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New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

her children. He was an Oxford graduate. ana
a most intellectual and cultivated man. his con-
versation being quite brilliant and most enter
tanning. Yet he was confined at Broadmoor for
having deliberately hacked of the head<of his
aged mother with arriving knife To cap mat '
ters he had put the head on a dish and covered
it with a silver cover engraved with the family
crest and coat-of- arms Then he placed II On
the table before his wife and his sister. who had
been until that moment unaware that there w1s
anything the matter with his mind
On two or three occasions he had suggested 10
Dr. Meyers that since he perfectly sane IL
was ridiculous to detain him as the inmate q .
lunatic asylum. DR.. Meyers In reply gnt0
pointed out to him that he could not be est at
liberty without a warrant of the Secretary q
State for the Home Department.. and that ~
latter would probably be reluctant to take -
such step in view of the unfortunate incidea4
that had led to his being confined ut Broad
moor. Whereupon the man exclaimed: oh.
you mean that little affair with my poor dear
mother, She did not mind 1t a bit." That WA
in fact the only evidence that he gave OF being
still denented. 1t was the refusal Of the doctor
to take any steps toward his liberation which
undoubtedly exasperated the into killing
him.
Broadmocr came into existence by a special
act Of Parliament Immediately after the Grim
can War, largely on the recommendation OF DR..
Meyers. and. while under the supervision Of two
Of the permanent government commissioners IN
lunacy and Of a council OF supervision appointed
by the Home Secretary. is under the supreme
control Of the latter. Gardening, tailoring. boot
making and upholstering carried on The
patient is allowed one-eighth Of the groso esti-
mated value of his labor, which is placed to his
account. He does not. however. handle the
money. but is permitted to make purchases to
the extent OF the amount through the steward
the acquisitions Of the patients needing the
o. x. OF the medical adviser Of the super
Der about one thousand and the attendants $50
some OF them having been at Broadmoor fos
over thirty years.
In conclusion II may be pointed out that th>
detention Of the inmates OF Broadmoor ''turtn~
the pleasure OF his majesty Is not by virtue OF
any piece OF mNdieval tyranny despotisn but
Is due to the legal doctrine that the monarch
as parens patrie. Is the parental guardian Of
every one OF his lieges who is non compos
mentis-that To say. insane. That IL why
committees for the and custody Of lunatico
cannot be appointed by any ordinary Judge cP
magistrate but only by the Lord High Chancsa-
Tor. who Is the keeper Of the sovereign's con-
science. and by certain Lord Justices a ApDaAl
to whom he delegates this duty. and that - Why
the 60. allied criminal insane. who are even
more especially under the esrs Of ths Khe than
ordinary lunattcA ass detained ~during hts
pleasure x0-A11A0MR
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
NO SPIES OR SPOTTERS.

But the other day, when, before this systems
intricacies had been explained to me. was al
lowed to go down into the Treasury vaults and
hold in my hand compact fortune Of s9o.ooo.ooo
in finished paper money, and when stacks of loose
greenbacks We're lying all about me on tables or
passing TO and fro on uncovered trucks, 1t
appeared TO be a dangerously easy matter for
large amounts to go astray. and I surprised
to learn that In none OF these stages Of money
making and money storing does the government
employ any spoilers have use for any peep
holes, such arranged in big postoffces
to shield the detectives who spy upon suspected
employees. The only safeguard over money
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
-v hid Not Work Out Just
r.cht, but Nevertheless
We're Decidedly Clever.
.o-.rr,rht. 1895. by John Elfrefh Watkine)

-, happenings of recent weeks have tested
c.nfs system of safeguarding his money
throughout tne
- rsdemption
". :, these tests have occurred in the big
80. factory officially known as the Bureau
frs..vins and Printing. Visitors taken on the
sci -, ,erscnally conducted tours through that
Ie.n,shnent have for many wears been told how.
80 suv item of material or equipment went
II 'A y-rc,e Sans money makers would he kept
...e- the going home hour util the lost WAS
sound.
-ss ,cne awaited happened the other day when
:. ~. expert women counters. while making
- ,.e+ count of the day. discovered that a
.s,. which should have contained 10000 bank
,.s really included but esee. Now each bit of
..,~r used in the manufacture of our greenbacks
f.-,,ed sjxty-fhree times between the raw
=. end the finished money stage This counting
= s,,a co frequently that a loss is always known
,-abj- about twenty minutes at most after. its oc
--e,ce The particular note which went astray
.,s o,her Gay was of the $1,000 denomination, and
.rhoush Il did not bear the signatures which
ror,d make il legal money these might have been
.o-red by the thief, who might then have passed
the note.
.s soon as the loss discovered up went
,,o-d 70 Nr Ralph the director, and down
,,s his command that all employees of that di-
s.,o, he kept in until the missing note should be
.,und Every searched high and low for over
90 hour and finally 1T WIS discovered In the vault
.be-e the package had reposed between counts,
srd where il had apparently slipped out OF this
bundle when the latter picked up for the next
,nsrecticn. Had il not been found ali employees
,r snv possibility responsible would have had TO
club together and make good.
The Other test of recent weeks resulted in a
.Seeping in that LASTED until supper time. The
rem lost on this occasion was practically worthless
merely little die bearing the word Mullen
sod used to ill in the line The National Bank Of
- on plate for engraving banknotes. It had
been taken from its proper vault for use that
afternoon. and the books Of the man who took
II out Il was charged to the man TO whom il
s;ren ard the latter had charged II on his books
70 the man 10 whom he had handed ii, and so on
sn6 80 forth according 10 the faultless system of
accounting for even the smallest bit Of equipment
ueed in our greenbeck factory Every day at
O'Clock ali OF these books balanced, and when
;hs: hour arrived the day in question the little
oie could not he accounted for. But ii didn't matter
lor whether il worthless or not: everybody
N the engraving division had TO stay in. But when
o'clock had arrived and every one was tired and
hmery the director relented. and word came down
rom his Office that the employees could go home
ant continue the search the following day And
psxt morning when they arrived at o'clock there
vss the pesky little die reposing in plain view upon
s-ack where no one had thought to look for it
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note which not burdened with ono or more
black sheep. Sometimes the dusky member OF
the flock is constitutionally bad while In othef
instances he is merely reckless and thougntless
two defects Of character which. while not very
serious in themselves are likely to bring men
into such embarrassing positions that they can
only extricate themselves by means OF an fnfrac-
ton Of the laws Of the land. It may be solitary
onence-indeed, it generally is-but, nevertheless
1t Is sure to be brought to light sooner or later
and to call for punishment. Sometimes 1t is
evaded by flight. but not often. In the majority
Of cases the wrongdoer is caught. and then his
one object is usually to preserve the name OF his
family from disgrace in which he is assisted by
his relatives. and not infrequently by the au-
thorities themselves.
He can be committed on the recommendation
OF any two reputable physicians by a magistrate
either to a private asylum or to the county asy-
lum for the insane, and then on the grouno tnat
the asylums In question have no adequate means
for preventing his escape for OBTAINING MIN
In custody without injury to himself or to others
he will be transferred, with permission OF the
Secretary OF State and the strength or his
warrant. to Broadmoor. to be detained there dur
ing the pleasure OF the King. Behind the walls
OF Broa moor. which In certain respects may Dc
regarded the modern English counterpart or
the French Bastie. since the warrants or the
Home Secretary possess identically the same
powers as the lettres de cachet OF the French
kings and of their ministers. are hidden away
some Of the grandest names of the United King
dom and terrible secrets affecting old houses OF
the nobility which are known to few save the
officials of the Home Department In London, and
perhaps to some Of the superior oficers OF the
London police force
In faHt It may be mentioned that It was ct
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REDEEMED $50 TAKEN FROM GOAT.

farmer after dining at q hotel in Ogden. Iowa,
returned to his wagon, only to ind that IT had
been upset by his frightened horse. Missing ron
OF SIX $ bills from his waistcoat. which had dropped
from under the seat he promptly accused a paseer-
by. who in turn pointed TO goat which stood
by, dreamily licking its jaws TIE accused man
offered to pay for the goat IL the bills not
found In its stomach. and poor Billy was prompt
ly killed. the lump Of green pulp being actually
discovered In his interior. Some time aso-thirteen
years after this occurrence-this green hump. now
dry and hardened. was redeemed at the Treasury
More recently dogs stomach. inclosed in . Jar.
was received. together with letter explaining
that poor Fritz had payfully swallowed so bill.
1essly put TO death. The chewed-up bill was found
by the experts after rather unpleasant search.
ard a crisp so bill sent to poor Frftz's
ter Longer ago the department made good a small
fortune recovered from the grave of supposed
pauper. who had long been buried with the money
hidden in a secret pocket
A swain out in the West. thinking to surprise
his sweetheart gave her for present last Christ
mas two sandwiches. each containing a IN gold
piece On unwrapping the package she flew into
a temper and threw its contents into the crate irs
As result Of this scene the Treasury received a
ma SIS of cinders. from which il asked to
deem $40, which forthcoming similar case
was that of man and wife who. while quarreiing
bill, tore 1t IN half. They presented their
respective pieces for redemption. and diplomatic
Uncle Sam sent each a half of the original amount.
A recent fraud perpetrated at Uncle SANS ex-
psnse breaks all records for ingenuity. Most OF
the gold dust brought down from the Klondiko
mines is turned in the Treasurers assay ofSce IN
Seattle. The miners get the full value Of this dust.
minus usually about fourth Of I per of
purities. But for time this ratio ran up To
three-fourths of 1 per cent and even higher. The
Treasury officials. being suspicious had some miners
deliver separate bags of dust from the veins
and part Of these sent the Seattle and part
to the San Francisco assay Office. with the result
that the latter's assay was normal. but the for
mers showed the high percentage of impurities
An expert, after testing two thousand ounces Of
gold dust. placed it in the vault of the Seattle
office. The cashier who had been suspected VS.
left alone I'm the Office. and later this tested gold
was found to have been doctored- The was n.
rested and a supply of black sand was found In the
vault The miners deposit their gold dust in cans.
and It was discovered that this took out three
ounces OF gold from each can, replacing three
ounces OF the black sand After q large quantity
OF the gold dust had been found at his house he
broke down and confessed to having In this un3qno
manner stolen $500.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
OBTAINED DURING HIS MAJESTYS PLEASURE
How They Would Have
Treated Harry Thaw
in England.

,c,cv-isst 1eas by the Brentwood Company-l
Just al present, when the ultimate olspositioh
of the unsavory slayer of Stanford Whi1e is
engaging the attention of the courts, OF the legal
profession. of the press and of the pubic gen.
ersly, il may be Of interest to explain just what
would have been the fate Of Harry Thaw III the
crime laid al his door had been perpetrated on
yonder side OF the ocean instead of IN the united
ss,es. There as here, he would on the evidence
Produced have been held guiltless on the ground
Of responsibility. European law is very hb-
ea in such matters In Great Britain, accord
ing TO the most recent rulings of the House OF
Lords sitting as the highest tribunal of the
realm defence on the score Of insanity can be
tamltted il il ''be clearly proved that at the
une q the committing of the act the party
accused was laboring under such a defect OF
reason from disease of the mind as not to know
shs nature ard quality of the act he was doing,
" II he did not know that he was doing wrong
6eth judge and Jury are always ready to give
= sxtrernely broad Interpretation to the closing
words Of the statute. Yet the acquittal on these
Grounds Of the prisoner of the felony with which
ne has been charged does not result in his lib
grafton. On the contrary, the judge orders him,
dlnough gutless in the eyes of the law by rea-
ton Of his irresponsibiiitv TO "'be detained dur
'as his ma jesty's pleasure" This means the
consignment Of the prisoner to the great penal
asylum for the criminal insane at Broadmoor'
one Of the most remarkable institutions of the
.hd In the world. which is situated near Crow
inorhe, in the fairest portion Of the county OF
perks From thence he can be discharged only
" warrant Of the Secretary Of State for the
nome Department, acting in the matter in the
he
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

inspectors, with eagle eyes aided by magnify1nS
glasses. scrupulously examine each old note or
coin before certifying the amount OF new money
that shall be given In exchange. They are trained
to throw out a counterfeit raised note on
sight and after their certifcation has been made
each pile Of old paper money passed by them Is
sent to a little guillotine which cuts it IN two
lengthwise. The two stacks OF halves are then
sent to separate divisions Of the Treasury to be
again counted and the whole is finally macerated,
while tho worn coins-often of great value TO
collectors-are sent to the melting pot-a to insure
against theft Of Worneut money.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
KILLED BY AN INMATE.

may add that DR.. Meyers. an eminent CIVIL
ian surgeon who had been associated with Flor
ence Nightingale in the reorganization OF the
hospital service in the Crimea and at Scutari' In
the war between England and Russia OF $780,
was killed by one of the inmates of the asylum
who one Sunday during divine service rose from
the place where he was kneeling and. using his
handkerchief as a sling, hurled large and sharp
nint at the head Of the also kneeling doctor.
fracturing his skull. j well recall seeing and
chatting with this man three or four years be-
fore the murder was committed He was re-
sarded as sufYiciently sane to be permitted to
work in the extensive gardens Of the doctor. and
vas liked and even trusted BY Nrs. Meyers and
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
WOMAN NOTE RAISER.

To-day there awaits trial in Baltimore a hitherto
estimable woman and Jealous church worker, who
some weeks ago sent into the redemption division
what on the face appeared to be a one-hundred-
dollar banknote. 1t passed to one of the woman
INSPECTORS who discovered however, that IT was
a ten-dollar banknote, to each figure ten on whose
face had been added extra cipher cut from two
other ten-dollar banknotes $50 in all having thus
been pasted together to make 500. Moreover. the
two notes from which the ciphers had been cut
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

man who appeared to have the stronger case ana
left II to the other dsht the matter out In the
courts should he At.
Some recent bona fde redemption cases have oob-
tributed not little to the gayety Of Treasury
history. One Walsh. laborer. paid 80 for some
work at Mankato, Mimi. lately had IT changed
Into two so notes, and then put out for Minneap-
oils, but. wishing to economize. decided to walk
the seventy-fve miles Being afraid that he might
be robbed the way. he placed a bill In each
shoe. but at the end of the two days tramp
horrined to discover that his hard earned cash had
been to shreds- One. of the bills
cessfuly patched together and accepted by a bank.
but the other had to be redeemed at the Treas
ury. where the microscope revealed that the poor
mans claim was honest
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
TRIED TO KILL QUEEN VICTORIA.

TRIED TO KILL QUEEN VICTORIA.
Although strict secrecy is observed with re-
gard to the names and identity OF the inmates.
r ran r.menber during my several stays at
T3roadmoor as a guest OF the late DR. Meyers
wh was its first director, and very old fr1eno'
to have seen and talked to Edward Oxford, VINO.
in 1S4O. had attempted to murder queen VIC
toria ~ firing at her with a doupie-oarroiioo
pistol as she driving with the frince Coh-
eort from Buckingham Palace up Constltut1on
Hill Oxford when 1 saw him was an old man.
but apparently in good health. and showed no
more signs of insanity than the dlrector OF
Broadnoor There, too, were confined Jonn
Francis, Lieutenant Bean. William Hamilton
and R. Mclean. who each at various
times had made unsuccessful attempts to take
the Queens life. Bean had managed to 1nhlct
two terrific blows with his riding whip on her
n,aiestv's face before the police were able to
subdue him. and she carried the scars of one
of these blows to her grave.
There too was detained that extraordinary
how Jones (when I him an elderly and re-
spectacle looking mani, who one night. just as
the Queen was getting into bed. was found con-
cealed under a lounge in her bedroom at Buck
ineham Palace, one OF his feet peeping out and
attracting the attention of the Queens dressers.
To this day nobody knows how the boy got
there or what his object was in thus concealin2
himself In her majesty's bedroom Such elabo-
rate precautions were and are always adopted
to prevent the intrusion Of any stranger. and
so strictly are the palaces guarded by the police
and military, that it seems inconceivable that
the boy who was unarmed. and who refused
to give any account of himself. should have been
able to make his way unnoticed to the Queens
bedchamber. Nor would he ever afford any ex-
PLANTATION OF the object OF his Intrusion or OK
the methods which he had employed to reach the
priyate apartments OF the Queen.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

the Measure OF his majesty. That ts prerosa-
tive which restricted exclusively to his secre-
tarv of State for the Home Department
If. therefore. Harry Thaw had killed STANFORD
White in England he would, according to the
evidence adduced in his trials in New York
have been acquitted Of the crime by the court
on the ground that 'he did not know he was DO
ing wrong" would have been ordered to haVe
been detained during his ma1estys pleasure IN
the great asylum for the criminal insane at
Broadmoor and would have been netaineo there
for tbe remainder OF his life. For, while the
warrant of the Home Secretary is occasionally
sr.n,ed for inmates who have been guilty In
moments OF irresponsbity of minor Offences 1t
is rarely II ever issued in the case OF one who
has perpetrated homicide while moro or less IN
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
THE INMATES OF BR0ADMooR.

Several other classes OF patients are kept In
custody at Broadmoor, subject to the orders OF
the Home Secretary. acting in the name OF the
King There are, first of all, the men and
women who have lost their reason while serving
terms of hard labor or penal servitude Prison
life. even in the best conducted penal institu-
tions, is often productive OF insanity. ana those
convicts who thus become prey to dementia
ara transferred to Broadmoor. They alone OF
the inmates are compelled to wear distinctive
dress and when reported cured are. by orders OF
,he Home Secretary, returned to their respec-
tive penitentiaries. : order to complete the
terms 10 which they have been sentenced
stiIl another category of patients 1t Broad
moor. and perhaps the most interesting OF all,
are those who sent there in order to avoid
bringing the stigma Of crime and OF felony
unon the escutcheon Of some great house In
Europe. q elsewhere, there are few families Of
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

sane for observation, and in cases where they
are likely to prove dangerous are transferred
thence ION the strength Of a warrant from the
Home Secretary, In England. and OF the Secfe-
tarv of the Interior, in Berln) to the asylum 1or
tho criminal insane
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
GUARDED PASSING THROUGH CITY.

When the greenback factory has finished with
them all Treasury notes, in big sheets containing
four bills two in q row, counted and receipted
.or few more times and packed in iron bound
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-04-17
An End MISSING.

An Irishman who served on board
a man-of-war was selected by one of
the officers to haul in towline of con-
siderable length that was towing over
the taffrail. After pulling in 40 or so
fathoms, which had put his patience
severely to proof, as well as every
muscle of his arms. he muttered to
himself:
Surely it's as long as to-day and to-
morrow. It's a good weeks work for
any five in the ship. Bad luck to the
leg or the arm it'll leave at last. What,
more of it yet? Och, murder! The
says mighty deep. to be sure!"
After continuing in similar strain
and conceiving there was little prob
ability of the completion of his labor.
he suddenly stopped short, and, ad-
dressing the officer of the watch, ex-
claimed: bad manners to me, sir. il
| don't think somebody's cut off the
other end of it!"-The Pathfinder.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-04-17
GIRL WAS DELIRIoUs
With Fearful Eczema-Pain, Heat,
and Tingina Were Excruciating-
Cuticura Acted Like Magic.

"An eruption broke out on my
daughters chest. | took her to a
doctor, and he pronounced it to be
eczema of a very bad form. He treated
her, but the disease spread to her back,
and then the whole of her head was
affected, and all her hair had to be cut
off. The pain she suffered was excru-
ciating, and with that and the heat
and tingling her life was almost un-
bearable. Occasionally she was deliri-
GUS and she did not have proper hours
sleep for many nights. The second
doctor we tried afforded her just as
little relief as the first. Then l pur-
chased Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills, and before the Ointment was
three-quarters finished every trace of
the disease was gone. It really seemed
like magic. Mrs. T. W. Hyde, Brent
wood, Essex, England, Mar. s, 1907"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-04-17
MADE HIS MEANING CLEAR.
Professors Son Translated Fathers
Speech Into the Vernacular.

A college professor, in company
with his son, was enjoying walk in
the country, when he met an old
farmer. 1t had been very wet sea.
son, and the professor, thinking to
start the conversation in way that
would prove interesting to the farmer,
remarked:
There has been rather abnormal
precipitation of late"
The farmer seemed somewhat en-
barrassed, and the professors son,
who used a different vernacular,
though he was a student in the college
to which his father was attached, at
tempted to straighten out the matter
Drawing the farmer to one side, he
said in superior way:
THE governor means that we've
been having a devil of lot of rain
-Harper's Weekly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-04-17
Recommended tlis wife.

Irwin Cobb, humorist of New York,
was recommended to a lecture man
agement. The latter sought an intro
duetion through friend, Mr.. McVeigh.
Come here, irwin, want you to
meet a friend of mine" said McVeigh.
After few minutes conversation, the
lecture man preached the subject of
lecturing as follows:
Il was just wondering, Mr.. Cobb,
what you would think of a proposition
to do some lecture work next sea-
SOM"
Cobb looked at his questioner for
just moment in blank amazement.
Evidently such a thought had never
entered his head before. Then reach
ing out his hand confidentially, he
said:
"I've got it. My wife will do it. She
is the best one know."-Lyceum and
Talent