The sun., 1893-08-11
PRISON OFFICIALS ACCUSED.
CONVICT EDWARD MEREDITH RE-
PE1Ts HIS CHARGES.


Destroy HE Reason. so That He Coui
Not Expose an esO,ooo Deneiency-win
sent 10 Hin by His Mother DruNre,
with Nitro-sIycerine. .s Testined TO h,
DIR. scheeIe, who Tasted .nd Anaiyzed II
PouoHKEEpsIE. Aug. 1o.-The hearing in tn,
habeas corpus case OF Edward Meredith. who
was imprisoned for attempting to kill Phil
DAILY. the gambler. and who seeks Q re
transfer to Sing Sing from the Asylum
for the Criminal Insane at MatteawAn
was resumed before Judge Barnard thi:
morning. A long letter. which Meredith
wrote to his mother on May "a. was read. In
this letter Meredith said he thought the doc.
tors were drugginR him. 80 as to mako him
look bad whom no went before tho Judge He
also said that there was a possibility OF the
asrlum people buying" his counsel. Mr.
Reilly. as they had Mr. Pratt. even II 1t cost
100000. so that they could get themselves
out OF their dangerous position.
Judge Barnard asked Mr. OSullivan. the
prisoners lawyer II 1t was not significant that
wherever Meredith goes he finds somebody
ready to poison him. that he distrusts every
body. gets into trouble right away. and writes
about trivial things to his mother These re-
marks seem to indicate that the Judge is of
tho opinion that Meredith is not Of sound
mind.
vho o, .ne ester ihe me d
DR.. Allison came into his room one day and
kept looking at his eyes to see II the drugs
which had been administered to him had pro-
duced the proper effect. AS to the matter OF
buying" Mr. Reilly. he thought that DR.. ALI
son. Superintendent Lathrop. and others
might do II. He knew they would spend
100000. II necessary. to buy Off one OF his de-
lenders leaving them free to destroy his
reason. He again charged that in tho matter
Flower had allowed influence to affect him,
th", mo ,hn |"a. ,ne esu. wot1u Oo nna
'na' no 'nus peca,he accessory " crime
The witness @ W., asked J'e to name those nor.
no T,o"' he ,nar@nt Viva" Iteu ~ a. th sv per
.sairs, ] I nJ Sn rSnId "I that tHas sorars "rs
ex- Warden Brown OF Sing Sing prison. who semi
him to tba osvlum Dr. norher who dsr,ared
him Insane without examining him. and who
knows that he is sane; Superintendent
Jatbron VINO did mt inves,igoto bis onso.
Drs. Allison. Seton. and Courtney of the
asylum. and DR.. Mcdonald. who informed the
snid that # ha Sisd nu III thn ~, ,Snie h ha nG
shn,t hds m ~ no Vie u,ea u, ~ we ne han
mansSement Of the asvlum e 20 saiI that 'hs @
man snnt 70 ma "svi,,,, 80 innrn "u ny ~ sane @
cenfo1e Of to ri ha ins;;tmt;on per
IL ,isou NE n;tass ,o me ed b i biz,
cnae ,e mId WT%'u ] witndpnw tle haGeas Gornus
snT uroa hiS ,rtHn sy ~ uSr Roy riower
strntnd nnied ami on sa,rcbnd rImS n no %s was
nnp.u nnnnt @ naAeu tt my - sehfcneu r, anu iour
fater hs was ,atap @ rro,i LIE nin,I d hree gays
h.et % H. was takeh taken from MS bed and taKeh TO
VA atbson atban tLcS; . Wnere ne saw Nj BroWn
aaviru Wa H." bayo ~ ~ VI broWh
n1ied Genflcmen vmm are ~ ,ms ses toui ne ne
LII =, b b S"u a'e IuS, 700 iate ihe
Trnu y, nn naDeas iorpIS Is was ,sIHed ao-nay. Mr.
abootrg ~ d1hfd nhi mn, u oe,. .ne s'oty OF tne
ba a nnth ; ~, ~ a. ny ,3J ne Icn'tu thht tnaI
usinnnra h 10 90 WIZ. .ne case .at me oom
sanitv iour ,nnnth. Haforo uiIru ae .o ms
ers ,b,n o IA hi he,otf. ny oinI!issioh-
S 'nen h 10 oo'I MIN 'haI NOV hau neen sent 70
Istaiis liz ~ tha .bet ne nnay gave tnem the
stomar Ea 70 aa,a o ,o ie Stu tia.
ehot Was asieep ,iaiI Ht the tline an9