The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-09-28
WENT SUDDENLY INSANE.
A Young Woman Whose Lover is Arrested
For Horse Stealing, Looses Her Mind and
Her Father Follows Suit

For Horse Stealing, Looses Her Mind and
Her Father Follows Suit
Yesterday morning Laura Cameron, q
young woman of some eighteen summers,
who lives out on the Greenville road, in the
Pleasant Valley neighborhood, was
brought to the city by Mr.. w. @. Parker,
neighbor, to be tried for lunacy. b. f.
Cameron, the father of the young woman,
accompanied them. She was tried before a
jury in the, county court and adludged
insane and was turned over TO
Tailor Gates for safe keeping
until she cab get admittance into the asy,
lum at Austin. She is rather progresses
ing in appearance, or rather Lad once been
and as she sat in a chair in the sheriffs Of
fee, rocking too and fro, her eyes glaring
and her face distorted, she excited the SYM
patty Of all who saw her. She went SUD,
denly insane. Her reason was dethroned
last Sunday night, and since that time she
has RAPIDLY grown worse, until it was
deemed advisable to send her
TO the asylum. She is not
violent in her conduct, but
it was feared that she might take her own
life. The story of the cause Of her insanity
is o sad one. John Green, good looking
and of dasbing appearance, met the untor-
tunate woman some time ago and paid her
court, and she consented to marry him.
The wedding was TO have come off in Octo-
Der, and she looked forward eagerly to the
time when they we're to be welded. Sun
day evening she received the startling
intelligence that her lover bad been ar
rested by the authorities Of Collin county
and lodged in Jail on the charge of being a
horse thief. Her grief was unbounded, and
she did not retire at all that night, but
walked the floor, and when the day dawned
she was hopelessly insane. The terrible
news had bereft her Of her reason, and she
wandered fmlessly aoout the premises,
muttering the name Of her in
tended. Mr.. Parker says that she
would not be consOled. and
that She grew worse until her mother sent
FOR him and asked his advice, when be rec
commended the course pursued as, already
stated She would walk ABOUT and wiring
ing her hands would give utterance to such
expressions as, "0h, il cannot be; II is too
bad" Tailor Gates has given her comforta-
bic quarters at tbeJail and as soon as Judge
Burke is apprized Of a vacancy in the
Her father gave evidence Of insanity
some two years ago and was
sent TO the asylum, but after
remaining there a few months was released
as of sound mind yet she never gave any
evidence Of insanity until last Sunday.
Her fathers mind was unsettled again BIZ
the trial Of his daughter for lunecy, and
crazy, and at first refused 20 return home
with Mr.. Parker, though he was finally
c0ared into the wagon. They had
hardly reached their destination.
however. before messenger
was despatched with al possible speed to
the sherifrs Office, summOning the officers
to come ct once and take chf-ge Of him, a.
be was a rarinR msninc and was breaking
M everything be could lay bic hands on.
Deputy Sheriff Spencer and two other on
cers sent out after The unfortunate fnsn
and brunrht him back 70 The city. and nov
be- i confbed ~ the county jail for safe
keeping.