The Portland daily press., 1897-11-19
GEO. o. FALL.
He Is Wanted on Peaks Island and Is
Wanted at Danvers.

Yesterday forenoon the Portland police
received telegram from the superinten-
dent of the Danvers lunatic asylum, ask
ing them to hold Geo., o. Fall, until a
man could be sent for him. Mr.. Fall is
the insane man who, it was thought, was
breaking into cottages on Peaks island.
Before the telegram was received Officer
Pickett had been sent to the island to in
vestigate the matter. When Mr.. Pickett
returned The reported that he could find
no trace Of. the man on the island and
neither could he learn that any cottages
had been entered since Mr.. Fall took the
goods from the cottage which had been
occupied by his aunt Mrs. Harriet Weav
or. This occurred two weeks ago. Mr..
Pickett thought that this second edition
of the story had been started by some of
the smart young men of the island as a
joke. In one instance the story was told
with SO much detail that it was said that
the man had been seen cooking in a cot.
tage. Investigation showed that there
was no stove in the house. From another
source the police learned that MIR. Fall is
now at his old home near Brunswick A
despatch from Lynn to yesterdays Bos-
ton Globe says of Mr.. Fall:
Lynn, November l7.-For six weeks the
authorities have been searching for ex-
Alderman George o. Fall, who escaped
from Danvers. 1t was during the week
of the carnival that he left Danvers in
sane hospital, where he has twice beeIi
confined, and it was expected that he
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ing was heard FROM him. although it is
understood immediate friends were &C
quainted with the fact that he was some
where i'll Maine.
Enthusiastically dressed and carrying
signs or riding decorated tricycle. about
the streets, he has attracted great atten-
ton, and as different times has become so
violent that he was sent away. At DAN
vers the physicians say that his case puz-
zles them. He is pronounced one of tine
'brainiest insane men ever sent to that
institution.
During the great confiagration in this
city In 1899 Fall lost considerable proper
ty. He was possessed of considerable
wealth, and it is thought that the blow
affected him. Immediately following the
fire he hired men, paying them salary
of 80 per day to clean up ruins over which
he had absolutely no control, and did not
own the slightest interest in the proper
ty. He did this, he said, to give the men
work.
He was an alderman in 1888, and in 1890
ran for mayor on the prohibition ticket
He was defeated and from that time has
figured prominently about the city.
He was first sent TO Danvers in 1891,
but escaped short time afterward. One
cold, wintry night he left the institution
clad only in night shirt and undergar.
ments, went to the stable at the hospital,
harnessed pair of DIR. Pages horses and
drove to this city, a distance of II miles
he was captured on Park street and
returned again to the asylum. He has
been discharged from the hospital and
returned again on several occasions.
Last year he went to st. Louis and
participated in the Populist national
convention. He was accompanied by his
young daughter, and one night following
the convention he was found sleeping in
vacant lot in ST. Louis. He came
back to this city and this summer again
showed symptoms of an unoalan ed
mind.
he became an auctioneer and carrying
q sign endeavored to dispose OF wares.
de took up position in Central square
and advertised real estate for sale. Three
months ago he was sent from here to
Danvers for the last time. He has wife
and daughter residing in this city.