Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1910 — Widow of Erhardt Wuerthner Sent to Longcliffe Asylum. [ARTICLE]

Widow of Erhardt Wuerthner Sent to Longcliffe Asylum.

Mrs. Mary Wuerthner, widow of Erhardt Wuerthner, Sr., was taken to the insane asylum last Saturday after a board had pronounced her of unsound mind. She is a sister of Chris. Wuerthner, wtio was in the asylum for several months, and has three children, a girl and two boys, none over eight years of age. Her husband was her uncle. She has acted peculiarly for several years, but particularly so since the death of her husband about eight months ago. She would not go to bed at night, but roamed about the farm in Newton county. She said that if it were not for the children she would get married again and fear for their safety led to the belief that she might try to put them out of the way. Mrs. Steve Marlin has temporary charge of the children. An application was filed by Erhardt Wuerthner, Jr., half brother to the children, to have the courts take charge of the children, and an effort will probably be made to find homes for them.