Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-23
EDWARD M. FIELD SANE.
He Is Pronounced Cured by the
 Asylum Authorities.
NOW HE WILL STAND HIS TRIAL
Dr. Andrews Denies That the PrIsoner-Pa- tIent Was Allowed to Go to PArties-He Had Champagne aud Other Luxuries. ThouFh-stay Was Made Pleasant.

ThOuEh-Stay Was Made Pleasant
 BUFFALO, Dec. S-Saperintendent An drews has declared Edward M Field sane, and he will be taken back to New York to stand trial. Dr. Andrews was seen at the hospital and admitted that he had passed upon the question of Fields sanity. He permitted the following copy of his letter to Judge Van Brunt to be taken;
 ''In accordance with your order of March ss, 1892, committing Edward M. Field to the Buffalo State hospital, there to be safe ly kept and detained until he be restored to a sound state of mind and understand ing, have the honor to report that he has recovered from his insanity and is now in the state of mind and understanding con templated in your order, and we await the further order of the court in the premises" ."
 He Has Been Cured.
 Dr. Andrews said further that he should now expect to hear from Judge Van Brunt, and that District Attorney Nicoll doubt less would obtain an order from the court releasing Mir. Field from custody here and remanding him to New York for trial
 The State hospital has effected cure" !" said the superintendent, flor Mir. Field was unquestionably insane when he was brought here on March 9, 1892 '
 The firm of Field, lindley x Wiechers failed on Nov. p, 1891, the liabilities being given at S2, l5l, ,14l.4S and the assets at $S9, ,326.0a He was incarcerated for some time in Ludlow Street jail. Upon a trial on a charge of forging some bills of lading on which he received a large sum the jury disagreed, eight believing he was insane at the time of the alleged forgery and during the trial and four thinking he was sham ming.
 The commitment being for no determi- nable time, but until cured, it has been a subject of frequent surmise whether Mir. Field was restored to sanity or not. The hospital authorities have always refused ! to be interviewed by representatives of the press on Mir. Fields condition. holding that such reports should be made to the court and not to the fublic, Even when Dr. An drews was in New York a week ago he re fused to make any positive statement, l though the fact that he had conferences | with Mir. Nicoll and Judge Van Brunt led ! to the guess that the subject of conversa- tion was the state of Mir. Fields mental health
 His Alleged Liberties. l It now appears that that was the object of the doctors visit to New York. Some time since sensational stories, not alto gether unfounded in fact, were printed con corning the leniency exercised in Mir. Field', case; how he was permitted to go out call ing, to go down town and even to attend parties outside of the hospital without al attendant.
 The hospital officials stoutly maintain that this had not been done with theiI [ knowledge or consent, and they argued that it was quite impossible for thes, things to have happened without theil knowledge.
 Other allegations respecting Mir. Field, ] consumption of champagne and cigars while under treatment were explained by saying that Mr. Field was private pa tient and was entitled to delicacies pro vided by his friends.
 There is no doubt that Fields stay at tn, hospital has been madr as pleasant as pos | sible. This may have contributed to thu cure of which Dr. Andrews spoke s, ]