The new North-west., 1892-09-03
EQUES RIMANlA.
Opie Read Discovers Il New and Dread
full 1Ia1ady.
Especial Correspondence.l

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.---When T. P. Lem
muck was brought to trial hundreds of |
people who ordinarily seemed not to |
care for the excitement Of criminal |
court throngel into the room. Lem
muck was we'll connected. His father
had been a town marshal and at one
time had been Il prominent candidate for
constable Of the Eighteenth district,
Simpson county, Ky, but was defeated |
by Bill S. Marcus, who just before the
election shot a mad dog and thus lifted |
himself to a secure place in the affec-
tions and gratitude Of the people.
I. P. Lemlnuck was arrested on the
charge of stealing a horse. and the cvi-
dence was SO conclusive that the Judge
offered to bet that a verdict of guilty
would be rendered. just before the
charge was delivered to the Jury Lem
mnck asked permission to make a state
ment, and as no objections were offered |
the young man arose and spoke us fol- |,
lows:
Il am prepared to interest if not
startle the scientific world. | acknowl- /
edge that stole the horse, and assert |
that | could not help il. Gtntlemen, /
am the victim of |, disease Which / shall
term equestrimania. and with Your per-
mission | will explain myself, Several
years Hyo, Just after | was graduated
from the Pcnnyroyal university, dis
covered one evening that a peculiar
weight lad fallen upon my mind. 50
far Us could discover. there was no
cause for such & depresSiDn
II WAS we'll educated, | was engaged
70 marry q lovely Young woman and
had y fail. account with 4 Well known
bank. And above I'LL other reasons
WHY / Should feel ligltness uf heart, my
health WAS excellent. Yet 7ny spirits
were hEavy ana | was miserable. III
consulted 4 physician ana he dismissed
ne with 4 blue pill. | called ol 4 Chris
tian Scientist AMI WAS toll to believe
that WAS restored to guyety. but my
spirits We're constantly growing heavier
LII the deepest despair went to nly room
one hight, and rs lay upon my uneasy
bed the thought that | was suffering for
something suddenly came to me, and
then Isoughtto discover what that some
thing was, 1t wasn't whisky--I luathed
tho ilea Of getting drunk It wasn't
gambling, for I hated the mere sugges-
! tion Of chance. What could it be? l
| got mp and walked until / had worn a
i path in the carpet.
( II put my brain npon the rack and
tried 10 torture from il the secret Of my
distress. and failing ] placed it i'll the
cradle of my fancy a1ll sought to soothe
il into compliance. las down again
aud suddenly u light, glaring and hor
riljle, fell upon me. And III tllat light
! saw the diagnosis Of my disease
equestrilna1lia. I knew that relief lay
only in my stealing IL horse. had no
need Of a horse and just at that mo-
ment | wUll1l not have given ten cents
tur Il Maud S, but I would haSp risked
my life for the chance Of stealing a flea
bitten colt. Bat / did not surrender With
ollr Il struggle; | was resolved 10 battle
against the awful appetite. The next
t1ly [ called upon the young woman
Who was to be my wife.
.>she complained Of my Indifference
toward her Last week Won were Il
knight TO me, she said. But now.
broke III, ! am Il d;ty Of commonplace
things, Yes, she replied, ,;tnll why?
Because, | answered, giving her all inn
l,lsrin4 look, / must steal Il hni',r!
shall never forget her pleading. Oh. it
s bur II nj nisatmarnn She cried, and
could 8 ssitsp, 1t is amy sort Of a
starlight ..;. ,If you really feel that
v=l mast @je:l Il horse, love, She snppli
! called steal mime and no harm can
I
Nay | renliea. ,rhat would mol be u
tltefr, aud this terrible thirst tells me
that | must steal Then, If you must,
she exclaimed, you no longer have Il
claim upon me-, And 50 | left liter. /
Went over into Blacken county and
! stole an old yelloWish horse With har-
ness marks upon him. rode him if
teen miles and sold him for ten dollars.
Il returned home perfectly relieved.
My mind WAS clear aud my appetite was
appreciative. I resumed work on a book
had in progress, The Ethics of Moral
Philosophy, and found it keen pleas
u.e. | did rot attempt to renew my OBJ
! legations with tie young woman, for al
though | was firmly resolved never to
stead again, yet l did not know but
the disease might cp,neUpon me at some
failure lime. Well, | must have cone
for three months before ] felt the Slight
est indication Of Il return Of the 1nttlady,
put one night it seized me again. | woa-
ttrelI if could not cool myself off by
sJeala& Something Light. Why not
seal cats until this awful craving should
pass away? / would make The expert
Ment.
Il began 10 stcal cats, and | confess
that my appetite WAS for IL time ap-
lsEasell, but after awhile | found that
cas- were not s,rony enough, and then l
stole Il dec. This satisfied me some
What, and | Went on aliny dogs for
| several days, but at last the craving for
SOL, ethlnS stronger came upon me With
| such force that was compelled to steal
L E1rse. This time WAS arrested, and
| here | an"