Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-12
Jukc;l 70 Death.

Frrd"rlrk Miller. Il l.tr... athletic. bat
weak minded I1brrrr. ii,-1 in It crll in
Tho second and i.iI'sn ~tr-.i police. >;a-
tipn on Sunday night. literally ami ar;u-
ally frightened Ia DEATH Mile li,rl
with his wife ald ,,l.'n-,!}lct'tr ia hum
bic apartments in = tenement back OF
No. !mi South fh;h street H.. hai
w"rhr',t for several Year; Il a lahor,'r ia
the lumber ward oi Robert Clark. At
Fiit! street and Washington aNruli.
Among his friinW-ia'"trr> Miller WAS
/ noted iur his fra- of strength and for
/ his weakness of mind. Last August Il
! brard-yari cur that had installed him
self on the premises became trouble
/ some To nriyhbnr>. and Mr.. Clark or
lrrrd him t" he killed Miller'S tender
heart caused him to intrrpp>e between
| the ior and his eXrcu,iouci He took
! the animal in his arms and WAS rewarded
! by Il snap which larrratrd hi. lip. \
| physician cauieriZrd the WO!lud. and
/ nothing would have been heart nf il
aitcrwar,l had not his fellow -worlmrn
deemed it 4 proper subject To teas, their
/ frrblr-min,icd comradr. OF whose
| strength they stood in awe. He seemed
To take little notice OF ii N first. but
| within month the wounded lip broke
on; in Renewed liberation. This. in
/ stead of abaiing the ill-con>iir.rd tests
of his fellows. seemed rather to agyra-
waite them. When he came to work in
the morning their >alulaiion WAS:
"Wrll. You ain / mad Vet. and through
ont the day they persisted in krrpinmlhr
subject before his mind until he became
4 prey To the drluSun that hVlrophoba
had seized him. He had repeatedly told
his wife that the dread was on him, but
the active phase of the drlu>inn BEGAN
only on last "Wednesday. He com
planned OF an oppression of the chest
which prevented him from breathing
and profrS>cd tof feel IN aversion, which
prevented him from taking ANYTHING
| liquid. There was entire ab-rnr, of any
OF the symptoms indicating true hydro
phobia.
The wound lately healed was not eS-
| pecially sensitive. although he sat rub
bing ii with his finger tips by the hour
and moaning his breads in diSioinird
sentences. Excepting the laborcd
! breathing there was no Indication of
spaSmodic action of the vital funrtionS
DIR. Duval. of Fourth and Christian
! streets. was called on Thursday. Mill
or : employer had rndcavorrd To make
his mind easy by telling him that he
might lay OF for Il few DAYS. but this did
not diminish his apprehension, DIR.
Duval made close examination. and
concluded that the lahorrd breathing
the only diSor,lrraI function ~ far rs
he could ascertain WIS dur simply to "A
severe cold He rndeavorrd to uuir,
the alarm of the pa.icut and succeeded
SO we'll that hc was persuaded To take Il
few swallows of Il harmless potion which
was prescribed merely to test the gcnu
inrneSS of the aversion to liquids Mill
er said that he could swallow an\thine
the doctor mixed all right. and after en-
deavorinT To impress on his mind that
he had no symptoms of hydrophobia the
| physician left. When Mr.. Millrra few
minutes afterward tried him again with
the potion he threw the bowl and coL-
tents ri her. narrowly missing doing hey
serious injury. His feet were soaked in
hot wafer, in accordance with medical
advice. and the contact of his skin with
fluids did not produce any sign of aver
sion. He. however. refused 10 eat or
drink anything. but sat moaning by the
hour, head resting on one hand. while
with the other he necessarily felt the
| lip where the dog had bitten. Now and
again he would start UP suddenly and
rush To the window or door. complain
ing of 4 cipking sensation. Ncighhor>
kindly relieved Mrs. Miller in waiting
on him. and rndcavurcd To calm his
nerves and persuade him ont of his de
lnsion. ir. Duyal called AGAIN on Fri
day and saw no reason To change his he
lief that hydrophobia was not the car>r
of the ailmrnt, although he bccome con
vinccd thai the lclusiun was likely To
progress to dangerous mania. He so
advised Mrs. Miller and suggested that
she should have help constantly bv her.
This her kind-heartrd nciglbors en-
abled her To do.
Miller was sitting with his face buried
in his hands when Dr. Duval called on
Saturday. His lhania had progressed
+ very noliccably and the ease was plain
ly one for hospital treatment. In his
conference with Mrs. Miller he ex-
pressed his opinion. Within an hour
after the physicians departure Miller
suddenly aroused from his letharric
condition, and, Rushing to the door.
took three or four brcaths of fresh air.
Returning, he advanced toward his wife
in Il mrnacing manner and demanded
To know whether she would con sent TO
send him to The hospital She replied
that She would NOT. and this seemed to
pacify him. A few minutes aftcrward
she went out, leaving him in tho charge
OF nelghbor of very diminutivc size
and strength. She returned TO find
the neighbor shooting through, the door
like bolt from catapault dnIcr the
impulse OF her husbands enormous
strength. increased by acute mania.
He had suddenly arisen from his
lethargy, and, catching the unfortunate
ncighbor by the throat. with the words.
"hosptal, will YOU" hurled him
through the door. Mrs. Miller, al
though terribly alarmed. entered with
the hope of pacifying him. bat he
elected her with equal violence. and
when alone in the room said. I'm
have some amusement" The few
chairs were first broken into kindling
wood a table was demolished; the few
mantcl ornaments We're smashed, and
i'll the widnrss of his craZincSi the
maniac turned over the stove and seat
tered the burning Goals over the floor
In minute the room was all ablazc
Nei%hborS came promptly with buckets
of water and the fire was eXtinguishcd
a policeman was stmmoled and Miller
was taken 10 the police station ut Sec
ond and Queen streets. This was nine
p. IN. on Saturday.
DIR. Duval had gone with Miller from
his house to the cell. and advised that
he should he taken at once to some hos
pital where there were appliances for
treating the violent iasane The officers
on duty, however, said that they had
no authority to send him to any place
except the almshous,. and they could
not send him there until they had the
authorization of tho guardians of the
poor. Hence. he remained i'll the I'M
comfortable hospitality of Il police cell
His violent mood shad now become Very
frequent. The janitor discovered him
hanging by suspender in time to pre-