Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-28
NUMBER 1874.
AN INSANE NAN
MS Numerous Freaks. and His Final Dis-
coverv In Minneano1is

AN INSANE NAN.
III" numerous Freaks, and His Final Dis
coverv In Minneapolis.
TWAS reported at the city hall YESTERDAY tina.
a man was missing from the Sherman House
under very peculiar circumstances. GLOBE
reporter detailed to work up the case found
.nat y. 3. Hull, of Menomonie, Wis, arrived
ny the three o'clock train on Saturday after
noon. be was accompanied by his son, aged
thirteen years. The man registered at the sher.
man house. secured room, to Nh;ch he
. naa a;s va,se carried This only baggage De-
scendlng rom bus room he took dinner with
his son and again retired to his room where he
remained till half-past four or five O'Clock
when ne again came down stairs and went ont
alone. He was next heard of sitting upon an
express mans wagon At the Sibley street
depot. The driver of the wagon saw him ait
ting and staring vacantly at the restaurant
opposite to him. He went up to him and
asked him if he had any baggage
he wanted removed. The man replied that his
baggage was IN that house pointing to the res
taaIant' OF. lght to be there, he added. He
stll kept his seat while the expressman put on
his wagon the baggage he had to deliver. He
then mounted his seat and drove off. the stran-
ger still retaining his seat.
After delivering his parcels the expressman
drove to his home on Robert street, the man
stln remained sitting on the wagon. The
to ride round town. To which
the man replied, yes give me a quarter
then said the driver, and the man comply
lng the expressman took him to the depot
again, and calling one of Cooks hacks, he told
the driver to take the gentleman round the
city. The hackman took him about town. up
to Park Place to view the ruins,
and on to st. Anthony hill. On
the hill the man tried to Jump out of
the carriage-the driver restraining him, drove
NM nm PACK to the sherman. He entered the
hotel and sat down in the Office, looking little
Wild about the eyes. He sat quiet until half
past eight or nine o'clock when he began to get
wild and commenced an incoherent chatter to
himself. Suddenly he jumped up and said he
would 60 for walk. He took down coat and
had the wrong one. The man with vacant stare
hung 1t PAGAN and took down his own, put
IL on ana went out. In about twenty minutes
some one entered the hotel and said there was
a man lying in the gutter. One of the proprie-
tors and clerks went out, and found
were raising him he muttered that he ,
comfortable, that he had good i.
and he wished them to leave him alone, 4.
was hard case. They carried him to tie ~.
quite helpless. After little while he ,eem,
to recover and walked up stairs to his room.
AT about o'clock A. M. he came down stairs
again and asked for supper. The clerk told
him it was too late. Give me some breakfast
then" he said. That will be ready at 8
tb sso'A sssa the &c clerk ~ will wait till
strange guest commenced whistling and
singing and talking to himself.
The clerk asked him to desist and go to bed,
which he refused for some time, insisting In a
wild manner that he could hear child crying.
At length he ran nimbly up, stairs, and soon
was quietly sleeping. Sunday morning he
breakfasted with his son, smoked cigar, read
the GLOBE, and seemed quite well and rational,
asked the time the train left for Usage, where
he said he had daughter and a
nrother. ne dined at one o'clock.
about two o'clock. He stood on the corner of
Fourth street while and then went down
Fourth. His son started Immediately after
him, but could see him no where. and up to
eleven clock last night had not been seen since.
The boy who is an intelligent lad says he and
his father were on their way to Usage on a
visit to his sister and uncle. His father keeps
drug store In Menomonee he says and his
Oldest brother was left at home to manage it.
His mother died about two years since he said
and since that time his father has at times
, been very melancholy and low spirited. A
telegram was sent to the son in Menomonie
| asking him to come on at once. The police
also telegraphed to Minneapolis, Hastings, &C.
and made diligent search all day.
, At midnight Capt. Weber received
telegram from Chief Munger, of Minneapolis
saying that the man Hull was found, and wal
as crazy as a loon.
HIS ARREST.
Special Telegram to the Glot ,
MINNEAPOLIS, May 27.-An old ma named
D. s. Hull, of Menomonie, Wis, turned up in
Minneapolis yesterday, and as the polio.
deemed him non compos mentis. he was locked
up. The sheriff of Menomonie will come ovel