The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-23
VOODNAN IS INSANE.
-. ex.congressman Placed in a
'"' Detention Hospital.
.,covERY CONSIDERED DOUBTFUL

-,od IN Care for Him but He Be
tr''"" 9 yiolent That His Removal Was
.'..o.sary - Well Known During His
IN Congress as Fearless Cham
nof the Cause of Cuba-short sketch
Of His Life.
cs,caeo. oct. 23.-Former Congress
IAN charles NJ. Woodman has been
'n 'ood in the detention hospital suffer-
~ from paresis. He was driven to the
,"e .,,,tion in a closed hack, his wife
noliceman accompanying him.
~ ~Sa news Of Mr.. Woodman's afiiiction
80. NOT altogether surprise his close
LIDS Three weeks ago he was pros
ia - NV an attack Of hemorrhage of
Ava brain. and for time his life was
,asnoired of. When he recovered it was
cared his brain would become affected.
rIo worst fears of his family and
,.,ords were realized, when the ex-con-
aressmans Authorizations became more
oor,ous Throughout the afternoon he
rort insisting that his brain troubled
.,n, He wanted a new outfit of brains,
Ia became greatly incensed because
.ho family did not intercede with the
nhysicians to substitute new mental
machinery.
BECAME Violently Restless.
co,rtv Physician Fortner advised the
family TO have Mr. Woodman placed
under restraint. Mrs. Woodman, now
aver dreaded the step and delayed ac-
lion as long as possible. But toward
0,idnieht the patient became violently
restless continually calling for new
hroins For precautions sake a police
man had been detailed to the residence
81 445 Fifteenth street. At 2 o'clock in
tho morning it was decided no longer
cafe TO keep the patient in his own
home A carriage was therefore called
and the trip to the detention hospital
taken.
Charles Woodman is an old-time fig
IRE in Chicago politics. He has been
many wears berore the public and has
held various offices. Born in Aalborg,
Denmark, SO years ago, he was given
fair education in the common schools
of his native land.
Served Before the Mast.
At 16 he adopted the sea as a voca-
ton and for three years served before
the mast. He came to this country in
1863 and at once enlisted in the gulf
squadron of the United States navy.
Two years later he came to Chicago and
began the study of law in the office OF
James L. High He later entered the
law department of the Chicago univer-
4 In lXII
Mr.. Woodman was appointed prosecut-
ing attorney of the lower courts, and in
1881 was appointed justice OF the
peace for Cook county. He was ad-
mitted to practice in the supreme court
Of the United States in 1888, and was
elected to the Fiftyfourth congress as
a Republican. He received 14,017 votes
against 1858 votes for Frank LAWYER
He represented part of Cook county
the Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth and Nine
tenth wards.
Champion of Cuban Liberty.
Congressman Woodman attained a ma
tional reputation through his fearless
championship of the cause of Cuban
liberty. and came back to Chicago with
fattering hopes of a reelection. But
he failed to secure the nomination OF
his party and was defeated at the polls
as an Independent candidate, the regu'
lar Republican nominee, Congressman
Mills, winning. After his defeat Mr.
WOodman was put forward by his
friends as consul to Cuba. The Cubar
residents here and elsewhere heartily
Endorsed him, but he did not get thu
appointment. The doctors at the coun
ty hospital are of the opinion that Mr.
Woodman is suffering from true paresi
and do not look for his recovery. H
will be examined by the county judg
on Thursday next.