Charles Phillip Darst 1815-1888

Charles Phillip Darst (1815-1888); the son of Isaac Darst (1787-1832); the son of Samuel Derst (1754-1791); the son of our Pfeddersheim immigrant Abraham Derst (1725-1772) .

Charles Darst tried to kill his wife Sunday night with a poker. He is seventy years old and blind as a bat. The old man lives on Chicago street and by the request of his relatives he was examined by a commission in lunacy yesterday afternoon and adjudged insane.

Tuesday 16 JUN 1885 - The Daily Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana