, 1879-04-27
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Another Whack at Investigating
the Home of the Sick
Poor,
Some Further Light Concerning the
Stiff that Was Boiled
Down.
a Broad 1ntfmation that the County I'm
dertaker Spcculates in
Corpses.

The Special COMMITTEES OF the County Board ap~
pointed to inquire into the alleged Irregularities al
the County Hospital met agaiu yesterday and con
tlnued their labors. Following the instructions q
the resolution by which thcY were appointed, the
Committee Investigated the Hospital II literally
Thcv assembled at the institution, md not only
made general survey Of the premises, but made
dtligcnt inquiry On the spot Of the customs, prac
flces and eternal fitness Of the persons at the head
OF the concern. The session was begun about l:
O'Clock, Commissioner Fitzgerald In the chair and
the full COMMITTEES present. Several other mem
bors Of the County Board manifested their interest
BY putting in an appearance.
Commissioner Bradley was first asked for O
statement relative to what MIR. Mills had told him
n regard to the body which was cut up by Nurse
that one day while walking through the corridors
he ran across number OF tho hospital employees
carving something wrnppcd up IN shects. He
they were going 10 boil it. Mr Aiilla forbade
them to 60 any further. and made them return
right to It. The body wss returned to its T proper
pluce. MIR. Mills had once shown the witness a
letter signed by four Commissioners anthorlztng
witness, and i,ad said TINT Mr Mills had gwen him
permission to take the body. Subsequently, when
Il committee Of The Board had inquired fnto The
AhAttEt Al1. DaheF ueultu lHaL H6 HAu peI1llssIoH
to take the body, and acknowledged that he had
Sfa1,sy p0SS Min At the e when wtqsss
denoaesa A she outage M and said '0fss taat TIC The
discharged. 5ir: Miiis had further satd tiat he
was afraid that the friends OF the cut~up man
would cali for the remains. So he sent, early the
morning following the attempted body steal, to
the county Undertaken, and llnd the nnt1latcd
body buried and when the friends OF the dead
1H cnj1 hh fhp Warden fn1H them that the
body had decomposcd 90 rapidly that prompt burial
was necessary. With this explanation the friends
haa gone away apparently satisfied. Continuing
gwen before tue Hospital Committee, aud
said TINT the Drussiet, oushten had
testified that Baker had asked him to c!can stiff
nrl prepare skeleton, and had said that he could
tho next morning get permission SO to do, though
he had none at that time. Oughtcn had said that
soon afterwards he had talk with Baker, and that
individual had said thar he '@thought 1t was ail
right" so far aB Mr. Mills was concerned
"Nr. Mills here made statement relative to his
tals with baker lths which Is anoye referred to}
possibly be construed into permission to take and
CUT Ur ANY BODY
at the Hospital. On the other hand he had told
Baker that he tMi!ls} could not sanction any such
proceeding and he hatly refused to grant any such
'*coutd give tue undertaken SIS and get stiff from
him." Alr: Mills detailed subsequent CONVERSE
tons sh nakH5 al to the came eset
sation between Commissioner EitZgernd und
Warden Mills relative TO conversations between
and Mills, Baker, and spotford It all showed,
nade ",s ssatemeats ne to the lea' eset ta! aa
TIC get Tor sh he had been dsehaFsd 1 s
Warden; and that one night, when Mr. Baker had
confronted commissioner Spot1ord and Ar. Mills,
nia df T. a aRc the he si % 5 Dss
consumed in nquriug as to whether or nat Chris
Manner had once called at the Hospital with BAKER.
anu Mr. Mills s:id thut Mamcr had called; he did
not know whether or not Baker and Manner had
called together.
.>The fact is, is it not. Mr.. Mills" said Com
Mr. Mills said ihat tue body was taken without
permission, and he supposed TINT it might be
called stealing
Commissioner Stewart asked what disposition
yas made OF the body got by DIR Goldspahn.
What record had the Warden about it,
Mr.. Mile replied that he had County Undertaken
lessen'an's receipt for the body, dcspte the fact
that Hcsseman had sworn lhat he never received
such n body NOR gave such receipt. Mr. Mills
)ffered to produce the receipt.
The conversation then pcca1e general, and Mr..
BILLS told how once the corpse Of man named
Michael Oshra bud been delivered to tine friends
u another patient named Michael Oshca. The
funeral was begun, and not till the coffin was
yas not their dear Michael. The wrath
u the friends, knew. no bounds. and
they Threatened al sorts Of dire vengeance against
-" a,sa 1H % tsno I,t,; o -, ~ ~
~ t - ,nJ n q @ sue "
,n.ed to ~" csa w,s n1oeod nn,' c1.i j.,
's,s,,a " ~ sIsn,. ~ nt @ pon , es1' -, Ing tne
'vs1 la cornsc In ha MT henn +haro n,, ap,.o py
h. ,va,ar M tbn rnn1nnss rorirnd htn, VA -,
Jumped with horror from the slab and fled from
he place.
Ono Of the Commissioners raised question rs to
- ,u, },;1a dnr.r ~ sir ,,I1s @ oI.sta MG ~ M
~ .o -, ~ ~, -, nae % 49, ,'ss ~ @ t ~ ~
~ pn1sa, ns ,5 -, 49, s,ea ~ US ~ LIT - a1e XXX
ssa ,1on;aJ h;,n t",,nr h;,a ~ .h a,n ,I ~,
a. a"u ra,,,oa+ , ] h ; ~ eae , .aaG . Inat ~
~ ,nntv Inlsrt,,cr did not concern 1He Wnrtem
~ ha .h;, nidn"h % aat ,.a ts H. % atuen;
M ~, 'na ILL., ~ a "aS to uouy "
e,a1 -. 10 .,, . % -, ,a "U VIZ ~ ens fefge o
,uti;'t ~ tnc Aanas ~ "aoLael y sneas tllehas
~ ha %a o oo at,', tb w. peoe were
~ ~; ~ t. s WI ous; ~ ""1,
~ sne ,. a ans s.tI sly ~ WAS KGpt
" Ti ~ " 81. 80 T. an ..en ~. elis
uvs5 a H., uessen14a 20 outy u.
.:, ne ts sa'e te natHen lecgtpL io9 II
eee1P3. ihexg tae Naluens responsibility
Hull -. ,'AA's =npGueeu LIZ LIE eody
Ias oo''4nGn ill.,, ~ IL 1o1uspAna from
lesseaiIu. 1n5'1 haa "o oAoc' WI!
y na!Gn = Iouau w oe ogta'ne0. Nstness afd hot
now " feo. ~ ~, taat tna corpse had neytr left
Nv on1luing. inc uegseman ~ receipt was d4ted
IN. =: FROM jan. Z u feo. ~ "ltness :aao since
easHeu' ......
THE cADA'kR WAS CONCEALED
I'D never ilad key to that room, and had never |
one III tcre consequently be did not discover the
RICK. Witness was positive that the O'Shca body
:aa tho only ore That had been etolen and cut uu
The Hospltul during his administration. III clos
sg his testimony NJ. Mile invited tho in,nutcst