A Chained Lunatic.
A correspondent of, Ule Yolvnv, nf Sliiro Knipsliipiliiidir, relates' that •nrxt to Ihr police oilier of 1),,. |„«ii and against th,. ( -lij.-l" s\ iiaKogne in « cellar, chore lives a .Jeuish family naim-il Alper. oonsisline of ;, failici'. snvil/.. Fur .some I hue the son hail worked in his uncle's shop, hu! on,! 'lay ho was limit-lit home in a •dioadfullM lorn, condition, ami vinil I iiiß I'-arfnl inhuman cries. 'l'll,. father spent his last fnrtliin K to .|,iko l,i m In I lit' Yimviu infirmary for the insane, « hero im was refused admission. 'l'lii' parents in despair consented -to chain him. which limy ~|wl. al cnchiiiy his liond lo the iron gnitinn; of Hi,»nly «irifih|w |(;<in t):iv collar. This window all day loir- is closed with shut (its. -I asked.'-, nays ,11m corrospomlcnt, "that the shnU.ers showkl hu opened, v.hon cho •hunraii'hi'iivg in chains stood liel'ore mo 'quite naked. Tin' fright (idly icmaciah'd liumv nlaiihil signs of a lino const Minion. I'Yniii nmlor I ho dark <.y,il,rows a pair of nuirtyrcl, inllanicd eves looked I imploringly upon mo, ami ho said : ' •I''..r Ihv'lovo of (!,„| give orders t ( . ! sot mo I'roo. to hroak Iho chains • ! 1 clink,-! Civo , (h ! e.ive me- I
,V'i,r nml,rolla-so thing ; ' | hastened in turn awiav from this vis ion. else I had soon l,.s| ,„ v mvll Senses. And live shlM.lors <|||lV llllirC c|os''d villi u clash."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7956, 20 October 1905, Page 2
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231A Chained Lunatic. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7956, 20 October 1905, Page 2
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