The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-24
A JURY SAYS FIELD rs INSANE.
Tho Testimosy Was That He Had Been
Irrational ior Two Years.


Edward NJ Field was yesterday declared In.
sane by SherifY's jury OF twenty-five at White
Plains. Supreme Court Commissioner William
H. Robertson presiding. The Rev. Henry NJ.
Field. Cyrus W. Field. Jr.. DR.. Charles Lindley
DR.. Matthew Field. and Mrs Edward N. Field
were present The court room was crowded
ut 1O:45 o'clock. when Judge Robertson came
In. F. J. Stone. one Of Fields counsel. said on
the authority OF Drs. Crosby. Lindley. and
Douglass that any shock or exposure to Field
might result fatally. and. therefore. he had not
been brought to court.
D. o. Bradley, President OF the Tarrytown
National Bank. q former member OF the As
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p pelso oDs PAPER. said Mr. Bradley: There
as boon great change in hin II I'D during tie
clssed il often, and It was finally decided that ,
without the written guarantee 81 his iat h we
Eo II. DC bank MS n 6onds
Two gears aso became afraid n,s q
family debts: He ga not present checks h q 8
Ssss in H. rySs I'M aaS
drew checks to his order nine months ago
They have never boon presented. IN April IL.
men:y we Mr. Gysa 50 a9 cry much
worried at our action. but we had resolved
Was 70 me"tal S thoroughly irrational and In
T., p; SfaI Iies. / Liudley' Mr. Fields brother
general change Hs in him for
oe as FHsf his mind Hs has been Wild in hIs
talk. and at times would become furious. His
os I'll %e h tsat
thSSq ls Edsasa called
snns Rss Gsses a
stood beside her while abe was testifying. She
said that about two years esS she noticed oeds
and had tempered. He forgot his business
and other engagements; i am sorryto say II.
' Samuel Conover testified that he had known
Field for twelve In the past n bs
in us b% iifdii Field asked him six times
Der anything about It afterward.
Thomas Stokes 81 lEyington sw t;I n h ior
much. He had u peculiar expression in his
eyes. His appearances was personally shEs ars
mes q HIM. on Hs ' asked to 60 and Stay With
him and said he had fourteen vacant rooms s,i N
his house few m Sa Inc ns psd
ED sssaP Se g the did
him again. II was commonly remarked that
f Dr. %4 Buchanan Burr Of the New York LIE In;
snrance Company was called. He e., SAID HAL ~
placed nearly all the insurance on AZ f to
sand sane dolisrs o His father asked me about il.
told him It was large sum but d,f n%5 snee
come again 4 week later he asked me to
lunch Six months ago he wanted to change
bis ans tod hs we SoS
brains out before another hall year mad
Dr. Allen Fitch Of the University Of the City
OF New York and the examiner for the Com
miesioners OF Cha rifles and Correction said he
had examined Field and was sure that he i
FieIds counsel said they thought that sum.
and and q dozen doctors who had not been called
1erdlet Was MA rendered. one OF the Jurors said to
sdieed against Field. because he believed
Would d eseaee WHAT would certainly eysrtake
thoroughly CONVINCED OF Fields insanity as
ASous hsli psst O'clock the news ne. thu. Field
had by ths stae tbe
dessty wsadea at oncS Field q the
fact. Field was lying on the couch in his room.
just AZ ne has lain MI uhy vi oNeIS Nay oiuCo
his confinement. He scarcely raised his eyes
to look at his informant, and simply muttered
Ianguidly. "That soY The deputy ward en-
added few details. but Field displayed not
particle OF interest, and simply said. All
right" as the warden turned to go:
Field is still fasting. Tuesday night and yes
terday passed with exactly the same incidents.
or lack OF incidents. as the previous day. He
took not a morsel OF food and lay stretched on
notion fone Of any sort is dicuit 70 tell Just
what effect ills long fast is having upon him.
but he grows more haggard. and yesterday his
appearance was that OF man bordering on
collapse
visited him yesterday. Field would say but
little even to him. Mr.. Iindley tried to induce
Field to eat some food that was brought. but
he declined. Warden Dunlap Is inclined to
the opinion now that Field Is not wilfuly
starving himself but says II he finds that he
is. force will be used to prevent Field from kill
ing himself In that way.
Field will have to plead first in the civil case
upon which he Is committed. and the new In;
dictments will como up after that. 1t was said
Mt the District Attorneys Office that he would
be kept In Ludlow street jail until this case
District Attorney Nicoll said yesterday that
the finding OF tho Westchester county Jury
would not affect the prosecution OF any inuict-
ment against Field pending in this county