The Red Cloud chief., 1882-03-09
Jpked TO Death.

wcak-mindcd l1bpr"r, died in a cell in
tn" second and Queen street police Sta
ton on SUNDAY night. literally and actu-
4 sllv frightened a. Hath. Miller livei
with biz wife aud >tep-dauyhter in nun
bic apartments In q tenement blrlS OF
lNp. -eUj South Fifth street. He ma
worked for ,syeral ycsCs as = lah4rcr ia
the lumber ward 81 Robert Clark. a,
Fifth street and Washington avenue.
Among his fciiow.iaborrrs Miller was
noted for hi- fratS ST strength and Tor
hi, weakness of mini. Last Angus; u
bpard-yard cur that had installed HIM
III on the premises became trouble
some ID n~-iShbnrS, and Mr.. Clxk or
. Icrci him - b. Killed. Miller tender
heart caused him To- inierl,.~. brtw@on
the dog and hIs cvrcuipnacr. H. took
the animal III his arIn> and wa> rewarded
by a snap which llr"rata,t his lip. \
physician cauicriZci the wound. and
nothing would have been heard Of il
aftcrwarl had not his frll"w-Unrkmcn
deemed il a proper sIbiec. to tease their
i"'blr-min!"l comridr, "f whose
strength they stood in " He seemed
L. take little notice IF it a first. but
N4iillll u ll'iiti ti' "'IlHlt' W. bI'At
out in renewed liberation This. III
steal Of abating Tho ill-con~idcrcl jc>tS
of his fellows. seemed rather - agra
va'e them. When he cam" 10 work in
the morning their 'calutafinH was:
Wei. yoUain'tmal vet. and through
out the day they persisted in kc"pinCthc
ubirct before his mind until Inc laCAur
o. prev to Tho dr!usinn IT, hydruphobia
i4i'l >ciznI him. /. hr r.reat"dIytok
| his wife that the dr"Il Ms on him. but
the active phrase Of the d"luSinn began
only on LAT "Wednesday. He com
/ planned OF an oppression of the chest
which prevented him from breathing.
and protested To- feel an aversion. which
prevented him from taking anything
liquid. There was entire ab>cnc" of any
III the symptoms indicating true hydro
pnobia.
The wound lately healed was not cS-
prciallv sensitive. although he sat rub
bin@ il with his finger tip, by the hour
and moaning hi~ dread, in dlSjnintcd
sentences. Excepting the laborc,i
breathing there was no Indication of
S%pasmodic action of the vital functions.
Or. Duval. of Fourth and Christian
streets. WAS called on Thursday. Mill
er's employer had cndcayOrel To make
his mind easy 10y telling him that he
might lay oil for few day, but this did
not diminish his approximations. DR..
Duyal made i close examination. and
concluded that the laborci breathing
the only di~orlcr-l function rs far aS
hr could ascertain was due simply tpa
sever cold. tie c~nGcavorrd To guiet
the alarm Of the patient and succeeded
- well that he Wa persuaded io take =
few swallows of a harmless potion which
was prescribed merely L. test the ~cnu-
inrn"~- of the aversion 10 liquids. Mill
or said that he could swallow ANYTHING
the doctor mixed all right, aud after en-
dcavoriny To- impress on his mind that
hc hal no symptoms IF hydrophobia the
physician left. When Mr.. Miller few
minutes afterward tried him AGAIN with
the potion he threw the bowl and ron
tents al her, narrowly missing doing her
serious injury. His feet were soaked in
hot water. in accordance with medical
advice. and the contact of his skin with
fluids did not produce any sim of aver
sion. He. however. refused To eat or
drink ANYTHING. but sat moaning by the
hour. heat resting on hand. while
with the other h" necessarily felt the
lip where the do~ had bitten. Now and
again he would start up suddenly and
rush to the window nr door, complain
inw "f Il choking sensation. Nci-hbors
kindly relieved Mrs. Miller in waiting
on him. and ~rnhcavOrcd to calm hi,
nerves and persuade him on; of his de-
fusion. Dr.. Duval called araiu on Fri
day and saw no reason 10 change his be-
lief that ~hydrophobia was not the cause
of the ailm"nt, although he became con
vinc"i that the dclusion was likely tn
progress To dangerous mania. He SO
advised Mr.. Miller and suggested that
She should have help constantly bv her.
This her kind-heartrd ~nrishbors en-
ablc,l her H. do.
Miller was sitting with his face buried
in his hands when DR.. Dupal called on
Saturday. His mania hal progressed
very noticcably and the case was plain
y one for hospital Treatment. In his 4,
conference with Mrs. Miller he cX- ,
pressed his opinion. Within an hour
after the physicians departure Miller
suddenly aroused from his lcthnrcic !
''iI'liii'l. hil'l. lt~illile ~ tiif lbpf. /
took three or four brcath> of fresh air.
Returning. he advanced toward his wife
in a mrnacing manner and demanded
to know whether she would consent tn
send him To the hospital. She replied
that She would not, and this seemed to-
pacItv him. n few minutes afterward
she went ont, leaving him in the charge
of Il neighbor of very %diminutiyc size
and strength. She returned TO find
the nrighbor shooting through the door
Ike a bolt from Il catapault under the
impulse OF her husbands enormous
strength. increased by acute mania.
H. had suddenly arisen from his
lcthargy. and. catching the unfortunate
nci-hbor by the throat. with the words.
.~'hoSpital, will YOU" hurled him
through the door. Mrs. Miller. al
terribly alarmed. entered with
hope of pacifving him. but he
her with equal violence. and
alone i'll the room said. ..TH
have some amusement. The few
chairs were first broken into kiniling
wood: a table was demolished: the few
ornaments We're smashed, and
the wiiduesS OF his craziueSs the
turned over the stove and scat
the burning Goals over the floor.
I minute the room was al abIaze.
.cighborS came promptly with buckets
Of water and the fire was extinTulshed-
4 policeman was summoned and Miller
was taken 10 the police station ut Sec
,nd and Queen streets. This was nine
D. m. on Saturday.
DIR. Duval had gone with Miller from
HI. house to the cell. and advised that
le should he taken at once to some hos
,ital where there were Appliances Tor
the violent insane The officer,
IN duty. however. said that they had
no authority TO send him To any place
.xcrpt the a~lmshouse, and they could
not send him there until they had the