Garland Globe | 1906-05-26 | Page 2 | Tragedy at the Insane Asylum

ITRAGEDY AT TIE ENEISIUI Incurable Patient Kills One of the Inmates and Seriously Injures Another. William Myers Rune Amuck at the Stnte Insane Asylum and Beats William Savage to Death With a Club, Besides Injuring William Dllle. I'rovo. Wllllimi Myers, 41 yonra ol ngc, committed to tlio state ment-.r liospltiil from Pnngiiltch In 18SB, lilllo. a follow patient Siindiiy nvonins b striking him over the bond with n pleco of Bcnntllng. Tlio doad mnn If William Savage, :U years or ago, com mltted from Murray In ISnO. Wllllnm Dlllcy, a pntlcnt from Salt Lake, wns also struck and knocked down b Myers. Ho sustained n sovero scal. wound, but Ills Injuries nro not fntal About C o'clock, as tlio patients were leaving tlio dining room, Myers ho cured tlio stick from under a window frame, nnd ns Dllloy wns coming out of tho wash room ho felled him to the floor. Cluff, nn attendant, heard the blow nnd called to MycrB to stop, nt tho samo tlmo starting toward him At thnt moment Savngo stepped out from tho bath room, where ho had been sent by CluIT, nnd was struck by Myers before Cluff could prevent hlni. Savago'a skull was crushed and ho died about two hours nftcr tho blow was struck.