The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-01-17
Escaped hrOa the Asylum,

William Ileripeo.s. who arrived froa ths
United STATES few months aSo displaying
symptoms % = Gsraeats& coalition. has
escaped frocs the Insane ASylRm. where be
was placed s09a after his ARRIVAL. he had
been allowed - air himself upoa an elevated
rock On the grounds known as Prospect
RoeS, ard II Is Supposed he slipped away
shsHes - the hills, Dr.. Tucker fears that be
has fallen SroooZ the roeSS az Socae remote
SPOT and hart himself, Saturday week Lippin-
eott informed the Superintendent that be
vss going ~ quit the Institution. represent,
inS with confessed rslaceSnes that be was
the RsSes1sr rsturnsd 10 earth. When hS
lsts BE VAS earefooted and dressed IN Slae
dGnEaree.
Lste Tuesday evening it was learned that
q Supposed clue to the missing lnnstie's
whereabouts had essn found. People in
NrUSnu Valley heard shouts up in the noun
tSin toward the Pail, and upon replying
thereto they heard 3 rSttliuS " earte and
stores down the steep slope but no more
woke. Ii y supposed that I3pplnecst on
hearing responses % his e-lss Concealed
heard falling, Sni that the unfoEt1nA:s rnSn
IS N a position where 1t will bs hard 70 set
biuc-
SECAgrUScp,
William Lippincoss. who escaped from the
lnSaaS ASylGn at ulns o'clock on Sunday
morning, vas recovered by Mr. Aul6, assist
sat superintendent Of the Institution, on
Wednesday forenoon.
The returned patient gave very lutelll-
gent account Of his hong stay In the moan
tSinS, showing that BE had PISSED through
severe hSrdShlpS Snd pSriiOCS adventures
Pleased with the ScSusry after leaving tee
vicinity Of the institution. be wandered
slonS on ths mooltSln range until his pro-
Sress Was stopped 6y the vast prscipiess
i. -.
he then turned back SimlsSSly until his
steps led him down steep dsclivity in =
-Svins On the mountain slopes Then he
found himself on narrow lsdSs, bsfoCs him
4 perpendicular pEsciplce Of. he SAYS, q
thousand feet, sud behind hiEn rugged &C
clIvity Of twenty feet, which he feared he
coali not scale
Night coming on, he protected himself
against the cold By stuhng pads of ferns III
side his single ply OF eRnGSrse apparel.
This gave him s somewhat comfortable
right of it. On the next night. however. rain
fell. which caused aIm much discomfort
Lippiueutt heard the cries of the search
party and the report Of gun dred to attract
his attention. He SAYS he replied 10 the sig
mails. bot il 50 his voics must have been lost
To the seaEchsrS as they approached tie
mountains On tuesday night or wednesday
morning the l1uGtic resolved that he would
make desperate effort IN Ssl out Of his pr
sou. As lie says, he considered II WIS better
% fall aud De killed than 10 remain there and
srsrys, and the longer he taTrisd the weaker
would be become and less able % nuke the
attempt at escaping. He therefore t2esd the
steep and uncertain path By which he had
descended, after severe struggle gaining
the summit.
Tns insane man made 3 remarkable use of
his vsstigs Of rsaSou IL other respects during
his s0iocrn on the brink OF the precipics.
E.z.srfrlr az hs rrrf-hr mil tn
destruction IL us slssp, he tore out the peck
cts from his clothes AMI reudrng them into
strips made rope Of them. One end Of this
he fastened 10 his wrist and the other % q
stout bush, thus securing himself from the
apprshsudsj EIshzp. Then, after Ee had
got oct Of his box, the way he rstracsd his
steps 10 within sight OF the abode OF man
vas BY following the petals that usd fallen
from Wild gsranium wreath with which he
had decorated himself n the early part Of
his Eau5srlucS-
Wednesday morning At . O'Clock. Follow
ing the clue obtained Tuesday afternoon,
Mr. Aud sent two keepers 10 the mountain,
While he Kept watch along the road N the
valley IEe assistant superintendent scan
ned the whole face Of the range with bin
ocular glass. and vas taking last look BE-
fore gong away when he deserted what he
thought the nZare OF q man moving down
the hill. This proved 10 be LIppIucott. wbO
was watched until he vent 10 the house OF =
uzu named Johnson n the valley. Mr.. Aud
proceeded there directly and met the IUuatic.
LIppIncJtt Oh entering the house at once
asked for food, saying that be had been with
out anything 10 ear for four days. When he
saw AUD he pretended he had pistol under
MS blouse, bus the official laughed at him
aud greeted him With hand shake LiPpin-
colt wanted TO be taken to the Hotel, saying
he did uOs wish 70 20 back 10 the Asylum
After being refreshed with food and a srimu-
LIANT, however, be went along With the assist
ant superintendent TO the institution. The
unfortunate man sustained many bruises
and scratches in his adventures, besides be
coming much emsei2tsd from his prOtraeted
fast