AN AMAZING TALE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1912, 21 November 1913, Page 7

AN AMAZING TALE.

OF MELBOURNE CUP DAY. LUNATICS AT THE RACES. ASYLUM PAIITV'S DAY OUT. By ©Jcurapl}— p T<SB Asaooiation-Gopyrjghl <Itcc. November 20, 9.30 p.m.) ' Helb ? urn °i November 20. int. *■ amaisl '! s adventures of a party of ltinatacs ou Cup day WIO related at im ofteiai inquiry ijito a eliargo against- a i man named Carter, and. aa ,£ J ' at Mount J'ark Asylum. Carter 1 "»t iikPii • "'l* a , ss f " lU "g tho attendXnH«,+T S b , Sd a "d tl'Q +1 « s c! > al 'g o(l «'M being un- • £ Carter I'?° * lin -" or <*««*- li,» Tn i i to "W «'as held by ' fe 1 feins, OTd i both charges wefo denied. „J: * °, vit,c[W;e showed .that .ten ■ patients known as ' liberty moil," who : and are "harm- ; s >,. ' ,u ' ro allowed to go to the Cim svn nf S tf a H n>a r t ' f "' r I? 0" '1 behaviour. J.wo of the attendants iuid Carter were w-ent tr'+l Ctose ° f H f. part y-> \vuil to the races ni vehicles belonging T lj " ncll IVi,S tilts nf%% i""? 01- ''"fading one bottle oi. Uglit aje for each man. A siiilliu* J" °'l cl ; 1* py Ms admission ■charge, to the fia t , where the patients. «oie allowed to wander freely aiiiongit the dense crowd, the understanding f )e , ing that they should assemble 'beside ™ 0 :a^Pr . t ' lo races. I'ho party visited two hotels on th« Homeward journey, during which a quarrel arose between Carter and an attendant., through one of the. patients I"? B ,'! oftlp ? f from Carter's preset. The patients became alarmed, but order, however, was restored, and tiie party returned safely. This is hot' A new experiment. Parties from_ the asylum have goiie to Cup meetings in. previous years. Xono of this party was lost, bui it is stated that one of the. patients from the Kew Asylum party disappeared- andf has not' tieeii found. ...