Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-09-05 | Page 12 | Blind Patient Insane

BLIND PATIENT INSANE Pathetic Scene Enacted at the County Infirmary. A pathetic scene was enacted at tho County Infirmary about S o'clock last night, when Alfred Peterson, about thirty years of age, a blind patient, became suddenly sud-denly Insane. Deputy Sheriff Axlol Steelo and Tj. E. Larson, who wcro summoned, took tho unfortunate man to tho county Jail, to prevent him from doing himself and others injury. Petersen's condition is Indirectly attributable attrib-utable to a railroad accident about a year ago. in which he was slightly Injured about tho head. Immediately following (he accident Petersen contracted an attack at-tack of rheumatism as a result of exposure, ex-posure, and it resulted In his total blindness. blind-ness. He was sent to the County Infirmary about five months ago and his feebleminded feeble-minded condition was thought to havo Improved He, however, became violent suddenly last night and tho physicians deemed It expedient that he be taken to an Institution where ho would not do himself him-self nor others any harm.