The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-02

ROCHESTER, INSANE HOSPITAL Of
FICIALs SEND HIM BACK
FOR TRIAL
HAS BEEN MERELY FEIGNING
Deception Was Detected by Medi-
cal Men, and He Was
Forced to Con-
TESS.

Fred W. Lilly, who attempted to muir
der his wife and a woman named Della
Feige, while at the California Wine house
two months ago, is again booked for
cell at the county jail
Saturday Sheriff WAGNER received q
telegram from the hospital authorities
at Rochester, where Lilly had been sent
to come and get him as ne was perfectly
sane.
He had been shamming while In charge
of the authorities here and the shallow
ness of his ailment was easily pene-
trated when he reached the hospital.
Deputy Sheriff Hansen returned to st.
Pau, with Lilly last night.
A Rochester dispatch says:
Fred w. Lilly, who was brought to the
state hospital Friday night, has con-
fessed that for five weeks he has been
feigning insanity. He was brought here
by Deputy Moriarty in an apparently
violent condition. When he was delivered
to the superintendent of the hospital,
the experienced eye of DIR. Kilbourne
saw almost Immediately that the pa
tient was shamming His answers to the
oral examination were too extravagant
and wider off the mark than the most
| deranged man in the institution. After
Nurse Spillane had taken Lilly to the
ward assigned, DR.. Killbourne told the
nurse to guard Lilly carefully as he was
undoubtedly sane man. Martin Fahey
was accordingly detailed for this duty,
and has since carefully Swallowed the pa
tient. Saturday the superintendent called
MIR. Lilly before him and in plain English
told him that his examination and sub
sequent actions had proved conclusively
that he was only feigning insanity. Lilly
weakened when he saw that the Superin-
tendent had penetrated his mask and, con-
Tossing his sanity, told the story of the
life he had led the past summer. DR..
Kilbourne at once telegraphed to the st.
Paul authorities, and Deputy Sheriff
Hanson arrived here today He left for
st. Paul on the afternoon train with
Lilly in custody Lilly's mania was to
make dash for every woman he saw
and to exclaim with profanity and vul-
gar. expression that he was about to
kill her. He kept up this form until his
second talk with Dr. Kilbourne, after
which he was completely cured. From
Lillys standpoint he has. been hardly
used by his wife. He has made no at
tempt to run away from the hospital
since he was discovered. His wife has
sued for a divorce and the custody of
their five-year-old son, but Mr. Lilly is
determined to keep the boy from her if
possible.
One of the hospital officials writes:
From the time of his arrival Lilly
"c1o AOOhCO OpOll DIS a HldlluS6I6T, ana,
though he played his role perfectly, to
one who has had years Of experience in
hospital work and has met with similar
imposters it was very evident no per-
son with mental arrangement could so
systematically evade questions as did
he. Being offered a cigar and asked to
have a smoke he jumped up from his
chair and said: You are right; ] am not
insane. For five weeks have 1 fooled
them all, but when 1 saw you last night
I knew the jig was up. I knew you could
see through my actions. Then lighting
his cigar and having a good laugh, he
tells of deceiving the physicians in St.
Paul. Of being kept under the closest
observation for five weeks in the St Paul
city hospital and week in jail. He now
wants to be returned as soon as possible
that he may have it all settled and take
his punishment If the law will convict
him.