The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-09
HAwLEY CHAPMAN INSANE.
TEE VERDICT RENDERED. BEFORE
JUDGE CULLEN yesterday.
ChapmsA Takes II Calmly and Says ne
WIN 60 20 Any Iassitution that suits
yI1s wife-Sent % . Private Asylum.

Chapman Takes II Calmly and Says He
WIN 60 20 Any Iassisutton that Suits
His wife-sent % = Private Asylum.
A jury was impanelled yesterday by Judge
Cullen in Brooklyn to pass upon the question
OF tho sanity Of Hawley Chapman. who was
arrested about week ago on complaint OF his
wife. Cora Chapman. accusing him Of having
threatened her lifo The proceedings attract
cd almost as large an audience as the recent
trial OF Herbert searvsnt for the attempted
murder OF Mrs. Chapman. Mrs. Chapman was
very richly attired. and seemed to have en-
tirely recovered from the effects Of tho Shoot
ing. although she still carries the two
bullets which Searvant fred. Mr.. Chapman
was dressed rather carelesly. but he bore him
self like man entirely in his right mind. He
conversed with his wife in pleasant manner
from time to time during the proceedings and
exhibited no resentment whatever against
her Wrestler william Muldoon was an inter-
ested listener to the evidence and again ex-
pressed his willingness to take charge Of
Chapman. promising to bring him around all
right after few months Of heroic treatment
Lawyer John A. Anderson said that the pro-
ceedings were instituted by Mrs. Chapman.
Her husband had repeatedly threatened to kill
her and others, and she feared that some
he was PLACED under restraint. Charles Horr:
hspaa after The arrest %hs aa tsssd
that he had acted Ike an insane man. He
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dlpsomaniae. and that Il tho Impulse should
seize him he would not be able to ayoid the
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clear and musical He hoXed no neO
stances Of his arrest in this, city. a iow weeks
ago for intox ication. and his subsequent ar
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In c9,nsIud Air. Chapman ssked to b. allowed
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giving an accounting. He admitted that he
might have been rather brusaue in his manner.
It was not too much to ask him to make
statement,
The jury. after celebrating for few min
utes. brought in verdict declaring Chapman
insane and incompetent to take caro- OF him.
self or his property.
Chapman apparently was undlsturbed by the
verdict and explained to the Court that he was
willing to 60 to any institution that suited his
wife.
Any institution which suits my wife," he
said. will suit me-"
It was then arranged that he should be sent
70 BreeZehurst Terrace. private insane asy-
lum at Whitestone, l. l., which Is under the
management Of DR.. Harrison. who formerly
was on the medical staff Of the Flatbush asy-
lum.
FURMAN EXOyERATED!