SHUT UP IN A FRENCH MADHOUSE.
A strange story comes from Mar-i seilles, the substance of which is that ; the son of a wealthy merchant, with a | fortune of two and a half millions i sterling, has for the last forty years been shut up in a mad house, though ! he is, and always has been, perfectly i sane Whether he is really sane or ' not remains, of course, to be proved, , for the case will shortly be tried ; but ' the generally admitted facts seem to i be these : Jean Mistral, when twenty- ; three years of age, fell in love with the daughter of a Polish exile, and married ! her against her father's will. The j father was not to be moved by tho on- j treaties of the young couple, and left them to beg their bread. As the mar- i riage had been celebrated in Poland, | he contrived to have it declared null ! and void ; and then, after several vio-1 lent scenes with his sou, his doctor j signed a certificate of the latter’s in- i sanity. The young man was shut up \ in the departmental asylum, and, ! though his father bequeathed him the i whole of his fortune, there he has re- i mained ever since. During that time his fortune has been administered by his family ; one of his nephews being the well-know n Provencal poet. 'Thus far there is no difference of opinion, but while several doctors have declared him to be insane, one or two of his relations have taken up the case, and . a petition addressed to the Chamber of ; Deputies asking that he might be set ; at liberty has been favorably reported ' on by the Committee to which the ■ Minister of the Interior referred it. I The Committee has advised the Min- I ister to grant the prayer of the peti- • tion ; but this has not yet been done, ■ and it may be safe to predict that the I lawyers will get a considerable share | of the fortune in dispute.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1189, 31 October 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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363SHUT UP IN A FRENCH MADHOUSE. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1189, 31 October 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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