The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-17
The STORY OF HUTCH, YALE 81
WHO ENLISTED IN THE NAVY TO
GET AWAY FROM Run.
Co; TO he a Petty Onicer. Deserted to HIs
Enemy. Went Back. served Out HIS
Term and Is Now in a Sanitsrtum Com
nrmed Drunk ard, shertn's Jury says.

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5000 a year. in c~nlisting in the navy six
years ago. attaining the rank of a petty
or1cer and then dcserting, only to be taken
back again 10 serve once more before the
mast, is odd in the record Of a recent hear
ing before a Sherif's jury. The jury was
appointed to inquire into the mental con-
dtion Of Hutchins, and yesterday Asa
Bird Gardiner. the commissioner who pre-
si1ei over its hearings, reported to the
supreme Court that the jury had found
Hutchins TO be a confirmed drunkard,
incapable If taking care of himself or his
Iru"erty.
'IItch," as he is Familiarity called by his
trends. In we'll known about town and was a
,r-tiber Of several clubs. His father, Fran
cs W. Hutchins, created a trust fund Of
about SIPS 900 for his benefit. putting il in
care Of Lawyer Henry b. Twombly. who
has since disbursed the income to Hutchins.
1~wonbly was graduated from Yale in
1854 and has been Hutchine's best friend
for many years.
Hutchins's mother, Mrs. Adelaide p.
sharp, asked the court 10 commit her son
az an incompetent and habitu8l drunkard.
In her application che said that though in
early life he enjoyed all the social advan-
taEes that wealth and luxury could give,
'fiOlkn TIE H1UuenCS DI Ddu dsSpCldIeb
he has become dissipatei and has con-
trsctei vicious habits, and is now and has
been for more than ten years an habitual
drunkard."
When under the influence of intoxicants."
Mrs. Sharp continued, "he becomes wholly
irresponsible for his acts and the easy prey
Of dissolute companions. and has been in
duoed to squsnder his substance and has
at various times contracted debts which
he was unable TO pay and has attempted
10 sign away his income TO various creditors
and has commit ted other irresponsible
act"
Hutchins was married in Vancouver.
y. C.. in April 1899, and has a twelve-year-
old daughter. who lives there with his wife
now. Mrs. Hutchins was quite unable to
continue 10 live with him of recent years.
Mrs Sharp says, and both the mother and
wife Of Hutchins have made great sacrifices
Cor his sake to protect him from disgrace"
His many promises to reform and to apply
his income to the support of his family
have been broken time and time again.
according to the mother. and Mrs. Sharp
has Of late years contributed from $3.50
to $4,000 a year out Of her own pocket for
the support Of Mrs. Hutchins and the child.
For some time past Hutchins has been
IN n sdnltaTlum az NlhtlldTOleCk, nn1Sf the
care Of DR.. Leon \. Carpenter, but when
he leaves the sanitarinm, "a he often does.
promising 70 leave drink alone. he is unable
70 earn a living for himself and breaks out
again as soon as he can get hold of any
OF his income. DR.. Carpenter testified
before the Sherif's jury that Hutchins is
totally incompetent and should be com
mitted permanently. Dr. Carpenter testi-
red that his patient was very much Of
never regretful Of what he has done when
drinking
Ernest John Deacon, a hirrister AZ Van !
couver, testified that he hal known both
Mr.. and Mrs. Hutchins for some years In
1902. he said, Hutchins left Vancouver after '
borrowing all the money he could AMI
never returned. His wife and child were
left penniless, and the debts contracted by
Hutchins in Vancouver nave never been
paid, Deacon said.
1t was MIR Twombly who old about the
naval experiences Of Hutchins, who is now
40 years old, but acts more like a young
If family. Mr.. Twombly said that the
trust created for Hutchins by his father
was what is known among lawyers as a
"spendthrift trust. the only care devolving
on the trustee being to collect and dis
hurse the income. The trust fund il com
posed Of s72. 900 worth Of mortga ges or
good property in this city. s25. 900 worth
Of 81 per cent. city bonds and a tenemen
house in Forty-fourth street worth about
$4,000 The income amounts to about
So. 400 a year.
Mr.. Twombly testified that he had known
Hulchins since their college days at Yale.
and that Hutchins had been brought up as a
rich young man who was helped out Of
every scrape he ever got into and provided
with all the money he demanded from his
parents. In consequence, said the lawyer.
he grew mp wholly careless and ignorant
If the value If money and a devotee 70 all
kinds Of dissipation. When sober he in
thoroughly right minded and very much
devote1t 10 his wife and child. He is anxious
az times TO return to them. but his habits
are 50 incorrigible, the lawyer said. that
Mrs. Hutchins cannot live with him.
In 1902. when he left Vancouver. giving
II out that he was on a trip to Europe.
Hutchins enlisted in the navy. As he ex-
ldined l il TO his trustee, he had determined
10 try 10 get out Of the rut of dissipation and
drunkenness into which he had fallen and
thought that the discipline of the navy
would prove a corrective. He enlisted as
a seaman aboard the batleship Missouri
and his intelligence and aptitude sooa
gained his promotion. He was made N
non-commissioned officer. but shore leave,
especially in New York. proved his undoing.
On one occasion he invited Mr.. Twombly
10 come with him aboard the Missouri.
but when the trustee arrived TO keep the APP
polntment he met Hutchins on the wharf
helulessly drunk.
Still. as the lawyer said. Hutchins be-
haved comparatively well while he WAS in
the navy. Tn longing for a spree was too
strong after a year, however. ana IN August
II 1908 he deserted. He came to Twombly
and begged for enough money to take him
back 70 Vancouver. The lawyer foclishly.
as he says himself now, ave Hutchins the
price of the ticket instead Of buying 10
himself, and a few days later Twombly
heard from him as the inmate Of a hospital
IN Chicago. dead broke. Twombly saw
him back to Vancouver. and there Deacon
and other friends interested themselves in
his case, with the result that he was allowed
. return to the navy.
Disgraced but not discharged. Hutchins
started in again as a common seaman.
His punishment for his desertion was re-
auction in rank and a term in the ships
brig on bread and water. But his absence
was overlooked beyond that extent. thanks
- the earnest appeals to the authorities
by his friends and relatives. He stayed in
the navy until the fall Of 1905. when he
was honorably discharged.
More drafts on his income followed, and
Presently Hutchins found himself at the
Shoreham in Washington, where for a week