Arizona republican., 1906-08-25
AN INSANE SWEDE
 ARRESTED IN MESA
lmagines He Has Five Thousand
 People Working for Him.

GustaVe CharvillOz. of Swedish birth, who has been in the territory but two
 days, coming to Mesa City from San
 BernardinO Cal, is in the county jail
 and will this morning be tried in the
 probate court on a charge of insanity.
 The two days he spent at Mesa caused that community no end of unrest for
 his every action showed him to be de-
 mented but his conversation was that
 of d sOund-minded person. During his
 residence there he made the Alhambra
 hotel his headquarters and the last
 night he spent in the house he became
 such Q nuisance that the police were
 requested to lock him up. Deputy
 Sheriff w. w. Cunningham was called
 from Phoenix and was with Marshal
 Burton of Mesa when the arrest was made.
 Charpilloz undoubtedly has at one
 time in his life been a prosperous man.
 Part of his talk shows high breeding
 but during the few hours prior to his arrest his talk was rambling. He la
 bOrs under the impression that ne is al the head of an organization made up of some 5000 members. all of whom are working for him. He says he or ganized the order a short while after he came to America some three and half years ago. A short while after he arrived in Mesa he had a notice in serted in the local paper which reads as follows:
 MT. Le Roi asks to see people who recently came from Los Angeles. t0 come and give results for the two last weeks, what is going on and what the people have become. They have only two days, 23d and 24th of August. See
 hi in, tave Charpilloz. Mesa. Arizona. box No. 3. Those who refuse will be punished Also all who came on him from Cali fornia. And please sincerely the wo- men of Los Angeles. to see him before this evening""
 He had money with which to pay his way at the time of his arrival in Mesa but his funds had been exhausted by the time he was arrested. He was told by the officer making the arrest that he would have to be restrained and re- fused to go, declaring that no one could make him go into confinement. He showed little disposition to make trouble after the officers took him into custody. He admits that he was ar rested at one time at San Bernardino.
 It was while preparing to take Char pillOz to the train at Mesa that word 'elo AINVANth lllcL d llldn supposed 10 be insane was about four miles out on the road to GOldfield and the officers were asked to take charge of him. CharpilloZ was turned over to citizen for safekeeping and MT. Cunningham and Marshal Burton started for the section where the request had been sent In from to investigate. Arriving there the supposed insane man was found to be suffering from an attack of tremens. His name is Jack SnOwden and he had started to Roosevelt on that morning. to walk. He followed the telegraph line and the buzz of the wires proved too much for his nerves. l All day he stood out in the hot sun in one place and when a rancher in the urged him to quit his place in the sun and seek shelter he ! threatened to shoot. Snowden was in | he county jail here some weeks ago. | His only trouble was that he had been | irinking and he was brought into Mesa |. and locked up. He will be released | when he sobers up.