Many years later, after Emperor Norton's death, a bridge was built extending from San Francisco to the city of Oakland.

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That was evidence,Emperor Norton said, that John Brown was mentally sick and should have been put in a hospital for treatment.

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Poor Joshua Norton was not dangerous or violent, but he no longer knew what was real and what was only imaginary.

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The report said that Joshua Norton had no real money - not even enough to pay for his burial.

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Roger Norton is dean of the School of Computer Science and Mathematics at Marist College in Poughkeepsie,New York.

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For example,Emperor Norton said that Governor Wise of Virginia was to be removed from office by royal decree.

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From that time on, the San Francisco policemen showed respect to Joshua Norton by giving a military salute.

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Emperor Norton said this was necessary because Governor Wise had ordered the death by hanging of John Brown.

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Emperor Norton's decree said John Brown had tried to capture the state of Virginia with only seventeen men.

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Yet,Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself to be Emperor of the United States on September seventeenth, eighteen fifty-nine.

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And each year in January, a group of people gather at Joshua Norton's grave to remember him.

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On January eighth,eighteen eighty, Emperor Norton was walking along California Street inspecting his city as usual.

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A few days earlier, expedition leader Edward Norton had reached a record height of eight thousand five hundred seventy-three meters before he turned back.

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Several rushed to his aid. Moments later it was clear that Joshua Norton was dead.

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(No Transcripts) One night,a new member of the San Francisco Police Department arrested Emperor Norton.

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