A Mining Man's Strange Lapse
A Silverton mining man is released after a public confusion involving a bad check and a brief illness.
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George D. Hall, the well-known mining man of Silverton, who created a sensation on Monday by drawing a check for $10,000 on the Washington National Bank and presenting it for payment, although he had no account there, was released from the custody of the sheriff yesterday. Mr. Hall had not been feeling well for several days, and on the day in question was considerably under the weather. He cannot now explain his strange action. He is a steady, sober and industrious man of more than ordinary intelligence, and stands high where best known. The spell that came over him on Monday departed as suddenly as it came.
“The spell that came over him on Monday departed as suddenly as it came.”
Public mental health crises are still often criminalized or handled through the lens of 'public sensation,' though today's journalism has moved (mostly) away from the blunt framing of 'sickness' as a catch-all for erratic behavior.
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