The Red Cloud Chief

Dr. Hullhorst A Suicide
Makes Determined Effort to Drown Self and Dies From Exposure.

Lincoln, Feb. 7-Dr. Carl Hullhorst, a former minister of the Presbyterian faith, who was expelled from the church on the ground that he preached heresies, died at the state hospital for the insane as a result of exposure and injuries sustained some hours earlier when he attempted to drown himself in a creek near the asylum. Dr. Hullhorst, who voluntarily entered the asylum ten days ago, was allowed to take walks over the country surrounding the institution. Accompanied by an attendant and one or two other patients, he started for a stroll. Their walk took them alongside the creek, and Dr. Hullhorst, before he could be restrained, plunged into the stream. The water was only three feet deep and those accompanying him dragged him out, but he broke away and again threw himself into the water. This was repeated two or three times until he was exhausted, when he was carried to the hospital, but he died four hours after. He was a practicing physician, highly regarded. Dr. Hullhorst was sixty-two years old, and for thirty years was a preacher in the Presbyterian denomination.