Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-31
UNFORTUNATE HUMANS.
Transfer of the Inmates OF DR.. YOung's
Asylum to the Territorial
Institution.
Some of the Sad Cases Whose Lots
are Cast i'm Mad House.
FerOciOus Sherman Shaekeled to a
Seat, Looking Like a Mad Lion.

A large. crowd gathered at the ID. & K.
G. depot at IL o'clock this morning to see
the unfortunates of DIR. Young's asylum
put aboard the train for Provo There
were
! ABOUT TWENTY CRAZY MEN AND WOMEN
In the party, and more curious sight
never was presented in Salt Lake City.
This most singular company was con-
Quoted to the train from the asylum east
OF the city by Sheriff Groesbeck, Alex.
Burt and several keepers. Each of the
number presented a different appearance
as they rode through the city shackeled to
the wagon seats. Some of them seemed
conscious OF going on trip, and were de-
lighted, slapping their hands, singing and
expressing the happiness of children.
Others felt decidedly put out on leaving
the old familiar quarters, and tried their
best to remain, as though they felt that
| there was work to do that could not pro-
coed satisfactorily without them.
They were all put in q special car and
hand-cuffed.
HAM SlNG, THE CHlNAMAN,
Figured strikingly in the group. and kept
up an endless song. He nodded, gesticu-
lated, and said to the lookers-on: ''You
tell UNI Cinnamon up town, me go to
Provo, alice samee Mclean man." One
OF the poor demented creatures, a beauti-
ful looking woman of about twenty years
OF age, made the widest gesticulations,
while humming little, well-worn song,
that seemed to absorb her entire mind.
Another one was most fastidious about
her dress, and was continually smoothing
down wrinkle in her skirt, arranging
her shawl or fixing her fine head of hair.
Some were rocking to and fro in their
seats, others standing up and peering
about as though lost. while muttering
and smiling Silly on seeing some one
looking at them.
But the most central figure of the old
troupe was that of
SHERMAN, so LONG CONFINED IN THE CITY
PRISON.
Sherman has been in close confine-
ment for at least twenty years, and
being man of extraordinary strength,
very few have dared to face him.
lie labored under the halluciuation
that the late Brigham Young had
done him some injury, for which he
was called on to kill him, and was only
prevented by being captured and con-
fined. To-day he looked like a chained
hon: as he sat.heavily shackled to the |
seat by his ankles and wrists. Hereto
tore, IN moving him, strong cage has |
been used, made OF AKA scantling, bolted |
together with heavy iron bars, in which |
Sherman would be driven and
LOCKED UP LIKE A FERocIoUs BEAST.
OF late some of the frenzies formerly at
tending his malady seem to be disappear
ing under some change brought about by
old age and physical debility. Some
years ago, while Sherman was confined
IN the city prison, his actions were so
violent that it was dangerous for
any OF the keepers to enter his cell
and he was fed through a small ap-
perture i'll the wall and treated more
ike wild beast than human being.
Sherman was in the habit of asking for
In extra supply OF bread, with which he
bullets and a perfect gun
n appearance. He said he intended to
'hoot his enemies with this weapon.
Which was certainly curiosity.
The party presented very neat ap-
and most of them looked un- /
tidy.
AT THEIR NEW, ELEGANT QUARTERS
hey will receive so much better accom- j
nodatlons that those who are now suffer- {
1g from the milder forms of mental dis I
riders will have Il better chance of being
estored to proper use of their faculties.
rom knowledge of the institution,
very reason leads to the belief that the
atlents entering that public asylum will
ecelve the very best OF treatment from
ne superintendent physician and at t
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