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/. 1; SadCMei—'VTeaneadfty morning tm insane woman named Mmickp, • who lives inithe 9th Ward, was fotind at the City Hail, raving terribly. Shfe was ar-retbd'aml tahen 'to, the. station house, and shortly afterwards heir husband came for her. She started' out with •Mm apparently; to 'go home.-^but aa soon as she reached, the/she started'pfi on a rad for ilie old' Projpit karshtii’s office.: without,saying a word. She was overtaken!, and- -earned1 b^ek and • eohfined. ’:No inducements !ox 'en-* • , - ■ 1 ! . - •' 1 i *treaties of her Husband, could , pneify her or make herga,homo;witb bba, ] -Mrs. Minecke ia a woman about 32 or 34; years‘of ngb.\ij At: the 'time nf'the last draft’mthe kiSy,1 her hnsBaod 'spjjs one ,of th.osp whomfortupq had selected, to go, to the war. and- tbia 1 affected his wife seriously, i i lt wab supposed that hie age wiuld excuse him, and’thw in'd xneosurb1 satisfied her'ahd/qufefer ’ her fears, hnt when the- stern decree took from the woman all she had to care^for on earth, her reason tottered, and she Was changed- from' a devoted' and loving wife to a raving, maniac. When, her. husband .returned from .the field, it was supposed that she 'would recover her reason, hut she did not, and how when her insane spells 'are;-,upon her, .she does not. recognize him. She. is not generally boisterous, but a . nervous-trembling fear seems haunting her .at' all times. ' It.is a sad, case, and is one more added to. the - private sorrows : ofI .' . , I ill 'I lt;* ' ' ; 1the rebellion. ■
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Semi Weekly Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Mar 17, 1866
Page 3
Full Page
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