The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17


ssme- y. Dou.hsrsy. she Insane Adusivss
~ Mari Ass1erson- Navarro. who Re-
Gently E>css.e from the Kings Csnn;y
n. ~ Insane Asylum. ktls Assistant
SuI~rlnssni~ns Ll"yd aud tso<s Cumming
Tor Another Doctor = ARRESTED and
lacked ~.
INV York. Oct 10. Shortly before
ak o'clock last evening James NJ
Dougherty the insane lover Of Mary
Anderson Navarro entered tho ofiics
Of tho Kings County Insane Asylum.
and asked TO see the superintendent
Dr. Fleming. The assistant superin.
tendent. Dr. Geo. r. Lloyd. recognized
him Is having escaped from tho Asylum
fortnight ago. and sought 20 engage
mis- attention. Dougherty had loaded
revolver in each hand and fired them
almost simultaneously and DR.. Lloyd
fell 10 the floor and instantly expired,
one bullet lodging in his throat and tho
other entering the head.
Doughcrty then left the asylum and
started for tine Kings County Hospital
with the avowed intention OF killing
DR.. Arnold. one Of the surgeons there,
but fortunately that gentleman was
ont
From the latter place his steps were
lost until dc was arrested at the New
York terminus Of the bridge. As he was
alighting from a train. and taken 20 the
Oak-street station. His arrest was due
70 DR.. Irwin Ashford, one Of the spe-
cial enumerators who was taking
the census OF the asylum at the
time Of the murder. lie followed
Dougherty to the hospital. where the
murderer threatened 10 shoot him. but
he eluded the maniac DIR. Ashford had
just come over the bridge. after notify
ing the brooklyn police, reasoning that
the murderer would re turn to New York.
On the very next train through he came
and was arrested. lie still had the two
revolvers, and in his pockets were a
number Of manuscripts and several let
tiers. One Of the letters was addressed
70 Mrs. Mary Anderson-N Navarro" and
read:
Mr. MARI ! must now bid you good bye
! wish you all happiness lon deeply
wronged me. but understand the extcnu-
afing circumstances aud freely forgive YOU.
Its ever thus. am hurt by those love.
have no wish 10 leave You now. Mary be
good. happy and true.
Another letter rambles incoherently
about God and love rs follows:
Iusc the term 1T" TO represent God. in
stead of he or she. n~ 10 not think T. DIS
sexual Maybe IN the future phase Of exist
ence This may be granted. II there be mat.
ing in IL I intend 20 be awful good to you.
sometimes was afraid OF You. It WAS
sort Of hero worship lou we're my heroine
and are 30 VET. did love Won: Il loved
hate In concluding. Nsos. advise you 20
study sprituaii-m. II = fu4i of frauds.
This j. human nature The other life IS
very near 10 "a ! can hope 20 meet you
thcre- ! wish you would attend 10 my manu-
scripts There j. no friend 10 take interest
In lay discoveries. and they w,uli help the
wos,d IL d.Iu=el. Iarose sopoor and 10 wiy
that none take note of th~rn These. the
chilsr-n Of my brain. my orphnns.I would
wish 90 live on. and now farewell
ISi<Dedl JIMMY.
October, Is10
Other letters were addressed to his
m&her. Mrs Margaret Dougherty.
Clean. n ". Mr.. Lewis Spnder. New
York. and Charles O Pearson Room So
War Department Washington. D. c.
Dougherty was confined in the Kings
County Asylum twenty-five months and
escaped on september e. IL - learned
that last Thursday he boughs two re-
volvers IS No g Bowery to kill Dr.
Fleming. and he admitted 1t tie station
house that he went TO Brooklyn 70 kill,
and fully expected TO be killed himsell