Mr. Francis Burgess had been a Justice of the Peace in St. Paul, Minnesota, for seven years prior to his commitment to Rochester State Hospital.
In December of 1897, Former Justice Burgess was called to testify in a trial that was chronicled in the Saint Paul Globe. He was asked a bit about his background, and he testified that he was born in Charles County, Maryland in 1837 and had moved from Baltimore to St. Paul in 1872. He briefly moved to Duluth in search of a place to establish his law practice. He returned to St. Paul fairly quickly. In 1873 and 1874, he also wrote for "the newspapers."
"Mr. Burgess told the court that he first opened a law office in the old Rogers' block, then on Wabasha Street, and finally he had moved back to the McClung block.
"You mean the block that was burned down," suggested Mr. O'Brien.
"The block that was pulled down," corrected Mr. Burgess."
The article doesn't state why Mr. Burgess had been admitted to the institution, but there are some suggestions that there were questions about his memory, and that at the time of his admission, he was suffering from some delusions.
"Dr. Hertzog...testified that when Burgess came to the asylum he was under the delusion that people were attempting to persecute him by electricity and he also imagined that they were trying to force him to pay $500 that he didn't owe."
In December of 1897, Former Justice Burgess was called to testify in a trial that was chronicled in the Saint Paul Globe. He was asked a bit about his background, and he testified that he was born in Charles County, Maryland in 1837 and had moved from Baltimore to St. Paul in 1872. He briefly moved to Duluth in search of a place to establish his law practice. He returned to St. Paul fairly quickly. In 1873 and 1874, he also wrote for "the newspapers."
"Mr. Burgess told the court that he first opened a law office in the old Rogers' block, then on Wabasha Street, and finally he had moved back to the McClung block.
"You mean the block that was burned down," suggested Mr. O'Brien.
"The block that was pulled down," corrected Mr. Burgess."
The article doesn't state why Mr. Burgess had been admitted to the institution, but there are some suggestions that there were questions about his memory, and that at the time of his admission, he was suffering from some delusions.
"Dr. Hertzog...testified that when Burgess came to the asylum he was under the delusion that people were attempting to persecute him by electricity and he also imagined that they were trying to force him to pay $500 that he didn't owe."
Mr. Francis Burgess had been a Justice of the Peace in St. Paul, Minnesota, for seven years prior to his commitment to Rochester State Hospital.
In December of 1897, Former Justice Burgess was called to testify in a trial that was chronicled in the Saint Paul Globe. He was asked a bit about his background, and he testified that he was born in Charles County, Maryland in 1837 and had moved from Baltimore to St. Paul in 1872. He briefly moved to Duluth in search of a place to establish his law practice. He returned to St. Paul fairly quickly. In 1873 and 1874, he also wrote for "the newspapers."
"Mr. Burgess told the court that he first opened a law office in the old Rogers' block, then on Wabasha Street, and finally he had moved back to the McClung block.
"You mean the block that was burned down," suggested Mr. O'Brien.
"The block that was pulled down," corrected Mr. Burgess."
The article doesn't state why Mr. Burgess had been admitted to the institution, but there are some suggestions that there were questions about his memory, and that at the time of his admission, he was suffering from some delusions.
"Dr. Hertzog...testified that when Burgess came to the asylum he was under the delusion that people were attempting to persecute him by electricity and he also imagined that they were trying to force him to pay $500 that he didn't owe."
In December of 1897, Former Justice Burgess was called to testify in a trial that was chronicled in the Saint Paul Globe. He was asked a bit about his background, and he testified that he was born in Charles County, Maryland in 1837 and had moved from Baltimore to St. Paul in 1872. He briefly moved to Duluth in search of a place to establish his law practice. He returned to St. Paul fairly quickly. In 1873 and 1874, he also wrote for "the newspapers."
"Mr. Burgess told the court that he first opened a law office in the old Rogers' block, then on Wabasha Street, and finally he had moved back to the McClung block.
"You mean the block that was burned down," suggested Mr. O'Brien.
"The block that was pulled down," corrected Mr. Burgess."
The article doesn't state why Mr. Burgess had been admitted to the institution, but there are some suggestions that there were questions about his memory, and that at the time of his admission, he was suffering from some delusions.
"Dr. Hertzog...testified that when Burgess came to the asylum he was under the delusion that people were attempting to persecute him by electricity and he also imagined that they were trying to force him to pay $500 that he didn't owe."
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