The evening world., 1891-12-02
IN A PADDED ROOM.
(Con,lnued rom FIRST Pdgc.)

evi fence OF FiClu's insanity presented to I'm |
was very strong, and many Of the facts upon |
which he physicians based their oIinion, bc.
side, the attempt to kill himself, are set forth
In detail In the aiiidavits.
1T WAS THE DAY OF THE CRASH.
II Is said that this attempt on his lie was
made by Field In his own house, the day that
the failure was announced, and that II was
for that reason that he was removed to a
place where he could be kept under contin-
uul surveillance.
II was his wife who prevented him from
taking his life, but the shock to her was 50
great that she has since been unable to leave
her bed.
Whcr' Field was taken It is not known,
bu; II is aid tina, he was placed In III" GUS
/ tody Of lis cousin, Dr. Matthew D. Field, the
well-known examiner In lunaCy.
JrDGE MADAM CONFIRMS THE STORY.
| Judge McAdam to-day confirmed The report
that he had signed an order committing H.
NJ. Field to the vernon House.
"On my arrival home last evening"" said
he. &" found awaiting my coming Drs. Allen
Fitch and Frank II. Ingram, who presented
Inc with an application for the commitment
OF Mr.. Field.
The papers were voluminous, and con-
taincd a l. ng statement Of his troubles, cul-
minating In his mental arrangement. There
was a long technical diagnosis OF his case,
any It was stated positively that their pa
tient was not only dangerous to himself but
to others, aud should he Immediately re-
strained OF his liberty.
There was In the papers an allegation
that Mr. Field had attempted suicide, but the
character OF his attempt was not declared.
1.-The afiidavlts forming part OF the CONF
mitting papers are at the asylum
WILL THE rAErSERs be ARREsrEp2
Now that the principal partner OF the
, firm OF Field, Lindlcy, Wiechcrs IL co. has
. been removed without the jurisdiction OF the
, SheriT of New YORK, 1t was considered prob
, able to-day lha: the warrants OF arrest In the
civil proceeding would DO served upon the
other members.
Under Sheriff sexton, however, said that no
. orders for such action had been received by
Sheriff German.
ONLY THREATENED SUICIDE.
, Dr. Matthew Field n nephew OF Cyrus W.
was seen by an EVENING WORLD reporter this
morning, and said:
1t is not true that Edward attempted, sui
eide. lie threatened to Kill himself, and that
. in itself IS sufficient to incarcerate man in
, his condition.
q" Edward, IN my opinion, Is certainly in-
, sane. lt'5 a marvel that his father isn't in
the same conditi n, too.
~ was one oil the party that went to
Mount Vernon with Edward last right. He
was no: taken IRON his own house, l25 East
Two y:hrst street. nor was he taken from
, his la'her's house. No. 1913. lie was removed
from the house Of II dear friend. That is as
/ much as ought to say about this
, Yes, cyrus Field did permit his loved boy
to utilize all his securlt!es-oll that he had
under lock ana key IN his strong box. There
were yalunUles to he extent U! S3U0,CO0. I
, know that the old gentleman Is, Us you might
+, say, thereby financially collapsed"
THE BRoSEN FIRMs MuDDlEp AFFAlEs.
, Assignee Charles W. Gould was not ut h.,
onlcc, at . y all street. his morning. He had
= gone out OF town to attend to soile private
h business, 1t WAS said, and would not be back
n ultil to-norrUw.
His clerks are still! going through the books
of the inSolvent firm, but no further light has
, been thrown upon the mysterious dealings OF
!, Mr.. Field.
WHERE HAS THE MONEY G>SE?
Where the money OF his iather, his friends
and his customers has gone l. n more pu2zling
problem than others. In Wall street It Is said
I that Field lost money specuatiHg IN grain
s and stocks as well as IN rr1mOtlns crazy
e business enterprises and mad schemes Gor
IS winning great fortunes.
u lie did not keep any record N his transaC.
n tions according 10 the ordinary principles OF
bookkeeping, but carried his li- accounts II
d his hat
s. The most that he ever did was to make
= brief mem orandum Of his transactions on
y sin OF paper, which would be utcliigiblc [,
a no one but himself. .
le To have kept track OF all his devious
turningS and twiStings would require hcac
le OF unusual clearncSS and SOundness, and thi
Is why 50 many people downtown look In
~ crcdplous when they are told that Ed Field Il
crazy, n hopeless luuatic.
Iy That PLUSpEREp STRONG BOX STORY.
IS Al his fathers office in the Washington
4 Building 1t was said this morning that Cyru
W. Field had never kept any strong box hllc,
T. with securities there, although there is bi
to safe IN the back room.
ce The ofllce has been closed ever since Mr
,c Field was taken sick, and the gray-heade
n clerk in charge said that he had not see
- Edward Field there IN some Time.
,k He said that Cyrus Field had a safe in hi
ly house, where he thought he kept some OF hi
valuabes, and the bonds and stocks nigh
t. have been deposited there.
as Nothing has been seen downtown OF Scno
a. dc Mler, the Cuban sugar king whose della
tn in reaching New York Is said TO have precp
er tated the failure Of the firm. His port
manteau, which was yesterday 80 cOnspic,
h. GUS an object In Field d Lindley's ONCE, ha
disappeared to-day.
,,r II is rumored that De Mier, as the repr,
he sentative OF the cuban sugar interests, whic
Field had organized into a Trust, got betwee
100000 and 100000 OF the latter's none!
iu or rather OF that which the frm handled.
~ Assignee Gould said last night that
~ thought De Mier was good for the money, an
~ that something handsome could be realize
'e' from the interest which Field had acquired
the Cuban sugar plantations.
10 Thus far, however, he has only succeede
In finding $500 In assets, while the liapil
ci. ties already known foot up between one al
gh two millions.