Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-11-07
DR.. nxxG.rEiN,s CHARGES.
! Xfs sworn statement Before the
ASYLUM Com minSiOners.

I kk10 sworn otuESNACut DcAUHC tAAS
Asylum Commissioners.
The Board of Insane Com mission
ers met yesterday. Present, Deal
Hnffak-r, HallocA and Tufiy. DR..
Bergstein, lato of the Insane Asy.
lum, fled the following charges
against the present management:
To the Honorable the Board OF
of Commissioners for the care of
the INDECENT insane for the State OF
| Neutrality-suspicious.:
| Believing it to be the duty of ev-
cry citizen who may become cogni-
zant of the management of any
State institution. or of the abuse of
any of the unfortunate wards of
the State. to place the facts before
the proper authorities that the
wrongs and abuses may be correct
ed I desire to place the follow
ing charges against the Superin-
tendent of the Nevada Insane Asy-
lum before your honorable body
for Investigation:
, THAT he is utterly untitled for
the position he occupies by reason
of the fact that lie appears utterly
ignorant of the modern ideas of the
care and treatment Of insane per-
sons. His idea Of an asylum being
rather that of q person with rod
iron cells an3 barber wire fencing
to Iacsrate the flesh of such insane
persons as might make an effort to
effect an escape by scaling the yard
fence. Gasgi.,g such patients as
use vulgar language, etc.
2-That he has no business quail
ifcations ana by reason of such
lack of knowledge the funds devot-
cd to the improvement Of the Asy
lum and the care of its inmates have
been partly squandered. That he
has been guilty of malfeasence in
Office having converted the proper
ty of the State to his own use.
4-That he has, and now en-
ploys persons of various capacities
in aud about the Asylum while he
has declared it to be and who are
utterly untitled to be employees of
that institution.
5-That the patients during his
administration have been bar bar
ousIy, cruelty and inhumanly treat
ed, and that such treatment was
encouraged by the words and acts
If the Superintendent, and it was
for the reasons set forth in this
charge that I on the Goth day of
last July resigned the position held
by mo at the Asylum, and it was
only on the promise of DR.. Bishop
and the presence of two of the lead.
ing citizens of Reno that the wrongs
complained of should be corrected,
that reassumed my position.
6-That he lacks administrative
ability, and by reason of lack of
discipline the lives of the inmates
of the Asylum are in danger.
And by reason of these acts and
shortcomings of the Superintend-
ent Of the New ada Insane Asylum,
the noble charity to which these
funds are being devoted utterly
failed to accomplish the result de-
sired all Of which is respectfully
81. BERGsrEIS, Reno, Nevada.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me the 5th day of November, 1855
SEAL PIERCE EVANS.
Notary Pablo.
After the charges had been re-
,eived tho Dr. asked that two wit
1esses might be examined imme-
lately as they were about remov-
ng to California. The Commits
,ioners decided to sit on Friday
1ext and take the testimony of the
wo witnesses. They also asked
Dr.. Bergstein to be more explicit in
he charges of cruelty and malfea-
encs and to specify times and in
tances embraced in the charges. The
)r. said that he would file supple
rental charges and the meeting
hen adjourned until Friday of this
veek.