The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-01


ants.
The circumstances nf the escape OF
insane on Thursday. n wild chase
across country. he capture Of the
madman after . desperate struggle In
. the woods and the death OF the cap
! tured maniac few hours subsequent
n his r..turn tn he axylum came TO
light only YESTERDAY. although part Of
the pusuit and the carrying If the
natient back to Dick Hill were wit
messed by several gentlemen at The
Caral-igh Phosphate Mills.
The patient who escaped and who
died Thursday night was Thomas II.
Nall. Of Chatham county. a man about
thirty ye&rs of age. large. powerful
and vigorous in appearance. When
BROUGHT 10 the CaraIeigh Mills BY the
four hospital attendants who captured
him some fifty yurds beyond there
across Walnut creek and uo the wood
ed hill. he was SUPPORTED between
two of the attendants. strugg ing along
as If he Gould not stand alone. his head
rolling on his breast and shoulders.
is The way he is described ~ those
VIII. saw MIN at that time.
They noticed a cash on the back OF
his head that went TO the bone. about
an inch and a half long and a bruise
or The left cheek that was swelled up
appare1tly about half an inch. The
man whole head and face and breast
were covered with bloody sDlotches.
his shirt was torn yearly OFT and all
his clothing was much dIsarranged.
His hands were bound behind his back
with a leather strap.
The actual capture of the lunatic.
With the ACCOMMODATING struggle. was
not seen by anvene go far as IS known
now unless the driver of a passing
wood wagon saw it as is ncssible.
Who that driver is has not been learn
ed. He was too far Dff for those Mt
the mill tc determine even his col"r.
His team was a double one. but
whether horses or mules could not be
seen either.
Those who saw Nall at the mill
Thursday afternoon were Mcssrs. ]
r. Chamberlain. d. Fl. Young. /. L.
Rowland. w. A. Parker. d. -. Smith.
B T.. Hardec and Michael Cain. Sew
, e, al colcred men were also there,
Mr. Parker. who was in the mill Of
fee. first heard shouts stop that
mani He Looked out and saw IL large.
strongly built man running down the
, road toward the bridge over Walnut
creek. with two men in pursuit. about
fifty Yards or SO behind. Some dis
tance behind came two other men.
Close t. the bridge Mr.. Parker noticed
still. \ moment later could see
the fleeing man leap intoEthe wagon.
with stick or board in his hand and
try to start the team. Tho driver
seemed to be on the ground. The
horses or mules wouldn't start and The
man was seen to pump down and beat
them. Finding. apparently. that he
could not make them move. he ran
on acrnss the bridge AMI then left the
road. taking up the. hill in the woods
with tn, others in lot pursuit. Then
the driver of the wagon started down
the road. and it seemed that he must
have been able to see what took place
up the hill a little distance in the
woods
Abou. three-uuarters of an hour af-
ter Mr.. Parker saw the chase pass the
mill. the gentlemen mentioned above
saw the attendants return with the
captured patient in the condition de-
scrihed They asked one Of the at
tendants what was the matter with the
man. He replied that he was stub
corn am. ulu HOL WdHI u '-biuS DdIk.
asked how The ma-i received the cuts.
the attendants said he fell over barb
ed wire fence. TIE attendants were
not DISPOSED to talk. it is said. One,
however. said the patient was n des-
rerate character at times. and at other
tunes perfectly sane.
It is stated by those who We're at
the mill that the attendants hand ed
the unconscious man like piece Of
meat. throwing him around roughly.
They washed the blood from his face
at the pump and poured water on his
head and forced scme down his throat
All of them semed very hot. as If they
had had Il LONG. run Or violent strug-
gle or both.
A buggy that came up about this
time was pressed into service to carry
the patient back to the hospital. Mr..
Chamberlain insisted that they ought
to have a carriage. and telephoned for
one himself. However. they started
with the buggy. but the carriage met
them at the railroad. about 100 yards
from the mill office. and the patient
was transferred to il.
The unfortunate man died that
night at the hospital.
SCENE OF THE SCUFFLF
Yesterday Messrs Young. Rowland
and Parker went up the wooded hill
across the creek and found the spot
where .he scuff1e had taken place. It
was at the top Of the hill in tire woods.
about fifty wards beyond Walnut creek.
The ground was torn UP for space of
some fifteen feet square. and there
were many bloody places They no
ticed too. blood stains down the hill
for ten or fifteen steI.s. No stick or
oIher weapon was seen. but there was
a good sized stone knocked up from
where 1t had been half-imbeddcd in
earth. However. dirt was still cling
ing to this. and 1t is not probable it
could have been used without knock
ing that dirt off.
DR.. McKEE'S STATEMENT.
DR.. James Mckee superintendent
of the state hospital. last night gave
the following account of the affair to
Pest reporter.
Nall was cut walking with party
of uatients and dashed away IN an at
tempt to escape lie was followed by
three attendants. the chase continuing
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