The New York herald., 1878-11-26


clans exercised the care they should have exercised.
..Nill you tell OF such casesy
.well. in experience OF thirty years in insane
asyluns l would naturally have seen some such
cases.
A SIMILAR CASE.
Being pressed tor the particulars. however, Dr.
a man in Glen Cove who had been drinking hard for
considerable time, and who was sent 70 an asylum
in Poughkeepsie. The conclusion oil this case Was
that the man went home again.
Dr. Rogers, when asked what asylums he had been
connected with in the thirty years mentioned said
that be had formerly had private asylum near Glen
Cove but gave il up some years ago, He had been In
his present position about year having taken charge
of il since its start.
Mrs was found by the reporter at the house of
Nh. De Mott about mile from the asylum. She had
zone to this place to stay for after her release
and Mr. and Mrs. De Mott seemed much interested III
the ease. though the only knowledge they had OF 1t
from the story Mrs. Hess had told them.
USUAL TREATMENT!
Mrs Hess is a small woman, bent in form. whose
hands bear the impress OF hard labor and whose face
not to say anything against the people in the
asylum she did not wish to get them into amy trout
be. but hope to God sne said with tears rolling
down her cheeks as she spoke, that shall never he
in their power again. | am afraid to say anything
that think happened while was there, for know
my head Was not quite right. There is thing
/ can say. though for / heard Dr. Rogers
tell it to DIR. Wood afterward, so know am not
mistaken when think ! remember it. Dr. Rogers
ssaid had fit, and he threw into bath tub and
poured cold water over me and that brought me out
of it,"
said Mrs. De Mott who evidently not inspired by
the terror that filed Mrs. Hess mind.
Yes, thought drowning and my clothes
all torn OF from after came out OF the bath
tub" said Mrs. Hess, simply.
Did they treat you badly any other way9' asked
the reporter
We'll they put handouts on me. / remember 1
got my lett hand out first
Further than this Mrs. Hess refused say anything
she could not be certain Of She said she went to her
sisters house in Flushing October 4 expecting to
stay there all winter and pay her board while there
She had not been wen for some time and her sister
advised her to go to DIR. Badger for treatment She
did so and hSgaye her some pills. Some Of these
pills she took, but she did not think she derived
any benefit from them she put the remainder in the
stove.
WAS THIS A DRUG
Afterward her sister her powders, telling
her that she had got them from DR. Badger. These
she took and she declares that they made her feel
badly in her head Two other physicians were
called in to her. One OF them she knew to
be DR.. Goodrich, and the other, her sister
told her. DIR. Lieber. She ten nothing
what they did or too confused IN her memory to
call it, She remembers. however, that her sister told
aunt who lives in Glen Cove. and that they
got in carriage to 20 there Instead Of
going to Glen Cove. however, theyS were driven
what place she had been taken, Mrs Hess askel why
they had not told her where they were taking her.
and in her simplicity answered her own question by
adding, Il wouldn't have come here ii You had told
She went into the asylum quietly, however, and
did not offer resistance to the treatment she
ceived. She declares that she was not given any
medicine while she in the asylum except
once. when the nurse gave her some oil. 81 was
afraid Of poison" she said land asked her if there
any poison in it, She told me no, that they did
not poison people there. ftook it,"
PLENTY or RED TAPE.
"Dd you ask the doctor to kt you go?''
"Yes; told him again and again did not want to
stay, and when people came to me told them
too. But they VII said, you must wait Once the
doctor said that ought to have rest for about six
months.
Have you seen your sister since you left her
house -
''Yes, she here last week. asked her why she
told she going to send me to Glen Cove; that
! would not have gone If had known where was
going. She started and said, Did you know that?"
.'Was she kind TO your
Il don't think it kind to send me there. And
my came TO me. but he did not try to get me
ont. He told must wait
And the great tears rolled down her checks again
she said in the same quiet way in which she had
spoken throughout the interview, Il hope will not
have to be sent back there