Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-21
AN UNFORTUNATE MALADY.
David Brown, Of Martins Ferry, Insane
The Resulting Trouble.

David Brown, of Martins Ferry, Insane
The Resulting Trouble.
A few days since Mr.. David Brown, of
Warrenton, came to Martins Ferry and
purchased VIM II. Humphreville's grocery,
on Hanover street. Lest Thursday he be-
gan to act rather queer. He employed six
clerks, when he had no use for more than
one, and procured large mirror, which he
put up in the store. This he decorated
with flowers and over part of the glass
pasted piece of paper, on which he wrote
the names of himself and all the six clerks,
to whom he assigned positions, such as
manager in chief, assistant manager,
and many other strange titles. At the
Hotel haywood, where he boarded, il was
noticed that he did net sleep at all.
On Saturday he walked away from the store
without telling any one where he was
going. He went to the home of Mrs Ada
Jones, one Of his clerks, and asked her sis
ter, Miss Stella, to 70 home to Warrenton
with him. The Jones family and Mr..
Browns family have always been intimate,
so Miss Jones thought nothing strange Of
the invitation till Mr.. Brown said he
would have the train come around pest
her house and call for her. She, how
ever, went to Warrenton with him,
and noticed very little, if fanything, strange
about his actions. Saturday evening,
however, he went out in Warrenton and
commenced giving his money away to peo
ha at nd suhk ksa
came necessary for friends to interfere tt
hinder him from doing injury to himself
and others. 1t took six strong men to hold
him and bind his hands and feet, and il
was necessary to keep him 60 pinioned till
Sunday morning. He was set froo or
Sunday, and later in the day became un
ruly and had to be tic again. Yesterday
morning George Consnt, a brother-in-lsw
of Brown, telegraphed TO Warrenton that
he and the Sheriff and deputy would be
down to take him u Steubsnville for safe
keeping This telegram got into Mr..
Browns hands and he at once came tc
Martins Ferry again. Deputy Sheriff
Vorhee5, Trustee Joseph Robineon and Ali
CrippeD, a brother-in-lsw Of Brown, cane
down as per arrangement, and not finding
him at Warrenton came on to Martins
Ferry. Brown refused to 90 to Stsuben-
vile with the officers, but was induced by
Miss Jones to come to the train with her.
They went to the depot a few minutes be-
fore the 2:19 train was due, and there the
Deputy Sheriff and the Others met them.
1t took the combined efforts Of the three
men to put the hand cuffs on
him, and they had to throw him
to the floor and all three help 10 put the
manacles on his ankles. Even when the
train came he refused to 90 unleol Mis-
Jones would 20 with him. She consented
to 20, aud the two sat in the rear coach
he going only on condition that the officer
should ride in the smoker, When they
got to Steubenville he refused to allow tb,
officers to come near him, and Miss JonG
got down in the street and unlocked th'
manacles 30 he could walk with her to thu
Jail. She accompanied him to his cell anC
there left him. He refosed to talk to snI
one but her, and she went back and tcoh
the statement for the officers. Brown ha
never shown any signs of insanity. ID
had been taking some sort of patent mfdi
cine he had found By an advertisement
and the doctors thought it might hav,
something to do with his trouble. HI
will be taken to Columbus to day, and thu
doctors predict that he will be easily cure 1
His recent purchase Of the store and in
ability to sleep, caused, as the doctors say
by the medicine he took, are supposed Il
be the cause of the tlouble.