Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-28

dent Lincoln at the time of his assassina-
ton, and on this occasion was wounded
in the left upper arm.
Union a Happy One.
'.In his thirty-first year he married his
sister-in-law, and the union was a happy
one For five years before entering this
asylum he often changed his residence:
he came to Europe, lived at Nice and
Wiesbaden and visited Karlsbad on ac-
count of severe headaches. Afterward he
returned to America. He came again to
Europe in March, 1881, and resided in
Hanover. After his return from karlsbad,
before going to America, he is reported
to have been very jealous of his WIFE.
When in. Hanover he did not allow her to
sit at the window or to be alone even for
a moment, as he feared she was intend
ing to leave him together with the chill
dren.
The latter part of December. 1883. he
had grown thin and pale. was reticent
and stared about him and expressed fear
of himself He approached his wife for
intending to leave him. On the morning
of December p. between and o'clock,
while endeavoring to enter the children
bedroom. he was held back by his VIE.
In the locked room he then killed her
bing with a dagger. He also wounded
himself in four places, from which he
soon recovered.
when he came here he was entirely
under the influence of Authorizations and
the mania Of being prosecuted. He be-
lieved himself to be surrounded by en-
emies who made him drink liquids
through the wall. He thought poison was
being given him in his medicine and VIC
tuals. and refused to take any food which
had not been tasted before his eyes. He
was, of the opinion that his wife had been
in communication with his enemies. On
the night before the murder he had heard
noises. and when in the morning he was
restrained by his wife he was impressed
with the idea that she intended to take
the children from him. In the hospital
he has heard voices and has seen spec
tiers.
Lived in Constant Fear.
Medical inspection did not show any
thing abnormal. with the exception of a
slight difference in the pupils of the eyes.
On his reception the physical examination
did not show great divergence from the
normal state. He was in bad state OF
nutrition and complained of pains IN
every limb and Of headache. He showed
great fear and asked at one time whether
spies We're here, and he thought he would
come to grief. When medicine was given
him he expressed the fear that it was
too strong; that it was given him with
out the consent of the physicians. On
certain days this anxiety increased, and
he declared that he was convinced that
something fearful would happen to him
and begged that he might be advised be-
forehand. When the American consul
once visited him, in June, 1884, he gave
him biscuit with the request to have
it examined and asked for a knife or
other instrument to kill himself.
This condition continued several years.
The Authorizations were manifold. AT
times he believed himself to be prosecuted
by other patients of the asylum; he
him; he feared people would go to his
rooms during his walks in the garden and
injure his clothes; he feared he would get
a yellow complexion from drinking the
water OF this place; that the physicians
made him sleep we'll or i'll; that he was
retained in the asylum to be experiment.
ed on, and he believed the walls to be
hollow and filled with spray apparatus
blowing dust and gases into his room and
causing him headache and pain in the
lungs by poisoning the air. His moods
changed very quickly. and he was calm,
anxious or distrustful accordingly. A let
ter written to him from America by his
sister in June. 1900. containing news Of
his children. did not make any impression
on him and he refused to answer 1t.
More recently Mai. Rathbone has been
quiet. and is conscious Of time and place.
He generally avoids conversation. par
ticularly as to his Authorizations His in
ternal organs are In a normal state, as
has been shown by a medical exam1na-
ton. which has become necessary on ac-
count Of a recent weakness. His mood
is always somewhat depressed; often he
smiles to himself without any apparent
reason, or stares at certain point. Ow-
ing to these facts, 1t Is to be presumed
that he is still under the influence Of
although they do not gov
ern his actions any further He does not
take much food; at times so little that
he is overcome by weakness and cannot
great distrust and reticence as to medical
men and his surroundings In general he
seeks to hide all signs Of his illness as far
as possible.
He Is Still Insane.
1T will be seen from these facts that
Maj. Rathbone is still insane; he has suf-
fered from chronic halluciratory paranoia.
which has now developed into a certain
degree of secondary dementia. 1t is
necessary. therefore, for him to be re-
tanned In an asylum, setting aside the
fact that he requires continual medical
on account of his temporarily
declining TO take sufficient food. and the
bodily weakness resulting therefrom.
His physical condition otherwise is
good. He has been following with great
interest the political events of his native
country.
(Signed) "Dr. ISRAEL,
Department Physician of the Provincial
Insane Asylum"
Maj. Rathbone is allowed to see friends
who call upon him, but does not have
many visitors. Capt. Harris, his brother
in-law, who resides in Paris, and who
looks after his business affairs is a reg
ular visitor. The United States consul at
Hanover, Robert j. Thompson of Chicago,