Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-05
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Glow IN Escaped L"ratic Was Captured
and Returned t. 'IIs Quarters.
Years ago, when O.. was a youugstor, /
became an assistanc OF Doctor Blank,
the superintendent of a public insane
asylum. As in all insane asyiums. some
of the patients were dociie and tract
able, and had the freedom of the hgh
walled garden, while others, being yio.
lent and dangerous in their Madness
were confined to their rooms Some
times one of the last named gentlemen
would get loose, a fact he usually au-
uounced by breaking things generally.
upon which announcements the doctor
would repair to the spot, and advancing
upon him with a stcadta,t gaze would
march him off to his room,
We had one lunatic by the name OF
Jones' large and strong as an ostrich
He had broken ont of his room two or
three times, but had always gone back
docileIy when any one of us made his APP
prarlnce
The asylum had a saloon in the cen
ter, with door at each end; and one Of
the doors requiring repairs, carpenter
Was engaged upon it, when in trJmdlcd
Mr. Jones aud quietly possessed him
self Of long, sharp chi~rl When the
carpenter looked around the madmau
grinn"d and poked the chiScl at him.
whereupon the man of chips Acuttled
out and locked the door. Then, while
the enemy was battcring away at it, he
rushed around and locked the door at
the other end. Having thus Gagged
Jones, Ire gave the alarm, and !, sup
posing it was an ordinary case which !
could control, unlocked the door and
entered boldly, whereupon he made a
rush at me. | incontinently bolted
The doctor was sent for, He soon
came, reconnoitered through the key
hole, and ascertaining that the enemy
was at the other end of the room, he
opened the door and saw at once that
he could do nothing with the maniac.
Here was dilemma A crazy indiyid-
ual, as strong as a bull, perfectly ln-
controllahle and in possession OF a wea-
pom. 70 capture him by force was ii
difficult and dangerous undertaking,
and to starve him would be tedious
"ii'h' 'ut lle boClol 'uC' hot IeNltdtN
long.
Alfred, said he, "go down into the
surgery, till the largest syringe with
hartshorm and bring it up
| caught the idea, rushed down and
brought back quart syringe with harts-
horn diluted, for | did not want to kill
the man. Then the doctor, the carpen-
ter and myself, formed an army OF in
va~ion We threw open the door and
entered in the following array: l, being
the shortest of the three, marched first,
holding a chair in front of me by the
back, so that the legs might keep off Il
rush if our popgun should flash in tho
pan, Then came the carpenter, with
the syringe resting on my shoulder,
like piece of flying artillery, Finally,
in the rear, i'll the safest place, like !.
good general, came Doctor Blank
Tb" Iunatic sat at the other end Of
the hail, ON a chair, eyeiug us kcenlv
and Sa1agely. Slowly, very slowly, we
advanced toward him The nearer we
got the more wicked that chisci looked
til it was very, very long, When we
were within few feet of lim he jumped
mp and sprang toward me WhiH slat-
ter, splash Went the quart of hartahorl
into his countenance; down he went
like q log-it would have knocked down
a battalion-and while he was catch
ing his breath We caught him.