The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-07

sho Was Very Violent at First. hut Ar,.-
ward Was = Model Patient

EEwBrEGIi. Sept. "a SUs reporter to-day
| visited tho Matteawan Insane Asylum and had
n conversation with tho superintendent Dr.
u. Allison. and Mrs. Hess. the m atron Dr.
Allison. who cans from the Auburn asylum
whom Mrs Halliday aud Othsrs wore trans
fcrred to Mattcawan. naid that Lizzie Halliday
entered tho Auburn Institution from the Mid.
dlstown asylIm under the name 81 Mary
halliday She was then violent and was hard
to manage Shs entered Auburn asylum on
lob .. 1852. when her age was rIvsn Al 30
years. She VAS charged with grand larceny IN
the second degree. and On Fab. 8. same year.
had been discharged on tho ground Of insanity.
bho was dismissed from the Mhitewan asy-
lum on May ~. 1853. DR.. Allison said she
came 10 hlm very much disturbed. as he put
II. She lad Iu4t lost u child, 40 tho nutrona
found out. aud the Doctor says that he be-
lieyes that had much TO do with her mental
md physical condition al that tim. II. also
inllmatnd TINT although no had no kn0wlodg.
u her present condition. II she proves TO be
the murder"ss rho Is charged with being II IL
moro than lIkeiy that her mental condition
now Is nIHo dnn to pregnancy, When
she iirtt "ni"r"i tho Anburn Asylum
NJ Doctor .aJs sh" docIin"1 10 eat.
iIunginod among other Things that she WAS
iii"d with snnk"H ana yerWin, These she said
rhs woIii n"I "ai. An"r a tims hmyinx cot 4
into her hond that she was home. gl" began To
rnll her hursor cousin, sst"T. aud mother
1hcb" attendants w"r" tao only Ono- who could
control ara mnnaE. b"i tor II long time,
In nhaw"r - u direct question. DR. Allison
sad that lo could not b"licye that Mrs. HALF
DAY WAS bhhiHmIns while confined In his In
htituliOh, some iImo siOr" hs was willing to |
dismiss her from Nlnit"nwan hs was annoyed
nnihothbiy by old laul Halliday. the nus
band. who insnisd that she should be dis |
charged. " told tho huDorIniOud"nt that no |
could Ercp her, and lo became very imputioDt
horhuho they would not let her 10. Dr. Allison |
hhld mat ih"y ro"in"d attached to ,nch other |
~hoh together daring tho old man n vIsiis y. and !
hn can conceive OF no reason why the woman |
should XII her husband except whom
out OF her mind, DR. Allison nad that |
mo old man really acted more ike |
n lunhi IT, himself over her leaving than did his |
wii". Just before hur departure from I bs asy- |
lum. DE- Allison said, she becaIns a real favor
10 there. she works cd IN the wArdb hotter |
than mott Of the OthcrR. and tho matrons be- |
lng Tho Interview. DR.. Allison said no believed |
that tho return al her insanity IL that be- It. Is !
attributable To her physical condition as ro- |
l"rred To above.
IN" superintendent thsn sent for MatrOn |
llesh, who was supposed 10 lo one OF tho muir |
dorod wOfnun. Mrs. Hess snid that sho renrm- |
hersd Lizzie, Hs sho called Mrs. Halliday well |
She corrDborated the Suporint snhsnt as to |
how IiHHlo was disturbed In mind when she |
WAS taken to Auburn. She taid Lizzie had |
somo OF the most frightful dslusions. and ono |
Of them was that she imagined there was tin |
shop inside OF her.
Another was that whenever she assembled a |
pair OF stairs she thought her teeth would