Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. MarriageHicenses issued: July 13, Victor Hugo Hancock, of Kansas City, Mo., son of Thomas Hancock of Osceola, Mo., aged 29. occupation salesman, to Florence Wright, of Rensselaer, daughter of’T. P. Wright, deceased, aged 27, occupation teacher. First marriage for each. With the aid of four or five big stout men, the Newton county insane man in Sheriff Shirer’s charge, was tied and a pint of milk forced into his stomach through a tube Thursday morning, after he had fasted twelve days, or since his arrest near Goodland on Tuesday of last week. He struggled considerably over the operation, but when dinner time came and a meal was set before him as usual he partook of it freely and has since been eating regularly, and seems quite rational. His stoicism has relaxed since he has begun eating and he talks more freely, demonstrating the truth of that old adage that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. He gave his name as W. H. Kearney and said that his father resided at Buffalo, N. Y.; said his own home was Wherever his hat was off. Perhaps more may be gotten out of him soon.