The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-09
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&. Haatly, who b nav In MsSicc, hut who
has aa 0fiue ~ ~ BFoadway and lives a.
10 West Eighty -sisth s,reqt,
Tic report n tho doo,oFa slio~s that for
slant montha prior 10 laat February Rsatiy
waa Hlrh q etata that hls business wa
brphen up, He believed that he was l~ine
watched by the police. aud eSpresscd the
bslisf that he managed 10 keep from being
arrested by hypnotizine she policcmsn on
hta trail. He told the doctors that theirs
was a police combination against him "hr-
Gauss he vas showing the wor'hlssansss of
tho department by his easy impersona.
ions II First Deputy Commissioner Waldo
and 0d Tsafies.''
Beatty also believed himself to 10 q great
writer, musician and poet. lie thought that
he was going TO make millions somehow.
and acted In q nervous, excited way Drink,
10 which he became addicted after his
mind weakened, had little or no effect on
him: but his favorite topic, when ques-
toned about himself. was his belief In his
ability to impersonate Waldo. In fact, he
called himself the First Deputy's under
study.
Bcatty's trouble dated back TO his arrest
at the instance Of q woman who calls herself
Mrs. Beatty, This woman. Nellie Curtin
Beatty, Is Psychologist 'or cl~airvoyuntb by
trade, according TO Asa Bird Gardiner.
who was counsel for Beatty in the matri-
monial disputes. She married Beatty In
1897, when she was teaching psychology
in Brooklyn.
The young broker. then IS years old,
was fascinated by the psychologist, though
she had q son by a former husband almost as
old as himself. She has two daughters be-
sides. The discrepancy in ages brought
dDOub uDI6lVuCCo liz rbbCo' aNSci Aihb
to Mrs. Beatty, in his leaving her with the
remark that he had learned to love another
woman better.
Beatty's story was that his interest in
the Dubois Electric Traction Company of
Pennsylvania took him to that State, and
that he intended to establish a permanent
residence there. She declined to leave New
York. Before he left he gave her $500,
the proceeds Of the sale OF a house he owned
in Brooklyn, and later he sent her several
hundred dollars.
While he was away he became convinced
that the woman had not been divorced
from her first husband and that the man still
lived. He made this the basis OF q suit
which he brought In Pennsylvania for the
annulment Of his marriage to her.
Mrs. Beatty fought the suit, and got q
commission appointed to take testimony
here. Beatty came on here in August last
to attend this commission and the day
be arrived was arrested on a charge OF
abandonment. There was a hearing be-
fore Magistrate Wahle, which resulted In
an order by the Court directing him to pay
the woman $40 a week for q year.
1t was this arrest, Beatty's friends say,
added to his previous matrimonial troubles,
which upset his mental balance. His bust
ness went to pieces and his father came
forward to help him. 1t was resolved to
appeal from Magistrate Wahle's order.
Leave to appeal was obtained from Special
Sessions Justice Foster, and Beatty's coun-
sci got two months to prepare his case.
That was in December last, and Beatty's
mental collapse increased SO quickly that
Col. Gardiner was unable to consult with him
in any way, and no progress could be- made
with the appeal
The father decided that an asylum would
be the proper place for bis son, and Supreme
Court Justice Gildersleeve signed the papers
committing him to one near Mamaroneck.
Since then Beatty has improved so much
that he has been released or probation,
but he La still unable to consult with his
lawyer or to turn his attention to business.
The Corporation Counsel's Office moved
q few days ago to dismise the appeal to the
Appellate Division from the order Of Magis-
trate wahle, to which Col. Gardiner replied
by reciting the circumstance that had
made 1t impossible for him to proceed.
He said that he expected to be able to 60 on
with the appeal In q month or two. He also
pointed out that the suit in Pennsylvania to
annul the marriage 10 still pending, though
held up by the mental condition Of Beatty.
On these representations b Appellate
Division denied yesterday the application
to dismiss the appeal and granted leave
to Beatty to open his default. A man who
did not wish to be quoted, but who has
some knowledge Of the facts. said yester-
day that while there could be no certainty,
because Of the rambling nature Of many
OF Beatty's remarks, yet It seemed very
probable that he had on moro than one
occasion -impersonated Deputy Commits
eioner Waldo. In appearance the young
broker bears some slight resemblance to the
first deputy.