Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-24
Third Dispatch.

Special Telegram TO THE GLOBE
MANKATo, March 23.-During the day the
trustees have had several conferences with their
legal adviser, County Attorney Ives. The sub
stance of Hon. M Doran's letter to DIR. Bart
lett has been one of the topi ,s of the conven-
ton. The result of the deliberation was the
letters telegrapned to you from st. Peter.
Finding it impossible to get any longer com
munication through from ST. Peter, l was
compelled to take the train here in order that
you might get the following testimony
DR. BOWERS SWORN.
The first witness examined this P. NJ. was DR..
Bowers, who, being subpened, attended. The
secretary read to him the testimony OF Helberg.
He was then sworn and said in regard to Nc
Donald: He regretted he did not bring down
the record with him, but the books will show
it. He was admitted from Dakota county,
March 20, 1877; had been formerly in
temperate; had made a trade which
unsettled him that he became melancholy !;
was said to be violent at home; ran away from
home aud made an attempt to commit suicide
with ahay knife; brought to the hospital with
a wound in his throat; always depressed; inn
agined he was going to be killed; refused to
take food; had to be coaxed; man, sometimes
two, had to lead him to the table; by Belts or
myself urging, he could be persuaded to take
bread, but no meat because he imagined it to
be human flesh; on the 18th Of May he jumped
from the third story window, twenty-five or
thirty feet; his hip was injured, shoulder and
face bruised; this was before my return in the
spring; was transferred to the frame house on
the Sd Of July; took charge of him; would
not eat always asked how much he
had eaten; when reported he had taken
enough, would not feed him;
when he had not taken enough would go and
%uIr1 ~ L.
would take nothing; ordered him to be led
daily to the table, but that did not avail; fed
him then with stomach tube; this would take
q few seconds; he would then try to throw up
by putting his fingers down his throat; thought
he was going to be poisoned; for seven weeks
ne tsok nothing voluntarily; became weak, but
in his frenzy he showed strength; would not
stay in bed; was fed with tube for two weeks
this became impossible; the plug was then
tried; he would shut his mouth tight as vice
every time fNod was mentioned he would
scream with fright and say 'Oh, doctor
yeu are going to poison me-
1t was impossible to give him anything; this
last day Belts went over to assist the attendant
OConnor, a conntryman Of his, called some
times to persuade him; they laid him on
bench and held him down with his head on the
arm of the bench; did not see this but was
told; heard him making the noise when Belts
came in and saw Mcdonald had tainted.
took carbonate Of ammonia a stimulant
they had carried him to bed; he was uncon
| scious, breathing heavily ard slowly like per
sons suffering from apoplexy; if strangled ht
would have the same appearance; could not re-
viye him; died within q half hour, but beyonc
a quatrer of an hour; have seen Bett,
| in his duties; think he actee
with prudence and skill; telegraphed to his SOL
who came two days after and took away tn,
| corpse.
| OConnor was sent back to the upper asylum
week after for the comfort Of OConnor; n,
| effort was made to keep the cause of his deatf
| from the public. Istated the case to his son
never head any complaints against Belts
| never before they made the petition; tn,
| complaints were made because he would insis
upon their doing their duty; always consider
] ed him a reliable man; knew nothing of com
] plants of food till this time; think the fooe
as good as private citizens have.
He was asked by Hon. A. J. Egerton to Civ
any statement he wished, assuring the docto
! ton, not One-sided one.
He said there had been complaints about tn
| tea and coffee.
Questioned by Mr.. Doran-Expect to Civ
them tea and coffee rs good as usual familie
| get; the steward sees to this; have had com
plants about tea and coffee; 10 days ago tn
cook says there was a disarmament Of tn
was not enough meat; nqQther complaints bu
these since July last; IS my rounds ever
morning and see the sick or times day;
get one hundred dollars month: board a
the steward at the expense of the State; kee
a horse; the State feeds it; was necessary 70
me to have a horse to go to and fro to the othe
hospital
Referring to the horse killed, he said tn,
horse was a runaway; there was breakout Q
smallpox; was called out to Ottowa to vac
cinate the school children; the horse was mel
broke his leg and had to be killed.
The patients have sufficient food, as much a
they need.
What was the cause of the death of Mcdonald
thought it might be from exhaustion, Q
apoplectic eruptio in the head, or it was pos
sible that he had inhaled some of the soup int
his lungs; the patients speak kindly Of MI
Belts; the son showed hard nature and IN
feeling disposition to his father; the docto