The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23
Or. Bsynon Becomes Insane
and Shoots His Friend.
ATTACK WHOLLY UNEXPECTED.
Iiisr While Confined al POLES Station the
Doctor Struck Pastor Who Had Called
10 See Hin.

Newark. July 2s.-The police are con-
vinced that DR.. j. Harrington Beynon
who tried 10 kill George Campbell in the
boarding house OF Miss Susan Thompson,
at No. 1855 Clinton avenue. On Saturday. is
madman.
Abundant evidence was obtained yes
terday 10 show that the physician has
been mentally unsound for many weeks,
and II Is believed his attempt TO kill
his friend was the result OF an insane
hallucination.
Campbell is in a dangerous condition
In ST. Barnabas' Hospital. The doctors
extracted only one OF the three bullets
that entered his body. One is lodged un-
der the left shoulder and is believed TO
be close TO the heart, and another is In
his right breast.
Campbell made a statement yesterday
TO Detectives Sergeant Christie.
Il can account for DIR. Beynon's as
sault on me in no other way than that
he is a maniac" he said.
II never injured him or any person
connected with him In any way. We
never had the slightest difference.
II noticed. as others did. that the doc
tor acted queerly at times. Tie told me
just before he left Miss Thompsons
house that he intended to go elsewhere
10 live because all the people in the house
had turned against him, knew that was
not true and tried TO reassure him. He
would not be convinced. however. Last
Thursday night / strolled out with the
doctor. He was In a pleasant mood and we
conversed agreeably and parted In good
humor."
Campbell was asked IL he could explain
what DR.. Beynon meant when about two
weeks ago he ran up to a policeman and
asked the latter to watch Miss Thomp-
sons house all night and take notice IL a
woman should leave IL at any time dur
ing the night.
He replied that he knew nothing of that
occurrence and supposed IL was one of
the hallucinations of the physician.
Campbell told OF the shooting as follows:
1T was few minutes before IL o'clock
when the doorbell rang. i went 10 the
door and sew DIR. Beynon. Before could
say a word he fired. j felt a stinging pain
I'm my right breast and fell I'm the hail,
which was dark. DR.. Beynon sprang i'm
TO the hall and, standing over me. fired
again. He missed me that time. Before
he could shoot again 1 seized his pistol
arm. Then we struggled. and he fired
several more shots"
Beynon was placed I'm the captains
room at First Precinct Police Station
yesterday morning with two policemen
on guard. Beynon muttered TO himself.
varying this by breaking out in loud
curses on the police, the Newark physi-
clans whom he had sent for. but who had
not responded, and also on his victim
Once he made break 10 escape, and
was subdued only after a hard fight, with
several policemen.
The Rev. DIR. Lyman Whitney Allen,
pastor OF the South Park Presbyterian
church. of which DR.. Beynon is n COM
municant, called on the prisoner. AS soon
as the latter saw the clergyman he be-
came wildly excited, cursed DIR. Allen
roundly and struck him.
Beynon told Chief of Police Hoffer that
ne had tried TO kill Campbell because the
latter had tried to injure young wom-
an who was his friend
IL was learned yesterday that DIR. Bey-
non has recently met with a rebuff in an
AFFAIR in which his affections were en-
gagged. In his pocket when arrested was
letter signed Miss Helen Higbie. No. 1913
Broad street. IL contained request to
the physician to cease visiting Miss Hig-
bic
"four affections have been misplaced"
was one passage of the letter. "and
while wish for you every success in
business and otherwise. IL is my wish
that you will not again communicate
with me-"
Miss Helen Higbie is the daughter OF
James $. Higbie, wealthy business man
and former president of the Newark
board OF trade. She is leader OF society
and is popular. She is now at Great Bar
rington, Mass.
A brother OF Miss Higbie said yester-
day that his sister was not acquainted,
he believed, with George Campbell she
met Dr. Beynon at the mission chapel OF
the south Park church. She never encour-
aged him and has not seen him in a long
time"
George Campbell, the victim. IS
brother-in-law OF Elisha B.Gaddis. Penn
sylyania railroad director and millionaire
wholesale grocer.