Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1913 — BROUGHT HER FATHER BACK FROM ASYLUM [ARTICLE]

BROUGHT HER FATHER BACK FROM ASYLUM

James W. McEwen, Aged Editor, Declared To Be Harmless And Is Again In Rensselaer. \ Mrs. Frankie Bostwick went to Long Cliff asylum, near Logansport, Tuesday to see her aged father, James W. McEwen, and much toher pleasure she was informed that his condition was such that he could return home with her and together they came back on the afternoon train. The attendants at the hospital stated that he was entirely harmless and that his mental condition was due to the general senility of age and that he would be better off at home than at the asylum. He had grieved considerably at the separation from his wife and daughter and they had also grieved for him. There is no marked change in his condition and there is not much probability that he will ever improve any mentally. He was much pleased to get home.