St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-30
QUEER ILLUSIONS.
6omeehlng OF Interest Concerning
. Peculiar lGalady.

Startling aad Singular Forms Of I.saaia
Dcveloped In Peopse Otherwise Appar-
eetly sa.e-lt IL Hard to Detect
aDd Di0c1lt to Cure.
Not long ago IN old man, lookin
Hike arieh, retired merchant or-bankcI
walked into the Office of one Of tn
foremost publishing houses Of Ncv
York and asked to sec the head of tn
firm. That gentleman recognized hi
caller IS man who twenty years ag,
had been the junior member of . grea
Wall street firm. He also remembered
that the senior member had been on,
of Lincoln's most trusted advisers Ii
financial mattcrA The cx-banlrer said
"You will remember that my partner
who died about six months. ago. wa
very prominent. during the civil war
Everyone in New York knows tha
Lincoln many times followed his coun
sell Now, r have in my possession
papers and memoranda showing how
very much Lincoln was Indebted tc
him. This information Is OF . deeply
Interesting, and, I might say, of q
startling character. ! thought, per.
haps, we might make some arrange.
ment 70 write memoir. feel certain
that it Tould pay, besides being q fair
tribute TO my friend and throwing much
light on history" as73
The ex-banker went on to tell that
he had proof that his partner drew the
originA ldreft Of the emancipation
Proclamation. besides doing many other
things of vital Importance. The pub
lisher'xas delighted, and made arrange
ments for . writer to call at the ex-
bankers house on a certain day and be-
gin work, The publisher talked with
the ex-6ankcr for an hour or more, and
they separs*ed, equally well pleased.
At the appointed time the writer called
and began to discuss the forthcoming
book. After some time tho cx-bankcr
said:
There Is one thing I have not yet
told you, and it is the most important
Of ALL His voice sank to . mysterious
whisper: my partner assassinated Mr..
Lincoln" rt,
''No.. said the writer, drawing back
and looking at the cx-banker in IN IS
~
"Yes" said the ex-banlkcr, he killed
him" And then he proceeded to relate
. wild and rambling story. The writer
questioned him, and was soon satisfied
that he was stark mad. On all other
subjects - WAS perfectly sane. On this
one Of - partners connection with the
Lincoln administration he was insane.
instances Of this kind are not uncom-
mon, and yet It h form Of insanity
that Is almost incurable. and Is liable
to become dangerous at any time. It
was this form of mania that possessed
Dougheftys who murdered Dr. Lloyd
Generally, however. It Is content with
manufacturing great hoax and stir
ring upsn excitement II
A few years ego the police Of New
ark hal IN experience Of this kind,
about which they decline to talk even
yet One day . man Of respectable ap-
pearance walked int police head
quarters - Newark and said: Il am .
dry goods naDchant <Fom Chicago. /
was passing through-here and stopped
OF 1t the ststion. had valisc with
Thousand dollars In bills |
in II. lleft the valisc on . seat in the |
waiting room while stepped out for .
moment, Whcn. came beck IL was
gone. am fortunately not entirely
without money, - happened TO have
. few hundred dollars in my pocket" 4
The police were ct first inclined to
doubt hnt when tho man told Of two
men whe had followed him from Chica-
60 and acted suspiciously. the chief
was ineerestcd He ordered diligenS
search for thc robbers Circumstances
came upSkhich verified the man's story, /
and the result was great hue and ca.
The mai Eent 70. hotel to aw,it de- |
velopmenfS He spent his own money
freely. and eneoursgpl the police n
every way. Several DAYS passed The |
story ana the descriptions OF The sup
posed roUbefs Werc tcleeraphcd an over
the country would-bc detectives IN
small towns pade arrests, The news.
papers Sre Jun qf II and tha mystery
grew each day. Finally the snaa from
Chicago took one of tn. detectives aside
md said - him. rsrss. - ss~. ss !
Perhaps should havoe1plained ono
feature - 9sth6 caao sooner. Il may
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