Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-04
LOCKED UP AS INSANE
BITTER EXPERIENCE OF A FORMER
RUSSIAN MAJOR.

es When He Told the Truth, Major sucro
cd Was Declared to BE Insane, but by I,
OF sorting to Clever Lie lie Was Set
Liberty--Bis Ruse Was Successful.
nd +. e. 0. Sucrow, the son of gallal
AZ Russian colonel, and who himself w;
81 once major in the same army, hi
y recently been released from the Ward
\, island insane asylum by clever rus,
a Its success, he thinks, is proof enough
r II he had no other, that he is mental
e sound.
a MAJOR Sucrow was at one time wealthy
Until within "a few years he did not fin
it necessary to work for living. He i
:, OF noble family and was great yachts
: man. He can recite offhand the com
/ plete record Of all the internationa
e yacht races and says that he has twic,
e been around the world in yacht of hi
own. He is about So years old anf
speaks and writes well in English Fl,
lives at AZ Great Jones street. Hi
has not been on good terms with his
family for years, and his annual income
was stopped two years ago.
When this happened, he sought some
business enterprise, and his attention
was called to discovery for making
hair grow ON bald heads, which had been
successfully tried in two or three cases.
he bought controlling interest in the
restorative and commenced to boom it.
lie had read q great deal about DR..
Chauncey Nj. Depew and thought it was
q pity that 80 great man should be com
PEELED to go through life baldheaded.
Furthermore, he considered that his for
tune would be made if he could be the
means OF giving DR.. Depew a genuine
pompadour.
| with this object in view Major Sucrow
fixed up package of his restorative and
called on DR.. Depew. The package, which
was neatly tied up, was about II inches
long inches wide and 81 inches thick.
his visit was just after the attempt to
blow up Russell Sage by dynamite.
When DIR. Depew saw the package and
heard the majors foreign accent he
thought 1t was crank and remarked
hurriedly:
my dear fellow, am very busily en-.
gagged today on important business that
cannot be delayed. Leave me your name
ana address, and shall send you letter
making an appointment for an interview
for some other day
Sucrow went away and waited for tbe |
letter, which never came In its place |
appeared an agent of the department of
charities and correction, who questioned
him concerning his personal history and
as to the effectiveness of his tonic. Sr-
crow was then taken before DR.. Wash.
burn of AZ Irving place and declared
insane. He spent one night at the in
sane pavilion at Bellevue hospital and
was then sent to Wards island. He
was examined several times by different
physicians at Bellevue and at Wards
island and was questioned as to the story
he had first told.
My statements were all true so;d
Major Sucrow yesterday, land so | had
to conscientiously persist in them"
AFTER his transfer to the island he kent =.
inc attention of the physicians there cen .
cred upon him by his frequent declara- :.
Ions that he was not insane, accomna- /,
ned by applications for his release. For !
ne hrst f1ve months of his incarceration
10 inade these applications at least every
week, and sometimes as often as twice or d.
hree Tunes week. AT the end of five :
months, just as he was beginning 70 de- l
par OF ever regaining his liberty, he hit !
pon a new idea II
began to change my system" he y
ald. FOR the next month did notsav u u
WORD about insanity, nor did | make =
ny further request for my discharge q
u the end OF the month went to Mr. =,
eppard, the head attendant, and asked y
or PERMISSION to write to DR.. Wash. -
urn. 1t was readily granted. but 7 u
new that the missive would DO onened
nd read before it was sent. if indaad Il
ms sent at all. W
Inc substance of my letter to Dr. CO
'ashourn was that l now realized !
as not IN my right mind when | was w.
'mmltted, that the statements I had W,
ade about belonging to a noble Rms In
HI ianlly and having once been rich at
ere decisions that had now been dis fo
'iled, and that had made great mis- WI
Ike IN having anything to do with tho t
Iir tonic business. | told the doctor ex
at was a humble mechanic and could CIV
IN about SIS per week at my trade wy
SO SAID that this was a good time of ter
year TO secure employment. and | eql
'hted 10 be released. A few DAYS later
wrote letters to Drs. Adamson, Carnn- spl
II and Petit Of exactly the same i'm me
ft' had the story down fine and did sly
! vary single detail in anv of tL MOI
A Few days afterward Dr. Petit sent sn ~
ine and made an ex. -nination. during eve
hch he asked me to tell my story on
am linen at short intervals Drs alw
amson and Campbell examined mo clos
! asked questions regarding my latest jar
~ told 1t to them all exactly as VIC
written it in the four letters. and no
esult was in short time discbarged :.
,ured sou
But" added Major sucrow, here is b ber'
where the point comes in. The .,
ry which proved TO the doctors of ton
va island that was no longer in goo,
g. ana secured my release, was fine TIM
ne had told in connection with NV Bro
ole experience as 'lunatic.' Now "lte
l nave been set free | repudiate II ,'ie'
It shows how far circumsfantioI o,,; nou
&c VIII go and how little some of the
e doctors, upon whom rest the grayest by o
'onsibllties, know about the matters aud
n winch they are supposed to be spe- com
ists.r Nv 'ie- and
"Jor oucrow says be has had enougb sina
'ileriea He Is going to remain here our
long enough IN raise f,nd. ... ana