The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-14

For the past month or 30 wumlneiit
citizens and business firms Of clarSs-
burg have been receiving anonymous
communications through the mails.
These communications take the form Of
postal cards, letters written on note pa
per, scribblings on fools cap, scratch
ings on butchers meat paper, and, in
TACT. any old thing the writer could get
hold Of.
The writing consisted Of wretched
,cribbling, almost nreadable, and had
the flourish Of German script The
letters contained all sorts Of uonscnsi.=al
sayings. The writer would ask questions
on religion. education. finance. matri-
mony and railroads. The writings would
contain short and spicy epiTams, some
Of them ridiculous, and some not 50 n
licnlous.
For the same length OF time past the
postofficc authorities have been bothered
by receiving such letters directed toprom-
inent men Of the country, the President
Of the United States, the crowned heads
Of Europe and city officials.
After franticaIly writing for three sol
il days and nights as fast AZ his pen
could trace the paper, sitting in closed
room with the door locked. surrounded
bv bottles and vials Of creosote. iodine
and asafoedita, William c. Haust, mar
Of about s. years Of age. was arrested
IN the Stotler building in Glen Elk Tues
day morning by Constable Herbert l.
Davis and B. & 0. Policeman Fox Tho
officers had to force m entrance to the
room. They stopped the man from hi
writings. placed the shackles on his
wrists and brought him to the city lock
up. where he was incarecrated to await
hearing before Magistrate N. 5. Riley
On lunaey charges.
For tie past week Haust has been
,tayins in room in the Stotler build
ing. He engaged room OF Air. 4. i.
Stotler, and took possession. Shortly
,iter his arrival Mr.. Stotler noticed The
trause actions Of the man. and he, 70.
,ether with Policeman Fox, began i
watch him. After they had seen cnougl
II tie unfortunate man and his strng,
ra1 ,uvcrs. they became convinced that
he VA. insane. Mr.. Stotlcr sworc out
una = warrant in Justice Riley's court
nd Tuesday morning the man was ar
rested as above stated.
! Hausts mania seems to be letter writ
ing. All he can think of is letters. He
wrote until he could write no more. Some
+ HI, letters were directed to the L
h o. medical examiner. Some went L
line Car Of Russia; some We're sent Z
Inc Clark,burg Telegram. The 'proprie
Tor of the Traders hotel. bank, opera
house and store drew a lengthy one.
The letters arc peaches" Here !, 2
ample 81 one that he Telegram oidcr
rec.iyed:
the Associated Press Clarlssburg Tclc-
gram. third Street clarEsburg
..Rules for Schools Colleges, Institu-
lions in Regard to food Clothing Core
,pondencc and behabiour. Shall Minors
! be permitted to Garry on any Correspond
,nse Inter whose Control
: i pile Of the letters he had evidently
Inst finished when the officers found him
we're taken by them to the magistrates
,ourt. They will be offered as evidence
I II his hearing. In this pile Of letters
nc B. & o. medical examiner drew .
cngthy epistle on religion.
That Haust i demented there seem-
: % IL no doubt whatever. 4 reporter Of
III Telegram saw him in the city prison
I shortly after he had been incarcerated
! re wanted to know why he had been
ut in prison and what crime he wa
charged with. When asked who he was
the man replied that it could be asccr.
tained. lie said that II could also B,
: a.ccrtained whether he was alive or not
L Strange hallueinatious seemed to shad
= ow his brain. He said he had worked fcl
i several Clarksburg parties, but when ask
Il ID Who Trey were be said that it was :
> matter Of record. No question could b
= answered inteiligently BY Kim, and Ii,
d. newspaper man came to the conclusion
that the man was about as -bug-hou'e
>, he could get. He said he had bcci
drinking raw eggs for his health. Whc
asked about his friends once, he CAV
il The following names and addresses, bu
= shortly afterwards he forgot what .
n haa said: Lottie Conrad, a sister.ir
Lave. Morrison street. Dubois. Pa, an
n. lN7lliau Codrad, an attorney. BroolsTill,
d. J;Gerson county, Pa, It is probable th'