and by eight-thirty , she was dead1 ' the night after stella 's funeral , lionel woke up screaming in the asylum , 'he 's there , he wo n't leave me alone ' he was in a straitjacket by the end of the week , and finally on the fourth of november , he was placed in a padded cell as the doctors debated whether to try electric shock , or merely to keep him sedated , lionel sat crouched in the corner , unable to free his arms from the straitjacket , whimpering and trying to turn his head away from his invisible tormentor the nurses told irwin dandrich that he screamed for stella to help him .