The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-03
r. NJ FIELDS MEN7IL CONDITION.
q. v. Whites Testimony About the Corn
Deal an lucident OF Yesterdays Hearing.

| .. y. "hutee Testimony About the Corn
Deal an Ineident OF Yesterdays Hearing.
Yesterday. the fifth day Of the inquiry into
tho present condition OF f. NJ. Field. was
notable for the beginning Of the endeavor OF
the prosecution. although the defence Is not
yet concluded. The first hour or 80 OF tho
morning session was occupied with the testi-
mony OF DR.. Cosby the physician Of tho Lud-
low street jail. DR.. Cosby was decidedly OF
the opinion that Fold was Of unsound mind.
and had boon In that condition ever since his
| coming to the Jail. DIR. Cosby regarded tho
idea OF tho State that bromide was producing
tho unfavorable physical condition OF tho nc
| cuscd rs all rot" Warden John McCabe tcs-
titled to Fields fasting for ten days. taking
| nothing but dry toast. and Richard Large. II
coachman to the Fields. testified TO the sngu-
lar conduct OF the accused toward him. DR..
Matthew Field. recalled. said that Fields SIS
ter had undergone an operation in Philadel-
phin several years ago. but that her insanity
annotated II.
Mr.. Weeks. opening tho case for tho prose-
cution. regarded the theory of Fields insanity
rs untenablo In the face OF tho permission Of
DIR. Lindlcy for his sister to marry him. tho in
trusting to Field OF tho fortunes OF tho Field
family and of tho Lindley's. the clear. bust
ncss-like and exceedingly shrewd manage
ment OF the affairs OF the firm by T. NJ. Field.
He said the State would call cxrerts OF tho
first rank to testify to Fields sanity. and that
they. with other witnesses. would completely
Mr.: Howard Lapsley. . broker in Exchange
with Field for years lie saw no signs s Of in,
sanity. and only observed in the few weeks
m.nt ia PS the wha Sr excite
ssss dS5eS5sa the oSof #
said said Mr. EapsIay thst FieIds bIoat eIs face
1 MMs arnK nR Ms IT,
the great ediilcaton Of tho whole court 10
M sS %%s SS FL sfseSRx %t G w% is
tSd FL d about tL the corn deal Mr. White snd
factors in tho moving of corn. They took his
s$ @ Is S ct GS n % IL; sSss;
h"s plenty :! S. Mr. %Ie s siooa out ut
Mr. White. having said something about his
corner making ~ healthy price for the farm.
70 tho benevolent object. There was rhilan.
thropy IN the corner-for one man at least"
of anon p SSs@ M Nna Ss .nf
In all, his Interviews with Field he had never
Thought whether he was insane or sane. such
no. PSSsa i GH ETY. s@sSsf whs
ws able m TO SAW not enGsnp
the admission that Field might have violated
Si ne ssp r. sold corn to his Considerable
Sssona banR saS"st ffS f 70 %t
talked several times with Field and had never
found him other than perfectly rational; vii;
TAKEN luncheon with Field many times es and and
had done business with him for several years.
Msscn rd him had fs b b
socially and in business way and had never
hin e being il, IL se least out Of h
made iokes and anecdotes With ' Fteid '', on
eSesf0n and qd found h%
clerk to Fieid. had never noticed as anyhinr
peculiar except II certain lapse of memory in
h Hass s samenl TEss df os Ind
Field although hc had known him intimately.
yacht. Mr. COCHRAN asked him II he remom-
bercd telling DIR. I.ndley. aud on another oc-
S %as Ga Mr. ." taf :ned that FISH
having told any one such thing, =, y, He was
n nS ways I'm SAID Mr. somer
wy on engagements several times. That is
wicchers 4 Co., had noticed Field acting ne.
culiarly in the last few weeks Of the firms cX-
davit no had made previously. In which ho had
sworn that Fields conduct had always been
perfectly natural. MIR. street could not re-
member having made those particular state
ments.
john 3. Harris. the agent for the Merchants
Bank OF Canada. told Of the bills Of adlng for
the non-eNtsting cargoes OF the mythical yes
sells. Cambria aud Dolroth. on which Field had
got S75.OU0 and afterward more money by the
sale of certain Union Pacific bonds. which ono
OF the forged hills Of lading had enabled him
TO get hack again from tho MERCHANTS Bank.
In which they were deposited. Mr.. Harris Ind
never noticed anything peculiar in the acts.
In the afternoon tho defence introduced
the testimony OF lr. Charles A. Dorcmus. to
tho same effect us the testimony of DR. Fowler
tho day before. that Field was liable to go
nsnn" according t1the showing of an analysis.
expert Testimony and the State also. Fields
appenrnnce yesterday was more unkempt.
more uneasy. ana moro detected than ut any