Charles Dilworth
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Charles Dilworth, of Belfast, Me., is in St. Barnabas hospital, Minneapolis, where one moment he raves violently and the next is as peaceful as a lamb. He is evidently suffering from some trouble with is brain. Ten days ago he was signed by the Oshkosh base ball management as a pitcher, and $100 was sent him as advance money. He left Belfast and went to Boston, where traces of him were lost until he turned up on Tuesday evening at the Miller house in St. Paul. Something was the matter with him, and at first it was thought he had been on a prolonged spree, and on Wednesday evening he was brought here with the club, still in that singular condition. He then became raving insane, and, after being taken to the lock-up for safe-keeping, was finally sent to St. Barnabas hospital for treatment. When he is under the influence of the madness, which periodically seizes him, he seems to be fearing an attack with a revolver, and talks constantly of somebody being after him. It is the belief of members of the team that he was sandbagged and robbed in Boston, as he struck here without a cent of money. The blow has affected his mind, and when the fit is on him the scene of the attack is recalled.
Dilworth is said to be a first-class pitcher. Last season he pitched for Newburyport and Binghampton, and was speedy, with a great curve. [1]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Slugged With A Sandbag", pg 5. St. Paul Daily Globe, 1887-08-05. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1887-08-05/ed-1/seq-6/.
