, 1876-12-23
Insane Patients Subjected to the
r Most Horrible Brutality.
Snait.Jackets, Kicking, Choking, and
Beating, the Portion Of AL
Inmates,
Some of the Unwritten History oi
Rloomingda1e Asylum.
4 Timely Lecture by John D. Townsend,
al New York Lawyer.


TINT unfortunate class Of people, the Insane, arc
treated in public aud private asylu,us, Is SONG
thing in which every person, possessed OF the
slightest humane feeling, must feel a deep In
tsrest. When Charles Reanc, the great English
noyullst, wrote "lInrd Cash." wherein he cx-
posed the abuses OF private mati-touses, and
showed how easily perfectly sauo person could
be incarceratod In them for years, subjected to
the Grossest brutality, tho English milton stood
ashast at tire disclosure. Interested persons
attempted to discredit his stntemcnts, but ho
Supplemented them with such MI ntrny Of tn-
dIspuinblc facts that revolution In tho system
was secured Parliament fntcrfered in behalf
Of tho unfortunate lunat(cs, and, by tho cnnct-
ment Of stringent lnws, secured for them bcttcr
treatment, at tho samo timo providing such
saleg,lnrds against the confinement OF sane per-
sons "a to render It almost on I'M
possibility. Recent eyonts In Now York
and Brooklyn have directed public attention
to our insane asylums which Ia likely to lead to
important results. In New York an elderly
ady, while downtown, became
DRwIIpERED BY Tun CROWD
aud the rush Of business, lost her way, received
an injury In stepping from the strectrears and
waa found iu dazcd condition by policeman,
who took her to the statiun-lousc. Her fright
and nervousness had served to turn her mind,
already weakened by old ngc, OF it's balance, and
shu wns unable to give any account Of herself,
talking In feeble and incoherent manner. She
- nIaolwo,I,. i.,oni1 pho ,voa nno1,v ;,ia.
~ s n.Ns 49, S.ss, ',,,a ,..,.,, H.. ,s,,,
coFefea " nef lf'enos' WHO 1ou"u 1eF n'tao
restored, and she was removed to her home.
she was physically, however, very much broken
down, having been subjected to rough md
81 oS,f t5hjn1t rntl1ttf
peutal t1ea1'neh' WING" sslous' ioouet pe'eot,
into p cold bath and marched, In u nude condt-
Tim. through the halls of TIC hospta1 hal been
atronncd down IN hc,, In str,,t-
s"appeu so"n W ~ ..na,,.,, ~ la
and md beaten. Her statement finding its
NAV into tho newspapers, the Com
miss,oners NJ Public Cl,arities and Corrections,
w. ~ ~. -, ,ta A.r1,,,, NJ,
Investigation. So contradictory, however, wcro
thu statements elIcted from tho suffering lady
and tho attendants at tho Asylum, that tho
Commissioners finally referred tic whole matter
Ia thn Statc Cnmm{seionef in I,tttary. There
ls yery little confidence III Ills doing anything,
nnie. hc has been found On Tic side Of tho
Asylums. A second case was TINT Of Mrs. ].
md ncriectly harmless lcra,,rcment Of tle
Lrain. was sent to tae Dioomi1gtlalo Asylu1n.
She WA nevnr vio,ent in tho aliabtcst deQrcc,
her rfincfnnf troy1b1n heffH that she lmaE}nGd
tEa, s1e III nrsnT I'm, IN fnr nrns md
sought M tt to M nurse Re- It in tho usual mal,iier. Bic
suhsenuentty entirely recovered her rcaaou,
su1 .was rsi:asrI. lin treatment sIs received
a The hosnitai for i,er mild mlalaJy aupcara to
have si bccn @ irhicav W "oA '"''' ''''' 4rp~''
saw Tttr TttrsrnArr.wA1srcoAr.
h,ow. chotinr. cnii i,at]s. crnosure IN
nria s.ese n w. ntbcr ' ',otirnts in the
sI hsiIs n A'G the buldInr. trimming down
to bcr he'd hT r.1ncs nttaci1ed I'd
Ia -.1tro,,,tea ~. ,r5 ,ortu ,f ntn"r t,i,vsra1
tnr.nrss MI IT, MSntion lad fno.1' I,a, ntr. ntc.
Xaa conscowenco m % of onc brutal assacE ,1no,i her.
nSsn tno ~ thros ~ ata'wnrt stcniants forre
snnn n"n..o,,s ,oc,!"ns down hnr throat aha
rnn;,a an,,. snt,si,. ~ h"r thront .rbicl.
n,aitvo "for7n;tr
IT, focss ~ tIs cs.ao srcra e1mnsttni ~ H.
f1r,lrn%",,v ,hn sta1a cnmm,0siom"r' whn tail
oso1aun; so stat1 ~ H. n.a ,I "p ~ IL
s"n.s, ~ ~ ,nao ~ ese n,,hy raort - ia.
astaLts taSaeh. w. ~ ua ~ H. amd
Sasr GSas t 'tuene .1nt H. a. HS nnnciWGoI nw nua
uelehang tne Asyiuui; az ,tt euncluacut NV, ~,
WEE. " saSa.s .Hat ~ u'tSus an,,s wy nat n"u
sausgu tt.e ueioIu'ty " nts: - .Isnt =;
Tas ucse.Vng ol 1epsuo,, W ao y. ~
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