Adjudged Insane

  (To  listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) The Asylum by Jim Potter Anna Borchart’s fall from grace after the death of Richard, her husband, was reviewed in the February 16, 1900, issue of the McPherson Weekly Republican newspaper. The article, titled “Adjudged Insane,” read like an obituary as it noted the decision of the probate court. “Mrs. Borchart brooded over her husband’s death until she lost her reason. She was at the poor farm for … [Read more...] about Researching Robert