Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-08
RED OAK WOMAN REGAINs SAN
,rY AFTER TWENTY-oNE
YEARS.
FINDS CHILDREN GROWN
WITH FAMILIES OF OWN
Sudden and Unexpected Return OF
Reason of Mrs. Jacob kreiser, After
Being Lost to the World for Almost
Quarter cnetury-Now a Kindly Old
Lady-cure Said to Be Complete.

Red Oak, Aug s.-To be literally
buried alive in hospital for the in
curably insane for twenty-one years.
while her family, left as young chill
dren. grew up and, marrying, scattered
over the country, and then to suddenly
awaken to sanity, and to once again
take up the threads of her life, an old
woman, and to hold in her arms the
children of her children, as old and
older than the babes which she left
over a score of years ago. is the ex
perience Of Mrs. Jacob Kreiger of Red
Oak.
Today, sweet faced, white haired
old lady, she Is living at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Edward Swiger,
who she last saw as a little girl of
IA years. She is becoming acquainted
with her three grandchildren, while
her husband. now an old man in feeble
health, Is speeding home from Wash
ington to join the wife Of his youth
Twenty Ono Years of Vacancy.
Twenty-one years ago. Mrs. Kreiger,
then woman Of 80 with family of
three daughters and one son, ranging
in age from to IA years, was sud-
She was removed to an asylum by her
husband and at first it was thought
that the dementia was of but a tenn
porary nature. AS the years passed,
however, instead Of improving, Mrs.
Kreiger gradually grew worse, until
despairing Of her ultimate recovery. she
was finally sent to the asylum for in
curables at Clarinda. There, as the
he
she has lived oblivious to everything
in life. while her family has grown up.
Time. the great necromancer has
placed its seal upon them, and today
the children whom she left are men
and women Of middle age, married and
with children older than those from
whom she was taken
Recovery is Complete.
1t was about a year ago that physi-
clans at the institute noticed that the
woman with whose peculiarities they
had became familiar was showing pc
RODS of lucidity. These periods grad
ually became longer, and finally her
condition became such that she was
placed in a cottage provided for pro-
dictionaries. There her return to COM
plete sanity was accomplished.
Gradually the dazed woman began
picking up the broken threads OF her
existence. It was like entering a new
world. She was told by degrees of the
changes that had occurred during her
long restraint, how her children had
grown to manhood and womanhood.
had married and had moved away.
When her two daughters who live in
Red Oak came to visit her, she was
timid and hesitated at first, feeling
strangely toward these two middle
aged women, who they told her were
her children. In the end, however, as
her reason became stronger, she finally
accepted things as they were and on
Saturday was brought back to the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward
Sweiger at Red Oak, where she Is to-
day.
Loves Her Grandchildren.
Mrs. Kreiger is a sweet, placid faced
old lady with pure white hair. Her face
wreathed in smiles. when she was talk
ing to the newspaper representative,
nevertheless had a pitifully searching.
haunting expression. She is still lit
tie timid. and talks hesitatingly. but