The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-18
ANINSANE.D DUNE EAEEu?---
90 DEATH,
The Terrible Fright Restores lis
Speech.

bnr al :iIr mG>i ,:i,tr"->in" calaEti-
ties which il has been our ,.u:y L. r.-
cord. SAYS 'ir. CnionvIii,.. Putnam
county,. Republican. occurred in thi,
city III last Friday. the particular, 81.
which arr ;S follows: John BGckworti,.
aged - wears. son oi L. l.. Euckworth.
OF Wyreha. has been insane from CHILD
hood. and for several wears las been
confined in the lrlatic asylum, from
which institution he w:is DISCHARGE! las,
Sprin", ia" physicians l~.Tnnuuurin- hi
ease inc;rah.c. IL wlS taken to hi,
home III Wvrcka. where liz remained
until week heior. last. when he Wis
brnu"h; "a Ills city AMI placed in the
county Jail. and under tn. cil,r.r of
D"pEt- Sheriff Haynes. who lccurnna-
MED occasionally in a walk around the
cit.- His insanity WIS of :, harmless
nature. but he required almost constant
Watching in prevent him from inilrim"
himself by falling. IL the muscles ot
his body We're constantly iwiirnimw aril
Jerking. making his "ait when walking
unsteady and uncertain. While :i home
h. would occasionally wander away
into the woods and br absent sometimes
for two days. and his father often iurind
ii necessary to call upon ih!,. nri-hhrr,
To assist in the search for HIM. For
the past ii years he has moi
spoken word. and I'm,
not uttered a sound beyond :n occ:,-
s;onal harsh cultural noise.
He has been confined in I'm upncr
room Of the jail. neatly but plainly fur
ni>!cd. and with Il small coal stove. Oh
last Friday morning the family of Mr..
HAYNES We're startled bv scream. iS,,r-
in" from this room. They ran quickly
to the door and found the poor fellow
envclopcd in 4 sheet of flame. Hv some
unknown mcIns his clothes had taken
fire and were burning iicrcc!v, while the
poor iurati WAS struggling and >crcim-
ing in the most intense AGONY. Iii,
lips which had been sealed for fourteen
years were now opened and he had re-
gained his power of speech. His fir,
words were. I'm burn;n. to death,
I'm burnin" TO death" A. soon Il, pos
Hioic 'hc iit Wis >ihniiitftft AMI hc WAS
placed in bed, when DR.. Hart w;,s called
who pronounced his injuries fatal. His
clothing WAS nearly burned oil. and
from his knees 10 his neck the flesh WAS
burned almost to 4 crisp. Strange Ia
say. his head was not severely burned. I
The flesh of the right hand peeled OF
like 4 glove. leaving the bones
nearly bare, and on the limbs it had
burst open leaving gapin. sickcning
wounds from which bloody matter
flowed constantly. lie fingered in the
most intense agony until SATURDAY morn
in@ ut five o'clock, when death put an
end To his suffering.
The wonderful feature of this case
was the Instantaneous restoration Of the
power Of speech attcra silence OF four.
teen years. From the day he WAS burn
ed until his death he conversed frequent
~ with those who were near him, and
had he recovered would probably have
his speech, and possibly lis
reason. rs his mind seemed to grow less
and less clouded. No blame can be
attached TO Mr.. HAYNES for the accident.
aS every precaution was taken that was
thought necessary to prevent him from
himself. His remains were
on Monday.