The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28

bOOkkeeper OF the hospital; 1 am daily
through the wasds, more or less in reference
to the records Of clothing; / have q pass
key through the entire building.
Q.-How long since you have had the
liberty of the grounds by yourself? Al
have had the privileges of the grounds since
about the middle OF September.
Q-Have you ever been allowed to visit
friends in the city alone? A.-Yes, sir; /
have been allowed to visit nay friends in In
disnspolis at pleasure.
ON your relations TO the Hospital, hay
ing access to the wards have you had oppor-
tunities of observing the treatment that
patients would receive from the attendants?
Al have.
Q-Hsve you seen in any case an attend
ant assault a patient bsutally aud mistrest
him? A-Never.
Odd you, in connection with Mr..
Walsh, examine the room afterward, to see
IL there was any implement, or fragment of
q vessel, that Mar. MesMer could have been /
struck with: A.-Ispoket to Mr.. Walsh, and
we went in the room that morning and
looked carefully to see whether it was pos
sible for him to have received a blow with
anything. and we looked for any little arti-
Gle that could have been in there wherewith
an injury could have been Inflicted, and
there was none o vessel broken, or any
thing OF the kind. know there was a cou-
pie OF comforts in one corner, and took them
up and separated them, so that nothing
could nave Deen IN tneIn, at 81.
t. c. RUTLEDGE INTERVIEWER.
Rsporter-What are your duties in the
Hospital for the Insane? Al am an attend
ant.
Q-On what ward? App ward.
Q-How long have you been there? A.
Eleven months.
Q-Who employed you? A.-Dr. Everts.
Q-During that time were you absent
from the Hospital? A.-1 e6, sir.
Q-How long, and when Al left, /
believe, the last day of May, and returned
july ) 1879.
Q-Did you go of on o furloughe A.-No,
sir. l went to another hospital. | was hired
the last time by DR.. Rogers.
Q-Have you read an article in the Jour
nal In reference the to affairs a t the Insane
Hospital. in regard 70 the i'll treatment OF
patients? Al have.
Q-Do you remember Mr.. A~rbuckle, a pa
tie6t who died in December Ayes, sir,
Q-Whst attention did that patient re-
ceive from the attendants? Ale received
all that could have been possibly received
by any one in his position.
Q-Was he watched at night? A.-Yes,
sir. the entire night, continually, by some
one.
Q-Was he seen frequently in the day
time by the attendants? A.-Yes, sir; al
most constantly.
Odd the medical officer only visit him
once a day? A.-No, sir; at least a half
dozen times-sometimes oftener-
Q.-Was any one present when Mr.. Ar
buckle died? A.-Nes, sir.
Q-Then he did not die alone? A.-No,
sir.
Q-What attention did Mr.. Childers re-
ceive? Ale received the same attention
as Mr.. Arbuckle.
Q-Was he watched by attendants at
NIGHT before he died. A-Yes. sir.
WAS he UarChod hv thn attan0anfa IN
: the day time frequently? A-Nes, sir.
Did the medical officer visit him only once
a day A.-No. sir; several times every
3 day-and as early as 6 O'Clock in the morn
{ ing.
Gid Mr.. Childers die alone? A.-No.
Q-There was an attendant with him
when he died? Ayes, sir.
Q.-Have you, during your term of ser
vice at the Hospital, seen a man brutality
I treated by attendants? Al have not.
{ Q-Hsve YOU seen them neglected By the
, medical officers? No. sir.
! Q-What means have you of knowing the
rules OF the institution? Al have been
presented with the bylaws.
Q-In what shape? A.-PIi nted. My
, attention has been called TO special articles
. by the attending physician in regard TO the
l treatment of patients.
Q-The attending ph ysician of your ward
Has he ever spoken to you in regard to how
j necessary y WAS tudA tuc EaLtulS SuOuiu DC
: managed tenderly and not treated harshly
, Ayes. sir.
Q.-Was your attention called especially
to Mr.. Arbuckle and Mr.. Childiers when
they were sick? A.-Nes. sir.
Q-Were YOU asked by the attending ply
stefan to watch with them at night? A
. Yes, sir.
! Q.-Were you asked By the sttendig physi.
! clan to call him at night. at any hour IL 1t
, was necessary in you Judgment? A
1 Yes, sir.
Odd you know a patient named John
S Brown, who died a. the Indiana Hospital
for the Insane? Ayes, sir.
Ole died in the month Of November,
. 1879? Ayes, sir.
= Q-And what treatment did he receive?
L A.-Good treatment.
Q-Was he allowed to remain alone at
night? A-No, sir.
t Q-Who had charge Of him at night
g wha. class of persons? A-They were the
attendants.
Q-Rseularly detailed 6y the attending
e physician? Ayes, sir.
Odd thew remain With him day and
night? A.-Yes, sir.
Odd Mr.. Browns family visit him at
any time during his illness: A.-Yes, sir.
Q-What members Of his family were
there during the three or four days previous
10 his death Ais wife, and / believe
b his daughter visited MIN, and some friends
that | didn't know.
Did he have some relatives or
friends from the city that visited him? A
l think he did, but l was not acquainted
with them.
Odd Mrs. Brown remain in the Hos
pital for some days before his death? A
It She did.
o Odd you converse with Mrs. Brown
during her stay at the Hospital? Al did
Q-What did she say to you in reference
to the treatment that Mr.. Brown was re
~ceiving? A.-She said he received all thai
n she could ask.
Q-Did she express any dissatisfaction
/? toward the officers or attendants? A.-Nons
whatever.
Add she express her gratitude to any.
one that you know of? A.-She did 70 me
and others.
MATTHEW P. WEIGH INTERVIEWED.
Reporter-What do you know of the death
OF Joseph Mesmer? A.-At4 O'Clock a. m,
d Friday, 1 was called by Captain Hutchinson
tho vfuhf mafoh and ua uonf N the rom