Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — TREATED LIKE A WILD BEAST. [ARTICLE]

TREATED LIKE A WILD BEAST.

Insane GfiH of Denver . Chained to the .'WaTUby Her Parental Bound to iron rings anchored in the walls and caged like a wild beast, Grace Solomon, the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker of Denver, has raved for the past seven months in a condition and under surroundings the most terrible.. Her condition is the result of investigation of spiritualism, it being charged that her mind,was affected by spiritualistic demonstrations. She was taken to the little' room and when she. .became violent was chained to the wall, where her condition became worse and, where the most common wants of human kind were denied her. J. Soiomon, herjfather, is one of the wealthiest men of the West, an old-time pawnbroker, who counts his- cash by hundreds of thousands. The case is the most terrible ever brought to the attention of the penver authorities. Two railway laborers named Carey and Hoftkins attempted to burn their way out of the Mena, Ark., jail and. the fire got beyond their control and burned the building. Both men perished.