1841-02-26-Albany NY Argus-Melancholy Delusion
From New York City LDS History
- Albany NY Argus 26 February 1841 p. 2
Melancholy Delusion
A man named Joseph Ackland, residing at 125 Third avenue, was committed to prison for resisting the coroner on Wednesday. Ackland had just lost a child, aged three days; and, under the delusion that he could restore it to life, he not only refused the coroner admission, but attacked with a club the officers who came to the assistance of Dr. Archer. The poor fellow is a religious maniac, and is said to be a Mormon.—{N. Y. paper
