The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-09
Hoods
Should be in every family EWA SER
medicine chest and every NGEEc
travellers grip. They are IA EhH ~
invaluable when the stomach
IA out Of order; cure headache, nihou'nes'' ana
all liver troubles. Mid and smoien] . CENTS

| ! Nuu Know atlh -hfi'7s -i' may
| be q better man than / am, but il Try
| b.. II you say So.
'He took hold OF me and Il chung 20 the
! railing OF tho bar Finally he hauled off
! and DIT me I'm the face. and pulled out
| little Worlds Fair souvenir knife with an
| inch blade and struck at him. | was con-
| sidorably under the influence Of liquor. or
| ! would not have attempted 10 use even
| such little weapon as that was The
! knifeblade penetrated under rib and an
! artery was cut. Neglect in the medical
work did the rest. though Miles bad
! physical condition may have had some
! thing to- do with 30. and the faro dealer
/ died
| Il engaged Lawyer Belcher. a relative
/ Of judge Boicher Of san Francisco 20 de-
/ fenf me. and be communicated with my
! brother. who was executor OF our Geor-
! Ella estate My brother Immediately came
| fo California. and other lawyers were en-
| gagged The attorneys were confident Of
/ winning tho case. but my brother was 4
! tendcrf00t and did not care 90 make "A
/ legal nght He was afraid 10 iniure the
! family name by letting me 20 10 the
ponitenuatv. and ON that argument 7
agreed to the insanity dodge Doctors were
! employed 20 expert me into me asylum.
my understanding ~ the case being that
| J should get out Do year.
"WoN two years passed. after my con-
nnemcnt and / realized then that 7 had
been shanchaied. 7 was then in the pay
ward. with The ordinary privileges that
are given 30 tho Rcntlest class Of pa
Ncnfs. so I endured 30 for another year
Then. determined TO get out and even
tuaily settle the whole matter in court
T ran away. A nlc had been brought 10
me bv feil0w-palient who had the run
Of the institution. and az night filed off
the paddock that held the iron screen Of
my window. BY means OF blankets tied
together ] let myself down TO the ground
That was at I o'clock in the morning.
There was no dificulty in getting away
from tho asylum grounds. and then I
headed northward planning 20 90 beyond
the railroad line az Caiistoga. take The
stage through Lake county. get over 10
Trinity and then 90 on until ! reached
the railroad at the north After q little
while as a free man I could establish
standing and return TO night for my rights
In court. ] got 10 the vicinity of Younts-
vile. but my shoes were too tight for me
aud ! was not accustomed 10 walking
so concluded 10 risk IN attempt 10 get
20 Caiistoga on the train / believed that
the asylum officials would expect me 10
follow the railroad route 10 the south
rather than go toward the terminus Of the
line. but / was mistaken and they cap
turod me-
after that / was kept pretty close
prisoner and ! grew desperate. Last De-
ccmbcr ] got "a chance 10 dodge out
through the gate while some mattresses
were being brought I'm, but being in poor
condition 90 run / was caught. Now ] am
kept in what they call the strongest room
OF the asylum. The window Is doubly
barred. ] go from here to the ward. and
from the ward TO that dry and dusty
Enclosure at the rear of the building, and
wherever j go. except I'm this cell. the
chattering imbeciles arc with me. about
me after me.
"lt is q misfortune 10 be one Of these
poor lunaucs. but 1T Is a thousand times
worse to be kept among them in fun
possession OF your understanding
after ] tried to escape last December.
they put the gloves on me, keeping my
hands pinionod night and day. and ] was
competed TO wear them until May DR..
Gardner viii not come TO see me. / cannot
get any word from my brother. And here
1 am-tortured but still hopeful
"The reason of my detention? No. ] will
not believe for moment that my brother
has any selfish motive. lie has none. II
he consents TO have me still kept IN q.
mad-house. 10 Is because they tell him
that / am insane. or because he is afraid
that I will be sent 10 prison 81 1 get out
"Therc was a very bitter fight between
Superintendent Gardner and his assistant.
Dr. BOWles who had been here many
years Dr. Bowles insisted that / was
sane man and he complained 20 Governor
Budd that Dr. Gardner was guilty OF
malfeasance in office FOR keeping me here.
Or B0wlcs got the worst of the contest.
and 1 was on his side.
81 do not know how Dr. Gardner can
profit by stll OBTAINING me.
"AU ask IS that be tried for murder.
] want no more of the lunatlc's mask
demand the right of just punishment or
my offonse against society. i am not IN
sane. ] never was insane. 1 am not even
"a nocturnal epilepuc. as the paid experts
classified me. ] killed a man I'm drunken
Quarrel-and will any man outside of THIS
lunatics asylum say that my FIRST and
only stroke of the sO-called epNepic In
sanity would have been likely TO occur
when 7 had been drinking and faro
dealer struck me I'm the face? II / had
been "a young man without money nobody
would have pronounced me insane
The view given by Or. Gardner is q
different one. This eminent expert says
in effect that while Buchanan is pracu-
cally sane nearly all the time. the epilep-
tie impulse may seize min az any mo-
ment
"At the time OF the trial" says DI.
ness for the defense with Dr. Elmer
Stone DR.. Rodgers and DR.. Barr That
was after 1 had examined the prisoner
and concluded that he was insane. The
expert witnesses for the prosecution were
Dr. Ruckcr. of Oakland, who had been
superintendent OF the asylum at stock
ton. and DIT. Robertson. OF Livermore.
who conducts a private sanitarium. When
the trial was In progress the Judge APP
pointed all the doctors a commission TO
Try the defendant for insanity. discharg-
ing the jury that had been on duty three
days.
"The doctors for both the prosecution
end the defense agreed that Buchanan
was insane, and we rendered a unanimous
verdict accordingly. a second jury COM
mitted Buchanan 10 the Napa ds ,lum.
"It was the opinion of the experts that
the patient would be continuously insane.
and / do not think his condition has in
proved. / regard him as insans and a
dangerous man. though 90 ST and talk
with him people woul1 ordinarily think
him perfectly sane His cesire 10 be tried
for murder is evidsnce OF his insanity,
for there was no excuse for the killing.
But I am perfectly willing he should
be taken out on a writ OF habeas corpus
10 have the matter tested at any time"
Whether he is sane or lot in wanting
a murder trial Buchanan IS in the posi-
ton OF a life prisoner nj Napa. with con-
ditions about as severe as a sane mind
could devise in connection with any Cal
ifornia prison lie.
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