The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-03
4. Will Not Face Murder Trial as There is Pre-
ponderance Of Evidence to Show Him to
Be Of Unsound Mind
his FORM OF INSANITY CHARACTERIZED
|. of Monomania Type and Given to Illusions, the
Particular One Being That His Wife Was
Untrue to Him

that Chistian Schock, slayer OF MS
,,<fo 70 of unsound mind and is nj
s,,b,act for the hospital for the insane
j. MI. Pleasant, was the finding OF
tha commissioners for the insane Of
Iee county. early this afternoon after
more than half day had been con
sumed in taking the testimony OF
many witnesses. 1t means that the
cold Hooded murderer may never be
brought to trial for his deed.
shortly before the board made the
above finding the coroner's jury
returned a verdict, both bodies hav'
ing heard much the same evidence
from the same witnesses. The verdict
was as follows:
I'VE, the coroner's jury, find that
Elizabeth Schock came to her death
from a shot wound inflicted by the
hand of her husband, Christian
schock.r (Signed) George H. Pickard,
j. q. REM and Jacob REM.
The insanity board made its investi-
pation into the sanity of Christian
Schock at the instigation of County
Attorney Theodore A. Craig, although
such an investigation might not have
been necessary. It is recalled
that Schock spent the time from June
until August in the hospital at Mt.
Pleasant, and in the latter month left
the institution without being given his
release. superintendent Apologize Is
credited with the statement that the
brothers OF Schock coaxed him away
and gave him money, but this was
denied in Keokuuk today by one OF
the brothers. For this resaon Schock
could have been remanded to the
hospital without examination having
been made. but County Attorney Craig
decided that Schock had been at lib
erty so long that a hearing would
be more satisfactory.
The insanity OF Schock is character
lied as illusional and monomania The
subjects upon which his mind seems
to dwell. according to the testimony
before the board, are on the thoughts
Of the infidelity of his wife and that
someone was looking about his home
10 see his wife. He is given to deny
Ing the parentage of his children, is
of nervous temperament and cries
continually. His habits we're good and
physical condition good.
Constable W. C. Pickard who as
sisted in making the arrest of Schock
and also had him charge when he was
taken to Mt. Pleasant in June visited
the imprisoned man in the county
jail this morning and upon emerging
from the cell declared that Schock
presented much the same picture
now that he did when first adjudged
insane Shock has spent mos Of his
Tine in crying and he seems unable to
controle his mind.
The commissioners for the insane
and the coroner's jury spent part
OF Yesterday afternoon and the entire
morning in hearing evidence. The
Witnesses, members of the family and
several neighbors testified be-
lore the coroner's jury and then be-
iore the commissioners for the insane.
~ many instances repeating their
stories.
~ was clearly shown that Schock
mas been laboring under strange de-
iusions for several months. He be-
heved that his wife was trying to-
poison him by drugging the coffee and
labored under the impress
sion that she was not true to him
and was carrying on an Intimacy with
another man. Schock was declared
% nave made the statement that his
we was not At woman to rear a
ia,niiy On the stand one witness
sala mat the character of Mrs. Schock
nad been questioned by neighbors
uuflng their married life.
Inc commissioners visited Schock
y his cell at two o'clock this
!. al'efnoon and then made the finding
. - ne was insane. The information
shafging insanity was fled by John
brother. The clerk Will
=, out the regular blank and
,nock will be sent there as new pa
leiit. When he will be taken has not
been announced.
yum e Schock, brother of the
nan held for murder, said: "Cn the
!, norhing of Dec. 30, Chris called me
y y over the phone and wanted me to
, ,o % his place. that his wife was
,,,a. mat he and his. wife had a
'na and that was the way 1t
'Aueu' notified some of the folks |