The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-16
4 PETIABLE CASE.
AN INSANE CANADIAN BROUGHT
20 ORANGERuRG.


Governor Hayward Orders that se
Be Received and Treated at
the Asylum.
Temple Hsstnett, Canadian, "no
had been employed for short time 81
the Scott g. Lscey Lumber Company
nesr Elloree, was brought to this city
on lsst Thursday night and commits
ted to iail on writ Of lunacy Issued
by Judge OF Probate Oopes. he Is a
strong, athletic young man, ana seem.
ed to be in robust health physically,
but apparently hopelsssly insane.
During the time ne was IN the jail
here. nesrly week, he would not eat
anything, and refused to talk. He
seemed determined to starve himself
to death, lying down most OF the
time. It seems that the young man
came down few months ago from
his home in Canads to work tor the
Scott & Lacey Lumber Company, near
E lores. While st work he suddenly
went insane and wondered of in the
woods He was caught by the mana
gers Of the company and SAINT toEllorse
and turned over to Chief OF Police
Gates for safe keeping. he was exam
iued by Drs. Baxter and Browning
who pronounced him insane. BE was
then br ,ught to Orangeburg and com.
mitted to jail as above stated. Judge
of Probate Copes issued commitment
for him to the insane asylum. on
which be stated that H2rtnett was 3
Canadian. Judge Copes know that
under the law Hartnett would not DO
admitted into the asylum, but be
carried out the Law In such cases and
repnrted it to the proper authorities.
When DR.. Bsbcock informed Judge
Copes that be could net receive the
| unfortunate man, Judge Copes i'm
medistely wrote to Governor Hey
ward, giving him all the particulars
in the case, who wrote to Sheriff John
81. Dukes st oncs instructing him to
turn Esrtnett over to DR.. Bsbcock,
saying that be believed 1T against the
traditions Of this State to let IN un-
fortunate suffer In the condition IN
which this poor man now Is. To DR..
Bsbccck he wrote that he was fully
aware that section 2, Of act No. SAT,
acts OF 1902, doss not authorize him
to direct the superintendent OF the
hospital for the insane to take charge
of such a case, it was, however, his
opinion that this section was intended
as matter Of general protection, IS
consideration to prevent repeated
imposition upon the state by those
who should know letter.
Therefore" eays the governors 8
lette, to Dr.. Bahcock. II have direct.
ed Sheriff Dukes to bring Mr.. Hart
nett to you, and I hereby direct you
to take him In your keeping and give
to him all necessary care and atten-
tion until can hear from the British
minister at Washington. I have cent
the papers in the case to the secretary
of state, st Washington, with tie re-
quest that he would bring the matter
to the attention OF the British minis
ter at ones. Ny action in this matter
is bas-d upon the knowledge and the
conviction that the traditions Of South
Carolina, no matter what the letter
of the law be, have ever been, and will
always be, against such inhumanity
as would be necessary to cHrry out,
literally, the provisions OF the act IN
this particular case"
Gov. Hayward did exactly right.
The case is one of tbs most pitiable
that hss ever co-ne under the observa-
tion Of the officers here, Sheriff Dukes,
Deputy Sheriff Tharin, Judge Of Pro.
bate Copes and Supervisor Dantzler
did all thay could to relieve the sui.
ferlng OF the unfortunate young man,
but that was very little az the poor
fellow needed treatment in an insti.
tuition specially adopted to his case,
and we are glsd that be has been ad-
noitted to the asylum until his
friends can be located aud heard from
Hartnett WAS not brought to this
State By the department. OF immlgra-
tion, but came on his own accord to
work in the lumber business. When
he first came to this country g few
months ago he seemed to be In per.
rsct health, and what made him go
insane is not known. he must have
made good wages IS bis appearance
would indicate that he dressed we'll.
He has been committed to the insane
asylum and We hope the treatment
ne receives there will restore him to
health. Had he remained hare he
would have died, as he refused to eat,
and the authorities had no way Of
making him do 80. No doubt his rel
stives when they hesr OF his sac
plight will come to his rescue. BIS
appearance indicates that he is an in
telligent, well-rajsed young man, but
the authorities here could not induce
him to talk and give any account OF
his fsu.ly OF antecedents. Orange
burg Times and Democrat.
Murder and Suicide.
At Roanoke, Va, Wallace c. Mays,
ageo 25, unmarried, Thursday shot
and killed Mrs. Eta Murray, aged 80,
the wife Of Frank Murray, and then
blew out his own brains, falling dead
1T the feet OF the woman he murder.
ed. Mays and Mrs. Murray were cous-
irs. The tragedy was enacted In the
Murray home while Murray. who
works at night, was asleep in an ur-