Our readers will be pained to hear of the misfortune which was befallen the family of our fellow-citizen, W. B. Schwartz, the young wife and mother having been adjudged insane, supposed to be the result at least partially of disease and physical weakness.

“City and Vicinity,” The Democrat (Brazil, Indiana), 4 September 1890, p. 1, col. 3; digital image, Newspaper Archive (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 February 2014).

[Editor’s note: This story was big enough that it was picked up by several papers around the state. The following article also appeared on the same day in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.]

Mrs. W. B. Schwartz, wife of a prominent attorney at Brazil, has been declared insane. She labors under the hallucination that her devoted husband and father, Mr. A. B. Wheeler, a wealthy real estate man, are trying to poison her.

“Local News,” Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana), 4 September 1890, p. 3, col. 5; digital image, Newspaper Archive (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 February 2014).