The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-06
NAYS MISFORTUNE.
He Was Arraigned Yesterday Be
fore a Court of Inquirendo and
Declared Insane

n COuTl VI IuqulTeuuO COHNeHtu
before Judge ORear and a jury in
the probate court room yesterday to
pass upon the sanity of Michael May,
on an information filed by Jno. T. |
Shy and NJ. Carton. Several wit
nesses were examined. bnt shoeu Dy
Jno. L. Shy, with when May has
been visiting for some months past.
Mr.. Shy deposed as follows:
MAY was out on my ranch, which
is about twenty miles west of Dem
ing. New Mexico, and everything
went all right until about two weeks
ago, when at dark one day he took a
mule and his bedding and went out
ON the prairie some distance from the
camp. Nothing was thought of his
action until about 9 o'clock p. M,
when asked snme of the cowboys i'll
he had returned. They said he had
not, and / thought the mule might
have thrown him, so We went out to
see. Arriving on the spot, We found
his mule and bedding, but nothing
could he seen of May; but after some
little search We struck his trail, lead
ing off south. We followed it for
some seven or eight miles, and found
him returning over the same ground
which he had travelled. | asked him
where he had intended to 90 and why
he had left the camp, to whichs he re-
piled that he did not know why he had
left. nor did he know where he was
going, only to be walking He said
he cane back to get some water to
drink, as his supply had given out
| | gave him a drink and put him on a
mule and took him back to camp.
1.-The next DAY | was going to DEM
ing and asked him TO 90 along,
which he did. We arrived there
about 8 o'clock that afternoon. ltOOk
him to my house and he stayed there
about two hours and seemed to be
contented. About o'clock he want
ed to 90 back to the camp. L en-
deavored to persuade him to stay. but
he would :. not. and then l
. went after come one to assist me III
taking him back to the house. By the
, time got to him he was about a
mile out of town.
"On our way back the persons hold
ing his hands let loose of him and ne
!, grabbed up a small stone, with which
J. he struck himself in the head twice
with considerable force, but did not
: infict any serious wound. In few
> DAYS | concluded to bring him back
!. to MIR. Cartons, who lives about
o three miles from LamOnte. where
arrived last Thursday.
Last Saturday morning May wen
away from Mr.. Cartons, going dowl
I in the bottoms of Muddy creek, wher'
n he sat around on stumps and the lik'
d in the rain. | had the whole neigh
horhood out looking for him, bein:
afraid he might drown himself
It We found him seated on a stump
IS talking to a negro. When he saw u
St coming he jumped up and start
r. ed to run, and the negr
grabbed and held him unit
= We came up 10 where ne mas: IL
:. went very peacably home with u:
a. On being asked why he left ne san
lg we did not want him there, and h
wanted to walk little. He Away
as seemed to want to get off by himself
IN and it was a pretty hard matter
III persuade him to talk" After hearin
en- the evidence, the jury retired, an
a. soon returned with the following We
&c dict:
he We, the jury, find Michael G. Ma
70 of unsouud' mind and incapable
n managing his affairs.
(Signed) EDWARD HURLEY,
I'd Foreman.
Is The court then ordered May sentl
tie the asylum, and telegram was TO
* warded to Superintendent W. /
pie Rodes, of Fulton, asking if a pay p
Tor tent could be provided for at that /
stitution. An affirmative reply W
received, and May was taken to RI
es- ton last night, going by the W;
nts of Moberly.