When was it published?

August 15, 1871 in The Daily State Register

Domestic News August 15, 1871

The Daily State Register

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Insane Woman, Stockton Asylum, Suicide Attempt, Elko, Sheriff Fitch

Carson City, Ormsby County, Carson City County, Nevada

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What is this article about?

Sheriff Fitch transported an insane woman from Elko to the Stockton Insane Asylum on Tuesday morning. She had arrived from Fort Halleck due to alcoholism, attempted suicide with corrosive sublimate at Elko House, and stayed in the county hospital until transfer.

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SENT TO STOCKTON.—Sheriff Fitch left here Tuesday morning, having in charge a woman pronounced insane by the "powers that be," and deemed a fit subject for the Insane Asylum at Stockton, whither he has taken her. She came a short time since to Elko from Fort Halleck, where too frequent libations of tangleleg had made her an unworthy guest at the fort, and while stopping at the Elko House she indulged in a dose of corrosive sublimate, which failed to "phase" her, since when, until she was ordered below, she was an inmate of the County Hospital.—[Elko Independent.

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Disease Or Epidemic

What keywords are associated?

Insane Woman Stockton Asylum Suicide Attempt Elko Sheriff Fitch

What entities or persons were involved?

Sheriff Fitch

Where did it happen?

Elko

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Elko

Event Date

Tuesday Morning

Key Persons

Sheriff Fitch

Outcome

woman sent to insane asylum at stockton; prior suicide attempt with corrosive sublimate failed.

Event Details

Sheriff Fitch took a woman declared insane to the Stockton Insane Asylum. She had come from Fort Halleck due to excessive alcohol consumption, attempted suicide at Elko House, and was treated at the County Hospital before transfer.