The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-02
INVESTIGATING An ASYLUM
fUE TREATMENT or THE INSANE ON
BLdCh WELL'S ISLfND.

ID Il IA W r. T. ~ ISL u H.
what IL said nv the -ubordinate- Of tho Come
missioner- Of I'm rites aud Correction. md
Whst ~ said nv Mrs. GIea-on Want Is
Done under the Present Luuucy Law
The Commissioners of Charities and Cor
fection have begun afigid investigation into the
practice in their institutions under the lunacv
law, and YESTERDAY written reports were made 10
the Board by al those who had anything to do
with tho imprisonment of Mrs Gleason. war
den O'Rourke reported A. follows:
,Mrs Gleason vs. ~ ngi 70 Bellevue mosrli y on
e. H.. Fifteenth IT cnc uy tue Central once poL'e
b. psIo sn 's .s ccd net P0 'Ss Gis lis =
i1sn rom ton S OF fFc mnJ are to e
oils to lrcvont them from nJar ny nym,,N cr
sci,ea oy nat he TI.s ta.a on.
beng brought to lnc cell was unife sed by
ne nnre and help,r , amer son r.o d''ncuW
found cc-.sry to pace striis Jacket on her The
E'E's AID smith 3ci,ercd to NE ccrtIfcatcs IRON he
,nw an o a and hr aon sovcrs I mes spa
Che medicine sv,n 70 h,r IN the faces ~ her attend
yeonc. aadi the same condition It was given 70 r.
Wilbur. VIII gave a receipt for tne same.
mo such person "a MIR. Wilbur ever called at
Bellevue Hospital" said u lady who feels later.
ested In mis- case "Ihc gentlemaps name was
Nindet and the very fact hat the arden. IN
his written report claims to nave receipt from
Nn,ur shows hos careless he ha- been IN re-
Margaret McArdle reported to the Commits
fiuneis a. follows;
onih aisl day q october a, about o'clock in inc
pse II to- e ,c na psfi ~ @ S9TEs ,aSf
thc tne she va. br ug6 to m she seemed to out OF
h,t mines calns for ueer ana gvinf, money TO
money 10 me- Size Was aDusivc In her Language
names oea ans hf5 nsS aS.sn apS or 0G '' Sy
Sic wa 80 violent that u required mNselt and two
NNrI I'D Z. M Id 81
A. bed me next morning At about oclgcs, -he g IN.
,ru;li jacAct ,vlcie she remained o6yG. ,ata,y
Joseph Fosarty. the night wstchmnn. reported
thlt be Vi.'ted Tue cell At the time when tie
nurse and helper we're IN attendance on Mr.
Gleason ond Tat she asked him for glass Of
Dr. D.brow reports that Mr.. Glelson's foot
WIS hurt ~ s'cpting fr NJ the car 10 the side
w,lk. His dut,s as ambulance surgeon ceased
Oh her arrival in the hos, ital, but he s,s:
re me n's n IF 'nr S ry' r ngr as 'nS VIII
ses. She was tnen IN a straight Jacxet.
Dr. Pt-on-. the medical superintendent Of
the Blackwclis Island Asylum for tue Insane,
says
a pattcu, I'M push one Of no chairs from undcr hcr
injured TO upon. sne did receive bath but the
not compelled to waiE in a nuie -iatc.a sheet vi.
ne, aS RI IT. 'ne oes q, ih ha
bath room The assertion made @, Mr. El a-"n that a
ting something to cat is untrue.
Mrs. "a sson Is still confined t. bed. she Is
somewhat better 3n, T. ~ In hsey nerv9ns
yesterday "that shall ever recover. When !
recall the horrible suffering have undergone /
the car anl spraiued my ankle | tainted,
I was carried INTO a store. aud my nr-t
man connected win the establi.hment
saying, why, that is Mrs. Glea-on' | stated
where 1 lived. and. under pretence OF carrying
me home, was taken to the police station IN
Mercer street There again II ted u the doc
sent for to take me home. lie sud, Al right I;
the carriage Will be here directly When was
put INTO the ambulance SAID, ihis j. a horl-
Bile vehicle to carry iady home in am " iiling
TO pay fora carriage 4 YOU VIII get one NV
protest had no effect. IheN said they were taking
me home. and ON THIS statement recuncilci
rvsolf. ihe jOltitg over the rough stones "A 'ded
eptaned ankle that ! became again uncon-
tciuus. Nv next recollection - mat 4 being
forced into the cell Ia Bellevue o-pital. did
not then know where | was. MY clothes we're
stripped from my person. and " only Nv
retain my Linen undersirments. ] thought
tnat was ~ the hands Of rut b r., who intended
der ne. In my despair repeatedly told my
name nd where rrsldtd. AID legged them not
to Kill me. During the nisnt ! again became
snconscluus, aud "htn "W"he va Tue morning
found two women in tie cell Win ne. la-ked
them where was nd what the intended 10 DO
with me. ono ot em STA. Y IA are IN the
mad cells Of Bellevue Hospital. YOU must not
talk II Not do they WI punish Nuu.' remon.
ttrat tsanst NY inl i,ouncnt' hnd smI nat
my friends would ~ kreN zone answer fnr my
Illtreatnent. ! o hardy Uttered Ills when a
large, stout woman. who nave since learned
was thu nurse MHrg ret. pushed open the door.
ana coming " 10 ne strnc. me WIN her nand on
the side ~ the head. Wen tend g. ) ur case,
ste said. without the interference ct auN
Ir ends lwomen we're then tiled in,whO forci-
utbiy threw ne II the ted, aud bound my bouy
In that horrible instrument 4 tottu e. Nv au-
kl WIS thsn much swollen r. m the surain. bU
the hindinss they Put upon nv legs were drawn
80 tisht that il swelied 10 four times its u Atu-
raj ~, Tho lAcinx OF the Jacket was
After The nurse and her helpefs had left the
cell one Of the women, VINO occupied II with
gers in loosenius the:astenings 30 tuat could
I'd. Tor il they found that tie Jacket
bad teen ioosened they would punish
Der and bind ne ughter than ever
io va" nv ine.reefation t., d, sSue uospitI or 10
my removal 10 the insane asylum on the island.
The statement m de m lnE us IN regard to
lhe assault on ne by one Of the lun ties J. liter
llly correct. % is the u tement Ia regard 90
lhe death Of one Of the phi nts III the BATH.
regard To- the udu ini-traton Il the act ior
the care and treatment Of tue Insane an IN 81
Dayst "Ihe 'ccrtincite' of the examiners
docs 10. It to facts sufficient to war
bnd gives only differences and lresumutlon4
tnd not the facis upon which heir conclu ions
gnped by tue commissioner IN Lun ei Ihe
sertinc tte IN nearly every case, contains hear
iequrer those lacts ony which are de-
rived trom personal observation, and max 4
g. prov ron ior n - supposed iaci
derived from mo Information Of other
hapy Of the sworn stdements IN the,
,ern1vue- are merely ditm u, dcfO
tue certificate Is not TESTED by Judge 4 d
court OF record, as fequil ed IN the act. Inc
Judge ,ertiAe- that IL Was approved before HIM
not 10y MIA, and thete /, nothing on the face
pf the c-itlhc te that shows that the
Judge is Judge OF Court OF Rec
prd.' \ number Of our insane, ia ON
eiiv luuItic psylums are held under WIZ
f,uts II commitment under the old law, and
LuuuuNer without any " rrauf Of Commitment
under B. ccitlhc .te (-o-cnlle1l under me lAN 10
'nTce, tuc former uciug e. inultied under on,
Jaw. ami treated aud re-tr ined under another
law. the want Of attention on the uari Of x
9nlue'- Results 20 the sending Of improper SUI
lc rs .s ll4fu-.'