The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-03
TROUBLES 0F
4 Millionaire.
Story of Indiana Boy, Nho
Had Relatives.
THEN HE FELL IN LOVE
Finally Landed in Madhouse
in Germany.
THEN HE FELL IN LOVE

upon thousands or dollars nave Deel
spent for detectives to follow him al
over the globe, and thousands more 70
eminent counsel to contend to one side o
the other regarding the question of hi
sanity.
Courts have pronounced him sane On,
month and insane the next. The relative.
who have contended that he was insane
q, have within a few weeks time urged tn,
courts to pronounce him sane. Today an
other suit TO determine his sanity i:
pending, says the New York World. il
q special dispatch from Lafayette, Ind.
Insane or not many a man would have
gone mad with the worry that has beer
Moses Fowler Chase's lot from the day
his mother died, leaving him the $1,000
000 which she inherited in trust for him
from her father, old Moses Fowler, one
of Indiana's richest men. many times a
millionaire
Time was when Moses Fowler Chase
like most other good-looking. wealthy,
ambitious young men, fell in love. In
Cincinnati she lived-pretty Miss Eliza
beth Freyman. Her parents approved
young Chase. soon to come into his
100000 was delighted.
What happened.
The laws of Indiana provide that the
prospective bridegroom must take out a
license before his marriage. Young Chase
had already proposed and had been ac-
cepted- His next step was to insure his
life. Then he found himself against a
stone wall.
You can't get married till 1t is legally
known whether you are sane or not
said the court to the young millionaire,
who was going about free as air all this
time.
His family had actually got out an in
Junction restraining him from taking out
q marriage license until his sanity could
be legally determined. Wearied of such
legality and pickering, Miss Freyman
FINELY gave up the match. This was
four years ago.
Where is Elizabeth Freyman now?"
he asked his father when he got back
home again the other day, released FROM
q Paris madhouse.
Il don't know. my son." said his father.
tenderly. but he did know
Elizabeth Freyman is now another's
wife. She is happy in her home in Gin
) cinnati. A search has been made for her
letters to young Chase, but they are all
gone. Some say the Charles A Duhmes.
his aunt and uncle have them. Their
house in Indianapolis is barred and lock-
ed. and admission is even refused to the
father of the young man. Frederick S
Chase, now his legal guardian.
But only a 1.-THE of the troubles of
Moses Fowler Chase is this affair. His
millions have wreaked him more woe
than only the loss of his love
Moses Fowler was born in Lafayette
Ind. on June /, 1873. His mother was
Annie Fowler. daughter of Millionaire
Moses Fowler, for whom the town of
Fowler. Ind. is named. The old man loved
the little grandson. his namesake, and
The boys mother was his favorite daugh-
ter. So when he died he left Mrs Chase
$1,000, 600 for life, and at her death it was
to so to her only child. little Moses Fow-
Ter Chase
Mrs Chase didn't live long to enjoy her
fortune. She died when little Moses was
Just six years old The 81, eco 900 fortune.
a quarter of it in cash and the remainder
in gilt-edged securities, passed into the
hands of her husband. Frederick S Chase
for him to administer until the boy be-
came OF age.
Frederick s. Chase was a lawyer with a
modest practice. The management of this
added fortune took up much OF his time.
and in commissions of course. he earned
more than most of the lawyers in In
diana. This was a legal charge and in
the course of time Mr.. Chase retired from
the practice of law.
The boy had liberal allowance and in
due season was graduated from school
and entered Yale. In the summer OF 1895
re came home for the regular vacation
The Duhmes invited him TO spend a
month with them at their country place,
One hot afternoon the young man started
for round of the golf links. Foolishly.
he went without a hat and finally in the
excitement of the game fell in collapse
the doctors said it was sunstroke.
At any rate. for days the youth raved
I'm delirium. When at last he recovered
his mind was so weakened that he was
pronounced insane Soon after his faith
er sent him TO Oak Grove Sanitarium.
at Flint. Mich. where he remained until
June i. 1899. the day he became of legal
age. on that day. too. the fathers guar
dianship over his son. until then an in
FAINT in the eyes OF the law. ceased abso-
lutely and forever.
Then began the famous fight TO get con-
troll Of those millions.
Hes insane" protested the father.
He is perfectly sane" protested the
Duhmes
Poor Moses did not have a chance 10
say anything. because he was duly whisk-
ed before two learned alienists who prod /
ded him with questions. turned strange |
booking Instruments into his ewes. made
tests Of his blood. measured his muscles |
took tracings Of his head. and finally.
after due consideration. pronounced him |
legally sane.
In due course the learned court took
cognizance of the physicians reports and |
declared Moses Fowler Chase cenlpos ]
mentis. ThereUpon. relaxed from further /
la bility. the Lafayette Trust Company |
turned over to the lucky man sal.cos in |
cash and nearly SSe5.eoo more in deeds
and securities. /
But all this had taken from June TO /
November, and during that time the rela-
dives. father. aunt and uncle. were not /
idle. Neither were lawyers and detec. /
tives. Here came love into the young
mans life. he fell head over heels in
love with the beautiful Miss Freyrnan
Just as any other normal young man
might have done.
His romance dead, Moses Fowler Chase
turned to travel for some solace 10 his
stter wretchedness of soul and body.