The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-14
CHANGED HIS FACE.
STRANGE DEIUStoxS OF swKsr.EE.
RfyE> Ex-HUsBAxD.
ihe van Nho Married the Novelist of
Passion In an Insane AsyIuua-He
Thinks He IL Napoleon Refnear-
mated snd Can Beat Man4e Carlo

NEW YORK. oeE- 1z-rshz A--srrorw
gsAnLsr. TIE divorced husband q A-saHe
tsAFes. AID great grandson - John Jacob
Asf0r. E reported % &c insane n shA
Aleon-insa2le asylum Mr. ChanIer eft
Us cay suddenly asst spr1rx ard i was
- y his friends that Ne had gore 70
F--Fops TIE fast haS Ieake5 oat vat -
: = 5l9or-sngEia = under Treatment Il -
1eIle1 y his friends taat Ae Is Insane CT
ina 1Es wlad Is Affected In ths least Esa
v as taken % Bloominzdais. thsy assert.
. szka rach-1ee3e3 rest and treatment
Tor Disorder. TIE affection CO RS nerves
ana general physical breakdown was
due. they SAP. % averwoFk.
n&r.T FA1 Ness PaLI-gs ais law parener
2Eaa e4assst friend sad q rs Illness today:
TIE report q Mr. CharEe-ss snsa ATTY "a
e1llFely azf0unded I sax aim yesterday
and convsrSsd Win hin On business nat
50, ana ~ colgerseG II perfectly "a
t4ss-ai manner his MAD = 70. ageesaf
e L2e least Mr. ChAaler was sfrnnsv ar0-
SCI down = 1e2.tA and Went 10 taAs re-
Ee15 for resr snd treatment. he Is now
m4ca improved.
NJ Cnanle- inasr1ted an income frar7 tba
Astor estate % more han ~ - A wear
lie vas educated at Columbia ard Rugby.
and has spent ruch of RS tine since a.
faining rs majority IN EuvoDs he is A
hleiaaer or nearly al the prominent ,luhs
q New York. He married ANGLE Rives.
tle a2th0ress, Ia ISIS. and the couple <psnt
= toAz time abroad They were divorced
In ls5
ne Evening World to-day publishes an
siH1le signed By Arthur EElsosn. which
says IN part:
ar. CnAnler was confined against IS
VII @ an order issued II the regular wav
by the court Mr.. ChanIsrss FAMILY acf~s
CT the advice q physicians ard es0arisIl ~
80 80 49, OF tne Doctor VINO hsi
9s7rl Tor many years Nj. Chanler's regular
80 a.csa1 Lhsy also acted upon the ad-
- q Ut. Starr, specialist II mental
diseases who signed the appHcstion for
Nj 1hanleF7s commitment.
III. [hauler was committed rot b.
ca-ss e any oFeFt act demonstrating IN
stilty, Cut because eG the fear OF his rela-
Ltes that his mental condition might re-
s0iL At any time In some violent outbreak x
soon after NJ. CHAMBERS commitment
senator David 3 HUI VINO has known him
9oL some Tune. paid MIN a visit AT Bloom
Ingdale. senator HilI after A long inter-
NiSW. decided that il would De better nor
70 interfere Ia the matter.
:. 3lr 1hahiar l. not a violent lunatic. but
y = alleged y subject 70 hallucIua lions
statements which formed the basis az -
commitment and Authorizations included
tne Belief that he had succeeded BY viii
power IN changing the share Of hfs Fars
and the color OF his eyes believing hIr1-
sell % be TelncaFuatton % NAPOLEON. and
that ne would make great fortune nv a
system q play Ak the Monte Carlo gam
ming tables. The AFFIDAVIT upru wNfrh "a
NaS committed aveFred that bo w4S a v5r-
tlIl Of the Authorizations suggested above
and furthermore thar there vas insanity
= ni@ FANNY. an aunt having at one time
been Insane"
Mr. Chanler's relatives and friends en-
terrain belief that ne viii soou be rernov-
Cd from Bloomingdale. possibly TO go
abroad n the hands Of careful nurses ard
physicians.