Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-09
Insanity from Religious Excite
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A. young man by the, name of Edwin
Buell., well known In the town and vicinity
as an honest, industrious young man, at
tended for a number Ofconsecutivei nights
the prOtracted meetings held in this Nicin-
ity.iiH He soon became interested in obtain
ing religion, andu finally professed to feel
THAT his sins were pardoned." During
eacbo evening he was observed ito be .iu-
tensely excited, and after "experiencing q
changer the first evidences of insanity we're
visible in his conduct. He arose and re-
quested the privilege of fexhorGipg the con-.
gFegations The minister, ignorant of his
insanity, consented: The young man then
began in an incoherent manner to tell of
Sherman'sz march to the sea. He took his
seat with the remark, "Thank God, i amt
drank Having no relations here, he,was
not taken charge of, now that his insanity
was known, and he wandered around town
uncaFed for. Several instances of his Curl
GUS freaks. have come to our kno owledges
but welrefrain from publishing them. "A
few nights ago he came 20 farm house,
MITE, {Warner's-westl of town, at MIDI
hight--he was perfectly nude-the ther7
p1Ometero five degrees below zero. sr.He
stoodinthe doorway a moment. said 81 am
NOah," and then darted into the yard over
the fence and disappeared in the neighbor-
ing woods. We learned to-day that he
wandered to his fathers home, near 0conee,
Ill, and had been taken charge of and cared
for. Upon arriving at home his feet were
badly frozen and other parts of his body.
Since the above was in type this, young
man has been Brought to this city and the
necessary steps taken tosseeure his admis-
sion to the insane asylum He was ACCOM-
panied by his brother and father, who is a
respected citizen Of Oconee and a gentle
man of considerable property. From him
we learn that the young mans insanity is
of the most violent character. and at times
is very dangerous. Judge Fleming has
issued the necessary writs, and he is now
on his way to Jacksonville .7os1 9s8 q iT
| dom iEi from the same paper.l 1lf 10 -s
The usually quiet little, town of Windsor
was the scene, a few days ago, of some lit
tie excitement over the appearance upon
the streets of wildly tleranged individual
by the name of Rutherford It seems that
a aprotraeted meeting was in progress at
Windsor, which this man Rutherford had
regularly attended, and in which he be-
came deeply interested. The Rev. Mr..
NaileF-the minister conducting the meet
Iing--preached upon the evening of the 4th
| inst, with great earnestnesS, from the text,
'Pray without ceasiug." f'7', ,''.4 t54 81
Upon the following day signs of insanity
were discovered in Rutherford by his
| friends, who found him praying, and, at
tracted by the strangeness of his. manner,
were induced to watch him. Our inform
ant, Christian gentleman of the utmost
veraeity, informs us that he prayed for
twenty-four hours, and could only be in
dnced to cease by the Rev. Mr.. Mailer him
self, who was called in to quiet him. His
crazed misinterpretation of the text led
him to the insane act After an hour OF
two elapsed, and the minister had left him
his insanity assumed a more violent form,
and he destroyed furniture in the house in
which he was staying, raved, and acted
Ikea mailman, until secured by force and
taken to his family in, an adjoining neigh
borhood. Before he became thus violent
he was heard at one time upon the street
talking incoherently and exhorting those
whom he met. ....