Show CYRUS WEST PIELDsp His Son Robs Him of All His Possestions THE SON IS DECLARED INSANE A Distinguished Career Closinj in Sorrow o The Family Plunged in Mourning An Honorable Life Disgraced Special to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch NEW YORK Dec 2Edward M Field who wrecked the firm of Field Lindley Weichers i Co who has stripped his father Cyrus W Field of all his possessions houses lands and securities and upon whose lifo there i an in lUranceof 8630000 has attempted suicide In what manner ho sought to kill himself is not I recIted in the papers on which he was committed com-mitted yesterday to the Vernon house at Mount Vernon asS 4 as-S > A DANGEROUS MADMAN Judge McAdams of the superior court when he reached his home last night was met by two reputable physicians who asked him for a commitment com-mitment to enable them to take Mr Field to he asylum In the affidavits presented the doctors swore that E M Field had tried to kill himself The judge Issued the necessary papers and Field was formally committed to he asylum at Mount Vernon Cyrus W Field who Is now it is feared dying in his house on Grammercy park which was his so long has been stripped of his pos sessions by his mad son The following story came from the lips of the Impoverished man himself on his sick bed and is repeated by the friend who heard it to illustrate at the same time Mr Fields integrity and the strange conduct of Edward This friend attended the funeral of Mrs Field At that time Cyrus had an idea that the firm of which his son Edward was the senior partner was In trouble He had no clear Idea of the extent of the trouble but he felt that disaster was impending His son Edward Ed-ward had not given his father his confidence but three days after the funeral EDWARD ENTERED HIS FATHERS SICK ROOM and told his father some of his difficulties As the friend relates it Cyrus Field told metha his son Edward came to him and said he must have money to save him from ruin and disgrace dis-grace Ho must have money Immediately Hi said he did not tell his father the extent of his troubles He said he must have money to tide him over for a short time Cyrus Field directed di-rected that the key to his private box should be < handed to Edward and he told his son Then is tho key to tho box containing my securities Take enough of them my son to help you through your troubles Edward Field took the key and he furthermore took every security lithe li-the box and Cyrus Field told me that he was now as poor as on the day he entered the world The mystery Is where all the money has son to THE AMOUNT OF SECURITIES TAKEN on this occasion by Edward from his father was in the noiehborhood of 300000 Assignee Gould heard thestory of the skinning of Cyrus W Fields strong box by his eon and expressed his amazement Still he was prepared to believe be-lieve almost anything now Mr Gould paid a high tribute to John F WIechers who had apparently ap-parently lost aveay dollar he hd through Edward Ed-ward Field The loss of Mr Weichors is put at 500000 and that of his father and uncle at about 300000 more |