Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-07-03
"A HUMAN CYCLONE.
The Worst Experience Of Physl-
clan in a Lunatic Asylum.

clan in a Lunatic Asylum.
It isn't the pleasantest thing in the
world to travel with a convict. III Is
still less agreeable to have as your com
Danioa du goyage lunatic who IS liable |
to break out and be violent at any mo- |
ment. But think the worst of all IS to |
have a collection of convict 'luneys"
under your charge even for short Jour-
new. for; mad as they are, most OF them
know that they are prisoners and enc
mics of society, and they couple, with
this knowledge, all the recklessness which
insanity brings. They are apt to be poth
dangerous and ugly.
We were transferring six prisoners OF
this variety from Utica to Auburn.
There were eleven in the party, four
keepers besides the doctor, slender
Young fellow and something of dude IN
appearance, with his fine clothes and
gold trimmed eyeglasses, which he pro-
nounced "glawses," but a good man Tor
all that, brave as a lion and with muscles
like steel springs on his athletic arms.
1t was hard to say who were the most
nervous of the party-the madmen, ex-
cited by their change of base; the keep
ers, knowing we'll the perils OF the en-
terprise, or the young doctor, keen and
nlert, on whose shoulders rested the re-
sponsibility for safely delivering his
charge within the walls of the insane
pavilion at Auburn.
On the station platform at Utica one
of the men, the most dangerous OF all,
broke loose and started to run away. In
stantly all four of the keepers jumped
upon him, and, after a most tremendous
struggle, threw him down and overpow-
cred him, while the doctor, after sweep
ing the others with lightning like
glance, and bidding them in low tone
of authority TO stand perfectly still,
whipped out pocket case with tiny
syringe in it and squirted a pacifying meas
tire into the arm of the furious and foam
ing mailman. In moment or two he
had become more tranquil.
''Now, get up" said the doctor, "and
do not make us any more trouble"
The keepers relaxed their hold and the
''luneyn sullenly obeyed. 1t was won
derful what effect the cool manner and
the strong will of the little doctor had
upOn tHCSC HiSoiitDSu ihihSos ~ ''"1
like oil on troubled waters.
There was no further trouble until we
reached Syracuse. The dangerous patient
had been very quiet since his first out
break, suspiciously so the doctor thought,
| who asked him several times how he felt,
| if he felt all right, and so forth. In the
cars he was between his keeper and the
window, and really had no chance for
mischief. But as they were getting Off
the cars at Syracuse his opportunity came
and he took it like flash. With quick
blow he knocked the keeper off the car
! platform and down on the station one !;
then he was off upon the other side, and
running like deer along the railroad
track The Chicago Limited was coming
down the track at fast pace, and l ex-
| pected that the locomotive would forever
settle that troublesome patient, for it
caught him in narrow place where he
could turn neither to the right nor left,
but with all madmans cunning he lay
down close to the rails just in the nick of
time and was passed by unframed
But what was that upon his heels-a
streak of lightning9 No, it was the
young doctor, and running like the hound
| that overtakes the deer. He escaped the
Limited by throwing himself fiat against
the fence, and then before the other had
time to scramble up and be off again he
was on him with furious energy. He
caught the fellow by the scrutf of the
neck, gave him twist and sent him
spinning like peg top crash against the
fence. Then he had him down, and was
jumping ON the PROSTATE body till the
fellow howlcd for mercy. Cruel2 Brutal?
Well, perhaps it was, but who had seen
the whole business, and knew how quick
ly the mailman would stick knife in him
if he got the chance, | could not blame
him for harsh measures.
A moment later the fellow was again
in the hands of keeper; the morphine
was applied once more, and the doctor
was serenely asking how he felt.
"That is the most terrible task of any
that have to do" the doctor said. 'In
transferring luneys' am always pos
sessed by the expectation that one Of them
will break loose and kill somebody. 1t is
not for myself that fear, but for some
harmless and unsuspecting passenger.
would rather carry load of dynamite on
the cars than half dozen of those fell
lows. = New York Herald.