, 1879-01-23

[.aictr S.ic Wnnteti ~ marry et'etsiHn
preacher. Htnl kle to!s1 me hfr brother Wantcl t
10 treycnt her tnarrytnE f!tn. 81 i hal l'cr rent
L0 ka1lnaz.,n. We'll, ti:s attendants wrrc Al. |
noycl will. her, aud at cvrry opportunity w'nId
pit m ;,"r restraints while s',c was III Hall II.
Ur. Palmer
woELD SANCTION IT,
nnd would fsy, "Mis* hu 1c. l',pr ror Will be
more passive and mt give lie attendants -, |
m,issi tsoublc.n ADo:trr laiy, Miss Dar;s. was
tryatg,! with similar nerrr"uton tpr !ntrlccdiHg
oway hctpra mi. fhry scpara'vll Miss Rude,
Miss f,aris, and m,*.'if because VIZ wcrc csn'd
friends anil tried 10 nil ana eu.nIor e,'h .i,cr.
OHc rras.'n wllv innw That t' ,lt..sors ;tn"l
trre was a,iy ttne wrk ~ b. tlhnc, thew wanted
t1s IT. t0 It; they !,r, mo arrange In. table III
the tlnnJ-rt,ntl, to show nns tic" nj Rtfcsrla''t.
Ai:s! q. tse tine ri sieinrRs tu,k ci,arS. IT Hall
Dr. Palmer.
Wlica Acut to the a.yIun, | scwr.l n 81 It'll
~ ". t'ars III my tlre,st lnlt furHtt It.. After
nLuut three ynafs vent iu Wink tnuklrs The
Palmer, nl! ls;cti iIIn II he would ,iy iin s"nu
cotinu cloli. liz w,,,1h. he Hall, hut several
NORTH ln,strl Without ,nr getting It, although
s1a'cl iur II several tinlcs. One day une II
tie nt:tW!nHtR gave Int rome ttHe stliria To
mike, H!ra rcfnsta1 to dn t!ntn. nr. Palmer
wa sent for. u,1tl tn1tl lin would mot to itn
Until H.. .nt nlc nv to. ton cloth. lie pretended
hc la forgotten II, atlti 20. It len.
THA41C INCIDENT
occurred IN the fourth year of my stay. Mrs.
SPELLS, Tut M viOFcHt ours. She used to WASH
alislIrt, mop !he tlo,r. sweep, nlul nlakn hctls.
ehc liaa long nulrn lair .l'ns reached ncarly 10
'scr !cet. One s!av Miss I.clnot,, uto of te c,u
icaul cr) hat tho "nnau'. hair slReElcI inusy,
,nal aske lenvc to est Il oif. It was given, afttr
tnmc rci,lar; that It "secmctl too na,1." Hut
INIT tttfri1 ! fHrn1. Mics IN A1Rk "nff.fI
hands. throwing her ou .hc f]oos, a,ul strtlg-
CLING with her. m,lnllnc. choking, ruttIng, ani
slashiug, managed to 4rt It oil. I do not i,nox
whether they snld It or not. 1t was nupular
color, md bcautfful talr. During the struggle
pour Mrs. Rittrlt was bruised biack niat blue.
her face and neck swollen atnl distorted. They
wnu!l hold hrr nose and strungic her; they
wuutd raise her up Arltl stnm her f'cstl dow,
aga!t,st the Hour. KtetHt!t,E almost frcnxc,l un
Witnessing thu sufrcrines u The unfortunate
woman, tcfzrtl chair and Threatened t0.trikc
II thy did not Ftao. t1ut slareh not btrikc,
al,l one VI then, cane ntl showed n,e out of the
room ni..l shut thu. tlonr.
Whcu tLcr got done the poor wornaf, was re.
tlucetl to td!ory, und | believe never improved.
raw her clasn hrr hafI'ls hcforc l,er face IN III
attitude ol suppicatlon, aiti say, "Plcasc, God,
let nc die;
Please, GOD, LET uE piE'
She was Catholic, mil previous to this used
10 pray a!,.! si.g i'll tho night quite lu..si. Th!a
lntn tlt, rpon (taicro were fur te1s in the
rtttu,) aiul cflokc her to atop her. Sometimes
shu would throw the quilt .vcr her heud mil
ssino'l%r her to STOP lltr, Often tl'c wnla uitc
] hayc examined thcit III the noriIing Alni secn
the marks.
Aftcr tho cruel hair-cutting c1pcffcnru ouiy
Faw Mrs. RIttGl ft,r two ur three weeks, lut I'M,
which time she dill not know anything. They
ha'l nsatie her ten tmrs Is insane III lelorr. !
supposed thlt sic hail died, for one night
heard them cus,lc to her uUar ntnl curry her
nwass, Just Ms they alwnys dtd tfn'sc who died
tnure.
U,, asking about her tl,c next morning, wns
told By Miss Lemon that }rr brother had come
and rot ter nm! taken hcr to Detroit. tIsen
thought, md think ,low, t.lnt she tied, und TINT
her tleutl was entirely dine to t1lc
l,olsnInLE TREATMENT SHE HAD UNDERGONE,
for she was constantly sick nin! vomiting. nfler
IT. atd I'csrr did any work agau In The nsyfum.
Uile. victim Ut Miss Lannon's rFuclty, whose
n,gt, anI M|ss Lemon woaii cI,oke a,ni ai,usc &c
her. She told ms Of tltEa abuse. Once when
Sliss Lemon was choking her, st,o ut The end Of
the 1ni{1lu finger iii lint laly'a right hant!. a
few days alser crysiltcIas SIT III, nn! her hngcr
tnisuIt followed up n'd an. a1nl'utattum took
n1Her Mt the sreon,l joint. Even t!ils dill not
sase her, for ervsfprins followed Into her ha.nl,
arm n,.d ll4.u swel!cI up terribly. She had Ia
60 tu Ann Arbor. nid liiu ilhger was taken ulit
tn sIrr wrist. Her l'untsfImen wns rrrns. but
think mt greater THU ns a1rrds mrtitsd.
Onre she anw mt watching her tnottnns-snrl
did wn:rh her n l wa,tl1l make. She walled
rcycngc. ior s!ir feared mud hated the; 10 abs
n!ckcd up ~ lary: ncw i}Iblc which iay on hot.
mir lluc III llc w4l nnI tllruw 1t out Ut tlr wi.1-
d0w. THIS waa aDout tlr tt1.n ut tl's tnorDtn..
visit from Dr. Palnlrr. She wel,l duWn md at,t
tIlr lible, wit, wraekcu, md ruined, and told!
tic Do.tor that threw slnt h'ok ultt OF tic
wlnduw. toid .m that lid nut: tint she
did. tie sail. "tn. m; Alles L.cann wutl!lu't
do thai" lie ordered the restraints put on INC,
aiul they wrse
nrrr ON rw<, OH r,ltEE pArs.
! This OCCURRED buforc Dr. lfurd GANG Into the
nssl1l,. hrltcye II hr had btcn tlrru lie would
not lave alInwul IT, for. although ulnlcr the ur-
ucrs Ut Dr. Palmer. he had inurn influence t.'t
| tIe better uH f'At man. nrlluHs. But tnla Ur.
llur'l nj This aftrr lie cllnc, Ni.i hc snt hc h.
tlvvea tnt statement. Said ile. "fol always
BtClt tu 11G rlTr1ut.'
one custom, In slr asylutn was that OF carry,
ing tI,c MrA.rfnc u IT." patielIts Alnl for.iH!s m
wtlin.. ones 10 drink Il. This was natural
enough, but IL let! tn This tragedy: was tuldny
vIs'rs In The ltull Hear the room OF ole NJ tss
ualIrnta w!o always onJcctrsi to t'le sne'ltinc
This nigh. MIs4 i.r,sos, .!iss CAtIgcy, nt,l Nils.
| WcIph were tuuctArr. Mt+b Lemon WAs in haste
It scrEls, md was Intending tu 70 downtown
| When ttie xu,iIan refused, su and assistants
threw l,rr on Lcr back, put wedge 'eIwerh heI
teeth. held her u,se, ntn poured lcr inctllrlnt
tntu i.sr :,u.lts. shc siraiIglel ulsd expired.
| heart Tic wOrts,
| III nELlgyE s1tE's HEAD;
sav nothing u!,lut It Till Muruiig.' uorcI
raw hrr aftcrwar,i, aud / heard the usual heAY,
! tread vi the snil.brarcrs lhc ncxt night. I'll.
| death Vt d patcnt was never told " o1!ler pa
| titntf.
| cannut pretend to tell the hal. of the inhu
ullnl1y il!at WIS pr,l"ticcIl IN tn Stricken H.
tlIltcj Ut the Michigan !ss, inn for lht. lnAnns
during the live wears Dt my Incarceration. Iltt
history walil.l ill u ra,ln,r, Ai'l vault stattlt
proud al.t Intelligent M!c!l.au irtln hcr revert,
atnut rrae. AMI pEo3res.. .ad es'arlty, AMI pros
prrf.5, which utIr Vuo1 GoseFhor 4cIlns to ice
| pervAuc tie State.
Ttto HrnrHia sIHt1"ti with Rtnt1 Criminals
Tho S:3tr Of tie.rgia Il unable ur ,lnwilIln. Il
properly nruyitu fur It's i,lUJ Slate l'rsan csin.
imals, atnt hfres them out n gan5s ~ prsrnt'Irn
llrtuntratle leaders, hue rs ex-ti0y. llEnwH
sr,.atur T.. u. Gar.lun, Benjamin Il. l+ockstt
.ttxnrdluG I" .:.' tn'isrus;, ~: ht1to r,eive