New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-01
EXAGGERATING UEBSTER'S ILLNESS.
HIS FRIENDS SAY he IS DYIyG--Is IT RUsE
TO GET BAIL?

Loss than q month ago Justice Andrews refused to
admit Burton c. Webster 10 bail on the merits Of his
case and the friends Of the slayer OF Charles T.
Goodwin. r. apparently sailing on new tack to
set hin free They are now declaring that he is sick,
crlevously sick and that to keep him In confinement
much longer would be 10 his DEATH Some Of
the people who see Webster every day were much
surprised at hearing the story OF his Illness. Said
Il keeper at the Tombs Prison TO Tribune reporter :
Webster ,ickl Why. not that | know OF. lie
took his exercise a. usual to-day. didn't notice
ANYTHING the matter with him. Warden Fallon said
that he understood that Webster suffering from
Insomnia and from the refusal of his stomach to
retain food.
The report that Webster was dying surprise
10 DR. Charles H. Chetwood. physician at the Tombs.
Wbep seen at his home No 100 East Thirty fOurhSt.
last night 10y u Tribune reporter. he said u heard
nothing of Webster being Ill until few days ago.
when Warden Fallon told that the prisoners private
phy,ician Dr. Robinson, had called to see him. The
warden had not admitted him, rs the rules FORBID the
calling in OF an outside practitioner without the con
sent Of the regular Tombs physician l was. OF
course. entirely willing to allow Dr. Robinson
to care for Webster and gave my consent
a. o0cc since that tanc. DR.. Robinson has been
treating him.
Had Won previously noticed that anything was
wrong with WebSter!7 asked.
No | had not although / HIM atout every
Had he becp seriously Ill., certainty shoupu nave
heard OF IT.
DIR. IT, Finlay Robinson. OF No. 4o2 West fitty'
e,ttbst who has been WebstcrS physician for TWO
,rs said last night called In 10 see webster
,,,,t , week ago | had not seen him previously for
.o,,, fine and was astonished at the change In ms
co,dtou lie has been accustomed to "A life N the
,,cn mir and Is naturally an active man. and tWS
%, ngue,ncnt is telling on him. lie Is troubled wi'h
Insomnia and for three weeks his stomach has re
itcd food No he has not lost flesh, but has gained
uttla IN his disadvantage. He was sick during part
Of his trial ian
m Won rreurd Ills condition as seriousf
.vo but u may become So II he Is kept In prison.
~ course cannot predict accurately In such odso'
but should Judge that II he were t'cu w A0''
or so he could stand II that long
Welster's wife is apparently not excessively aia'leu
nver hi, condition eor she has not oeen 10 se. MN
.,pce Monday This story of the prisoners ""ess
r.c,lis .eyernI cases in which this plea was "s7
J., .ic,,I advantage. II will be Nmemu~reu 'i"'
,b., Mansfield Tracy Wnlworth was murderea .,
h, s,n f. the Coleman House, the slayer WIS oeou
~, ch,r,o. o'Conor who managed to secure vctnc'
-, murder I'm the second degree """'V ~
,d becn in prison for only a few years. "hch o'io
ITO. u, his serious Illness began to pour III o' "'.
,,,,,.orror Before long, the criminal was paruoheu'
m, rec.nt case is that of Tom Could 'hs
. u,r recper who was released from prison OH 'hc
,,,o,,o ,f his physician that he was uylhg rum n
.,''mnt,on This IS disease WhlcI, ~ ,n' ,nu
,"'t a. NOT readily shaken on, but ,oulu - mos
nj, ~ active and strong apparently Us ne Wa Va
ne''nN n Lest days Al any rate 1t seems hnprouhoie
IN M Ue,, HuI mi a consumptvcs grave Tor many
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