Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-10
Insano Peonle Committed.

health, physically and mentally, visited
/, the police Office, apparently out of curiosity,
and presently entering into conversation
with officer Farren, introduced himself as
Thomas Depp. 1t was subsequently ascer-
| tanned that he was a native OF Kansas, was
formerly Methodist clergyman, but lat
terly was engaged in business as dealer IN
| harness and saddlery. He has been on the
Coast about Is months, and ON the day pre-
ceding his call at the station-house he ar
rived here from HOLSTER where he had
been attending to some business. He ex-
| planned to officer Farren that he had no
ticed in various towns i'll this State, large
and small and more especially in those not
| Illuminated by artificial gas, peculiar
| kind of gas, of very injurious character,
with which many of the houses were filled.
He had found it in Sacramento. Ii flowed
through cracks in walls, rat holes, the sides
of apartments near the corners, floated next
to ceilings and along floors, and was
only noticeable by the peculiar
candle or match was applied, when it
would blaze IN to hight OF eight or ten
inches and burn flickeringly. 1t had
tendency TO give people who inhaled it
dull, heavy pain in the head, gripping OF the
bowels-it struck him and doubled him up
paralysis and insanity. He had found
| that the only remedy against it was asafeti-
| da, or perhaps chloride of lime AT a no.
tel in which he had stopped in Sacramento
he found that the gas was in the room, and
when he went TO bed he placed the bottle
OF asatetlda he always carried, on the floor
beneath the bed In the morning he found
that the gas had moved the bottle two feet.
and the room door was unbolted, though
he had been careful to bolt it when he
retired on the previous evening. He had
inquired into the nature of the gas to some
extent, but had been unable to decide
whether 1t was manufactured by the use of
chemicals or produced in some other man
ner; nor could he tell how it was circu
lated, and was inclined to believe it was led
about the city in pipes, apertures in which
allowed 1t to escape into houses. He
thought 1t was manufactured by the
Chinese or low-down whites, with intent to
lnjure respectable people, and, so believing.
ne deemed 1t his duty TO notify the police.
While he was explaining his theory. of
ficers Kent and Farrell arrived at the sta
tlon-house, and they obtained candle and
went out with him, ostensibly to examine
wall from which they had themselves. so
they said, noticed the gas to be escaping.
and on this pretense they quietly escorted
Mr.. Depp to the County Jail, to be taken
care of there until be might be examined
next day for insanity. Yesterday the Com
missioners examined him, and found it
necessary TO commit him to the asylum at
Stockton. Business men of this city who
are acquainted with him were interested in
the case, as in their dealings they had
found him man of integrity and unusual
ability Last evening he had changed his
views as 10 the gas, and was advocating its
use as a means of DISCRIMINATING the Chi
nese, alleging that it would affect their
stomachs and legs, and finally lead to heart
disease.
The Commissioners also examined YES
terday man named James Murphy, who
was lately sentenced in the Police Court to
serve term in the County Jail for battery.
He Is man who has drank great deal.
and couple of weeks ago he had glove
contest in this city with the " Buffalo,
and was knocked out" and it NAV be
that the humping his head received af-
fected his brain. AT all events, the Com
missioners decided him to be insane, and
committed him to the Napa Asylum.
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ASKS A CoRREcTIoN.-John Weisheimer
of Sacramento, and, during the late war, of
the Thirteenth Independent New York
Battery, Second Division, Twentieth Corps,
ana others IN this city, who belonged to
the Fifth Ohio Infantry saw an item in the
RECORD MON from a Gait correspondent.
an Old soldier-stating that the Fifth
Ohio was at Vicksburg during its seige.
Dir. Weisheimer and his comrades lat the
railroad shops say this is error, and that
the Filth Ohio was never at Vicksburg.
Alter the battle oi Gettysburg the Eleventh
and Twelfth Army Corps were transferred
TO reinforce Rosecrans at Chicamagua and
the Fifth Ohio was in the Twelfth Corps.
General Geary's Division, Fighting Joe
Hooker. commanding. The Fifth Ohio
was called ''the Gallant Fifth From
Lookout Mountain the Fifth Ohio marched
with the Twelfth Corps-to which the
Thirteenth independent New York Bat
terry was attached-with Sherman through
Georgia, from Atlanta to the sea, and
around To Washington. Mr. Weisheimer
wishes to say to the Gait comrade that he
Is IN error as to the Fifth Ohio, as it march
ed cheek-by-iowl through Georgia with the
New York Battery attached to the Second
Division, Twentieth Corps. He says the
old soldiers here of that battery (i1nown
as the Tiger Battery. or Leather Breeches),
request correction of the error, as the
Seventh and Fifth Ohio. during all the
march through Georgia, were always on the
rlghtor left of the battery, and great friend
ship grew up between them.
POLICE CoURT-In the Police Court yes
terday George Green was convicted of bat
terry upon VIM. NJ. Murray, and will be
sentenced on the 13th... Bishop King.
charged with battery upon his mother-in-
law, was acquitted, the defense testifving
that the prosecuting witness commenced
the trouble with a chair &c. w. Wheaton
was convicted of misdemeanor i'll stealing
a ride on passenger train, and will be sem
fenced to-day. Margaret Ruggles, arrest
ed Tor disturbing the peace, was discharged,
the prosecuting witness not appearing
The cases of All Wing and a dozen other
Chinaman arrested for violating the cubic
AR law, came up for argument on demurrer.
Colonel Starr appeared for the defendants.
and Major Anderson for the prosecution.
The demurrer was that the law was uncon-
stltuhonal. After hearing the argument.
the Court held that the law was constitu-
tional. The trial of the Cinnamon is set
for tomorrow.
UNDERSTANDS IT PEEFEcrLY.-Yesterday
officer Farrell met a Chinaman with whom
he was acquainted, and was hailed with.
'Yo on boycottee to-day. ell ?" "Bov caught
Who caught him ~ queried Farrell, who
had misunderstood the question. mo. not
boy Observation-Disclosures you think
Chinaman have to go?" "Oh, in about
four or five months" -Four five months
he all have go or catchee die?" Yes: all
will have to go, but they won't be killed
"Oh, yes Melicans boycottee" why.
what do you know about boycotting?
What is it, anyhow "You sabe. one dav
Flenchman, him name Boycottee, he go
Hand, catchee job Ilishman no likee he,
no sellee him Club. He no catchee eatee.
bimeby he go die"
SCHOOL MoNEY.-The State School Su-
perintendent, VIM. T. Welcker was YES
terday notified by the State Controller that
there was in the treasury subject to ap-
portionment for school purposes, the sum
of 81 ,5l5,349 So. Of this amount the Su
perintendent has apportioned $1,5l3,0S6 IS
10 the various counties of the State at the
pro rata of So 05 per census child The
last census gave the total number of census
children at 250,097. The amount appor-
toned to this county is SCI, $40 10.
Auction SALE.-Bell & Co. will sell at
auction, at 10 A. NJ. to-day, at their sales
room, Ninth and J streets, two pianos-one
Chickering and one of Boardman. GRAY &
Co.'s make ten pairs of feather pillows;