, 1874-01-19
obedlece BY tho subnltorn or convict Is required.
TtlE Nlt.IIAEa GAZE

Your CdmmIttoo bro satisfied that Henry Will
lamn, TIC convict, camo to bis death III tho bntl!-
room OF tue Pdnltontiary, OH or about tho 18th
immorscd tho fourth tinio. This convict Ind
represented TINT he Ind no grip Or power In ila
nanta, aud on that account waa unablo to work.
a.. ao was therefore reported at sick-call to tho
oasnnon %'th'B o gBs RfSyoSs Sooa 70 h sS as
that hn sas fnsgning, and as q romody therefore
directed him to bo 6st,od. The temperature OF
tno phit,Wator WIS just 81 degrees. Tho con-
y,S on sho day o. Ills death Was take, to tho
yiota, tho officers immersed him twice. At oacl,
immersion tho deceased resisted with all hiB
1orco. Ho at ono time olung with his hands hold
q INC siuo OF tho bath.tub with auch forco TINT
prisoner to loose f,in,. Ho was then orlored to
put on his clothing, which ho refused
to do, but stood In anllo,n md lofiant attitude
at Tue moment tho Deputy Warden, Hall, camo
,ysa. dross. 1ho prisoner still rofused and Hall
directed him to be immersed again, and It waH
force aa before. When tnken Out tho laat tlmo
no sat Oh tho ed1o Of tho bath tub, blew the
on tho floor, and was carried and laid
On tho table, nnd then expired almost immo-
dintely. Tho Hospital Steward came in shortly,
and Attempted to rosuscitate tho decoaaed. Tho
Prison Physician, Or. Mason, hold po.t-
norton examination upon tho body OF tho de-
ceased. and, not having the meana to examine
the heart under microscope, sent 1t to a snr-
geon t|s IN Chicago f9r the purpose Of performing
la, that tho convict Williams had dlaeuse Of
tho henrt. not dtBcoverablo without careful ex-
animation Of an oxperlenced physician. while
no VIVA living. THIS great physical effort ho
him in. pursuance Of tho direction Of tho hysl.
olan, oalsed rupture Of tho heart, of which he
died. The Commissioners had several months
previous, abolished tho bath as punishmon:.
Tue Physician used tha bath IN throo casos. viz:
with feignod insaniry and sclf-abuso. Ii, tls
Instance it was ordered az treatment for
felgned BiokuoBs. This convict WAS liable at any
time from oxoitament or lnusual muscular OK
ertion, or from both, to hnvo died. 1t is the
aenao Of this oommittoo that the bath should
be prosent. Tho Warden wna not proBont at
tho prinon when tho occurrence transpired, and
necessarily the aupotvsion Of the order and It's
execution I doyolycd upon Dopnty-Warden Hail.
stop too far IN ordering tho batl, after lis on
tiancc into tho bathroom. yet tlloro is. In tho
judgment Of tho Committee, no ground for
turthsr consure, and it is due to these mon. HILL
and and slconor to say that both Of them aro oiii-
NJ .,,, intention on their part to treat
Williams, tho deceased, with rigor or
cruelty. Tho Committee belioye that 1t WAS,
TO Say tho leaBt, indiBcreet On tho part OF Dr..
Mason to subject the prisoner to tho bath WITH
out having made a moro thorough examination
as to tho condition OF his vital organs, mud that
llo and tho Commissioners Of tho ponitentiary
committed grave mistake In not demanding at
once Coroner 8 inquest to 10 hold on the spot.
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
lSignodl CIV. HENRY, Chairman.
Il. s. WILLIAMSON,
GEORGE GuNnLAcu, 49,.
". II. SHEPPARD,
JouN CusEY,
CHARLES YonIS,
JouS CuNN1NGIA,f,
W.B. HuNpLEy,
THOMAS y. CASEY,
e. a. W11Cox,
c. NJ. FEnnELL,
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