Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1903 — A DOCTOR INSANE. [ARTICLE]

A DOCTOR INSANE.

Dr. C. V. Jones, of Kniman, Loses His Reason. Dr. O. V. Jones, of Kniman, was brought here Tuesday to be taken care of until he can be taken to Long Cliff asylum. Some days ago the doctor became violent and took reftige in his dwelling, where he lived alone and would let no one approach. Monday Drs. Sohwier, of Wheatfield, and Wells and Rice, of DeMotte, adjudged the doctor insane, as provided by law. In the afternoon Constable Vick, E. J. Duvall and W. F. Smith, of Rensselaer, went after the insane doctor, and unon arrival at his house he met them at the door with a loaded revolver and denied them admittance. His brothers, Dr. Jay Jonee and Harry Jones, of Medaryville, were sent for, and upon their arrival they were admitted by their insane brother. He was induced to lay down on his bed and while his brothers engaged him in talk, the officers entered the house and after a struggle in which the insane man tried to use his revolver, he was subdued and brought to Rensselaer and placed in jail. Dr. Jones is a bachelor, forty years of age, has red hair, is 5 feet 10 inches in height and weighs 200 pounds. He labors under a number of delusions and is restless, cannot sleep and is silent and melancholly. The cause of his loss of mind is unknown.