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FOUND NUDE IN TOWN HALL. 
Manchester Young Man has an Attack of 
Delusionary Insanity. 
Wednesday morning, as_ Janitor 
George D. Haskell entered the Man- 
chester town hall, he caught a faint 
glimpse of a white figure glide before 
him in the corridor, and he was in- 
clined to think the sight which 
attracted his attention an optical illu- 
sion. In fact, he would have given 
the matter no further thought, he 
declares, had he not seen before him 
as he passed around a corner in the 
hallway, in going to the stairway 
leading to the basement, the nude 
body of a man, with only his head hid 
from view. He remained cool, how- 
ever, for retracting his steps he went 
to his office, secured a hammer, 
fastened the main entrance to the hall 
—the only door unlocked —and left 
the building. 
It wasn’t until he had left the build- 
ing and was again in the open air, less 
than three minutes after he entered, 
that he suspected the meaning of all 
he had seen. 
He remembered seeing Chief of 
Police Peabody and Selectman Swett 
hurrying up Elm street toward the 
Old Mill as he entered the town hall, 
and as soon as he collected his 
thoughts he concluded they might 
have been looking for the very object 
he had seen. 
Forthwith he hastened his steps in 
the direction they had gone, and soon 
the matter was adjusted, the search 
given up, and the party came to the 
town hall. 
It appears George Knowlton, whom 
everybody in town knows, and who 
has been acting rather strangely of 
late, was missed from his home in the 
Old Stone Mill, Elm street. His 
brother, Edward Knowlton, notified 
the police, and a search was at once 
instituted. It was expected his dead 
body would be found on the hill back 
of the house, as all his wearing apparel 
was found in his room. 
The search had not progressed very 
far when Mr Haskell appeared on the 
scene, as above described, and the 
party. went to town hall. 
But when they arrived here another 
search had to be made. Up stairs 
and down they looked, and finally Mr. 
Swett found. the unfortunate man 
shivering with cold, hiding in the 
toilet room. 
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«What are you doing here?” asked 
Mr. Swett. ‘ You will freeze to 
death.”’ 
“Ferguson told me to go out in the 
brook and drown myself,’’ he replied, 
“but I could’t break through the ice 
and so I came to town hall to take a 
hot bath.’ 
(Mr. Ferguson referred to was In- 
spector of Boilers Ferguson of Boston.) 
Mr. “Knowlton was taken into the 
selectmen’s office and dressed. Later 
in the day he was examined by Drs. 
Geo. W Blaisdell ot Manchester and 
Harry E. Sears of Beverly, and after 
an examination he was taken to Dan- 
vers Insane asylum by Chief Peabody. 
feye caper who knows George feels 
sorry tor the misfortune which has 
befallen him. Only a few weeks ago 
he was elected junior vice-commander 
of the Sons of Veterans camp, of 
which he has been an active member 
for many years. It is thought certain 
things of minor importance so preyed 
upon his mind that it drove him in- 
sane. 
The doctors who examined him de- 
clare, however, that it is not melan- 
cholia, so much as delusionary insan- 
ity. It is thought after a few months’ 
treatment he may be able toreturn 
home. 
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TOWN HALL, “Town HALL, MANCHESTER 
AND SOMETHING DOING EVERY MINUTE OF THE TIME 
The real goods will be delivered this week, and that in great big 
bundles. 
If you stay at home you miss a good thing. 
And 50c admits 
you to the Fair each and every evening includiug Friday night, at 
which time the crowning event of a “week's jubilee will be the 
GRAND BALL 
with Long’s Full Orchestr a rendering music that will be.snappy 
and up-to-the-minute. 
TUESDAY EVENING 
The Fair will be opened by a Division officer of the Sons of 
Veterans, and the Manchester Brass Band will make the rafters crack 
to the strains of the Star Spangled Banner. 
WEDNESDAY EVENING 
Here’s where you get the real thing. The Manchester Mandolin 
Club, L. M. Blythe, Conductor. 
AFFORD TO MISS IT? 
t A musical treat; a bright, enter- 
taining spot at this, the ‘ doorway ” 
of the New Year. CAN YOU 
THURSDAY EVENING 
A Comedy Act of the right brand, by Mr. James Dilks and Miss 
Daisy Dilks; an 18-minute laugh ; 
a clean comedy act. 
“THE GIRL AND THESCOON,’ 
It’s an original musical act, pronounced the laughing hit of the 
show whenever played. 
finish, and is a live one for sure. 
It will keep you on the roar from start to 
FRIDAY EVENING 
As above stated, is the Grand Ball. 
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partners, 
Come! ‘All balance your 
and let us have a good time together. 
SATURDAY EVENING 
It is expected the Prize Committee will be able to announce the 
names of such as have been fortunate in securing the prizes. 
