The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-19
GENERAL NEWS.
The Tewksbury Investigation Horrors
Tread on Each Others Heels.
hiil TO Compel the Chicago Board OF
Trade 10 Furnish Oatside
Exchanges With Market Reports Re-
ceiVes a Legal Qaietus.
Assassin Curley Convicted at Dublin
He naogs May 18th.
"God Save Ireland!" He shouts, as
He Retires.
The Memphis Races-Dallas Fayorites
Are There.
Happenings at Home and Abroad.
The Memphis Races Dallas Fayorites
Are There.
Happenings at Home and Abroad.



Bosroa. April Is. 49, AT the Tewksbnrv
examination to-day, Mary Il, Bower, for.
merly an inmate, said she could not eat
food furnished, but lived upon that bough,
with money furnished her; never saw any
Of the Marsh family while there, thirty or
more women were bathed in the same wat.
or, many patients having many kinds of
diseases and many infested with yermin.
when there was time carbolic acid
WAS poured on the hands of sucb
persons verm'n were all over the place,
rats being so abundant that parents would
call nurses to drive them away; one CON
sumptlve woman was unable TO cali for helm
ana her feet were badly bitten; this han.
pened every night until she died: clothes
ana everything were filthy, hut when the
inspector was expected they were cleaned
one woman, who died was SO large her body
was crowded into n box by men
standing on II; she had on the same
bonnet worn when alive; another patient
occupied the bed on which this woman
died that night, no change of clothing
being made, an old insane woman was
beaten with sticks and tied with ropes.
The witness had come on from New
York to give her testimony and Brown
asked several questions which Butler said
were not pertinent
Brown retorted that characters of wit.
nesscs so Tar were lit subjects for criticism
ana he proposed in this case to know tins
witness entire story.
The governor said he did not propose to
sit still and allow his witnesses TO be mn
ligned. He asked the committe not
TO allow IL. Some of their
daughters might by chance
come 10 this hell upon earth. loud ap-
p'ause from spectators followed.l The gov.
ernor said that because witness was fallen
woman, her character should not be the
issue IN this case. She should answer all
pertinent questions, but not those which
sought to drag her down.
Brown said his excellency WINGED as he
never had before, He called the COVER.
hors attention to q case where he, the
governor, questioned witness in regard to
character, etc., In the most unheard of way
question ms to proceeding with cross.ey.
ANIMATION was decided by the committee
in the affirmative, by five to four votes.
Miss Bowen refused to give the name by
which she was known in New York. Coun-
sci demanded it, to inquire into her char
aoter Tor veraclty, and in the course of the
controversy the governor said this investi-
gatlon was OF interest to the entire coun-
try where there were institutions like
Tewksbury, and ought to 20 before IL. Al
ready 1t had aroused examination in other
states. He had never had q political thought
III connection with it. The only questions
to be decided were law, pr priety and hu,
manly, but the opposiugceunsel took that
narrow view OF it, which no was capable of
ihe chairman SAID the governors remarks
that another . to vote would hand this
committee down as another committees was
banded down to the country by its to vote
was highly improper, and he hoped no
more politicai allqsions would be made by
any of the counsel.
The governor said he had as little respect
for the chairman's opinion as the latter
mad for bis, and he had no respect for the
chairman decisions. Being asked If Miss
BOWEN would be present TO morrow, Cover
nor Butler said il she was not her tes,imo.
ny. could be stricken from the record,
Adjourned.