Show mining drove him insane on oil tuesday evening oven in g quito tin excitement cit ement took place in this city from the fact that an insano man had boon captured in tho the south part of town on hearing the news an item ro reporter portor soon found himself with deputy marshal shalA adams danis who stated that ho he had boen been summoned to the south part of tho city when arriving at the scene thero stood a man throwing stones at somo some children ho had a sack full of rocks strapped uvon his back and when the marshal arshal in asked him what ho he was doing ho said I 1 am trying to keep them men off from my head whereupon the marshal took and locked him up in the city jail the sack the fellow had was filled with overy every conceivable cei coi vable kind of rock and many kinds hinds of crystals tho the sack probably wei weighed hod 90 pounds he was taken before justice mcniel wednesday morning and after examination found hirn him to bo be insane and ordered him taken to tho the asylum to bo examined by the aprobato judge and in the afternoon constable Con jack son BOU took him to provo where he be was pronounced insane and committed to tho the asylum tho the poor fellow had evidently boon benn wandering around tho the cou county rity his mind having been much affected by failure in mining milling and ana prospecting he is a slender built man weighing about pounds and gave his name us as jolin john Willi william atil donnis dennis Aine american rican fork item |