New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-18
TIE "NEXT MIYOR' ESCAPES
+ + HARTLEY GETS OUT OF BLOoMING-
DALE
TIE MAx WHO WAS GOING To "powN" TAM

TIE MAN WHO WAS GOING To "poWN' TAM
MANY THIS FALL ADJUDGED INSANE.
s,-,o ,orre before the shorNs jury declared
r1uord + Hartley insane yesterday he maze MS
eqcope from PIoomngdale Asylum ana ~ sun ''
lo~,a In ApriI last Hartley. who has little store
in Third-ave began 20 act qucerly, ana from '''"
until June l9 when he was placed und'f ''SN '','''
his condition became gradually worse. H"r'''F IL
,,re, u,acr the Authorization that Tammany was
ncrsccuting him and he could save hiins"H olN
bv being elected Mayor. and thus down the wig
uo,, q, MAY q he advertised a picnic which ne
,,,c,,lc1 to give 1T Harlem River Park. ana Tor
which he had 0ro tickets dletribuiei lhen came
his advertisement FOR 1000" men 10 vote ior h't'
lev for Mayor" and acts OF Ike character. ne
aiUavs found excuses and plausible reasons Tor MS
mos, rroiesqte acts. and on IN" day before u" "s
., b s,ii that the jury would nnl him per
fectly sane"
u,r,lev has been confined IN that portion - th"
Hloofn!nc la.c Asylum whore the Joss acute 't'e'
are treated. where patients are watched "''ot'
their condition is definitely determined In inc "h'N
,bc-o ls = day and night attendant The day
man N,alvau wa In charge early yesterday morn
,rg whom Hartley came into the hall AMI saiI ne
had slept enough ana would remain up. Few
-, nutcs later Mnlyan Hartley at the door l'hi-
ing 70 the room occupied hy the day attendant VI"
=,
"Wha; you doing there ne "S"'' '"'''''
Unto some nlschiefT'
.No. l!d think ~ sneak!ng Wilson's keys but !
didn't soeg' he said. pointing 10 WILSON'S hnnch
Of KEYS. which Maiyan dii not eSam'n" close ior
fca- he would waken wilson
Later Il was discovered that Hartley dli sneak
a kew ana with il opened the only door which kept
him from freedom
Nsa n, the lalorers on the asylum grounds
saw him come from the building AMI scale the
fence leading to the Boulevard but MS DIV" ''''
gave him the appearance u IN attendant. ana 'h'y
raised no alarm He went at ono" 70 Fort Lee y
I from where be Informed his family ~ his o.
CAPE Ills sls,cr-in-law anl his daughter spent
some time looking for him. but beyond the iAe'
tina, he stoppcl a; barroom In For, i>"" - get n
glass Of beer they could learn nothing ~ his "here
abouts
pr " T. DoM the senior assistant physician of
"a, ,s,iun, WIS seen last night and said that WI
M tnr d, .', ;,nJant whose key Hartley "sneaked"
has been suspended though he wa a F,2i ,,i 'a''
A. a.. - Harilcy. Dr Doid said lie was a 'roubi"
some patient. and At times would 5ho" ms u,S' ,h
10 people and become abusive ne .n".k . t-,nn
f%1odcrmic"' of which ne hal read IN the Wards
'S5l'' pr boa i thinks that he IS incuraby insane
IN. session of the Sheriff Jury Was rrSun'i N'S-
terday afternoon for the purpose oi iakhE rnn'ny
as the sanity 4 iartey Sad b1nn ln thc
"n,,,ov of Hartley for twelve ycars testified that
he nrst noticed change In The d'mran2r 81 hnr.'s
verv conservative business man ana attentive 70
l,usiuess he then became b'istrr"us ana "2u.'
all
Vr.ish vas engaged large part Of his tlinr IN VIII
lr1 signs (or Hartley announcing ms cAnild1cy loI
~ V,ynralty and putting them on the WINDOWS
f"r ,hn gazc or spectators Mr. Walsh stated ihat
!, T,mnanv ITall Office holder came into the store
- -, ,,rrhsse something Hartley would suddenly tell
~ 'p ~, h. would be- out % Office next January. "a
49, would he elected the next Mayor.
" T, took only n few minutes for the jury 10 ma
mar Hartley was inFane ana unable 10 take care
OF himself his property. , -.
Nre Hartley when aeen at her residence lhst
rtgbt was in a hysterical condition. AT 10 o clock
~, n,,rht a telegram was received from Hartley
ca ,np that he was Taylors Hotel I'm Jersey cry
Wys Hartley IS too III TO leave her house hut she
uii make every possible effort To assure herself
where her husband Is.