The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-09
CASH TOSSED AWAY
CAUSES SANITY TEST
Lawrence T.. FasSctt Fights by
Habras Corpus to Get Out
Of Bellevue.

Lawrence T.. Fassett. president OF III"
National Products Company. A. Ex-
change place, appeared before supreme
Court Justice Ford yesterday In response
in "A h,b,a, rorpus writ sued out in his
behalf through Il friend. Edward u
Wiley, IN a proceeding to bri4g about
his release from the Bellevue Hospital
psvchopath!c ward
Mr. tassct' was taken ~ Bellevue
Wednesday night 10y Detective 1ioskins
Of IN. FIRST branch detective bureau
whcr. complaint was made by his
brother, Edgar :. Fassct', and his wire
that his sanity should he inquired
into hcraus, Ire was spending money
NOR. frtrl, han "A SANE MAJ would.
Fiss.tt agreed at the time to 30 10
Bellevue for examination without being
committed. but after a uight In the noe
tltal he decided he wanted To- leave.
lie cot word to his friends on Thursday.
with the result that u" lab'ts corpus
proceeding vas instituted.
Just before the case came before Jus
tic. Ford he signed an order committing
Mr.. Fussctt to Bloomiugdalc on the at
fidayits of by i = Nusburgh of Bel
l,Nuc, br. Jacob g. f1ste. also an
! a~lieuist. and pr. charles J. Richardson,
the Fassett family physician. When tn"
/ attorneys who sued out the writ learned
this they demanded an inquiry into the
! circun stances under which the Biooin-
irgdalr commitment was signed.
The affidavit of Dr. Richardson stated
thar he had known Mr. F'ussctt Tor many
years and that he hts suffered from
alternate HtttcAs ~ melarchoiia and
! ,Nh.larat!uu. During the latter sIslls he
believes himself Immensely wealthy ana
SI-nds all the money he can get his
! hands on, hut Wneu he Is melahcholIc
DEE - cNCc~dinsly p"ndriou-. \ spell
uf either Kind is always succeeded 10y
its opposite. Dr. Richardson said that
idr.Hg one period in the last s!N months
Mr.. rdS~tt had spent 10000.
Dr. Fish. SAIL Mr.. Fa-sett is suffering
from e mild form OF mania. and that
although u, lad himself under excellent
control IN court yesterday there was no
telling ii," long the condition would
last. ON one occasion ne showed a
, violent tendency. said pr. t'eke.
III that j. true sad Louis J. Nor-
haus of counsel for tas>-tt, why hasn't
his family cared for him Hi wife has
been separated from hin tor seven
weeks. The doctors even tried T." tell
rim that he idn't need to be represented
to-day by an attorney
br. NuShurg of Bellcvu" testified that
h. believed Mr., t'as,rtt To- be suffering
from i~ucip!eHt insanity, and said that
! although he isn't insane he is MOI mem
tally balanced. He said the bellevue
( ai.cu!sts hadn't had tirnu to complete
/ their examination of the patient.
When Mr.. Fn,sett WAS questioned he
INSISTED that he is entirely sane. and
mat his relatives are trying to- have
him committed To- al asylum because
7 Nl'v object to h> spending his money
- h. chooses II" said he has an in
come OF Sl2.uoo 4 year. and told %
/ wong - close friend Of tine late Anthony
y. BRADY. Nicholas Brady, Eugene
Wood and John b, Stauchii-ld. lie said
his mother died in 1894, and that he
was 50 upset that his health ta'led and
he went 20 a sanltdrium at Amity-
> VIE, T.. l., for two weeks.
Mr.. Ftssstt told Justice Ford that tn"
= company uf which he il the head sup
plies coal % tn, Brooklyn Rapid Transit
ana furnishes certain supplies to the
NV York Edison companies and j. very
prosperous. We owns 2.a"o shares of
tho stock. he SnId. and also has 200
shares Of United states Rubber stock,
wuI'l $l"1 "a share.
! Jus,i,, Ford decided ia permit MIR.