLUSION.
THE MILLIONAIRE TAKEN FROM
NEW YORK TO RINGWOOD.

A Mansion Near the Home of Mayor
hewitt Hired for His Retirement
No Doubt of HIS Insanity-Sounds
from the Sick Room.
From the Ne,c York Sun.
RINGwooD, n. j., Aug. 26.-Robert Gar
rett's friends made up their minds several
weeks ago that the Breevort house was no
longer proper place in which to care for
him. His case was becoming extremely
critical. There was no doubt he was insane.
The noise of passing wagons, and the hustle
and excitement of the hotel were too great,
and an endeayor was male TO secure a quiet
retreat Mayor Hewitt, who has been q
GOOD friend of Mr.. Garrett, advised that a
visit be made to Ringwood. There is here
the absolute quiet of the forest The may
or's estate at Ringwood, just at the upper
end of New Jersey, is secluded by nature,
and distant from settlements The nearest
village to Ringwood is Sloatsburg, in New
York state.
The Hewitt estate covers thousands of
acres. Nesting on one side of it is piece
of property smaller than the mayors, but
possessing advantages of seclusion and po-
sltlon. This is the E. H Miller estate. Mr..
Miller was cotton broker during the war.
In one days turn of the prices of cotton
during the rebellion he is credited with
having made 100000, and the story goes
that he said he would put that amount into
q house here on the hills. So, over q score
Of years ago, he had stone brought to the
heights of Ringwood from neighboring
uuarries, and here he built large house,
with gables and wings and walls and out
buildings like manor house of old. A few
wears ago Mr.. Miller died His son lived in
the house at intervals during the summer
seasons until year ago, and since then the
Ilace has been unoccupied. 1t was this
place that Mayor Hewitt spoke of to the
Garrett family. They decided to take it on
lease for what is understood to be $500
month, and there transfer Mr.. Garrett.
Word was sent to New York last week
that things would be all ready for them by
Monday next, and it was expected here that
the removal of Mr.. Garrett would be made
on Monday, but the family were anxious to
get Mr.. Garrett out of the city sooner than
that, and it was decided to make the trip to-
day. To avoid public curiosity it was de-
cided to remove Mr.. Garrett very early in
the morning. On Saturday evening Car
riage Starter Dugan of the Brevoort house
was instructed to have the carriages and
coupe ready to transport the Garrett
family from the hotel to the Erie railroad
depot in Jersey City. The greatest secrecy
was maintained.
1t was desired that there should be no
crowd on hand in case there should be a
scene. The party left the hotel this morn
ing about O'clock, and got to the ferry and
across that to private car waiting in the
Jersey City station. There were few people
around when the private train was finally
started.
Tho ,ortu raaobad pinou,ood oil r;,.bt
and those who came up on the train say
that Mr.. Garrett stood the trip very well.
There were physicians and keepers with
him. Once out here, Mr.. Garrett was taken
to a room on the second story of the house,
to the left of the main entrance. The house
is spacious and is two stories high, with
roomy attics, and a broad room, in lieu of
hall, reaches back of the vestibuled en-
trance. The house is fully occupied, for the
Garrett party numbers half dozen, and
there are the doctors and guards and half
dozen servants.
1t was said that Mayor Hewitt called on
the family early in the evening. A Sun
reporter drove up the dark, billy road that
passes through the Hewitt estate, and,
winding past the mayors brightly lighted
house, leads between bushes and tnickets to
the old Miller house. 1t was o'clock this
evening. A kindly faced man came into
Uuo lOCCpIlOll iOOul. 4hl pil ASOu, AO oeaANt
was very sick, but they counted on his be-
ing better here. He might not get better
right away, but at any rate he was no
worse. He has been greatly troubled by
insomnia, and the doctors thought he could
get more sleep here than in the city.
"We hope to be here for several months"
the speaker added. "Mr. Garrett himself
wanted something like this, and we got it
for him. The hotel was too public and the
-,
portunity to care for him, and only his
family and friends are at hand"
A moment after this there came a noise
from overhead, and husky voice shouted:
Yes, Robert Garrett is here, and he is
alive"
Just as the sound ceased there were heard
other voices, as if the attendants were max
ing assent and endeavoring to calm the ex-
cited mau, bat he was not calmed, and
there rang out cry of ''Murderp followed
by the words: "Ahi Robert Garrett Yes;
Robert Garrett is here and alive, too"
Again the voices of the attendants were
heard, but their words could not be made
out, and then there was laugh, or some
thing like it, and one could hear Garrett
pounding, as if on a table with his fist, call
ing meeting to order. Then he uttered a
Berries of sentences incoherently and rapidly,
but he ended with the words:
Il will close with these gentlemen now.p
Then his hand, falling on the table or wall,
emphasized his sentence repeated again, Il
will close with these gentlemen" as if he
had been negotiating a sale or transfer of
Baltimore and Ohio interests His removal
seems to have excited him, and tonight he
is violent, at least in language. The ply
sicians are compelled, according to the cur
rent stories that leak out from his sick
room, to use opiates to keep him at all calm.
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so MANY as to give his physicians or family
much ground Tor hope