The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-24
E. NJ. FIELD is INSANE
So Declared by the Jury at
White Plains.
QUICKLY REACHED.
The Testimony of Several Experts Has
Great Weight.

Mrs. E. NJ Fields Testimony Brings
Tears to the Eyes of the Spectators
other Members of the Family Present
Fields Personal Property valued at
$40 OOO-New York's District-Attorney
on tho Verdict The Prisoner stm
Starving Himself
WHITE PLAINS, N Y, Dec. 24-An-
other act in the sensational drama Of
the failure of Field, Lindley, Wiechers
q Go. has been enacted in White Plains
where the inquest in lunacy on Edward
NJ. Field, the late head of the defunct
firm, has been held before William II.
Robertson, the commissioner appointed
by Judge Dykman. A number of wit
ness were on hand, but Edward NJ
Field was not among the number He
was not, in fact, present dur
ing the proceedings. Sheriff Cor
man, of New York, was served
by Lawyer John J.. Will1ie with COM
missoner's warrane requiring him TO
produce Mr.. Field at the hearing, and
the sheriff made return an affidavit Of
Dr. Crosby, the physician OF Ludlow
Street JAIL that Mr.. Field was too i'll to
be removed.
The application for the inquest was
made in the name of Cyrus w. Field,
jr., and the other members of the fami-
1 ly had been notified Attorney Wilkie
represented Cyrus w. Field, ST., Cyrus
W. Field, jr., and Mrs, L NJ Field
Cyrus w. Field, jr., and Mrs Ed
ward A Field arrived together. Mrs.
Field walked up to the Court House,
! where the hearing took place, with Cy-
| rus w. Field, jr. Mrs. Field was dressed
/ plainly and in deep morning ing
/ long black veil
Lawyer Wilkie had prepared to pre-
sent "a great amount Of cumulative and
corr obora tive evidence in the proof of
Edward NJ Fields insanity.
1t may be noted that the testimony of
the distinguished experts is very strong
and, in fact, cumulative in the M ain
The evidence presented by DR.. Carlos
F. Mcdonald, President of the Lunacy
Commission of the State, stripped of
unimportant matter, is substantially as
followsi
81 have seen and examined Mr.. Field
twice, my examinations lasting up
wards of two hours each time, and as d
result of these examinations, / have
formed the conclusion in reference to
his mental condition that he is at pres
ent ins ane, the particular form being
melAncholia. l am convinced that lie
was absolutely free and frank in his ex-
animation, and that evidences of feign-
ing were wholly wanting The physi-
cal conditions are those that would bC
found accompanying the mental condi-
tions found. "
DIR. Allen Fitch's testimony as tC
Fields condition sustains DIR. McDon-
AIDS.
DIR. Frank H. Ingram, who was form
erly assistant physician at the New
York City Lunatic Asylum, the same al
Brigham Hall Hospital, and subsequent
ly assistant medical superinte ndent at
the lunatic asylum on Blackwell
Island, examined Il. NJ. Field on Dec. l.
he says;
"After an exRmiu alton which was IL
all respects satisfactory to me, sait
= that Mr. Field was insane. The posi-
bility OF feigning was paramount in my
mind, but, after thoroughly observing
him, l was convinced that he was in
p sane, as my recorded opinion shows"
DR.. Migrants other statements ar
= corroborative of DIR. Mcdonald.
Mrs. f NJ. Field followed. She had
to be supported TO the witness stand.
hoV. Charles CuJuDBFG Ldll, Ol DEOOh-
lyn, stood beside her as she testified,
and her voice choked as she told th'
story Of her husbands eccentric action
for two years past
He had become very morose and i'll
natured, and she recalled one instance
when he had been delirious. Her testi
mony was concluded in ten minutes
and there was not a dry eye in the cour
room.
= After several other witnesses ha'
10 been examined the case was submitte'
l. TO the jury, and the jury retired. Al
u ter being out ten min utes they returne
with the verdict that Edward M. Fiel
is a lunatic and is not responsible 70
his actions. They also found that hi
personal property is valued at $50, 00l
h District Attorney Nicoll says; 9Th
verdict of a Westchester County jur
cannot affect in any degre the indict
Z ments of the grand jury Of the Count
: of New York -
Edward N. Field still persists
Z starving himself. He refuses to partaR