The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-14
JoHN 4, cHAx1nn,s CONDITION.
Auslie RiVcs's First Husband an Inmats or
IlsominEdaie Asylum.

BloouinEdaie Asylum.
- John Armstrong Chanlor, the great. grandson
Of John Jacob Astor and at one time the hus-
band Of Amclic Rivcs, now Princess Troubct2koy,
is an inmate of Bloomingdalo Asylum at White
Plains, where he was sent about three months
ago. DIR. Lyon told a sun reporter yesterday
that Mr.. CHAMBERS condition since he came to
the hospital had not changed and that he was
unable TO say whether or not his trouble was
incurablo. Mr., Chanler is u lawyer, with an
office Mt 100 Broadway, and his partner, Harry
Van Ness Philip, said yesterday that he had
seen Mr.. Chanlcr Mt Bloomlngdale on Tuesday
and talked with him for about three hours.
Mr.. Philip said that Mr.. Chanler talked ra-
tionally and appeared to DO very much i'm
proved over his condition on Mr.. Philips pre-.
ceding visit. lie was committed to the asylum
and selected Bloomingdale as tho plnce no pre-
ferred. lilo is living in one Of the houses at
tached to the asylum.
Mr.. CHAMBERS present condition." said Mr..
Philip, us duo TO overwork. Ho is interested
In several important enterprises, and in ono Of
months before no broke down, and have
known him to sit up all night repeatedly en-.
has never at amy time talked frrationaily to
me, although hear that he has to other persons,
notably his man servant, who said that his con:
that he was not in his right mind.
when IL was decided that retirement would
be best for him, Mr., CHAMBER selected Bloom.
ingdnle because he thought that he would have
Frc3tcr privacy there than anywhere else. 1t
Is absurd to say that he has q mania for being
nieht,::a' there was less opportunity Of his be.
position. lie is perfectly satisfied with tho
state of his domestic affairs, and The condition
i Mr. tre" u han Hpe~ was 70 married SG led to % Miss HFssNI Alneiio
Rives, the writer. on June II, 1883. For somo
time the two lived abroad, but in sep,ember,
gotten q divorce. The divorce was gotten for
hor in South Dakota by Q. Ii. Winsor Of 100
Judge Jones u in Moody dy't county. .Mir09 cSHnl S
appeared in the action, and was rSpTessnted by
mental cruelty wcrc the grounds on which the
divorce was granted. On Feb, II, lsg8, the
Troubctzkoy, II Polish artist, whose mother
was an American. Two months ago she was
rum in Philadelphia. Nervous prostration, tho
result OF o%verwork, was said to be her trouble.
1t was announced later that she had recovered.
CHAMBERS condition: II don't Know that /
should call Mr.. Chanlcr insane. His condition
has not changed since he arrived here. Whether
he can be cured or not l cannot tell. nor do I
know by what his present trouble was caused.
It is entirely false that he has a mania for rae.
mig hSF''' or roaming ABOUT inc grounds "'
John Armstrong Chanler has three brothers,
w hihiu &hSloE,- "InLnIOp, anu Lewis otuSNc-
SAINT Chanler. He D. a member of many New
York clubs. and was always noted for his con-
siderable physical strength and athletic habits.
II was said in n signed article published in an
afternoon paper yesterday that MIR. Chanler had
protested against bis, Incarceration, and that
his dclusions were OF the Kind commonly called
',,delusions of grandeur" which are the inya-
riable preliminary condition to paresls. The
writer said that Mr.. Chanler was alleged to be-
lievc, himself Napoleon, and to think that he
had the power to invent a system which would
wheel and picture of Napoleon were in his room
at the asylum. At his req uest ex-senator David
n. Hill. who knew Mr.. Chanler slightly, visited
him. to pass on the Justice OF his confinement.
Mr.. Hill, it is said, declined to interfere on tho
ground that it was best for Mr.. CHAMBERS inter.
ests for him to remain in the asylum. Tho
article made Ar. Chanier, appear to be more
insane than anybody would have supposed from
the statements OF his friends.