Frostburg mining journal., 1883-05-19

In MoNTEvuE HospITAL--. P,oba.
bly, Matter Our Co;.mty Commission-
CTS &.uId Investigate. We have
been showu two lattera from John A.
Arnold, ali inmats Of Montsvus Hos
pital from this eounty--one addressed
tc John Bone.-ths other to Justice
H, + Atkinson, both Of this place,
The Iettar to MIR. Bone gectes The
history Of a BUSINESS msttsr witL
which he (Arnold) is principally con.
nectsd. The writing ia plain and
bold the language and ortbogi Apply
good and statements clear and ex-
plicit, evincing recollection of the
occurrence and sequence of events
unmistakably good. Aside frcm rep
etitions aud free use of caI itals, his
letters are as we'll constructed as i'm
perfectly educated people usually
write.
The letter to Mr.. Atkinson is more
important, and we publish 1t in full:
MoETEvUE HOSPITAL, May 8, 1883.
MR.. ATKINsoN-Sir II have an order
from the Pension Office, Washington, D.
O., to report myself 10 DR.. William ]. Grail
gen for a medical examination. DR.. C's
office ia in Cumberland. This order runs
out on the 30in of June, 1883. l claim
pension for detective eyesight. My eye
sight was injured in the United States army
l want q release in order to attend to my
penson claim and get off of Al!egany
county. If / don't get pension I
will go to the Solliers Home. Mr.. Akin
son, l have been kept here years against
my will; 1 am sans haye tried to get a
lawful release from this hospital in order
to file my claim for pension Gefore July
1st, 1880. ! could get no re ease In Sep.
tember, 1880, took relense went to
Cumberland and voted there IN November.
l flied my claim for pension DR.. Ssma.
P. SIN til and Mr.. Webster Bruce, ieve-
nu' collector, are my two witnes is on that
appl alton Tie seal of allegrny courty
| on the application, and Mr.. humans
(the Clerk) name is signed to The paper. or
blank. In March, 1881, was se.t back to
MoBtevue hospita'. | WAS put IN the jail
4 Cumberland had "a tIial, y counsel,
no witnesses. / wss not allowed 10 sn7
one word IN mY own b-half staid here
sbont one month. lett aud went IT, AlIc-
eany sgain. then vent Ia Oakland end
rot my captains >, stmony and hat of Two
oti er g"od illnesses. The te,ls uf ALE.
gany and Garrett c. untics Maryland, also
Mineral county, West vi. ginia are on my
papers. My witness's are DR.. Samuel p.
Smith, Webster B uce, Capt. William r
Jarboe. William II. Paris and Dom nick
Arnold. These names are on my papers,
BOW on file in the Pc. sion Office. l WAS
examnsd once by DR.. Wilson in October
1881. Thev are very ex CT on me. Il this
oldeT runs out may have trouble to {
another. | now appeal to The people uf
Allegany county to assist me to get re.
IoaSc from MonteYue hospital in order TO
prosecute my pension claim TO Gnl!s |
an sanc. The county Of Allegany has no
right ~ MAINTAIN me here Il all. You rsn
rely on what "a Petition the Court
Let the Court order NY release don't
give up my rishts. JOHN A. ARNOLD.
Besides the possibility OF maintain
ing a sane man in an insane asylum,
it appears that Mr.. Arnold'a appeal
for relief has some merit-some claim
upon the authorities which would
justify immediate investigation. The
steps he has taken to secure peusion
show that he has proceeded intelli-
gently, and, whether his claim is well
founded or not, he should be enabled
to prosecute it 10 the end. From all
we have learned we believe the Ccun-
ty Commissioners could look into the
natter with justice and profit, per-
haps to both Arnold and the taxpay-
] ers wuo maintain hun.