The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-12-31
Joke, WAS on THE EARNEF
Mis- Alleged Insane Rad@t Proved
% Roapusa q Perfectly
SQUAD Elnd

A Johns Hopkins medical student
who sought the raTai soltudes near
MAttAyemAn ANRmp, In Charles coun
y, Nd, AsA place 70 spend a little va
cation, enforced upon him by severe
BtudS VIII donhtiess long remember
ais bTios, stay In that section. His
conception. OF the simple life" as
portrayed in the rustic environment
81 that community. rslstes the Wash.
lnEtpa Star was Just heEinning 10 be
reAli1ed. and IN his daily. meandertngs
about the woods and farm houses he
found mech Of Interest to the student
when an uneKpeeted Gilman ~shortened
ais stay In that locality and ended IN
bis Appearance. accompanied BY a 70
bust son OF the soil. at the Government
Hospital for the Insane.
Il an lu ReArrh OF The ldenuhesuon
bureau was the way the young farm
er anaosnoed his business when he en-
tered thu big bpildlns devoted 70 the
TRANSACTION OF busiResg At the iRstihi
ton. 4 mean" he added. IN an 81
pIAnstory sort OF a manner. 'tha plaos
Ehere the, patients pictures are kept
Il took but a few moments for tho
young man who waited upon him &c
learn that he had in custody nne pre-
Iumed TO be an escaped patient Tbs
proper oMcials were ~thereupop callet
on 70 take charge OF the matter, Il
took but an Instant & determine that
there was no inmate In the institution
Of the name given BY the meek-lOokinG
young man who stood by the side %
the farmer visitor. Further inquiry
brought out the fact that the afore
said young man was in full possession
u his mental faculties. and that h
Rad given evidence Of a healthy STATE
u mind from the very moment tina
ne had been detained AZ the farmer
house, miles down in Maryland; TOT
rs he said. he took the matter u hi
leteution quietly. knowing when b
coached the hospital he would be re
leased.
1T was no use 10 object down there.
he said TO one Of the onolRls beforI
leaving the asylum. These people
saw me going about each day. inter
ettsd IN the birds and flowers. sieep
ina a. farm houses BY n.ait as boG
{ could. and roughlnE 4 after afashion
and they supposed there was sons
thing queer about me. and Il ended 4
nY dstentlOR az the last farm hous
Whsrn1 applied % take . Rights rest
Turning to the mar who had broqgh
him al tie way from Mattavoma
swamp Ia a vehicle. the young student
laughing hfaTtily, said;
Il haven't q thing In the Worl
, against you. had a good nishts res
ct your house. q hao dip In = col
spring this morning. followed By
splendid country breakfast. and mo-
you furnish ms With transportation I
4. this place, where obtain my hbertl
: just Aa knew 7 would"
The young tiiier Of the soil was moi
pluased By Il all for a while, but nnall
remarked 20 one Of the omeiAls pre-
snt:
Mister. / did ihls Just toT huma.
lty's sake. I wanted no reward. On
such q thought never entered n
mind. I believed this young mar aet'
as n he had roma from here, and
considered a ny du.y to take him Al
and out"
Such incidents. while not common
: hospital sic. are BY no means unusu'
a. may be cleaned from the poll.
books Of the city where are reeord'
eases Of persons being hned or oth'
wise punished for assault on persoi
on ihs street whom they forced 20
eompany them 70 the government az
% lum. on the presumption that the
dssuiana. Wba may have been dress
gtnpgelY. or In some other way
~ come Conspicuous. were escaped luI
- escs IA Institution.