, 1869-02-20
A Night Horror In \ Lun ltte .Asylum

=. From ,hr New York llcr.!j. Fob. Is.
The ;-ou.r'-by whi.h arpcllatinn the
small thrcr.story building srt mart Tor the
worst and must Eabld Of the lulatic., On the
wehl Of Iii, i,lun,l, IL knu~n-Sa> tlit scene
oi L ElO-t shocking altar s,tue tinc during
fridnv light last, by which thu life O: a pa,7
ir1ncuted creature was taken hy an.
Other, IN tn"nlru: OF ftuzy, aud
the died was n,ai"iy orin@ 10 ihe
apparent mi~Eana.rmcn. Of llc authorities
In ,"t properly cuardi- Z nGuiusL tn. danger
10 Nhiel. tnc in'nAtr. OF The in.'nn;i n arr
ut prcsrnt Sd much cNrnscd. The facts itl
tho CASE arc H. follows: There ars about
l,:fh inmates iii llr lunF structures set apart
Tor lunat:ts uu the island IL IN sti,i. all Of
which urt occupied. the - l. ID !.rf hcin filled
to replction. Tf1'' atrntnGi Il ttious here arr
50 lntarrr that It has been touud uecessars
ter several months past, IN order ~ meet the
demands n the tncr. a.e in the lumber Of uu-
iortut rates, TO cau>t their *iscpia. tw, il i
cell. ms cad Of one, as heretofore, ~htu the
patients daa.c.ous aud Hl5le T. do
bodily barn to one another. Each
of ii ese apartments Is furnished with an
itun bcdstead mud wooden III !, or ~ KID, OF
heavy oak. such utcaslls being c.scni ial, The
patirr,s art lock Il up III their ror;ns IT i
O'Clock each evening. and arr n,r rclel-td
again until 5 o'c},ck the next morning.
On Friday nigh. ono Of the female iunatics
confined III this department aF"se front h"r
| couch and In a paroXys:n OF madness seiZe1
l tic ueaNy iHu ~ 1uG sluE Vi TIT GoA ANA
rHriur il ab,vc her hes :. l,rhuLsit it down
NTH 1crriG: .Mcc upnn tho skull ot her
s'eerir. cprnrate. c-ushinv /. in nnd killing
| !rrr instantly. The .,hrieks aud howlirgS in
Ny insat,c US. lun are so familiar TO the ears
~, nt,!r ah"!r Keepers as to attract little or no
thsA',nn tic n'r,, at at ANY any time during
vas made by the y victim ny IN ",er her
~ - Va: INT III iced. At ) o'clock,
mnen .nI ienioit tlo Keeper o the ward IL which
W. ao,! .u!s aa ''E traEspired thre open the
ua1I VI .ne sell. gft't was her horror In he.
ntldnG tnc h'.'!as musicress aud her tnur.
! dcred companion lying side by sid. in the!,
Eory cot, gha>tly spectacI!. inteci 'I,c Thc
btd.clothing Was saturated with blooi. wh,rl
, drirncd slowly from tho pendant cnvc-;, r;e -
, and s,rcamcd over the tt,or OF The ro,m
willie tie brains Of the dead wo1nau, whict
| had Lcen literally scoup:d ous with The in
!: gers Of the murdcrcss, lay scattered abou
= aud despatched the walls. The dcmcnte
= | woman was removed Immediately lro1n III
6 cell, and the circumstances attending Ill
c ! affair were kept so strictly priv :te as 10 q
: ludc the observation even oi nearly ever
QUE about the place. Ths rem ains OF tue d
: ceased, whose name has mt transpiEen, wei
i cofined quietly aud cxpedi'iously, aud wc
j, inferred without delay. She was A'o'
e t,scnty-s1x years of aye, and had nclth
!. friend nor relative living IN this yicinit
!. !. The murderess /: O! course irresponsible +
- The act.
" The facts narrated ahoye have been 0
&c tnlDed from an cmnloye Of the asylum. .
d the names Of tho parties concerned In 81
~ ! tragedy were not disclosed,