Good Old Days: March 28, 2019

8 years ago

The Commoner, March 23, 1894

Charles –––––, a day laborer from St. John, was Monday morning examined by a lunacy commission before Judge Sullivan, and committed to the Medical Lake insane asylum. –––––, is a Swede, 27, is a monomaniac on the subject of religion, and was thrown off his mental balance five days ago during a revival meeting in St. John. He made a speech to Judge Sullivan, wherein he declared that five days ago he had a vision in his sleep, and he found out that all his mother’s ancestors had been preachers. When he woke up his head ached very bad, and he sought the...