Type of Insanity: Incendiary Mania (Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property). Date of Examination: October 26th, 83 [sic] Physical condition: [NONE] Patient Information: Adolph Oliver, white, 21 years old, single, native of Pensacola, Florida. Recommended his commitment to the Insane Asylum of the State at Jackson, La. on October 26th/82 as he was suffering from Incendiary Mania. I am unable to ascertain the origin of his insanity. The unfortunate boy is in a state of moral & physical & intellectual degradation. He is almost blind; both corneas are almost completely opaque; blood vessels have already formed in them. When asked what caused his arrest & confinement in the parish prison, he gives different reasons, some are reasonable but generally they are stupid. One of his reasonable answers is “because I set fire, to a house. That’s the 3d house I burnt.” Why did you do this? “Because they didn’t want to give me something to eat.” Will you do this again? “Yes. No. I don’t know.” What did you do after you set the house on fire? “I went off a piece & set down and saw it burn.” Was it fine? “Yes.” & so on. His version about setting fire to houses is correct, hence his arrest. - Freak Twisted Freaks
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 07:00:00 +0000
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