The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07
ASANE MANS LIVING DEATH
Henry Trost|er Buried Seven
teen Years in an
Asylum.
RELEASED TO BE DEPOHTED.
Shot at a Man in 1880, Pleaded Insanity
and Was lmmnred at Matteawat His
Former Wife is DYING.

Former Wife is Dying.
New York. Sept. 3O.-H~nrv }
Trostier va arrested III 1880 fo,
Ito ting at Victor Kelley, The cash-
Ter . the Tba ia Theater Trosller
thought that Kelley had bee" lay
ing too much Afternoon tn Nr-.
Trostler H-ley WAS ros LII -,
hut the husband was arrested t
Ms s,ault. and instead Of acc-p' n {,
SIX months sentence pleade ! l'san
.ty a, d was .eut to an asvlum.
After seventeen yeas impri'
m-nt he has succeeded III convlnc
,ug lurt that he is now san., ar
be has been released Oh con iltlOu
hat lie leave the country within 80
days.
This may surprise many persons
who do 10 know tta. the ntenc-
Of deportation is still b .lug impose d
10 this country
While awaiting his d-ptr'ur4
Trc s,ler, now an old man, found bis
.if-, who had again nafred, think
ing him dead. The babe in arms
VITO ON he had fit years go is now a
ha, DIS me your 6 woman; the wife ls
living. For the sake of all tt o tltr
has promised not TO make any CLAIM,
upon his wife There was a fearful
par'ing and Trostlar goes back to
Hun. airy in few days Whethe'
he Aus rian gov' rnment Will perm
him to land is another matter
It is now twenty years since Hen
ryJ TT, stler came to this countr,
rom HUI gary. His family was on'
Of the wtathit st in his native coun
try. He was compelled to earn BIZ
own living. He secured employ
ruent with Gustav Ahmberg, in th
es rhalia Theatre. He then married
- In the theatre there was a hand
re some ca. hier ramed Victor Kelley
al who had been a Lieutenant in th
d. Austrian army, Trostler felt tha
here was some secret understand
de ,ng between his wife and the cashier
- rhe two men quarreled and th
of shyr shot the cashier The bulle
hv pierced not his heart, but his hig
al nat That shot was the signal fo
up up the ringing up of the curtain upon
ID; life drama more remarkable tha
eo e ny OF the make believe plays thu
'rk are seen on the stage.
* Trostl.r was arrested, and, on IL
M .dvice of his lawyer, pleaded guilt
lny the charge Of assault He WI
ON 5 .ntenced to Imprisonment foi S
'an mouths Then another lawyer co
GU yinced Trostler that he had bet
% nisused. Trostler pleaded insa,. it
vas sent to an insane asy lum Yea
oiled by. One privilege was allo
al to Trostler. He was permit,
70 read the newspapers.
Therein he saw an account OF
charitable organization in New Ho
which mentioned the name of t
superintendent, Samuel Trost!
He iecognized at once in the nal
f cousin. He wrote pathe
etter. explaining that he was sa
- nd had always been sane, and bs
y ing him to spare no effort towar
ecuring his release.
Samuel Trostler was sick WI
eet' be letter arrived, but he turned
eral over to friend
OF The friend returned from the q
=: um with the announcement t
lood Henry was dead. TIE MOI ey VIII
but
o5y Samuel sent, he said, was sent
i'd 1t defrsy the funeral expenses. Il '
en-
-eveial years later before Trostl,
that wife discovered that cousin of
was husbands lived in the city, ,
varl- when she went TO him for conf
shed and advice he told her. honestly
eatiy ue thought, that her uusbard
INV dead. Twice before she had II
lller, 70 secure her hus stands release.
Y. I -,
,ong- "itnoot avail
wed. Lawyer Henry Gottheo, "
travelling in Hungary last year
nner ,omo OF Trostlers relatives.
,oli what little they knew {