Evening journal., 1898-05-23
LONEY HEARING TO-DAY
Several Witnesses Testify
Against Him.
DECLARE THAT HE IS INSANE

MADE TO KEEP THE MAN OVER
AT THE FARNHURST ASYLUM.
ANOTHER DAUGHTER TEsTI-
FIEs AGAINST HIM.
The Loney hearing was continued
this morning.
Dr. Wales said that Loney was suf-
fering with brain trouble and he COM
planned of his eyes. He took him To-
Dr. Elegood. who said his eyes were
all right lie took him To DR.. EllegoOd
because he wanted to see If his diagn0-
sis were correct lie also had stomach
trouble. He considered him to be on
the verge Of mental collapse. On cross
examination DR.. Wales said that the
way his brain was affected at the time
he attended him had kept up, It would
have turned into insanity lie testified
that he was sane when he visited him,
but had a severe attack OF nervous
prostration.
His daughter says that he Is very
excitable. He choked her on August
| A. 1895 One night after he was sick
he went out and got drunk and they
brought him home in a cab with DR..
Steincken, and they put him to bed
| He awcke the next morning and came
/ uUWD anu niAiA'u a. ulnAuAnhA'N H'NNNHN
he said the boiler would explode. He
claimed that he would be all right II
ne didn't have burden on him. He
did not know what he was going to do
with his burden. She said that he
never provided for the table. He said
that his daughters would poison him.
He would get up In the night and talk
about his burden He wouldn't drink
tea or coffee for fear OF poison. He
accused his daughter Annie OF trying
to poison him. She saw him at Farm
hurst and he refused to talk to her. He
asked her how the chickens were. When
3 she was about TO leave she gave him 80
cents and said good bye. When she
: got a few yards away he called her
r back. When she returned he said
you might as we'll go, ! don't want
4 | you" The second time she came he
b wouldn't recognize her The third time
b she brought him some things to eat and
; | ne refused to take t.. He said me
. didn't want her 10 come TO see him. lie
n told her last Friday to TO come see him
- on Saturday, as he might be dead by
Monday. lie accused his daughters OF
a being bad women. He also wanted 10
e sell the house very cheaply. He came
!. to the parlor door one Sunday when
II they were sitting there and he said.
III lNlAW UIlU NlN II AAaAhfn a 'AVWNf
4 Another Sunday he acted very queerly
d when there was company. He picked
1 up q fork and threw II at her. He
y, hated his daughter Annie He wanted
i. TO get rid Of his house for 5000 Every
N time he sat at the table he would
I, throw the dishes out the window He
!, ] also threw ont the chairs when he got
! nertous He was never violent before
y his wfe's death. lie once got a piece
OF hose and attached 1t to the gas Pipe
~. in the cellar and drove them out Of the
~ house. One Sunday morning he locked
~ himself out and his daughters were in
rs bed. When he came back he broke the
~ door because he couldn't get In. He
"a went to Annie's room one morning and
In told her to get out of bed. If she didn't
= he would bring up the axe and break
uo It open and chop her head of. She
asked him for the key and he said no,
OF he wanted that door left open so he
ls could get in her room in the morning
Ne and drag her out OF her room and kick
he her down the back stairs
at He wanted the yard sodded the sec
a- ond time which was done He often
ar, got excited without any cause. He had
asa nothing TO worry about Mr.. Chandler
Ie- insisted that he was aggravated at all
ne times LOney always said the govern
We receiver OF taxes a thief and robber
,Is He told his daughter Annie that II sh'
ub showed him another bill he woul,
De- knock her in the head. He told hi
he next door neighbor. Mr. Allan, who in
nd terfered In a fight that occurred on
.ed day, to attend to his own business AM
In when he needed him he would send 70
me him. Loney would always behave him
as self while the neighbors were In tn
The house on visit.
yav His daughter Annie says she believe
1he he r. insane She does not think h
off | would stay sane long If he came home
ss- His daughter Maria always ran ava
,er | from him.
cr, Mr.. Harman asked IL she thought he
Dbo father could control himself il tn
orv neighbors were in the house.
A. She answered: mot all the time
rD1 Mr.. Harman said, Answer yes or M
"a She said no" She had not niue
M m trouble when his wife was alive. bl
i. ,,i,. after her death he choked and kicke
-. her. He got violent once when h
.oIl 0t wife was sick on her death bed becaus
oH they wouldn't let him in the room.
Miss IyOney acknowledged that 81
ny Dy was keeping him from seeing her b.
rlg fore she. died. The night he was SUI
in9l posed to stay out all night he went
an Stanton to buy a property. Miss Lone
nee denied that she heard Mrs. Kane S;
NJ that she thought her father had
ralt paralytic stroke. He never got h
ince breakfast any morning, because
The wouldn't know how to get it, She ga
ON that her father always was down stat
ddi- first in the morning. He always ava
mes ened his daughter Annie very earl
She stated that her father said
rsed would chop the lock off and not brei
ime in the door His daughter Annie al
1882 the other three daughters practiced
1928 a wheel in the dining-roOm after
1885 had gone to bed.
22.41 Mr.. Harman contended that the livii
2446 expenses had nothing to do with II
2S.O3 mans brain, but the bicycle had, B