The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-02-05

ably will so before a iunacy commits
sion.
Thaw fought today for sepcial priv
ileges. which were denied him. He
has been assigned to the division
where the patients. who have deiu-
sfons arc centred. and has e7 fellow.
patients. His cot is next to that OF
Quimbo Apo. a Chinaman who tries
70 fratrnize with hin, and alreadv
mas appointed him to be a general in
MS army. and vice-admiral If o fleet
OF gunboats. This division is filled
with patients. who believe they are
kings emperors and powerful men.
Ihey look on the millionaire as a very
common individual and many have
pronered him their assistance.
ne" York. Feb. 4.-Harry X.
Thaw's ungovernable temper got m.
better Of him shortly after rian,...
inns morning and he wandered frou
his private "om. connecting with tb,.
general ward. where IS Of the sun-
posed harmless patients" are con.
hned in the Matteawan asylum for
'he criminal insane, and created sucb
"a panic among the other ..harm,a.s
madmen" that guards had to h.,
called and they had to be rcstra,nod
by force.
Ihaw hal been sulking since Tho
WISH OF his wife. Evelyn Nesbit Tnaw
yesterday afternoon. His experience
In coming in contact with eibhsr,ra
men hal re educed him to an arnos.
SIMILAR state.
when Thaw went back to the w.r.,
lie was ugly and nervous. The other
patien's, many of whom beliey. thew
are multi-miliionsires, had been told
that real millionaire was sn,onu
them and they began to make Thaw
the butt Of their 5csts.
The insane chatter Of Thaw,s 20
companions amused him for ak.
Then their incessant talk began 70
pore MIN and when they began 70
tease rim his anger rose. Micboa,
oDonnell, who in 1902 was sent 70
'ne asylum. after killing a man in q
card game in New York CITY. is Tho
coss madman OF this war5 ri.
friend and confident is Sayarian do
Angels, who shot man in this c,tv
one OF their associates is John q
Roth, who attempted to kill the Ray
Dr. John Hall on the steps Of hisf
church in 1891.
Through the early part of The nigh,
Thaw was quiet. From the long row
CT white beds on which Law the other
sleeping madmcn could be heard
snores with occasional pr.,ans &C
Scme rain-diseased patient tossed
lheasily on his bed. Now. and then.
some sleeper would cry out but sucb
noise did not disturb the others.
1t was all too much for vhaw
however. He tossed uneasily IN ais
bed in the private room fer bours
'Ihen the old Thaw temper-,hc tenn
per that marked his career from ear
~ childhood until the night he
shat Stanford White to deatb-ho;,ad
ever
lie lcaped from his bed with a
bound and stalked into ward /. north
demanding quiet. His voice rose.
louder and louller The other patti
en's' easily excited, all bounded from
'heir cots and for time tho ward
"as in an uproar.
Thaw, staining in the doorwav of
MS private room, brandishcc his
arms and his voice sounded above tn,
gibbering and chatter of the other
madmen. He seemed madder than
the others in his cxcitement and an
Ser, and he continued t. yell his or.
Gers for quiet" Attendants can,a
irom the other wards Thaw's SIS
companions were bowled over man
after man, and the more excited were
Heio Iast TO their cots and ordered L,
Keep still. Ore IF the attendants fool,
'Ihaw by the arm and led him 10 his
oom. He was t,ld to go to bed. and
me command was the sort that even
Ihaw was forced to respect.
I'll he as mad as the ma.,dest q,
thcSe,' he told Tho ,tto,l. ..,.
stay in this place week I'll 20 mad
i tell you"
The atten SAINT guarded Thaw for j,
"rne "ho pacificd him. Then when
'he mliii"h1ire seemed sleeping he
slipped from the loom.