The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-08-28
TURNING HOMEWARD.
How Thoughts Of Home Affected Even
AN Impaired Mind.


The Toledo Blade In Cygnet Wood
county special, narrateA The appended
account Of the death Of William be'z,
whose finding was exclusively ehronieieu
In the NEws.DEMoORAri
William M. netz was q medium hlze0,
middle aged man, whose home Tor many
years has been In Canton, q, he was =
partner In Arm that manufactured ieep
cutters and other agrleul lural iinplemehlh'
and was enjoying happiness ana pr9hpelr,
ity, He was blessed win develeu WIie
and handsome children, ana was cohhlu'
cred q very happy man ...,,..
Last winter while La Grippe was ernlh'
Inq through the country Mr., Beta tell
Victim 20 n, After suffering some llme hs
seemed 10 pick up slowly, bul MS mlnu
grew weak from the long strain on lih
body. Az he grew stronger IN body lllh
intellect became more ana more feeple,
until his wife and partner concluded 70
send him 10 the Northwestern asylum ~
Toledo, with the hope OF helping hini,
lilo was taken there last spring and ey'
cry effort made 20 repair the shattered III
telleet. Most Of the time no seeineu ap
sane as any one, but hlill no conlu nov pe
coiled cured. Like inmates OF all aayluma
Who are only mild In their insanity, no
was Given his liberty, and allowed 20 stray
through the grounds and buildings nnat
About ton days ago he was as usual
wandering around, when the Idea that 70
must see home entered hin hehd' le
wrote aomo lettera and started, Whelher
he was missed or not your correspondent
does not know, but he was uolreehplureu'
There h farmer named George Adams,
living four miles east OF Cygnet ana TWO
south east of Jerry City, who, by the weY,
was brother OF Hon. Perry. Adamh' he
Ia a hearty, hoapltable sort OF man, anu
u few days ago, when irhinplhh'lpo.hl,ns
follow, barefootod and with torn ololhea,
came iip 10 his house and asked Tor q meal,
he aet out 40 good aa there. was IN lhe
house. The tramp ate very heartily anu
thanking him, hohbled slowly away, anu
Mr., Adams thought no more OF PIN
A day or two ago Mr.. Adamh went out
into what was his wheat field, and which
he does moi often visit after the grain la
baryeated, He noticed many blrda ana
llea lylnR around certain spot, ana
atarted toward II, Long before he got 70
Il no was nearly overcome by Q hlekenlnR
stenoh. II was from the body OF lnhli'
fully dressed, but terribly deoompoped,
fairly roeking In rottenneha' hgHeu ir9in rom
the terrible sight and wont 10 Jerry Cly
for Jnstlce Weaver. They got help and
won't hack. They found the body covered
with maggota,a and whom II was u itted mast
lily into a prepared box, the entire, scalp
dropped oil, so docAyed was n, heboN
was taken 10 the Jerry City jail, ana the
In bis pocketa were found leltora which
abowed Inc man 10 be VIM, M, Beh, OF
| Canton, o, A check book from . Canton
bank had over 500 worth OF ohockn drawn
from II, most Of them payable 70 Mr. Bela
| himself. A letter was addreahed 70 nln
daughter and another TO his wilo,
both reading as aonsible ana rh.9nal hh !,
any man could writo, Another huuI1ihno,V, !,
| 10 his wife, atnrted OIL tMy Dear Miss"
and contained the passionate declarations
of love and devotion TO her that young
men aometImea make whom In love, ana
ended, "Your Faithful Lover William
Other papcra showed that ho had come
/ from tho Toledo asylum, and u dispatch
was sent 10 tho superintendent, who TOOK
| the remains TO Toledo yesterday morning
| The Canton relatives wcro also notified
The coronor's inquest hold at Jerry Cily
came 70 the conclusion that bcW hhu
/ travelled all the way from Toledo on iool,
was almost furnished whom ho rohchou
| Mr.. Adamg'a house, ana the nearly ihehl
| taken on his weak system was thought 70
| bo too much for him, llo crnwlod into
the wheat field 20 rest, died there, ana
1 laid there nj least week before no wa,
| found. The sun was Hcorching hot hll
| lnat week, and its fierce rays added great
| or horror 60 the awful death,
| A peculiar fact Is that Bol2 was only a
| short distance from straight line drawn
from the asylum 10 his Canton. home
Visions Of wife, children and home
soemcd 10 have been u magnet that drew
| him across rivers, through forests ana
/ over fields and fences, regardless OF nigh
ways. His bare feet were torn ana his
clothing In shrods, done, no doubt, by
/ bushes.