New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-18
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crNs1rpJNc HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES

tENSURlNU
In the Yorkyille Police Court on last Sunday
there were two cases which called forth strong ex-
pressions of indignation from justice OuerDomg,
Concerning TIE Treatment of persons brought INTO
Court from two of the city hospitals They were
moved according to the Justice before theY shVMu
he. considering the nature OF their injuries. Inc
first ease was that of Mrs. Ellen Hickey, taken INTO
court from ST. Luke's Hospital. Mrs. Hickey is the
nnenyiable possessor of husband whose principal
recreation seems TO consist In drinking Daa nqupa
and then beating his wife as nearly TO deatn rs nc
considers advisable. On last Saturday night MI.
Hickey enjoyed himself in this way, and when he
had concluded ms amusement Mrs. Hickey VIZ Hail.
cned her eyes nearly closed, and a great gasn
on her forehead" the official description npp1icnl
ub Mrs. took Hickey Ss4 to g. fun Gukes Hospital
where her injuries were attended to. Inc neA A.
morning policeman called for her ana TOOK ner 40
the Police Court, whereupon the Jusuce Ma3
moved by her appearance TO comment somewhat
harshly upon the hospital authorities Tor aiIom,ns
the WOMAN to leave the establishment III SUE"
condition. n. l.. hoo ont of
This woman is manfestly unfit TO DE our VI
bed said he land they had no business 10 seu hor
here in this condition. III they had no pnnsSerred
at ST. Lukes Hospital they should nave ,nSed hor
her TO Bellevue" whereupon the Justice ordereu hcr
to be taken TO Bellevue at once ~, q Soroodor
The other case was that OF DAVID ID Sciceuci,
brought into court from the Roosevet Iiospltal;
Screeder was suffering from seventeen cu.s anu hi
stab wounds upon the aT hlo a%u Tbemans con-
d;tion So had that the Justice. feeling that he
shouid NOT be our, ordered his lmmedlte return 10
fba a
some of these hospitals people were treated more
like animals than human beings
A TRIDUNE reporter started out to investigate
these two cases Yesterday. At ST. Lukes Hospital,
NJ Ffth-aye and Fifty-fourth-st., DIR. Mofat told
the reporter that Mrs Hickey had been
brought in by policeman ON saturday
night and ner wounds were attended 10.
The woman had walked i'll with the Policeman ana
after her injuries were treated was nerectly abe 10
leave the place. but as she SAID she had noWerG TO
CO. accommodation was made for her III the nos
pia although all of the regular wards were iull ut
the time In such cases as this" said the doctor.
" it is customary to send the patient 10 lhe aispeh
sary but this poor woman seemed so wOe-Deg0ne
that we took pity on her and made room Tor her
here She had slight scalp wound, number OF
bruises on her body and BLACK eye; there were
no fractures, however, and the woman
injuries were not severe. In the morn
ing the policeman came for her TO take her TO the
court, and when she left us she was proiuse IN eX-
pressions of gratitude for the care that had been
taken of her. She walked away with the police
man III the morning"
ptai Fifty ninth-st. and Ninth-ave. TO see about
the Screeder DR.. King, of that establishment,
whose manner would seem TO indicate that lie
owned the hospital, was much dlsgusted WIN JUS
tlce Otterbourg. Screeder.' SAID he, " was here
about half an hour he came in to have his wounds
dressed, and when we had attended TO nun he
walked away. lie wasn't hurt much he
had lot OF stabs and gashes on his back sup
pose that there seventeen OF them, but they
were not serious. None OF them was over an lnch
deep in the heshy part OF his back suppose prob
ably lie had lost ABOUT a teacuptull OF blo0d, OUT
that's nothing. l think he deserved 1t all, from
what Pve read of the case to-day"
els Screeder here nowp
"Oh, no." =,
but didn't the Justice send him hereW
"Yes, but we were full and couldn't take him. so
we told bim that he might go of, and if he came
back the next nornIng-which would have been
this morning-we would dress his wounds again.
But he didn't come back"
Was the man sent to the Police Court in his
bloody cothesp
Yes after his wounds were dressed he put on
hat l,a ho1 had m xybpp ho
stabbed and as 1t was saturated with blood, L sup
pose that made Things look rather badly. The JUS
lice doesn't know anything about such matters,
man back here"