The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-04-11

cal examination. stripped TO the skin. at
the hands of two physicians. they saw
or found nothing TO change or modify
their first formed opinion.
Mr.. Warner came out to see me four
or five times. He was the middle man
between Blodgett and myself assessing
the value OF his volunteered services at
S25. which he got upon demand.
He told a different story every time he
came. DR.. keene told me that he him
self had nothing To do in regard TO get
ting me out. Mr. Wightman. the state
agent. he said. was the official who had
the authority 10 decree when and upon
what conditions l should be released one
day Mr.. Warner informed me that | could
| obtain my liberty II ! would consent 10
leave the state / Indignantly refused to
comply with any such dishonorabl terms
i l would stay where was sooner A few
days later he came again and looking
very solemn. as II he had some bad news
10 break, used the follwing language: II
have got TO impress upon you that you
have got 10 leave the state"
This / was made To believe was Mr.
! Wightman's ultimatum. Before leaving
the hospital DIR. Keene and Mr. Warner
| in the presence OF each other very gravely
informed me that they had been requested
! TO caution me against ever returning to
the state, for IL did l should be at once
! lehITeSltc ana COnSlBneu 10 the asylum
indefinitely. So completely and effectually
did they both intimidate me that through
fear kept out OF the state six months
and some odd days.
COULD NEVER RETURN.
The supervisor Of the hospital. Mr.. Put
nam, who also told rn. I'm the presence
OF Mr. Warner on our way to Providence
I'm the cars that / could never return.
took me i'm company with Mr.. Warner to
the Union station Oct Is and forcibly
i boarded me on the o'clock train for
New York Mr.. Warner having given me
a ticket for that city. asserting at the
same time that Mr.. Wightman had com
PEELED him TO take the ticket to his office
| TO show TO him as an evidence of good
! faith. I had no home or habitation other
than the one | had here. and they might
just as reasonably have started mo on
my way TO New orleans or San Francisco
| or any other outlandish point.
| ! got off at New London. settled there.
| but the odum Of having been prescribed
| from the state proving too intolerable TO
endure longer | sent Mr.. II. T. Freeman.
a lawyer. who lived I'm the same house
with me- at 81 Broad street, 10 interview
Mr.. Wightman. At first Mr.. Freeman de-
clared that my story sounded so i'm
| probable as TO appear TO him TO be mt
| tery incredible. He afterward told me
| that he found everything / had said was
so. He saw Mr.. Wightman. who affirmed
| that as this was a free country there
was no reason why | should not come
| back TO live IL I wanted 10. and further
more he declared that he had never is
| sued any order that | should he put out
Of the state, as It was represented 10 me
that he had.
RETURNS TO PROVIDENCE
Upon Mr. Freemans assurances that
was perfectly safe i'm coming back re-
turned the 23d Of last April and have
/ been located at my present address ever
since, the fact being known to all.
Mr. Blodgett Dragged. so Mr.. Warner
| told me. that I never knew what / ran
| up against when / ran up against him.
| He never spoke a truer word. To the
truth OF that proposition accord my
hearty and unqualified assent.
! had 10 pay my own commitment ex-
! penses, we'll as my board at the hospi-
| tai But these are a small part OF the
pecuniary loss I have had 10 sustain II
was actually suggested by both Miss
jerks and Mr.. Blodgett that I was ex-
pected 10 pay one-half ~ their ex-
pense. for putting me IN the hospital.
my share being about SIS. This l refused
| 20 do.
II was lawfully put out ~ the state
| have no legal right 10 be here now.
| II wrongfully then a dastardly conspir-
| acy has been concoted and consummated
| against me. and In such case, the machln-
cry and forms OF law have been set in
motion 20 attain the most lawless ends
| and purposes, all tho more cruel and con-
/ temptihle. Read the evidence as report
| cd 10y the various uewspa pers OF this city
! and Pawtucket. Discern ~ you can any
/ part ~ 81, allowing 70 all 90 be true, which
] deny that jusunil Mr. Blodgett TO use
| the reflected. the ephemeral the already
| wabblng fame and power that ne de-
! rives from the tenure of the positions he
, az present holds In the legal and po-
| ttical circles of this state 20 subject a
comparative and defenceless (on account
of being deprived of n mans most e.
fective weapon of defence-his liberty.
stranger, like myself. 20 SUCH unmerited
humiliation, obloQuy and contempt. Soon
er or later ne must surely encounter the
| condemnation of his warmest friends. N
he has any, excluding. or course. the
| complainant IN this case
FALsUs IN UNO FAI.sUs IN oNfNt-
BUS.
n sir Blodgctt has any private grudge
or grievance against me he has not as vet
had the manliness or courage 10 avow
either. ~ he will DO 20 and specify what
Injury ] ever did him by word or deed
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