The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30
his VERY STRANGE MANIA.
Queer instance Of Insanity Caused
by Football.
One of Carpmael's Eccentricities is
His Belief that His Wife is Mem
tally Unsound. Violent Exer-
else Injured His Nerves
and He Kicked Her.

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Teland medical student, E. d. Carp
nsael of Berkeley, who is seeking to
have his wife sent to an insane asylum,
reveal one of the ~straugest instances of
mania in the history of insanity.
According to Mrs. Carpmael, her hus-
band is insane, and one Of tho eccentric
titles Of his mania is his belief that his
wife is unsound mentally.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Carpmael are
English people. Mrs. Carpmael says
shat three years ago her husband matric-
I, nlated at the University Of London
with great honors and promised to be
ene of the brightest students at that in
stitution of learning. He was young and
Of very fine and delicate nervous organ
ization. He became infatuated with
football and played with great zest. Tho
violent exercise injured his nerves and
has played snd havoc with his mind. 1t
was shortly after their marriage three
years ago that Mr.. Carpmael took to
playing football. Up to that time he
had treated his wife lovingly and with
deep respect. But after he began to in
dulge SO much in football his wife OBJ
served @ change in his manner His
sleep WINS fitful, and his mind became
oyerwrought.
He grew moody ut times, and when
his wife noticed his peculiarities and
tried to help him he became apprehen-
sive and intimated to his friends that he
thought his wife's mind was becoming
deranged.
Things went on this way for some
time until Il night he kicked his wife
crassfy. She realized that no was not in
ais right mind and kept the matter Sc
cYst.
In other ways his mania, Mrs. Carp
mael says, began to assert itself. Final
ly his health began to fail, and he was
induced to leave college and England
and como TO America. The young stu
dent and his wife went to California.
For. awhile his treatment of his wife
was better, and sho looked forwardt to his
complete recovery.
Some time after he tried to introduce
the Rugby style of football game in San
Francisco and became we'll known in
college sporting circles. His insane
treatment of his wife returned, she saws,
with the renewal of football playing.
Finally she had TO defend herself, and
he left her one night and did not return
for three months
Worry and abuse and lack of food
for he spent the main part of the allow
ance on himself, Mrs. Carpmael says
had made her an invalid. But sick and
weak, with two little children, she went
out TO make her living in San Francisco
and got a position, working for % cents
n day.
After three months he returned and
fol-. awhile seemed TO be getting better.
But again his peculiar malady came
back, and his treatment of his wife be-
came u~nbearaole. She tried to reason
him into his old gentleness and gallant
~, but he grew moody.
One morning, after one of these spells.
he began an acUion in San Francisco for
divorce.
Friends Of the family now thought it
was time TO Interfere, and the news was
sent to Carpmael's father in London.
he sent a reply to DIR. Shiels of San
francisco, stating that if his son did not
recall the suit his allowance should be
stopped.
DIR. Shiels is u friend of Student Carp
mael's father. The latter, realizing that
ms sons mind was, temporarily at least,
disturbed, had been sending the
monthly TO DIR. Shiels, to be given to
the young man. DR.. Shells commitment
cd the message TO the student, and it
had the desired effect. He withdrew the
divorce proceedings. He was also in
duced to give up football.
he has not kicked me since he
stopped playing football" said Mrs.
oarpmael recently, "but in many other
ways his actions show that his mind is
becoming more disturbed. / am willing
that he should have a divorce. II seems
to Inc it would be better.
AT the medical department Mr.
Carpmael is making a particular study
of insanity. One of his manias is to ana
lyze my traits in his theses as indica.
tlons OF insanity. He has taken me into
his confidence at times and told me he
was going to outline my pathological
condition to the professors and see what
could be done for me. / have looked ut
his papers after they have been marked
by the professors, and in every instance
instances Of insanity founded upon
his. o~bseryances Of me have been marked
as being erroneous. SAN francisco Ex.
amineP.
Jack Aston VIII Not Race.
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