New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-16
ALGER'S QUEER WAYS.
AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE HIM INSANE fHo-
voKEs SOME SHARP ANSWERS
v, u.s HIS OWN IDEAS ABOUT RuNNiN' 4"
,,vrny srAp1.p-AN OLD IiEArHE" fo'A0

.,x, u.s ,,1s OWN IDEAS ABOUT hcN''
,,uv sr.mS-AN OLD LEATHER PoiAcN
n.ncr-srN11E pEMENTlA AIdEdEp
- ,,s mental condition OF ueoiso
"e o,,an,y-scven years old, was 'i'eu ~
49,, Curt before Judge Hurd ana ,",s .orca
A. A,ger has been real estate - 1rna .
.~on, and a livery stable keeper a"1 =. xro.bush
he no. h.en confined in the ass iu"' - h,s wife
.ns nroc.ei,ngs yesterday were an committee
=, =. cor tho purpose or ha''"s va,
anu "e'e "a Estate OF her husband api''"
y. e'e .ha, no Is suffering from sehue ue a.
que s"! 10000 tho proceeding. HIS couns ,. ~
-.,,..a ,na, ne IL eccentric. ana MS ,not his
.,e s,.nd showed him TO be 90 wv 20 for himself
mind was clear and his ao''''
and his estate perfectly eoou. s varied to the
snr us ,,ror testified that she was n'a,, ~ No
Mrs. f'es "a that they lived tosethe' a. Nv
~ c...sn,h-st She said that ouiHs r,,.rv
40. 49, husband had attempted " ~ w so,ad IN
.,.h,s business but It was ia, ,,,,s Some.
= ,ros. peculiar manner most - $50 his horses
80 ne arose at midnight anu ill., horrs IN
It'll manning At other tunes lac 'p .r,cls TO
-. backward trying to teach ci.us Is,and for
inc oa - arrested twice At Coney is'a"u '
conduct On one occaslo" "e -,
49, ar,v;re with him and they hau an &c ,r,erd
,p,.r no reached the island ne All aar,s badge
.,i,y nc his authority a.. Ola peaCe ,.r vers
$50 he had carried for years oo., .,.s- ox
rplp
,.,ors Mrs Alger said that her "u'
pSha"on" .,,,sd her without any proVoca@o'
teen threatened TO choke her VI Co.,,
az he expressed 1t. He siappe' .,,rc
,,r thu blood came ana accuse ho nod said
o,h.r neople that he was insane WINCH '
nothing TO any one. .,oa- was brought to a
~" - .h. IN. reduction in evidence OF d NUM- -,
:. ,.,,srs written by the patient anu n,sn,to,
=. v,sits which she made 70 MN Ia 49,. ,o,dad
a, .ns reading Of the letters the pa. "s .,roaas
and smiled approviasly lhes as,.,,,n,s. and
against judges who sent sane me-, a,r,,sr nature
.,,s ether statements of s'Hia' ",
.,an, WAS called to the stan" anu
IN. - Great length. His answers were o'' :,
h,, neculiar lie said that SINCE ms .rhon he
had been his custom TO get ou' 49, not more
-rora IN the morning, even II II "' 80 ,hen
than O'Clock. He dressed h''''s ",ao Cor him
ussd the servant, who mace coiiee ~ hn
80 49,. he ALWAYS gave her a quarter l"o' .e
80. "a the stable and had his horses harnesse" ~
thu various carriages in case there ""o 49, NOV
for them He thought that was 'he p'o .tet orcs
NJ conducting q livery business. lie salo u"' ~
when he told his man d;S MOT arrive there until
several hours after he did, lie was SO nnder arrest
s att him and marchng hm ske % him
police station. When Justice No ,hat IL vas nsub
Ordination The Justice said that I'd hG ,hs Witness
such crime on the status o" his an" emoye
IIner identihed police badge, when ne sa'u 90,
etven TO him thirty-fvc years ago ny ~ 10 had
missioner John G. Bergen ne s1id ,lIm' , ne re-
~ yTted II ever since, and as II had ncNet nore
voirnd ne still considered himself spcca, thro
wan The badge is Of yellow leather apou,, m ~
inchcs long and has Ayers name Stampeu oii
With The announcement that he r. Speo.d I ia
,ran ~ the 'metropolitan police MI. Alsci &C. ~
he always carried the badge ana the n.,liu' w
,,h him so as TO be ready for an eIherl'cI.i
several of the letters introduced IN ~ :
we're shown to the old man ana ne an.hit..u o =.
te wrote them. and said he would not cna,s e,n .,
wori in them II he 20 write them over ~
WShen he was asked about the meaning OF o ne
nara raph where he spoke OF women In he"'e'' '
replied; :. ..,o oro any women in heaven, the
keener there did not do his duty -,
The witness said he objected 10 me serVanc , s
monninx the floor because II wore out the oIicioin,
ann1f 10 Objected also TO allow her to clean me
Infves and forks because il destroyed me pIa!nS,
Counsel asked him If ii not true that ne TOOK
sorne little girls riding and then irlghteme99
them bg discharging pistol The witness repieu
that he had an old pistol which he wanted 20 IN
load and he stood the shore and nreu IL az tnr
moon He did not think that that would hnrt any
one His wife took the pistol away from MN anu ~.
told him lie concerning II. and he slapped ne. IN
the face He detested lying. and she never hed "
When he left the stand he went UP to the coun-
sci for his wife. and. shaking him heartily by 'he
My dear sir. you will have to send in bill to
me for tuition" ,, 49,. ,,o l., IN
competent to manage his own AFFAIRS.