Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1916 — Tramp Found Wandering In Woods Declared Insane. [ARTICLE]

Tramp Found Wandering In Woods Declared Insane.

Before Squire Dean and with Drs. HempihlJ, WaShbum and Kresler as examiners an inquest was held Tuesday to ascertain whether the man found in the woods Sunday was of unsound mind. His name seems to be E. J. McCaffery. The evidence was that on last Sunday when the mercury was not far above zero he was seen roaming about in the woods. He imagined he was in a lumber camp and waiting for his dinner. He thought he saw men about him and that persons were watching him to do him harm. He shows a disposition to want to fight those near him and then will turn to fight off an imaginery foe. He stated that he fell from a ladder when 11 years of age and fractured his skull. He says he is a railroad switchman and that he has a wife in Chicago but does not know her- address and that he left her eight years ago. The board found him insane. . ; .