The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-21

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Auburn pfison, evidently 10 look u over,
"a N expecting IN he arrested, and thus
giving the lie 10 HE story Of complete lack
NJ memory Ne had called on the chaplain
NJ the prison. Mr.. Herrick. and had been
~ vague a. 70 what HE strand was that
Mr. Herrick finally got rid Of him. much
puzzled over his call. When Hahn con
fessed to Mr.. Bpdine the latter siid 10
him,
You know that anything you cay to me
I am bound 20 lIse against you In p~rosecti-
ton. II Ia optional for you to talk or not.
There Ia only one unpleasant duty hefore
me. You realize what Il ~"
"Of course said Rain. 1t In to lock
me up
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DENOUNCED.
Accordingly at ia3O A. NJ. on Sunday.
May I. a justice Of the peace was sent for
and Balm was put in Jail, where later he
waived examination. That Sunday morn
ing IL was as II a thunderbolt from a clear
sky had aroused the The news OF
Bain's arrest was everywhere. The Baptist
congregation, except those who had been
in the secret. was shocked TO h point OF
dumbness. Knots of men stood about the
street all day and denounced Bodine for
playing to the galleries. Why could he not
have waited until after Sunday TO make
the arrest9 was the general question. Boz
dine was stopped on the street and harsh
epithets were hurled in his facs. Even the
preachers in the other churches took II up
and made yelled references to the injustice
of Bodine's action. He was the most I'M
popular official over known in Waterloo.
One clergyman spoke right out against the
arrest in his pulpit. The town newspapers
'~championed the clergyman's cause and
30 did the papers Of such places as Roches-
ter and Geneva, A public official had made
q terrible mistake, II was said. Mr.. Bodlne
simply said that he could h ave taken no
other course and waited for the storm to
subside.
Then 1t became known that Balm had
confessed. In a day or two Balm issued
this statement from his cell:
If / committed the act Of which I am ac-
cused | did II during a lapse Of memory and
mental power TO which ] am subject. ! have
no recollection of what did occur on the night
OF tho fire. | had been under severe mental
strain for some time previously and that
evening was In a very hazy mental condition.
TO I Aid II did II upAar nm irppulaa saw
a heap of shavinRs there IA slip showing that
he does remember some things, threw match
into them and saw 1t blaze up. Then I rushed
ont. all under impulse without any premedita-
ton or malice against anybody.
| could not have any possible motive in
burning the church. | couldn't have gained
anything by il. 1t was a sort of Jekyll and
Hyde proceeding. ! would not'swear ] could
not have written the letters. IT I did I was
under the same mental strain. You can
state that DR.. Trip of Auburn has just been
here with me tonight and after his eSamina-
tion said he would be willing to testify that I
was subject TO some mental alteration and
could not be held criminally responsible for
what | did.
BANS W EXPLANATION.
A day or two later Balm prepared this re-
markable story Of his career and his psyche
logical makeup;
IL Is difficult to comply with your request
tor an explanatory. because the lapses in
clude a suspension Of memory and the spell,
when fully developed, is a blank to me after.
ward, 1t may bc compared. however, TO
n lunar eclipse. there being a penumbra. as
well az an umbra and OF the former ! can
give some account. While ! have some |
recollection of this inceptive period in the
lapse. | do not at the time have a clear enough |
apprehension Of what is the cause TO take
precautionary measures, II such are possible,
II Ia az though ! entered this room with tho
light and all objects bright and clear. Then
a veil slowly gathers before my eyes. the
light dlms. objects become III defined and the
atmosphere misty. Then the veil drops
black before me and / los Q myself entirely
as IL In deep sleep. The next | know | am in
my normal state again, The whole effect is
like the curtain In a theatre descending on
the climax OF an act, II goes down, down, |
dow till. finally. all on the stage IL obsc ured
even the footlights. Then the curtain lifts
at one motion. however, and all Is bright
again.
My first attack Ya' in Scotland In early
manhood and resulted in my being confined
in a sanitarium for three months. What
did to lead to this u q blank except that be-
fore ! lost memory / realized that / was not In
n clear normal mental condition. reCoy.