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A DEPUTY SHERIFF DECLARED INSANE |
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Theodore B. Trowbridge of Sodus Sent to the Willard Asylum. IS A WELL-KNOWN MAN Has Shown Signs of Mental Derangement for Some Time - Has Held Numerous Offices and Has Had a Successful Career - Wayne. Deputy Sheriff Theodore B. Trowbridge, of Sodus, who for some years past has shown signs of insanity, has, after an examination conducted by Drs. William G. Thirkell and Harry F. Seaman, been pronounced insane, and was yesterday taken to the state asylum for the insane at Willard. Mr. Trowbridge was born in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1837, and came to Wayne county in 1860, settling between the Thornton lime kilns and Sodus Center, where he has since resided. He was commissioner of highways for the town of Sodus from 1876 to 1888, is a charter member of Wallington Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and is a member of Sodus Lodge, No. 392, F. and A.M. When Walter Thornton was elected sheriff of Wayne county, Mr. Trowbridge was appointed under sheriff and upon the death of Sheriff Thornton was elected sheriff until Charles H. Ford, of Clyde, was appointed. For some years past it has been noted that Mr. Trowbridge's mind has been wandering, which is said to be hereditary, one of his sisters having, it is said, killed herself while insane. Mr. Trowbridge owns a farm of seventy-one acres, has a wife, one son, Melvin C. Trowbridge, and a daughter, Mrs. William Sherman, of Allegan, Mich. Mr. Trowbridge was one of the officers to whom was intrusted the custody of the notorious Oliver Curtis Perry during his sojourn in Wayne county jail in 1892 after his ill-starred attempt to loot the American express train between Syracuse and Lyons. |
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