The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-10
cRAzED by MARRIAGE.
A Man BECOMES a Raving Maniac Immedi
ately After the Ceremony

htciy lbe II CoEcIlOhys
WIlkesbarre Special.
William Judson Garrison, a farmers boy
living near here, was married yesterday, and
Immediately after the ceremony, on realizing
what he had done, became a raving maniac.
Lizzie Bogert, a comely country lass seven
teen years old, spent the morning Yesterday
with her lover looking for a clergyman to
make them one, but all the reverend gentle
men refused on account of the youth of the
wonld-be bride. Then the girls father went
with them to a rural justice, and, on his u
proval, the squire consented to peform Ne
ceremony. The ceremony was soon finished,
and after Squire Anderson had kissed the
bride he sat down to his desk and wrote out
the marriage certificate.
Young Garrison had lust kissed his bride.
and while the justice was writing he OBJ
served in a quiet, ordinary tone of voice:
II am inspired by God"
The bride blushed at the strength of this
compliment, but she grew pale when Gar
risson suddenly overturned the table.
wrenched the leg off a chair and charged on
the astonished wedding party. They all fed
in a moment and the newly-made husband
enjoyed him self by smashing everything in
the room. The stove was broken to pieces,
dishes were smashed and the door was
%splintered.
When he had finished the work of destruc-
ton he went on the stoop of the house, quietly
removed his clothing and then started on a
run through the village. A small crowd
pursued him over a bridge which spans a
creek. and called out to Thomas Stiller, who
was fishing in a boat, to head off the maniac.
He did so, and Garrison was at last captured
and led back to the Justices office. There
he was clothed and bound with ropes.
A commitment was then made out, and
the party was about to start to Wilkesbarre
to have him placed in Jail, when he said that
if they would 60 by way of his father-in-
laws house he would accompany them quiz
city. His wish was complied with and his
frenzy appeared to subside, for, upon arriv-
ing at his wife's home he said he was hungry
and asked for supper. He ate a hearty
meal and chatted pleasantly for awhile, after
which he retired and was not disturbed I'M
til 4 O'Clock this morning.
He was then aroused and told that he
would have to go to Jail. the news angered
HIM and he made a vigorous fight, but was
overpowered, bound hand and foot and tied
up in a blanket. Limp and helpless, he was
then placed in a wagon and brought to this
city. 1t was with difficulty that several po-
licemen could hold him or conduct him to
the padded cell which is provided for ma
MACS. Deputy Warden Mcdonald had half
his beard torn out, and several of the officers
were badly bruised. Garrison held on to
McDonald's beard until his wrist was
pounded with a bunch of keys and nearly
broken.
AS soon as he had been turned loose in his
cell Garrison tore off all his clothing and de-
stroyed his bed-tick. Then he flung the
fragments through the bars of his cell. Food
was offered to him. out he refused to eat, and
threw 1t out into the corridor.
Sometimes he becomes quiet, and then he
pours out a stream OF profanity and obscenity,
mingled with pious platitudes. To the cor
respondent of the World, who saw him in
his cell to-day, he said that he was the lord
of lords and the king of kings, and that he
was now in the bonds of iniquity. He was
never insane before, but his mother passed
some time in an asylum.
The young bride is Frustrated with grief at
the strange effect the marriage has had upon
her husband. She has taken to her bed, and
it is feared that her terrible misfortune may
affect her brain,