The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

NOWn anu ne Went TO LOnQOn. IneTe ne
was worse. and had a touch of brain
fever Unknown to him his friends in
London sent for his father. Then Wyatt
charged his parent with his crime to his
face. The father denied the charge Wy
att could not substantiate his accusat tons
at that time and place, and from sick
bed was taken to Bethlehem Royal hos
pital-fearsomely known the world over
as "Bedlam.' Within a few weeks he
was sent home, medical officers confess
ing that they could find nothing wrong
save that he persisted in his decisions
about his father.
Life at home proving unpearable, Wyatt
determined to resume his former calling
in some other part of the country, and
meanwhile, he was alone in the world,
to marry. No part of his story is stranger
than that relating to his marriage. He
determined that he could ask no honest
girl to marry him because of his unfor
tunate family affairs he decided, he
says, to find a woman whom he could
rescue from the underworld. Wyatt ad-
mits that, in these days, he followed
strange impulses, that, as a result of
what he has suffered, he probably was
not normal, but extraordinarily indeed
was the seeming spiritual approval which
this plan of his received. He went to
London.
On his arrival there he went to Spur
geons tabernacle to hear that great man
preach.
His sermon was a very remarxanie
one" said Wyatt. He took his text
from the Book of Jonah, and again and
again in the most impressive manner he
said that there was some one present
whom God had commissioned to do some
thing, and whatever might be the conse-
quences and whatever it might involve
he adillred that individual 70 do IL"
Later in the same evening he met the
woman who became his wife He told
her his own history of what he honed
to do for her and for himself she heard
him svmpatheticallv declaring that she
hated her life and a few DAYS later in
August. 1890. they were married Nv Tins
taking a wife he Thought he had taken
the mower out of his fathers hands ia
confine him in an asvlum and feeling
secure. he wrote to his family telling
what he nod aona t1is fo+har o.r,a me
to Jondon and again had him confined
in RetbJehem hosnital ASSERTING that his
"delusions,, had broken out again
Mr. WYATT GAYS his agonias Of mind
ord body cor vol he inc eiraa. he n,.e
forbidden ali commnnicatjon with bis
wife and though he made tbe most
pathetic annea1s to all denartmants NJ
the nnacv authorities thew abeoIuteIv
refused IN on into anvtbine FROM, bis
MONT of view
After civ months he WOE a;sohorood %
"reIieved ), He could NOT ha onred of his i
na tarnal ae,usions. ha found end raio;naa
his VIE and within n,onth ~ had
sec,,rsd a. ;r,nar+ant ,i+,,a.iar, xh;,,, ~
kent for eipbt years and We we'll Lnorn
trusted. and respected on ali Sides HIS
wife lived with hin, For civ vaers ond
then ran awav yictir, ~ ar;,,1, ,aa,,
ing behind a ieoaov Of noun +;ooats 80
unnaid and unIsnown dahts uis 49,
riage Tins beca mo a vracly ond ongarad
c,aar bis Wyo++,s cod rave
The result of this was anotbar "con,-
INITIAL" this time To a manner asvIum
where he suffered unsneakable ienonoi-
MES and from which he uos rascuad
after sx weeks NV an ,,ncIa x,rho s,,o
eested that he laave England mil, bis
fathers death. a Man which seemed tbs
best that offered. Accordingly he went
ont to a brother who had haen FOR ~
wears in south Dakota and there he
spent the autumn and winter of 1900 nd
1900 having MANY interesting and roman
tic exneriences among fine cowhovs and
ranchers.
Amongst other thinesa he orpanized
religious services romnd the country
side. which were we'll attended dis.
tances being covered on horsehack and
once he rode % miles To burv moor
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welcome and he went IN to Chica go
bopine to meet with suitable emnlov.
ment but failed Finding himself Tins
outlawed he made the most strenuous
efforts 70 Obtain hearing For bis 70
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nlan He left a written statement If his
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