, 1879-02-24
Pcter Reek's Fnmlly Physician Tells
SSllat Ife Knows About tic
Cnsc.
Ha Claims Margaret Was 1diotio from
tho Age Of Fifteen
Years,
Ind that tlo Father Did ETtr}ihlng 10
Anelierate Her Condition and Mais
tltr Comfortable.

daughter bc1hg locked Up IN ROOM for III
.ycasa. bccaltsc Of tltsobcdlonco 10 hor father.
Oyof whct, article Btalst the captt,ns lle-LHrnt
It1fue. 'Nhj'o some tarts Of said article NAV be
true. yet II teens With wlfu1. Hack, Maf(-
csous fnlschooi.s. And by ilic wrl1er niust ba
known to 10 such. 1io father referred to WIS
ono Potter Rcck. mil The victim, his daughter
Margaret s1io wns bort in Germany IN the
senr 1873. And with hcr PARENTS came to
America in 1916. 1nnltnG in Peru III in tho
month of August And three weeks later hor
mother tlctL Il slot three yrara "a stated bY TME
TnInuNn Ut II Peter Koe]t tnovcd TO Troy
Grove, mud put hts older children out Among
his ncGhbors 10 earn thclr food s. clothing
As hs waa tlcn man Of Iitnlted means, nlId
himself wholly unable to support them. in tho
year 1910 t,a was married 10 Miss Barbara Kratz
that tsranta1. she devil, Of n s.cp mother. as
your reputable Mcntlotn correspondent Is satis-
fled to namo lcr-Tctcr Rcck had two daugll~
tcrs born to him bT ttis second wife. both OF
whom aro now living an1 aro quito Intelligent.
notwithstanding. they may mol have cnjoYcJ
llc advantages Of t,fe1l schools. cntoYc By your
rcgular correspondent. they viii comparo fnyor-
ably with hiIn intellectually. md In son,o other
directions fnr -c1tr}-fhey would ilcrcr bD
guilty Of wffulIy giving to the public sucl, Il
batch of i1Ilatnou9 tels'oo1s,. ~ appears IN
%" a eapon rnSsn 6arsa nt ID A9si Ai f say 9sp51 y
to to tic pui,llc. because your rcporter
cyat9c the truth, Is tc facts IN the ehse. which
wcro available n'd at l,is pleasure. did ilo want
then. rs somo I'll our county papers. fcw
weeks since. made e01no similar chargcs against
Mr.. Kcck. / tptiS occasion through tic colltmns
Of the Meniluta NWttli,.-Atr to fgp1y to them.
falsity of there cbarges. tint by your CORE.
apondcnt. anil no one elsu could be- gotten out
Of the way. All y,mr correspondent was asked
to do, was to call nt my ut!co asld examine inr
SGSss s4ss1s 1i es f nt saM ss, sy fs w q
tl.u ciac at tlat timo. itu: hired and petted as
ho undoubtedly was. to ,cYado thu fnets.
anl for the occurring Of public
eorrts eaa to whcll The case viii undoubtedly 10
! CARRIED ansl Whcro thoso actenainE the now
only nlxlous to havo II heart.
time. for - years lsaNc bee,l plsrstrIan regular.
IN tic Peter Ilcck family In thy month of s1ny
on tic ala 1879. Tho very time Margaret was Is
ycnrs Of agu. was consulted relative to the III
!!caltfi Of The girl: by her father; requested
tna 4th day ot june. And IN lonksng ny tie
| case, | found tho physical difficulty one, oi
Ijasnaenorrhaa. Aud from the fathcr | also
harmed her for former history notlsEE ysc
asked % the iatlnrr how long sinco bcr
llcr mind was iasing-hls answer was-;}3r soms
utars--und tint ot late sls wns growing worsc.
going still farther back into the history Of hor
piniai. oatlts t;iiinBcr f u ta cn6ers ST her
mothers stlc. aud }tor mother too. were men-
tally hurt-her mother quito ao-After fully sat
isfylng myself ns to flle & sase u MaFgarets dlf-
opinion which xns that physically she might re.
| rover. but mentally 1cvcr-As 1t was o1iu Of
those cases, at that aee Of female life, whics!
ot'sn sis l,cyo the ,n skl q tv ssal
which iid-lhen & thero only to nj.
firm my former opInion:-I asked
consultation. which wns granted, md think
on tic it'll day Of tho next month, July, Pr.
| Scuack from Peru wn8 called to sec hGr. We
dsagrcctng as to tho result Of the Treatment In
.Isc c,lsc. gays It over to h's cnrc After nai'y
months ot trial. le acknowledged hts Inability
toaecomplish my good. the patient was aeain
nut under my cnre-but never after ttnt gave
| her any medicine. Seclng tat her mental fac.
utics wcro gradually fadIng out, nlyiscd OIL.
tiro freedom Of tic farm; watching her e9n- ~
alstcrs. with tic hope Of learning her to do
some ltttto work. but they sent her baek.
as they could do nothing With or
sr sone ~ tine a .,ss ssssssnsyy sts., iyo, sbs s{s
Was golng to Mendoza Or Peru. In day or
two alter. slu was found at tho latter plact. 81
| by her brother was brought buck home. ncr
fntl,er then wanted to know. whether sl'c could
not DO bcnctlttcd by aenlng l1cr to some one of
tllc insa,lo asylumsi experienced quite q tltf-
ilctly in getting him to illdorst md tbs differ.
enco In tho terms tnsane ainl idocy-1 explained
It to him in tl's way-ins1nlty we dcraned i
| mind. j. ttliocy Was weakness E loss Ut tint
faeulty-an'l told him. that was doubtful as
to her being benefited; Tie father then pro.
cured for licraa lsorso & saddle. be soatlag her
~ tue saddle on thu l,orsc' 81 a''d tfr f6r
sSss sStss sssr q ihe sa 'ssn y thereby 20 tryns Ing
to mako things ts lifo pleasant for her-all Of
wcl, 10 still frcstl In tho memories Of nsnuy OF
tic nclcAl,ors-A And which Eocs tho cnttro way.
Heck back insu tho lying lips. OF hlH would bc.
fcvlsantr) accuscra II such was tfuu that h!a
tyranny alone kopt the poor, unfortnnate. girl
u ff a2 'hy ga ss S",a ayt
sisters 10 Aayi Where tayo they been ail thoso
II ycara of their poor sisters ncarccrition3 The
devils III heV would 10 sacrcl compared With
cd. without cause-Sy prayer would always be,
Tod, deliver inc fron1 layl1Esuch slstcss rs they
but back to the girls mental cohdltfon.tlcr
mind still failnE-sto now began to remove al!
jler clothing. usld would wander about the place
entirely naketl. Aud i was rnposslnlo 10 keep
her clothet1-Ant only ono thing was loft for
tho funtly to llp-and TINT WIS to co1flno her to
icr ruo,n which Is Oh the aecond floor. Of nn utl.
1qy e poy sGsas Is sr!S is!t Il saaasS ] feet ss
dow Ut IL lights, sky each occurred by NM
wire screen, whteh u CHILD could pull t. pfccSs.
yc,y little effort cuuId she haye escaped: pfpcs
ts s9yes run t1rog ..o hi rpo9s - no; no;
confinement. but there hung tllo thermometer
hy wnlcA tue hcat, q cold Of tue rdon'
should 1o regulated. 'ftc pipes tn Yer r@uoln @
alsu aro protected by = thin cage olla:tlce work
For the tFa. 8 years Of her confinement. she had
goou bid In hcr room. Yet seldon dtti she
sleep on 1t. alwaya prcferr1ng the llard Hour.
later. tho he'd was taken out. mud lnattrosi
pIaccd OIL thu flour. with plenty Of hcaYy woo!ct
alaukcts. sufficient to prutcct hcr IRON cold
And not old. worn.out. ARMY olankcts, y:
suited by your reporler from Mandota. ~ tt
ltpr fund. & I,ow It was givcu to her-l4on. be
fo5s her confinement TO !ses room. sha would et
ou the flour. tn&e her food III both Der HANDS
would feed squirrel Ike. And soon after sllt
was ks,,s T. hes ,s,. sos;n: sse was $, tst =;
hy tnu !amlly. not aesd!tg hctself Ut ~ ~
icnlton to tho calls ot naturc. her sainly car!ns
for her. uId attending to tcE as to abahe--and ha
aI,ynys shire been Bo-yct withol her room b.
her ltaIf sister Is Kept clean d HeIs.