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NEWTON BENNINGTONS SAD PLIGHT Once Famous Turfman Escapes from Sanitarium in Which He Is Confined New York July 2 I Newton Bennington whose colors have boon carried to victory by Beldame De Mund Song and Wine First Water and many an ¬ other king and queen of the turf was taken from the Tenderloin police station Tuesday afternoon back to a sanitarium in Corona L I from which lie morningAfter had escaped on Sunday morning After a day and a night of alarm for his family and friends Bennington was found quietly break ¬ fasting in the restaurant of the Imperial Hotel He had walked all the way from Corona to Bath Beach where he spent the night then ridden to Manhattan by tho L and after visiting the Hoffman House gone to the Imperial registered and slept quietly all Monday night nightThe The once wealthy and prominent turfman was harmless and had lucid Intervals but in the main his talk was incoherent and he presented a sad pic ¬ ture of decrepitude decrepitudeThe The night clerk at the Imperial did not recog ¬ nize Mr Bennington when he registered cut the day clerk when he went on duty in the morning was speedily apprised that tbe man was In the hotel and that his friends were searching the five bour oughs for him He sent word to the police station and detective Dunn was sent over to the hotel hotelDunn Dunn found his man eating a hearty breakfast He was clean but shabby lie had on a worn suit of pepper and salt and there were holes in his straw hat hatGood Good morning Newton said Dunn Hurry up and finish and well go over to the club and have a drink I want to talk over the situation with you youIn In a few moments they were in the bar and Ben ¬ nington was given a glass of seltzer when he asked for a drink He swallowed it and then followed Dunn out into Broadway They chatted about the heat and various other things until they reached the station stationAs As he sat in the recreation room Bennington be ¬ came reminiscent and talked about his horses and his Russian wolfhounds wolfhoundsMy My horses are all gone from me now he said and my beautiful hounds have been stolen When I had my kennels at Bath Beach It used to l e the delight of everybody to visit them I had Italian greyhounds wolfhounds and great Danes DanesHow How did you get away from the sanitarium Interrupted Dunn DunnOil Oil those fools have been keeping me there for no reason at all When I left the place he did not explain how I walked to Bath Beach and boarded an elevated train I didnt have a cent but the conductors were a lot of good fellows and they knew me I told them my money had built the road so they didnt ask for any fare I man ¬ aged to get up to Harlem and then last night I went to the Hoffman House I wanted them to give me my mail but they refused to talk to me Then I went bedI over to the Imperial registered and went to bed I miss my fine horses he continued I wouldnt take 250000 for Beldame if I had her now and I wouldiit take a trillion dollars for the whole stable stableIn In speaking of his jockey friends Bennington men ¬ tioned Bert Knapp and Frank ONeill ONeillONeill ONeill never pulled a horse on me In his life and thats the way I lost all my money Who moneyWho has been paying your expenses at Dr Coombs asked Dunn DunnWhy Why Charley Gates John Drake Cornelius Bliss Jr and the rest of them are putting up counterfeit money for me he replied laughiug loudly loudlyWhat What do you think of the antibetting bills he was asked askedPooh Pooh Wait till I am free and I will have rac ¬ ing on Sunday I will show them some new stunts During stuntsDuring his talk with Dunn Bennington con ¬ stantly twirled his mustache the ends of which he had trained to point upward in Kaiser Wilhelm style I grieve greatly for my cocker spaniel Rex he said sadly after a period of silence He was stolen OrleansAt from me in New Orleans At this Bennlngtou ceased to talk and lapsed into a himOne half sleep and Dunn moved off to leave him One of the attendants at the sanitarium arrived arrivedat Theturfman at the station house shortly after 11 oclock The turfman greeted him quietly even cheerfully and andafter after bidding Lieutenant Savage goodby climbed into a cab and was driven back to Corona
