A WHOLE FAMILY INSANE.

Patea Mail, Volume XII, Issue 13, 17 May 1886, Page 2

A WHOLE FAMILY INSANE.

A case, bearing ,a strong semblance iii certain points to. that of the ahforiaoate Hampton family of Cobdrg, thbttgh unaccompanied' by”the tragic feature of bloodfehed wbibH inarkek tHe ' latter,, Ws* brought under noticb a short tithe ago at Carlton. ' In, fhV,chump pf the afternoon the local police arVes ted four members' of one family, Phillip 'fiyaii f ' tfahe ’bis' wife,* aged M; ''Mar-', garet Ann Ryan ; their*eldest child, aged 22; and Jljijwbetl}, k Agnep. the youngest, aged li ! j’all of Whom Were alleged to be insane, and,, unfit to be at latge; For ‘dayW past all the members of this Kaye conducted themselves strangely, showing unmistakeably, symptoms of lunacy. At they were taken their home' in ,a cab, and conveyed to the city. Watchhouse. After the usual charge tad been entered against them, they were separately examined by : J)« I'VVilmot 4)r Brett, who WJiea .t|jp <{ uWf<9|pniato{persons were before the Police Magistrate, testified that all pf them were of unsound m|ind, and incapable of taking care Aof themselves, .As: in*, ihe.-caser of tbe rfampton ? family, the,, minds. ofi the RVan’s:appear to, have been> unhinged by .religions mania.: ;Mrs r Ryan wasi ■ very violent, and resisted the pel ice when they called at her-house to convey Mr to the lock-Up, and! she had to be brought from her hhme' ’by /force. She 'and her daughter talked wildly and somewhat incoherently about their being " Cod’s own people/’: The : old man* told the doctor that he; had > plearedi hejll of all the devils therein,” and made use’of similar Wild expressions ;to :th e police, denoting clearly that hiV brain was disturbed. < ’ After hearing the medK cal testimony Ond asking the accused if they desired to put any to the ;whichtbey.; declined Idoing,; the Police Magistrate; ordered • the.: four demented 'persona te be . taken ’and ! detained in the Yarra Bend Asylum,; sM ■■■ ini ii iin i.i. hi ..in rrf’.-' ' ■-.<{