The Washington times., 1910-10-12
Insane Man on Train Meets
Description of Missing
Patient.
TELLS OF SERVING
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Says He Was Under Voluntary
Treatment at ST. Elizabeth s for
a DisOrdered Mind.

That George Bror3rey. the dangerous
iunatic and murderer who ESCAPED fror-
the Government Hospital for the De
sane, as published exclusively I'm Tn
Times, probably is al large in Chicaea.
and that ne left Washington within .
Few hours after he assaulted his keeper
7ld escaped. is the statement made %
day by Judge s s Yoder. former Re-
.esentative from Ohio and former s.
seant-at-Arms Of the House.
Judge Yoder talked with an insll-
man on the westbound Chicago LimIr,.
Saturday afternoon. The passenger
meets BromIey's description. and h.
spoke OF having been a voluntary in
mate OF ST. Elizabeth's.
~ was on the PIttsburg. Akron. auH
Chicago Limited, of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. which LEFT washington
about . O'Clock Saturday afternoon.
said Judge Yoder. While en- route .l
Brunswick, where 7 left the ;rsE. fr-
conductor came through the PuIlm5Es
and asked. in an excited manner. g.
there was a doctor aboard. I practla,I
medicine before entering the legal pro-
fession. and Immediately proGerej mv
services.
Appeared to Be Insane.
i was once on re staff OF Ohio s
largest insane asylum, and. as soon as
I saw the patient. I recognized him as
a maniac lis ewes were wild and star
ing. and his hands closed and opened
spasmOdiCany-
''IIe declined TO talk 10 me IN the
presence OF the conductor or the train
who were administering to hiss
wants We retired into fhe empty
-okeT. The man then told me thaJ
le YES s.Teriag from n. almost =,
resisti5le desire 70 Kill himself Tic
seemed 10 want TO hurl himself through
the window. After 7 talked TO him
awhile ne became quiet and forget his
troubles Then he talked as nationally
as any other man.
Noticing my Loyal Legion button.
He expressed pleasure. and began 20
relate his experiences in cEe Philip
pines, under the command Of Captain
breckenridge. son Of General RTeckeu-
ridge. He said that through fever and
hardship his. brain had become CisoL-
dered, and that he suffered from mel
anchOlia- He discussed his condition
freely and frankly, obtaining my prom
Use not 10 mention the matter. In the
light Of the escape from St. Eliza beth g,
however. ] feel that I should speak
Had Liberty of Hospital.
The man said that he had been under
'voluntary' treatment at the Govern
ment Hospital, and that ne came and
went as he pleased. This statement I
believde 10 be false on account OF his
acute condition. 4 hospital would never
permit such a patient abroad.
The man was well dressed. had con
siderable money and meets exactly the
description Of Bromley, as published
in The Times. which I read last night
7 Immediately became convinced that
my patient was this same Bromley.
got Off at Brunswick and am satisfied
the insane passenger continued TO Chi
coga, as he told me OF hts intention 70
visit relatives there. The fellow seemed
when I left him. and
at Hrst, wanted TO accompany me"
Bromley's Crime.
Bromley assaulted his keeper at the
Hospital for the Insane
Saturday morning and escaped. The
escape di6 not become public until yes
terday, although the police were noti-
fed that an inmate Of the institution
was at large Bromley, a victim OF
service I'm the Philippines. and of vino.
the seductive and brain-destroying
drink Of the tropics, was sentenced 70
years imprisonment when
Of the murder Of a fellow
soldier Corporal Joe Fox, in July. 1900
and sent to St Elizabeths for
treatment.