The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-14
.SUDDUED WITH CHLOROFORM
Attendants at sanatorium Fight With
Man for Over an Hour Before Offic-
ials Arrive to Take Up Battle
Sent to Mendoza Thursday Night.

Frank Zeron, thirty-three years of
age, a Russian, became violently in
sane at Willowbrook Sanitorium on
Thursday, causing great deal of trou
BILE for the superintendent and others
in charge Of the institution and it was
not until Sheriff Stahl and two depu-
ties arrived that the man was secured
and pacifed. Before he could be
brought into the Kenosha jail for safe
keeping it was necessary to administer
chloroform. He was the most violent
insane patient ever handled by the,
Kenosha county officials.
Zeron had been patient at the
sanitarium for nearly nine months and
during this time he had been general
favorite with the nurses and the other
patients. He had at all times cheer
fully complied with the rules of the
institution and he had all but recoy-
cred from the attack Of tuberculosis.
He was gaining strength rapidly and
it was hoped that he would be released
weeks. On Wednesday afternoon he
had shown signs Of mental failing and
a formal petition was fled with the
county judge to have him committed to
Mendoza. At the time it was suggest
ed that he be brought to the county
jail, but as there was no special pro
vision at the jail to take care of insane
people Miss Hayes, in charge at Will
lowbrook, declared that she would make
make an effort to keep the patient at
the sanitorium for the night All night
long a guard was maintained over the
room, but Zeron did not become violent
and early Thursday morning a new call
was sent to have physicians sent to
examine the man. There was delay in
locating the physicians and Zeron be-
came violent He attacked the nurses,
be broke the windows of his room and
fought like wild man. AS soon as
he showed signs of violence call was
sent to the county jail, but there was
delay in getting the call on account
of the fact that Sheriff Stahl had. been
answering communications from Wau-
kegan and Madison, both in regard to
official business. The police depart
ment was called and Chief o Hare was
advised that the sheriff had gone to
Willowbrook to take care Of the
case and the patrol wagon remained
at the station.
After the young woman had fought
with the raying man for more than an
hour Sheriff Stahl reached the SAM
forum and for another hour he and
Deputy Jack Ludwig kept up the bat
tie Zeron was a powerful man. When
he broke the windows of the room he
had cut his wrists with the glass AMI
the room in a short time became bath
ed in blood. Stahl and his deputy with
the aid of the janitor, Dan Rowe, held
the man on the bed When it was
found that it was impossible to man
age him a hurried call was sent for
chloroform and as soon as it arrived
the man was put under the influence
of the drug until the patrol wagon
arrived to bring him to Kenosha He
was promptly adjudicated insane, strap
ped to a hospital cot and taken to
the state hospital at Mendoza on
Thursday night. The young women
at the sanitorium were nearly nervous
wrecks at the close of their long bat
tie with the maniac.
Zeron had lived in Kenosha for some
time and he was one of the first patients
to be received at the sanitorium. He
had shown wonderful improvement and
in many ways he had been regarded as
as a star patient. Tt is learned that he
had suffered from mental weakness
some time ago and that the attacks
had returned at intervals. His condi-
ton was such on Thursday that the
examining physicians feared that there
was little hope of his recovery.
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