The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04
w. A. LORD.

Hon b. f. Fifeld received last week tele
gram from the superintendent Of the insane
asylum of Danvers, Mass, stating that
Hon. W. A. Lord OF this city had been
committed 10 the asylum, and esked to be
informed as to the whereabouts of Mr..
Lords relatives that they might be in
formed.
This end OF career as lawyer and pub
lie official will be- deplored by Mr.. Lords
friends throughout the State. For many
years he hes been considered one of the
abiest attorneys in the State and has filed
offices OF trust in town, State and national
He represented Montpelier in the Leglsla-
ture OF 1894, was re- rejected in 1885 and was
chosen speaker OF the House. He YVES ap.
pointed national bank examiner for Yer
mont, en office he resigned some two years
ago.
A JOURNAL reporter called upon Mrs.
Lord to see if she had any further
details in regard to her husbands condi-
ton Mrs. Lord said she. knew nothing Of
her husband beyond what IS common re-
port. An intimate friend YVES then seen
who SAID that Mrs Lord was on the verge
of nervous prostration owing to the strain
she had been under in Caring for her
husband during the past few weeks.
The friend expressed considerable indig-
nation over the fact that everything had
been done to shield Mr.. Lord from the
public when aid had been denied Mrs.
Lord by some Of the authorities when her
life he's been in Jeopardy. She said
that Mr.. Lords condition Is to DO de-
plored but that he brought it upon himself
by the excessive use OF alcohol; tina II Is
now over three years since he broke away
from the effects OF the Kelley treatment;
that at the start he had used hard liquors
bat since his last 'illness," beginning in
May, he hes used only, ale, beer and Ital-
ian sour red wine. The quantity he used
ives something remarkable, on one occa.
"A hin hnff 1aan # oil in fuA nlN
1t is believed tnat Mr.. Lords mind hes
baen unbalanced since last May and that
the crisis came few weeks ago when he,
VINO hG1 always been an indulgenC hus.
band, threatened at Different times TO kill
his wife and her mother. Some four weeks
ago MIS-, Lord Yves severely choked by her
hus band and had not some of her boarders
heard her strangling and interfered death
would have ensued.
She had to keep guarded for few days
after this incident, and upon advice OF
some friends of her husband she went to
frien nd house to SEQ If Mr.. Lord would not
quiet down.
Mr.. Lord believed his wife had gone to
relatives in Woburn, 49,, and followed
her there, and not finding her strayed to
Boston and Cambridge where he YVES final
ly arrested and placed in je'!.
In jsil he was kept in padded cell, 90 he
was so violent, and it is believed that his
commitment TO the asylum at DanVers
is due to DIR. f. w. Page, former SUI
, perintendeut of the State Asylum at
Wat erbury, but now specialist on
nervous diseases in Boston. DIR. Page hes
something 10 do with the Danvers asylum.
He became acquainted with Mr.. LORD when
he YVES here as an expert in the Brewster
and Doherty murder cases, Mr.. Lord being
counsel for the defense. He ran upon Mr..
Lord in Cambridge and has seen that he
has proper treatment.
Mrs. Lord would have been LETT destitute
had it not been for her boarders. Those
who have had close insight int the case
express the greatest sympathy and esteem
for Mrs Lord in her afflicuon and for the
bravery with which she hes borne her trials.