New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-03
THEY THOUGHT FIELD SANE.
WITNESSES TESTIFY ABOUT THE BROKER.


condition Of Edward VI Field shows that there is an
active interest in the outcome of the trial. bnt In the
crowd there lacking that element which finds the
"delghtully Disgusting details of trials so at
tractve There women present yesterday but
every seat IN the big room occupied severh
little surprises IN the Of the proceedings added
interest 10 the work accomplished by the court Inc
District Attorney who I'm this somewhat peculiar case
finds himself In the plare OF defendant. began N call
witnesses shortly before yesterday ana inc
nature u the testimony which ne expects to Introduce
outlined by Mr. weeks. From this Introductory
address would seem that there was to be little or no
expert medical testimony introduced by the representa-
tivcs people Mr. Weeks confined himself almost
exclusively 10 testimony by which be expected TO snow
through the business associates Of Mr. Field ana the
men who had known him in Wall street that he was
perfectly sane
The first witness Of the day DR.. John H. Crosoy'
the county physician, who has charge Of the prisoners
In Ludlow Street Jail who become ILL., He said that he
first Mr. Field on December rs or II last. Dr.
Matthew d. Field had come TO him at the Barrett
House. where he lived. and requested him to 20 ana
Mr.. Field at The witness had replied mat
h. could not % that night but he would see him the
first thing In the morning. DR.. Field begged him to
he said the prisoner in n dangerous condi-
ton and might not live until morning. Then he
went to the jail md Field there. Field was ner-
v0Is, dcpOndcnt and moody. His pulse varied and
some Of the time his pulse hardly perceptible
tn" pupils ~ his contracted rapidly ana MS eN
trcnitlcs were cold. His face puffy and swollen
The witness had Mr. Field every day from The
time he admitted to tho jail up to the present
time. with the exception Of three DAYS He had seen
him nj all times u the dav. and the prisoner never
knew when would him. Tho witness said that
when first called to Field he had been exceedingly
suspicious Of the plea Of insanity. For that reason
he had tried to surprise the prisoner in his cell lie
always found him in the condition. lying his
bock Vif hupdr heah
extremely weak most Of the time, but sometimes he
would get and then It would be strong and fast
for a time. on one occasion when Or. Gray was there
he became exceedingly AIRY. and his pulse went up
TO 10.
There had been some talk Mr. Cochran said. about
the abnormal physical symptoms which Field had
shown being caused by doses OF bromide.
Mr. Cochran. that is absolute rot" the witness
declared warmly. II could nr be due b. bromide.
he asserted, aid way no could not get any bromide
less the witness had ordered II for him. In closing
the direct examination the witness Declared that in
his opinion Field insane when he first saw him
and he was insane the present time.
John F. McCabe. the deputy warden OF tho Ludlow
Street JHl, the witness. He said TINT In
the first ton twelve days Field In prison he
ate ncthI1e except little tooSt md tea on two
occasions When he did begin to cat he would not
put ANYTHING into his mouth until II was tasted In his
presence by either the witacss DR. Cosby. Re !
not eat that prepared by any ono else. The reason
gwen by Field for this that he was afraid he
would be poisoned
Mr.. Cochran announced that his stdc had closed tho
case for the prisoner except one witneSs, who |
hod M attend n lecture that morning and would
be present later. Upon thi' announcement be
ing made one Of the Jurors asked II the
coachman about whom 50 much had been said was
not 10 Sc called Mr. Cocknn jumped several feet
md said that he had forgotten this his most important
witness and he Immediately called him.
The coachrnau's name Wa Richard Largo, and he
said he had been employed by Mr. Field for thirteen
or fourteen yhars He had observed n great changr
IN the prisoner IN the last two thrro years Two
or sire months before the assignment Field bcccmc
crraiic and would him Of being late when
I'm met he was tor minutes carly. whom he wa driving
Mr. Field 10 the station IN the morning. fi"ld had
discharged him several times md he had looked Tor
another place. hut he kept right wording. and as
Field never said anything more about the fact OF
his being discharged he remained IT work Mr. Field
ci-cbarred the groom IN the same manner on several
.cca slnns but the groom remained NJ work The VII
ro-s uecd T. dive Mr.. Field b. the station to meet
Mr. Field and sometimes Field would -ny 10 Mrs Field
Wnit n mi nute want send telegram Then he |
would 10 into fhe station and writ" at the telegraph
Office for an hour and a half sometime, while Mrs !
Yield waited for him. and often he would not come
ont until Mrs Field sent for him. While driving {"
and from tho sutton Field would tell him IN stop at
the drug store. and when he did 50 f"ld would D.
como terribly angry and rY to strike him ana bFmre
TINT he had told him 10 stop M the telegraph ohicc.
n. would drive Mrs. Field TO the station - meet
h- bushond On the o5 O'Clock train and Mrs Fold
would receive n Telegram saying Mr. Field would
bo on The ncxt trIdn. These kilograms would Keep |
coming train inter train. sometimes for four OF hve
hours. and once he remembered waiting until l22
O'Clock for Mr. Field. The crOss-cSnmno'ion was
brief
Assistant District Attorney Weeks began his opening
for e pc,ple NJ TINS point. He reviewed the conduct
~ tho prisoner for several months before the failure
and bnrshly criticised the action OF the members o Tho
f,,oilv Of Mr. Field they bad allowed him to 60 on
f. his busincss for long ime as they had. they
,no ne they declared TINT he had been Insane for so
long time.
Howard Lapsley was the first witness called by tho
district Attorney He had Known Mr. Field Tor ten
or twelve years and his firm and Fields had private
,onbonc connection lie had seen Field infrcqucntly
I'm ho ln.t two years, however. and hnd talked with
him over the telephone only once In the month pre-
ocding the failure. He Field The last time two
week. before the failure. This was I'm the lobby OF
the stock Exchange Field wanted to borrow $4,000
an some Union Pacific, Denver and Gnlf bonds. The
witness told him that he did not want 10 lend more
,bon on these securities and Field replied that
ne wanted the former amount 10 carry ont transac
,iou and II he could not get that amount he would
Give up the project entirely. The witness had said
that he had considered Field AT all irrational and
had not seen anything strange about him In fact. he
had not observed any chnnge After Mr.. Cochran had
finished his cross-eXaminaon MIR. Weeks asked few
questions and then he brought out the fact that the
w1tnes, had noticed considerable n change |
phvsically in Mr. Field for several months before the
failure This change principally that he was cx
cr,dIugly nervous and had grown fat and bloatcd.
= l. White WIS called next and he said that, al
though he had known Field for long time before the
failure he Ind never observed thing irrational about
him. lie had been Intimately acquainted with Field
and wa connected with him in attempt 10 corner
The corn market last summer. This attempt was |
failure and the Witness firm failed then, but Fields
llrIn held time longer.
Join f. Thompson, William 5. lawson Archibald
A. Watson L. Taylor Bodinc. otto sOmerhouf. George
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