New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-02

CHARGED WITH ASSAULT BY Ills wIFE-ET
is THOUGHT THAT nE Is MENTAL
I.Y TRDl BLED.

Fifteen years ago Alexander 10 Pury- Mural: was
the Oldest and the fivorite so.. OF hs father. a
Swiss nobleman ~ old family OF That name
in Neufchaie Switzerland. lie had all the iururic-
that wealth could surround him with. cr'-.fahic
record az a cavalry officer IN no German Army
I'm the Franco-I,rIzsiap war. IN which he served
with distinction, and life seemed 20 have great
deal In store the impus,v- proud spirited young
man Then caus a I'M with his father. TIP
around the worlc. ana his marriage twelve years
ago TO an American girl OF poor parents ana hnhi-
~ social osiracism IN Switzerland
Las, nigh; he tossed about restrssly on straw
mating In n cell In the Raymond Street jail
with llttl. prospect Of escaping either n term of
imprisonment or confinement In an insane asylum
Baron DO Iury IS held Il charge OF assault pre-
ferrcd by his wife. and viii be examined ns -
his sanity He was taken TO Justice TiRhes court
Yesterday for examination but his case was not
called.
Mrr De Pury who has borne her husband several
Children seems to have been thoroughly justified
in prc,erring the charge agains, him II she needed
any evidence IN addition to that os her own and
that OF the nclghbors in tho fiat where she had
been living 81 late 10 prove That the Baron shouc
be placed in an institution. she could readily OBJ
tain II from the reporters nj Police Headquarters
In Rrooklvn For months the Baron. he Is
Familiarity called around Police Headquarters has
ac;ed at times Ike crazy man. When sober he
had the department OF n Chesterfield. His face Is
courtiy manner Impressed even casual acqualnt-
ances prompting almost invariably an inquiry az
TO the history OF the man. But when I'm his cups
the Baron is an entirely different man. More than
once he has sialked into the reporters rooms In
Police Headquarters md. striking an attitude. bel
lowed forth an officers command 10 an Imaginary
troop OF cavarymen. and then advancing With his
right arm upli.tei az II his hand contained
sword ne would make charge upor the chairs.
knocking them right and left. inersperslns his
wild gestures with shouts. n he were In the
thick OF battle and intent upon splitting skulls
Then he would grow camer, ana WIND up by
singing the "Nacht am Rhe'n.
Al these times there never was any coherency
I'm his talk and he acted like q unatc Finally
his friends would him 10 so home TO his wife
and family and when the Baron next showed mp AZ
Police eaduuarters he would be the polished
nobeman again The last half-dozen years have
been hard ones for Mrs DE Pury On sunday. she
alleges ne struck her. and she made n complaint
Of assault She says all she wants is 10 be sepa-
hin, nartially ieranged and knows she can take
care Of herself ard four children.
Well Informed Germans in brooklyn say that the
Raron's father Is a man OF cnture wealth and So
ciai standing and a philantiropst. having founded
nubic institution and endowed It al an expense OF
81 600 900 The Baron's friends say that he and his
father have been estranged for many years, ana
that there Is hope OF reconciliation, The
Haron is about forty for:y-fve years old slen-
dor tall with Jet black eyes, high forehead.
and hair which stands straight up