Arizona republican., 1897-12-17
A MAN SURE OF NOTHING
Donald Ross Sent to the Asylum
 Yesterday.

Complaint was made in probate court yesterday against Donald Ross, guest of the Gregory house, charging him with insanity. The usual war rant was issued and Deputy Sher if Henry George went to serve it. Ross was found in the hallway and when the officer asked him to go with him he demanded the authority. The off, cer produced the warrant, but Ross demurred to its form, refused to listen to the reading and started away. The officer seized him and a fierce struggle ensued. The officer thought he wou.d throw him on the floor, sit on him and read to him. He accomplished the first purpose without great difficulty but he was kept so busy holding him down that the elocutionary feature of the programme could not be carried out. Al Galpin and Pete Wolfey happened along and while they held Ross still, the officer poured the con- tents of the writ into his unwilling ears This formality of service hay ing been complied with he weIit along Without-any trouble.
 His case was called up in the after neon. Several witnesses were exam ined and said that he was restless, but always gentlemanly. His uestless1ess afterward gave way to illusions and a tendency to cremaIue things. For instance, he ordered a lot of clothing and shoes to be carried out for c-e- mation. It was then that MT Greg ory began to fear fire. Another of Ross weaknesses was to go day after day without eating. When remon- strated with by other dodgers he said that he was out of money and had set- tied down to a water diet, but even the water service had been restricted and he would soon have ito begin feeding on air.
 Ross was next examined. His lan- guage was excellent, his story st. ght and coherent, but marked by one pe- culiarity. He would answer nothing directly. Every statement was pre- faced with, T believe so," ''I was ul- der that impression" T thought SO at the time" Regarding this peculiar ity he said he used to believe every thing he heard. Experience had taught him that one could believe nothing he heard and could not be ab- solutely certain of what he had seen. He was under the impression" that u0 was DOIU lU TTllC6 HuWd dTu 5 1S- land, ''he thought" forty eight years ago. 'He imagined that he came to this country, finally drifbed to Cripple Creek, where 'ihe believed he was eBe gagged in mining. He 'fmight'' have come to Phoenix last October with man named Martin Jose, who, 'fhe was under the impression at the 1ime," was his partner and friend and was going into the Harqua Hala coun- try prospecting.
 They returned a few days ago and Ross went to the Gregory house He had two deposit checks on the Bi- metallic Bank of Cripple Creek. He believed they were bogus, though he had never tried to satisfy himself on this point. He did not deposit the money himself, but gave it to a couple of friends, who returned him the checks. 'I did not notice them at the time,'' said Ross, @'but took it for granted that they were all right, as I had done all my life" The checks are believed to be genuine. Explain Ing his wish to cremate his clothing he laughed slightly and saiI: "I had worn them so long that they had be- come too filthy to wash and you