HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. Herald 07/04/1907Ned Mania, to Burn. `only a fewm moments was required by
~ the doctor to quiet the patient and f
Gentrall Point had a narrow secs a rendbr him, for the time being, "hors
p de eo3nbat. His father arrived that
from a disastrous fire last Thursday :night and left for home the following ~ s
svening. due to an inaano desire on the morning with his unfortunate son.
part of James ~heahier to burn every- The family of which the demented i t
8h{ng in eight. The man, who is evi- ~ man is a member is said to be one of ~ a
dently no recent sufferer from mania, the best in Lane county and his appear- I a
came to town early last week accom-!ante and manner bears out that state- F
parried" by his father, Pressley Ghashier, }mast. It is understood here that he , g
a wealthy hopgrower and business man has been a sufferer from this form of a
of Eugene. 7?}te two secured rooms at! mania for some time. His wife, who ~ v
the Williams hotel, and after a day or I was obliged to separate from ~ him on 1,
two the father, who is a fine looking I account of.his affliction, is now said to ~ d
e1d {{entleman of some sixty-five or j be with friends in the east. It seemed ! t
seventy years, informed Mr. Williams ~ a strange procedure for his family to ! c
that he moat return home, but'that his ~ bring him to a strange town and leave ~ c
son would tema~rn for some time as a :him here tvithout giving anyone warn- I n
boarder at the hotel. Soon after the ~ . I .
1 eng of his condition. Had he happened ~ n
father'sdeparture the son, who is ap- ~ to have started the fire in hjs room in- I v
~erently between twenty-five and thirty ;stead of in the yard it is almost certain ~ a
years old; appeared to act strangely, 'that not only the hotel, but all the busi- I
but little attention was given him until ness portion of -the tcwn would have I n
-- ~hureday--evening,-~en_he_ was, die- .heen.distroyed and his awn ,life would { p
eovered setting fire to a pile of clgtliing in all robabilit have
in the hotel yard. He had thrown most p y - Paid the e
of his clothing from the window of his forfeit. It is not known here whether c
room and, corr4in downstairs, had sled h yhas ever been an imga ~ of the insane i h
g p as lum but it is strikin 1 evident that I f
them together and set fire to them. ` . I
The fire was discovered and extinguish- longs h an institution is lvhere he be- ~ a
ed and the man yraa persuaded to re- Dr. Campbell, who succeeded in I t
turn to his room. Later it was die- ~ quieting the manic in a few moments, u
covered that he had the bed clothes had several years' experience with, in- ( p
and some of his own clothing pled to- ' -
~ ,sane patients as houses the r
geiher in his room ready nor another ~ Yankton, S..-D., hospital ff r~the~~nsane o
ki°^~ -°~.ftea that he was ekrefully
""°"" .. and his knowledge of what to do no' u
~ovatehed, and the next morning hia doubt made it possible to get the n~an b
-~'`YBtltar'st-x7u$ene was•notit-ed,--as.. was ~n_~_.~bRd}tion-to return home- sa-soan•-F
.also the sheriff-at Jaeks'ox~ville. Later after the violent attack. k I
' in the day he beciame violent and after
divesting himself of all o#' his clothing
--='-he`t>r~~-ta-get-tom tha.ai;teax,. and it-.was
only Iiy the united of€orts of three or
=9~=~~anen-ghat-he_w~~restrain~d
. sad Iehp1: it4_ his room. Dr. Campbell
waS then-`-I~a rl~-mod; -bniniK-something
~a specialists in- mental disorders,
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