The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-20
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Insane Man Captured at Union
Pacific Station.
Said That the Whole World Is
Crazy.
INDIANS IN THE TOLLS.
Usual Charge of Drunkenness
Against Them.
Hundred Dollars.
INDIANS IN THE TOLLS.

Officers Walker and Pinkston took
in man last evening giving his name
I as Henry Griffin. He was wildly in
sane when captured and is violent at
the present time.
The officers caught him in the Union
Pacific depot acting in a sA-ange man
ner, talking to himself and frequently
| breaking out into a fierce whoop. The
passengers who were in the waiting
grew alarmed at the actions of the
man and the waiting room was de-
serted until the patrol had arrived.
On the way to the station the
maniac was watched like a hawk by
the load of officers. He talked and
mumbled continually and with wild
cries he would beat the back of the
wagon seat. His cries of 1.-The whole
city of Topeka is crazy The whole
state of Kansas is crazy. This whole
country is one mass of raVing human
ity. But it won't last lone. The world
is burning up-oh, look at it, you
crazy policemen, look at the world
burning up" and with cries and fierce
gestures the big man would beat the
side of the wagon and the back of the
seat with his torn hat. He roared and
walked in his cell all night long, de-
claring that the whole world was
burning. There was no smell of
whisky on his breath and he bore no
sign of drinking.
When asked if he was not crazy by
one of the officers last night he stop
ped his cries and cell walking for
minute and looked out through the
iron Stats at the officer.
81 know 1 am not crazy. But the
whole world is crazy. Everybody is
crazy but me. But say-if you think
I am crazy 1 want you to get a saw
and saw my head right open. If you
find any bugs there I want you to take
them out. Yes, sir, take all the bugs
out and get a saw right now. Saw my
head right here and the man drew
a line with his finger clear around his
scalp.
Nothing was found on him except
little note book, a small pocket mir
ror and an empty bottle. He tried to
drink out of the little bottle on the
grabbed the thing from his hand. On
investigation it was found that it con-
tanned nothing bEt water. The label
bore the name of a st. Marys druggist
and the words hay rum
In the notebook We're incoherent
markings which after being translated
made the following note:
Junction City, Kansas, July %.
This mans implowt has been sp1end.
this man has been wurking fur me 8
mounths. do not find eny falt width
him as far as i no him he can be
trousted eny phase. he has ben true in
every way that he can be. i ask toilet
him of lite as you can as am the
only friend he has in the wourld. i
no him personally and ask you to let
him of lite as you can. help him all
you can to get him out of treble as
YOU will luse noting by it and you will
gain sum things in the mere fucher to
come
1 remen your friend.
Will Hearden. Fort Riley, Kans.
The police put little stock in this
letter as in other parts of the book
were notes written in the same hand
writing and were undoubtedly written
by the man himself. They concerned
different part of the Bible and were
ram bling to say the least. In one of
the note books was an unused rail-
road ticket on the Chicago. Milwaukee
& ST. Paul railroad from Greeley, Ia,
to Oneida Junction.
Respectable people who reside in the
district commonly called the "Bot-
toms of Topeka have complained to
the police department of the State
Journal because the district is refer
red to in such a cold-blooded and dis
orderly manner. They request that
when a house. joint or drunk is pulled
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