The record-union., 1891-04-27
ANNA DICKINSON.
She Makes Her Appearance on a New
York Stage.

she Makes Her Appearance on a New
York Stage.
NEW YORK, April 26-At the close of
the performance at the Broadway Thea
ter tonight Anna Dickinson made her
first public appearance since her deliver
ance from the insane asylum The audi
ence was not large, but welcomed the
gifted woman with applause. She
opened her address upon Personal Lib
erty'' with a violent attack upon the Re-
publican party, and dwelt at great length
upon what she termed the private char
acter of several prominent politicians, at
trlbutlng her Imprisonment in the Dan
vile asylum to conspiracy of ]. S.
Clarkson, Colonel Dudley and Senator
Quay.
Her personal characteriZations were in
many instances repulsive to decency. and
the ladies who occupied orchestra chairs
arose with their escorts and left the thea
ter. The countenances of the audience
indicated pity and regret as they listened
to her ramble. She frequently punctu-
ated her utterances with this question:
well, do you think [ am insane?''
The effect of her discourse did not
strengthen the belief of her hearers in her
sanity.
She avowed that she was promised
Sc,fOO III every SlJcCcn SQG IllauG IN 1888.
and $1,000 each If her candidate was sue
cessful.
After bitter scoring to the various
party leaders, she referred to General
Butler. These are some of her words ::
The papers have said there has been a
conspiracy between us. Mr.. Butler has
written me letters, and they were adj
dressed to Lizzie. He is the only man
who ever addressed me by my middle
name. He knew what he was doing, but
will answer for it all in a court of law.
L have had unnumbered sorrows, and do
not place the veil over any of them"
Speaking of her theatrical experience.
she declared vehemently that the press of
the country had magnitied her. She
never lost money by venture. She glee-
fully declared that the defeat of Cleveland
in 1888 was that she had been in the ranks
against him.
The speaker rambled again toward
British politics, spoke ofdining with Par
nell, and thinking him little tin god on
wheels" the Democratic party, and re-
sorted again to such personalities that her
utterances We're Missed and more of the
audience left.
When 1T was all over, many of those
friends who remained with growing sad
ness until the end slowly filed out Of the
playhouse with words of commiseration
and faces which evidenced the fact that
d dsorIoWluI conclusion nad been reached.
ANNA DICKINsoN's BROTHER.
SAN FRANCISCO. April ga Chronicle
Los Angeles special says: Professor
John Dickinson, brother of Anna and
Susan Dickinson, is resident of this city.
and was interviewed to-day about the
recent trouble between his sisters. He
stated that for some time Susan has sup
ported Anna, whose health gave out from
over work. She suffered from insomnia.
and it was absolutely necessary for her
recovery to send her to some institution
where she could obtain needed rest and
care. AS her sisters means would not
permit a private asylum, she was sent to
the State Asylum at Danville.
Professor Dickinson said it is a COM
mon thing for people even only slightly
deranged TO imagine that their friends
are arrayed against them therefore the
charges made by Anna should not have
received such prominence.
The professor showed the reporter let
ters from his sister Susan, in which she
referred to Anna in most affectionate
terms. Letters about the time Anna was
sent to the asylum are very affecting.
and could hardly have been written 6y
one engaged in injuring and defrauding
her sister, as she is accused of doing.