The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-01-18
A PITIABLE CASE.

A PlTIABLE CASE.
AN INSANE CANADIAN BROUGHT
10 oRANGEsUHu.
Governor Hayward Orders that He
Be Received and Treated at
the Asylum.
Temple Hartnett, q Canadian, who
mad been employed for q shorb time ut
the Scout q Lacey Lumber Company
near Elloree, was brought to this CITY
on last Thursday night and commit-
TED TO jail on q writ of lunaoy issued
by Judge OF Probate Oopss. He Ii q
STRONG, athletic young man, and seem.
cd TO be In robust health physically,
but apparently hopelsssly insane.
During the time he was in the jall
here, nearly . week, he would not eat
anything, and Refused to talk. He
seemed determined to starve himself
to death. lying down most of the
time. III seems thai the young man
came down q few months ago from
his home in Canada to work for the
Scott & Lacey Lumber Company, near
E loree. While at work he suddenly
won't insane and wondered Off in the
woods. He was caught by the mana.
gers OF the company. and sent toElloYee
and turned over to Ohief OF POLICE
Gates for safe keeping. He was exam.
ined by DrB. Baxter and Browning
who pronounced him insane. He was
then rJught to Orangeburg and com.
miGted to jail as above stated. Judge
OF Probate OOpes issued q commitment
for him to the insane asYlumn, on
which he stated that Hartnett was o
Canadian. Judge Oopes knew that
under the law Hartnett would not be
admitted into the asylum, but he
carried out the law In such GASES and
reported III to the proper authorities.
When DR.. BabCook informed Judge
Oopes that he could not receive the
unfortunate man, Judge Oopes i'm
mediately wrote to Governor Hoy
ward, giving him all the particulars
In the case, who wrote to Sheriff John
II. Dukes at once instructing him to
turn Hartnett over to DR.. Babcock,
saying that he believed 1t against the
traditions of this State to let an un-
fortunate suffer In the condition In
which this poor man now Ia. To DR..
Baboook he wrote that no was fully
aware that section Q, of act No. SAT,
acts Of 1902, docs not authorize him
to direct tho superintendent of the
hospital for the insane to take charge
OF Buoh q case, it was, however, his
opinion that this section was intended
az q matter Of general protection, 60
q confederation TO prevent repeated
imposition upon the state by those
who should know better.
therefore," says the governors
letter to DR.. Baboock, II have direct.
ed Sheriff Dukes to bring Mr.. Hart.
nett to you, and 1 hereby direct you
to take him In your keeping and give
TO him ell necessary care and atten.
tion until l can hear from the British
minister at Washington. I have sent
the papers In the BASE to tho secretary
of state, at Washington, with the no.
quest that he would bring the matter
to the attention of the British minis.
Ter at once. My action In this matter
is based upon the knowledge and tic
|, conviction that the traditions of South
Carolina, no matter what the letter
of the law be, have eve been, and will
always be, against auoh inhumanlty
az would be necessary to carry out,
literally, the provisions of the aot In
this particular case"
Gov. Hayward did exactly right.
The case Is one of the most pitiablo
that has ever como under the observa.
tion OF the officers here, Sheriff Dukes,
Deputy Sheriff Th8rIn, Judge Of Pro.
bate Copes and Supervisor Dantzler
did all thoy could TO relieve the sui.
fering of the unfortunate young man,
but that was very little as the poor
fellow needed treatment in an inati.
tuition specially adopted to his case,
and we arc glad that he has been I'D.
mttted to the asylum until his
friends can be located and heard from
Hartne6t was not br ought to this
State by the department. Of immigra-
tion, but came OF his own accord to
work In the lumber business. When
he first came to this country o few
months ago ne seemed to be In per.
feet health, and what made him 20
Insane Is not known. He must have
made good wages as his appearance
would indicate that he dressed we'll.
de has boon committed to the insane
asylum, and we hope the treatment
he receives there will restore him to
health. Had he remained here he
would have died, as he refused to eat,
and the authorities had no way Of
making him do 80. No doubt his rel.
atives when they hear of his sac
plight will come to his resoue. His
appearance indicates that ne Ia an in.
telligent, we'll. raised young man, but
the authorities here could NOT induce
him to talk and give any account of
his family or ~antecedents. Orange.
burg Times and Democrat.
Murder and Suicide.
At Roanoke, Va, Wallace G. MAYS,
aged 26, unmarried, Thursday shot
and killed Mrs. Rita Murray, aged 80,
the wife OF Frank Murray, and then