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discovered has never learned to work. He married Ella Har- 
vey, sister of Mrs. John Slack. Herbert never had any chil- 
dren. For the greater part of the last 30 years he has been 
helpless because of a badly ulcerated leg. For years he 
used morphine, and after the new drug act he almost went 
wild with pain. His mental age is 7 years and 4 months. 
Judging from this as well as from his social history, his 
pauper state is due as much to his mental as to his physical 
condition. Nothing is known of his family history, but by 
Walter Franklin of the County Poor Asylum. 
marriage he is related to John Slack, Nora Mundy, and the 
White brothers. He has been admitted to the institution 6 
times and has spent a total period of 3 years and 5 months 
there. His wife was committed with him the first time he 
was sent but died in less than 2 months. 
William Shaw is an insane imbecile from Township 11 
and has been described as a part of the Cowden family. Since 
his commitment in 1910, he has not left the institution. 
Jesse Mulford was sent to the County Poor Asylum in 
the late spring of 1918. He was the son of Thomas Mulford 
