Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1910 — Chris Wuerthner Being Returned Home After Year in Asylum. [ARTICLE]

Chris Wuerthner Being Returned Home After Year in Asylum.

J. M. Sauser, administrator of the estate of Erhardt Wuerthner, Sr., went to Longcliffe asylum today to bring Chris Wuerthner home. The chief medical officer in charge of the asylum stated in a letter to Attorney Williams that aside from having some eccentric religious views, Wuerthner seems to be all right, that he has been oh the lawn detail there and worked diligently, but that he has maintained considerable hostility toward the asylum authorities, blaming them for his confinement. He has shown no violence and the physician does not think he is in any sense dangerous. Since he was taken to the asylum about a year ago his mother has died and his uncle, Erhardt Wuerthner, who was also his brother-in-law, having married his sister, also died. The widow of Erhardt has three small children and needs help in caring for them and it is thought Chris and his sister can live together in harmony. There was quite a little property left by Erhardt and some by the mother of Chris and it is said Chris kept his farm in model condition when he was here. He was always regarded as a good citizen except for his peculiarities until he displayed violence toward his aged mother, which resulted in the inquest that declared him of unsound mind. -