The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-11-29
SPENT MONTHS IN ASYLUM
Horton, Widely Known in Bristol, Had
Declared He Had Knife Poked into
His Body During Fight Pictures
Show Open Knife Near Vital Parts.

The X-ray has indicated George
Horton Of the town Of Bristol and in
stead of being insane as was adjudl-
Gated in the county court some time
ago Horton now appears to have been
the victim of one of the most sensa-
tional assaults ever made upon man
in Kenosha county. On last Sunday a
series of X-ray pictures of Horton s
body were made by DR.. Fletcher of the
village of Salem and these pictures re-
pocket knife embedded in the flesh of
Horton near to one of his vital organs.
1t is declared by Horton that the knife
was "poled' into him by unknown
men when he was the victim of an as
sault in South Bristol many months
ago. The facts in connection with the
case are shrouded in mystery Horton
declares that he does not know the
names of the men who assaulted him,
that he met the men ON the road and
that after some words one of the men
plunged the small knife into his body
and poked it under the skin.
The story of Horton was first brought
to Kenosha some three months ago. At
that time he had told physician at
Bristol that he had knife embedded
in his body but the physician after
making an investigation could find
nothing to indicate that the story was
true. Horton was sent to Kenosha and
taken to a hospital and X-ray pictures
were made but they indicated that his
organisms were normal. Horton was
Sc insistent that there was knife in
his body that he was finally taken to
the Jail and detained pending an exam
iuation into his mental condition. When
this investigation was held che physi-
clans examined him at length and
found that he was insane aud he was
committed to the hospital at Mendoza
for treatment He told the physicians
there the same story of the knife in his
body. Horton proved model patient.
He showed no signs of advancing
mental weakness and o short time ago
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him he was paroled to her and sent
back to Bristol. "A few days later he
went to work for the Bristol Telephone
Company. Ee was unable to do the
work assigned to him and one of the
managers of the company instructed
him to go to another doctor. This took
him to DR. Fletcher at Salem.
All five of the pictures show clearly
the fact that the knife is embedded in
the flesh of Horton. The physicians
believe that to relieve the man from
his present suffering it will be neces-
sary to operate and remove the knife
Az the present time it is declared that
there is no danger Of the open blade Of
the knife severing any vital organ but
Horton declares that the knife is con-
stantly changing its position. The
flesh about the wound had SO entirely
healed up as to leave no trace of the
place where the knife entered the flesh.
1t is probable that formal order
will at once be made in the County
Court restoring Horton to full citizen
ship and he will be given every posi-
BILE surgical treatment.
No report of the assault which is
alleged to have resulted in the strange
condition was ever made to the officials
of the county. Horton who has suffer
ed intense pain for months admits that
his memory of the whole matter is de-
cidedly hazy.