Tooele County Chronicle | 1947-11-21 | Page 8 | 60-Year-Old Man is Free after 20 Years in Asylum

60 year old man blan Is free after 20 years in asylum TRENTON N J tall dignified 60 year old raymond reid de scribed by a chancery court judge as trying to portray the spirit of Christ christfus fas female as well as male has teen been freed from a state in mental hospital he had been confined for 20 years until his recent release reid walked calmly out the main g gate a t e kissed s e d h his i s 8 83 3 y year e a r 0 old 1 d in mother 0 t b e r baad w who h 0 had 0 obtained b t a e d t the h e c court 0 urt order for his freedom and said his only feeling concerning his confinement was that of hating a great evil like abe lincoln hated slavery reid had been committed to the hospital in 1927 as a paranoiac after being arrested tor for whitin writing what the prosecution described as a series of threatening letters to state officials throughout the period of his con he sent other letters to state officials protesting that he was being persecuted for his beliefs