Cornell - Frank - insanity case - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Frank Cornell is now quite an old man and some years ago was sent to the insane asylum from Fredricksburg. He returned cured and has since been teaching in this county, having had a school near Linden last winter. He has been making his home at the residence of J. G. Overton on West Main Street this summer and last week attended a religious debate at Advance. He returned greatly excited and agitated and has been on the down grade ever since. Yesterday he displayed unmistakable symptoms of the return of his old disease. Drs. Keegan and May were called in the pronounced his case a bad one. Accordingly the police were called in by Mr. Overton and poor old Frank was taken to the jail. He was very restive all last night and paced his cell like a wild animal. His many friends over the county will be pained to hear of his relapse