The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06
THURSDAY, Feb. l., 1850.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
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BOdTl met pursuant 10 duJOuTlllltnl.
Present same as Yesterday. Minutes
of yesterday read and approved.
Supervisor Carey, chairman of special
committee. presented the following re-
port, which, on motion, was adopted:
NJ. Chairman and geHtlemea Of the BOord
Of Supervisors ~ La Sale Comfy:
Your committee appointed to lnvestl-
gate the truth of the statements made To
the Board by the gentleman from Serena
in regard to the alleged cruelties perpe-
trated upon the inmate Hogan, since de-
ceased, the insane woman Mrs. Walter,
and the matter of the conception and
birth of Legitimate children III the
county asylum, beg leave to report as fol-
lows:
Your committee took special pains to
investigate the matter fully, ana placed
some of the witnesses under oath. The
facts in regard to the man Hogan appear
TO your committee about as follows: lie
was an inmate of the asylum for some
eighteen months, during all Of which time
he was imbecile, unable to speak or eXer-
else any care or Judgment III regard to
cleanliness, and was all the time under
the personal charge of another inmate,
John Cruise, whose duty it was to care for
the personal cleanliness of Hogan. The
committee find that Cruise was accus-
toned to strike the man III question with
stick, and he claimed he was authorized
to do 50 by the former Warden to force
him to the privy and to submit To wash
ing when filthy. This authority was in
terpreted by Cruise to be license to him
to chastise Hogan without limit. Your
committee believe that Cruise is passion
ate man and when in a passion he used his
cane too freely. Your committee find
that such treatment occurred without the
knowledge of the Warden and Matr0n,
and extended at intervals through the
whole time that Hogan was an inmate OF
the asylum. Your committee do not find
the slightest reason to believe the mans
death was FASTENED by the treatment
above referred to, as no such treatment
was shown to have occurred within three
weeks of the mans death.
The committee do not find that there
was any unusual haste in the burial. or
any occasion for the holding of an inquest.
The county physicians both unite III
stating the cause OF the man s death 10
be tlux without doubt. The present
Superintendent, when he came in charge,
found Hogan under the care of Cruise,
and had no knowledge of any severe
treatment whatever.
Your committee find no foundation for
the charge of cruelty in the matter of the
insane woman Mrs. Walter, or any other
insane persons whatever. Your COM
mittee find only one child to be the result
of intercourse between the sexes, ana
this occurred during the time OF Mr..
Flaherty'S superintendent, and no one
in charge was particularly 10 blame in
the matter, and no other instance OF the
kind has ever occurred.
Your committee would further state
that they have interviewed both Drs.
Hard ana Macarthur, the physicians in
charge of the asylum, in regard to all the
charges in question, and they unite in
stating that, so far as they have been able
to ascertain, the asylum is and has been
in excellent condition in every respect,
and the management and control OF the
inmates of all classes has been both con-
siderate and humane.
Respectfully, J. J. CAREY.
Supervisor Beach, chairman of the
committee on paupers, presented the fol-
lowing report, which, on motion, was
adopted:
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen Of the Bodrd
OF Supervisors:
Your committee on pauper claims
would beg leave to report that they have
examined all claims presented before
them, and recommend the payment OF
rprIad to jsSue orders for the several
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