The sun., 1893-08-12

an asylum that way. one mac urlNeH ABOUT
the city on Tuesday morning with David. she
said. while he made arrangements Tor the
wedding. She left him at Broadway and Nine
teenth street to do some 8 opping and he drove
down to the neckwear concern at 547 broadway
In which he and one Of his brothers are part
ners. That afternoon two ply ysicians. Graeme
NJ. Hammond and c. II. Brown. were sum
moned to the place OF business. They filled
out n certificate for his commitment. Judge
McAdam OF the Superior Court. who was not
sitting that day in court. was found elsewhere
and the commitment was signed. No court
record OF such n commitment is required to be
made.
Miss Thomas. who is 2G years old and shape
ly. said that she. Of all persons. should have
been informed OF the proceedings and. at any
rate told where her fancG had been taken.
His brothers had sent her word on Tuesday
night that David was III. She immediately
went to the house Of Henry j. Solomon. SO
East SixtY-Gfth street taking her sister
Louise and her physician. DR.. Ludden OF 270
West 123d street. DR.. Ludden saw Henry j.
Solomon. Henry said that David had been
sent away insane. but refused to say whittier.
II never saw any symptoms OF INSANITY"
Miss Thomas said. during the twelve years
l have known David. l was fourteen years
old when | went to work for the neck
wear firm OF his father, Josiah Solomon. who
died Dec 81 last Raya had aS been stopPnE
breakiast.' si III He first took some fruit. He had
tSd @e to ns for s"d '00Ae' aH0
You Big baby. to want i Just that way
s da%n %d aha spY to tho s5 men %bo w.ns re
IKE pavsa ns afef house
GOT info tho carriage he had given me and
drove about to give some orders for the we'd
ding David eSa i95 o
drove to the house Of the Rev Dr.. Harris Of
nfternoen. at. MSs% 0i % We the New Neither.
View We we're to 60 to the Thousand Islands on
following Monday: lie had chosen II the dpllest w
look insane. He had hoped to find chance to
take me to Chicago in September.
wedding ring to keep for him until the event.
and s9tare diTm@nd ring 60th OF Which Which he ne
ESt that asE aonse a. rns ne
The wedding ring and the solitaire ring had
the same q soi inscription D. ). B. to Z. +. Il.
Lawyer Hare said last night that he would
commitment should not be set aside. He said
that Clara and her sister Louise had gone to
the asylum yesterday afternoon, but that
David. They we're Informed that Superinten-
dent Lyon you'd not examine him before
Louise. in strolling about. had seen solomon
at a window OF u floor above He called out
the window. He did not reappeRr.
residence sid s. West Forty NTH street. said he
With via i9n1 Dr. brown on Tuesday aternoon He saw
David Solomon's brothers and number OF
via ava rhsy al The The
impression that Dayid's conduct showed that
he had P d aS nsd bs
Ms lad s learned s hat David % had Been bayns
his insanity was his exalted ideas ef every
thing AZ ~ .o,a ~. b h. wor,d r,,n tbs firm amid
Ss Somnn msadn '0f for ,e'
several estates. and there will have to be a full
judicial determination As to his condition,
amined David carefully. ana that as tho mat
ter was to be'eXamined into in court he pre-
1G they reasod to
brothcrs Of David. Mr. Henry solomon said
'"Hs LAWYER we Henry /. Meinhard, who appeared
for the Solomon brothers. said:
insane S'" liz s%er from severe @ S aase Of
paresis. The symptoms first became pro-
nounced about a month ago. He rapidly be-
came worse. and within the ten days previous
to his co m mitmont he did many strange things.
J. cannot go into his acts ut all. as his brothers
do not wish anything to be said until all the
evidence is presented to the court, We are
satisfied tnat he is insane. and that he would
be a very dangerous man to he at large"
A close friend Of the Solomons said:
"Until II month ago Mr.. Solomon was all
right. Then he began to act duoerly. He
went to live with Miss Thomas and her mother
at 237 West i23d street Soon after he took
Miss Thomas to Tiflanys and told her to
choose any rings she wanted. He imagined
his business had increased a hundred fold.
He thought he was worth millio IONS He bought
number OF gold watches and gave them away
to friends. He purchased other iewolry and
distributed 1t among acquaintances. He
bought an expensive horse aud carriage for
Miss Thomas. Then he began to buy goods.
He bought s2l 900 worth Of one particular line
with unma rketable goods He imag inod he
could afford it,. All this he did without money.
using his credit and notes, or in some few
Instances checks. His brother Horny who 10
backing tho firm OF David ]. solomon & Co,
was bound to protect himself. He did not do
this to inIuro Miss Thomas. He asked the
doctors II 1t would be safe to allow his brother
to marry Miss Thomas. and then persuaded
him to 90 away for u long rest The doctors
snid II would not be safe. They had. several
long talks with David at different times last
week They were convinced that ha had