June 17, 1890: 'Violently insane' from overwork

It took the efforts of strong men to convey a railroad ticketing agent to the private asylum at Wauwatosa. His aberration of mind was brought on by overwork.

June 16, 2010 at 2:59AM

INSANE FROM OVERWORK

MILWAUKEE, June 16. – [Special.] – Ernest Vliet, general passenger agent of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western road, one of the best known passenger agents in the Northwest, became violently insane today. It took the efforts of strong men to convey him to the private asylum at Wauwatosa. His aberration of mind was brought on by overwork.

1929 ad for Milwaukee Sanitarium in Wawautosa
(Ben Welter/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Ernest Vliet was most likely treated at the Milwaukee Sanitarium in Wauwatosa, shown here in an ad from about 1929.

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