Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1913 — JACOB FLUZEL TO BE TAKEN TO ASYLUM [ARTICLE]

JACOB FLUZEL TO BE TAKEN TO ASYLUM

Aged Resident of Kankakee Township Pronounced Insane—lnjured Forty Tears Ago.

Joseph Fluzel, 78 years of age, has been declared insane by an inquest jury composed of Drs. H. B. Fyfe and P. O. Erelecht. The inquest was conducted by Justice of the Peace Albert Van Doozer, at Wheatfield.- ’#• The evidence showed that Mr. Fluzel had been injured forty years ago by falling down an elevator shaft two stories, but that he had recovered from the injuries sustained. He had also Suffered from sunstroke. His insane tendencies were first shown two years ago and he had been growing steadily worse until the family no longer regarded it as safe to care for him at the home. He talks of sqicide at times and also is violent toward others. He has already been accepted at the Northern Hospital for the Insane and will probably be taken there Monday.