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Show A MAN WHO SEES COD Several Pathetic Ntsauaa Witiirwed l t'ourt Kooiii, PitovinKNiK, H. I., July a.") There was a most touching scene enacted iu (lie district court room here this morning, morn-ing, when two young men and a handsome, hand-some, young girl worn brought in and examined by the judge, w ho ordered their removal to the state insane asylum. asy-lum. George Woodford was the lirst examined. lie is 19 years old. Two physicians tcslilied that he was dangerously Insane. Woodford was out for thirty -six hours celebrating July 4. He was highly ox-cited ox-cited all through the night preceding the Fourth, and on the night after ho finished his fun by taking a bath iu very cold water. From that time tie has rapidly grown worse, and his condition is now such that ho requires constant watching. He stalked about the court room wildly pointing at the ccilingaud tloor, shouting as he gesticulated: ''There's God; see him look at me!" John Daley, the other youth, had to bo carried into tho court room iu the arms of two officers. Ho has softening of the brain, and his case Is hopeless, death being expected within a few weeks at longest. He hssirenks that arc rare with insane peotile. He will not touch a mouthful of food until his relatives have retired at night and ho stubbornly refuses to speak to any one, though ho talks for hours at night in an incoherent manner. He has drank bottle bot-tle after bottle of bluing, and several times his parents discovered him at night drinking the kerosenu oil from thi! lamps in the kitchen. The third victim is Lizzie Mul hern, who is dangerous lo herself and others. She goes iuto paroxysms and rage without with-out provocation, and throws chairs, plates and, in fact, every article within reach at whoever happens to be in the room. It has been necessary to bind her, and she cannot, with safely, be left alone. 'The trio made I he court resound with their erics and ravings, and il was a most pathetic sight as they were removed to hacks to be taken to the asylum. |