Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-22
UTILIZATION INSANE
Romance Joe Becomes . Victim
CT Lunacy
SOMETHING OF HIS PECULIAR LIFE
his msatai EaaiIfbriaaa Lost ~ . s.iA
Sustained some fsArs ASo-h< W a.
IAs AEekitset OF ths rtet1resqos
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cEIcAso, April si--Joseph Aalhat-
Ton - insane he = locked up at the
detentioa hospital 10 await formal ex-
animation into his mental condition
Mr. Maihatton il a travelling sales
man de became widely known some
years ago a. the apotheosis Of the
drummsr's talent for telling tall yarns
he extraordinary ability IL this
professional requirement excited the
unboun1et sdniration Of his fellow
crumners. which was appropriately
expressed by making him their eanGI-
date for the presidency OF the United
States during the iast national cam
paign- Last January he was thrown
from q street-car ia New Orleans, and
the fall caused conclusion of the
brain, which finally resulted in insan-
ity tie has been In the city four days
and was staying at No. 37s Wabash
avenue. H. Il. Mulyaney, a lodge
brother. found him roaming about the
streets in demented condition, and
while caring for him az his room Mul-
hatton took . revolver from his trunk
and attempted 10 shoot Mr.. Mulvaney.
The police were called in and Mr.. Null
hatton taken to the detention hospital.
He is quiet and appears To realize his
condition He is said TO have ample
means and il is thought no viii DO
taken 70 a private asylum
LOUIsvILLK, KY, April 2i.-Every-
body in the United States has heard Of
Joe Mulhatton. the famous newspaper
rOmancer, who was arrested at Chi
eago Monday night Mulhatton IS
OF rather eccentric appearance. He
always wears Prince Albert coat and
dresses neatly. In his manners be is a
typical drummer. and has always been
counted an excellent and reliable sales
man lie has been ION the road" for
fifteen or twenty years. and in spite of
his reputation for telling tall stories
he is regarded as exceedingly hon
est and conscientious in all his
business transactions He is a
member OF the Baptist church
and is q regular attendant at the serv-
ices OF the Walnut Street church in
this city. He is also member OF and
active worker for the Kentucky
Humane society. tie is native OF
Pittsburgh and he once told a
reporter that he began MS news
paper romancing there. He first
got into notice here by prodigious
fakes OF wonderful caves full OF
bones of prehistoric men and animals
Many OF the most prominent newspa-
pers in the south and west were inn
posed upon by his exceedingly circum-
stantial details of his discoveries.
Once he wrote thaton wells
of extraordinary productive ca.
pacity had keen sunk near Glasgow
Junction, and this brought visitors and
scientific inquiries from all parts of the
country before the lie was exposed.
Then he wrote stories of robbers muir
dering well-known drummers. Next
he told of wonderful meteors which had
fallen 20 the earth in Texas and other
parts of the south He kept uI
these stories until he had become
80 notorious that he could no longer inn
pose upon the southern newspapers
Occasionally one would knowingly
print his fabrications. but this was not
often He did not like 20 give up his
hoaxe.. however. and only few months
ago succeeded in imposing a remarka
bls story upon the Boston Herald.