From the September 1, 1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“W.H. DeForest, who is said to have lost his mind through worry and overwork, called at the Hotel St. George the other night and, after asking Clerk Dunn for the keys of the rooms he had engaged, ordered a case of champagne and a box of cigars for himself and a friend. He then incidentally remarked that he would like to buy the hotel outright and offered Mr. Dunn a million dollars cash for it. The clerk referred to him to Captain Tumbridge, the proprietor. DeForest then made extraordinary and most generous offers to Mr. Dunn and then left. He called again yesterday and was followed by two men who took him to an asylum in Poughkeepsie.”