The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-22
HORACE KAY INSANE.
The Well Known Loan Broker Nentslly
Unbalanced.

Yesterday Horace Kay was adiudged
insane in the probate court. Mr.. Kay Is
we'll known as one of the owners OF
Ransom and Kay addition TO Wichita and
as a money loaner with an Office at Ito y.
Main street. About month ago his
mind began troubling him and while in
his office he shouted loudly and stated that
lot of men were trying to murder him.
He was taken home to the house OF his
mother on Harry street and medical aid
summoned, and thinking the insanity was
only temporary, nothing was done towards
putting him in an asylum. About
ten DAYS ago he became violent
and assaulted everybody who came
to see him. Everything about
his room was taken away that he would
probably want to use in assaultlnS others
and it was again considered safe for visit
ors to go and see him. A few days ago,
however, while party of friends were In
the room he pulled bed Stat from under
the mautrass and with it made a general
assault on those present. 10 dlsarm MIN
il took the combined force OF three stout
men. He became furious again on sun
day and Sheriff Cone was sent for, who
confined him in the county JAN TO await
an investigation into his mental CONDITION
in the probate judges office yesterday. A
Jury and witnesses were summoned anu
everything was in readiness Sherlh Gone
was sent to the Jail TO bring the unfortu-
nate young man into court and as he was
escorting him from the Jail to the court he
tore himself loose from the grasp
of the sheriff by sudden
and determined effort and ran with ali
his might down Market street. The sner-
if took after him, but for the first nifty
yards Kay gained steadily and the race
prom ised to become an exciting one' In
the next twenty-five yards the sheriff
gained steadily on him and just as he was
| about to lay hands on him, again hay
! slipper became loose and he fell to the
ground. The sheriff got better and more
steady hold of him and escorted him to
| the probate judges office where he tried
| to escape several times afterwards, but IN
vain. as Mr.. Gone called in additional help
! Several friends of his went and SHOOK
| hands with them and when they asked
| him whether he recognized.them he would
lapse into deep and apparently troubled
thought, but he could not name any o.
them. The testimony of the physicians In
dictated that his case is almost hopeless
1t was the opinion of some that the In
sanity was caused by the pressure OF The
skull bone on the brain, while other
seemad to think it was caused by too
much hard study. He has been reading
law persistently for the past year, putting
in from ten to twelve hours day at 1t
and it is not at all improbable that Thu
steady reading is the primary cause OF III
mental trouble. 1t seemed that he reeog
nized that his mind was affected by suci
close study some six weeks ago, Tor n
asked a friend of his. who is also an attor
new, whether, in his opinion, the study O
criminal law would have any effect on III
mind. The attorney couldn't see how l
would, and told him what he though
about it. He then began the study @
criminal law and was reading it only tel
DAYS when his mind became unbalanced
It is thought now that the criminal Law
was the last straw. and that 1t IS IN
memory of some famous criminal case b.
read that gives him the idea THAI Peopl
are irving to murder him. All his imam
cial matteas are in good shape and he ha
no trouble in that line.