The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-02-13
|LUNATIC OUTWITS
GREENSBORO man
Seeks to Have Friend
Locked Up.
Hollinger Hospital at Evansville
Is Scene Of Amusing
Incident.

The Evansville Courier says: A
travelling man from Greensboro. KY,
almost had himself confined to the
Hollinger sanitarium on outer First
avenue last Saturday by Maurice
Rochester Of Henderson, KY, whom
the travelling man induced to go to
the sanitarium to take treatment for
a nervous disorder. II was only by
hard talking on the part of the trav-
ching man accompanied by a tel
ephone call to the st. George hotel
that he was not kept at the santa
rum instead Of Rochester.
Rochester. Saturday morning. Sc
cured q room at the st. George hotel
and created good deal OF excite
ment by his peculiar actions. He rep
resented himself as an investigator
Of private sanitariums. He began his
work Of investigating by calling up
several OF the most prominent doc
tors. explaining to them his business
and demanding that they call upon
him at the hotel.
Harold Van Orman became sus-
picious after he had called up three
doctors. Instructing the clerk to an
swer all telephone, calls made by Ro-
chester, the clerk was kept busy rep
resenting himself as doctor and by
the time Rochester was through, he
had disguised his voice Is different
times to lead Rochester to think he
hah talked with Is different doctors.
In the afternoon Rochester's broth
or from Henderson arrived. Ro-
chester, guessing his mission, invit-
ed him to his room where he quickly
slipped from the room, locking the
door and keeping his brother pris-
Oner.
A travelling man was told of the
case.
He casually suggested to Rochester
that lhe Hollinger sanitarium ought
to be condemned, aLh that he. would
show him the place il he would ac-
company him. The good samaritan's
plan was to get Rochester in the
sanitarium to undergo treatment for
HIS mental disorder. Rochester
acquiesced to the proposal providing
that he (Rochester) would be allowed
to do all the talking.
A taxicab sped them to the san
itarium. They were ushered into the
waiting room at the sanitarium whore
DR.. Hollinser appeared.
This man is crazy and i want
him to take . Jew treatments here"
quickly said Rochester to che doctor.
The man referred to expostulatld
with the doctor that it was Rochester
who was crazy.
Rochester talked calmly and told
the doctor of the illusions his friend
labored under while the friend. on
the contrary. talked in an excited
manner with many gesticulations that
caused the doctor TO think he really
was mentally unbalanced.
After 20 minutes of excited talk
the friend asked the doctor to call
up Harold Van Orman at the st.
George who would tell him just who
was crazy.
After the telephone call, Rochester
became a patient at the sanitarium.
1t was he who. at o'clock Sunday
morning, called police station, start
Ling the officers by saying that he
was a special investigation and had
arrested DIR. Hollinger atl several
nurses for violation OF state laws.
He told thom to send a wagon load
OF officers. DIR. Hollinger was awak-
ened Ny the arrival Of the patrol and
being unable to care for the man had
him taken TO police station. He was
later taken to Henderson.