FATHER OF ELEVEN, TUBERCULAR VICTIM, SENT TO ASYLUM
JOHN NOTZ, 56, IS ADJUDGED INSANE FOLLOWING PECULIAR ACTIONS AT
COUNTY SANITORIUM WHERE HE WAS A PATIENT
Father of eleven children, a victim of tuberculosis and rapidly failing
from ravages of the disease, John Notz, an old resident of the city,
was yesterday committed to the Northern Hospital at Oshkosh, having
been adjudged insane by physicians who conducted an examination in
probate court.
Notz is 56 years of age and had resided here most of his life. Recently
he was found to be suffering from tuberculosis and was admitted to the
Maple Crest sanatorium at Whitelaw where he was to receive treatment.
Notz upon his arrival at the county institution began acting in strange
manner and is said to have caused the superintendent and attendants to
much annoyance. The man was found on several occasions wandering about
the grounds with a lighted lantern and is said to have refused to heed
any orders given by the authorities and it was impossible to care for
the man there. The matter was reported to the trustees of the county
institution and to relatives and an examination into the mental
condition of Notz was petitioned for and was held yesterday with the
result that he was committed to the state hospital at Oshkosh. Notz
presented a sad spectacle ? any other provision for care of the man.
Notz lost an arm in a ? shredder accident some years ago and is a
cripple.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Thursday, March 11, 1915, Page 1
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WORD COMES OF DEATH OF JOHN NOTZ
Man Sent to Northern Asylum 2 Weeks Ago, Dies
Notice has been received by Judge Chloupek in probate court of the
death at the Northern hospital for insane at Oshkosh of John Notz,
a Manitowoc county patient. The body is to be buried here. Notz was
committed to the asylum two weeks ago after an examination in probate
court, following complaint made by the authorities at the county
sanatorium at Whitelaw where he had been a patient. It was said that
it was impossible to care for Notz at the sanatorium because of his
acts which it was said indicated insanity. Physicians adjudged the
man insane and he was committed. Notz was a man of 56 and is survived
by a widow and a large family.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Friday, March 19, 1915, Page 8
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A sad accident came to our notice one day last week. A Mr. Jno. Notz
had three fingers of his right hand cut off in a feed cutter. Some two
or three years age (sic) he lost his left hand and part of his left
arm in a threshing machine. These two accidents render him nearly
helpless.
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, Tuesday, December 15, 1885 P.4