The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-28
John Wall Tells of His Mental
Troubles.
SENT BACK TO ASYLUM
DOCTORS WANTED HIM AS A
PRIVATE PATIENT.
But the Medicos Gave Up the Task
The Maniac Tells of Grievances
Against P. A. n. Franklin
Struck DR.. Kjos On the Nose at
the County Jail.

Barring his incoherent talk about his
enemies enveloping him in electricity 50
potential that he feared the silent pow
er would soon scatter his brain, John
Wall, the lunatic, appeared anything
| but an insane man yesterday after
! noon while undergoing an examination
before Drs Wright and Anderson to
determine his need for recommitment
to the state insane asylum. Wall
begged not to be sent to Provo again.
After the evidence of his recent raw
ings with homicidal tendencies and his
Authorizations. Deputy Clerk Blair in
timated that he would consent to per-
init Wall to be cared for temporarily
by Drs. Kjos and Lewis at the latter's
private hospital.
ION your assurance" said Clerk
Blair to the doctors. who seemed anx-
ious to treat the wealthy old miner as
a. patient. that you have proper facili-
ties for caring for the patient, will see
that he has no opportunity to escape,
and will have a nurse with him con-
stantly. an order will be made turn
ing him over to your custody. Under
stand. however. that you will be re-
sponsible to the court for Mr. Wall
and you VIII Dt W ItPOlt mere
in one week how he is progressing
toward recovery of his mental health"
Wall Refuses.
These exactions seemed a little too
many for Drs. Kjos and Lewis, and the
former braced up to say that he wanted
to ask the insane man a question before
he would consent to be bound by the
conditional order. Turning to the in
sane man and still keeping safe dis
lance DIR. Kjos said: "Mr. Wall. will
you help us TO care for you and to cure
you?"
NO, I will not" answered Wall. his
eyes glaring in anger. Continuing,
Wall said with increasing anger to DR..
Kjos: who are you. anyway? l
never saw you until you came lodging
around me here"
That settled it. DIR. Kjos gave it up
as too much for him to help Dr. Lewis
to put Wall in his right senses. Ref
cree Blair interposed with an order
committing the insane man to the asy-
lum at Provo.
Wallis Authorizations.
During the examination Wall was
asked il he had any troubles that wor
ried him. "Oh, yes" he replied. My
brother-in-law. Peter A. H. Franklin.
has hired men to keep me drunk for
weeks at a time so that he could get
my mining property for song. Once
when l was sober l refused an offer of
$4,000 for some claims in Bingham
Franklin got me drunk till consented
to sell the property TO him for $4,000.
He paid me $1,000 ard still owes me
81. 600, which / don't expect to get"
A couple of weeks AGO the supreme
court rendered a decision in case OF
John Wall VS.. the Niagara Mining &
Smelling company. p. A. II. Franklin
and others. appellants, finding the is
sues for the plaintiff in an action to
recover 50 600 on a contract of sale for
Walls mining property in Idaho
When Dr.. Kjos called to see Wall at
the county jail yesterday forenoon. the
insane man assaulted the physician.
striking him terrific blow on the nose
and causing the blood to flow.