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Taken to Cherokee.Last Friday A1 plit*us Adams was take before the commissioners of insanity, ad judged in.-ane, and ordered taken to t.h hospital at Cherokee for treatment. Mi Adams was one of the early settlers o the county, having located at Gil let Grove more than thirty years ago. Kve since coming to this county he has beei considered a “peculiar” character, and o late years he has been unusually so. He cently some of h!s demonstrations Itav been of such a character that it wa thought wise to restrain him, and ni Saturday, Sheriff Price, assisted by I! Ilitsinati, took him to Cherokee for con ffnementin the state hospital. Althougl almost, 75 years old, Mr. Adams is stronj physically and made vigorous resistance to being taken, and it was necessary tlt; atrap his arms. He imagined that tin □dicers were attempting to rob him Mr. Adams is in good shape financially □wning both farm and town property itid over $700 was found sewed in hii mat when searched at the hospital Sheriff Price an*! Mr. Hitsman, while oi dieir way to Cherokee with him, askelt; Mr. Adams why his coat bulged so at tin mint where the money was found, ant jis prompt reply was: “Oh, there is ha^ n there.” It is sad to see a man of Mr Adams’s years and condition confined ii i hospital, but in his case it seemed tht )est solution of the difficulty.
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Spencer Clay County News
Spencer, Iowa, US
Thu, Nov 06, 1902
Page 4
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