The Indianapolis journal., 1888-07-23
General Belief that the Doctors Act in Taking
HIS Life Was Prompted by Remorse Over
His Treatment of Mr.. Vaudeville.
John Morley Forecasts the Liberal Atti-
tude as to the Parnell Commission.
Emperor William and the Gar Spend the
Day in Attending Church and Reviewing
Tr0ops-President Carnot's Recent Tour.
THE VAUDEVILLE CASE.

The Snicids Of DIR. Ridley and the Effect 1t
Has Had on the English Public.
New YORK, July 22-Ths Worlds London
special says The suicide of Dr. Ridley has had
a startling effect He as medical officer of Tul-
lamore Jail. more than any other person. except
Chief Secretary Balfour. knew the circum-
stances of the treatment Of Messrs. O'Brien and
Vaudeville What his orders were is unknown
and remains to be disclosed. His statement.
which was taken. possession Of by the police,
may show state Of things which will horrify
the public and go to prove the assertion that
Mr. Balfour deliberately intended to make
OBrien's residence there his last on earth. 1t
is generally believed that remorse st the death
life. 1t has been shown at the inquest that with
his knowledge. and without his intervention
the official medical adviser of the prison. Mr,
Vaudeville was stripped Of his clothes and fed
alternate days on bread and water, when he was
known to be consumptive and afflicted with
diarrhsa- No worse treatment can be conceived
for man Of his constitution. That Mr.. OBrien
survived it is q miracle.
The revelations of the suicide are called for
will the awful responsibility Of causing the
death of q prisoner rest on the Chief Secretary
and the odium of the government which sup
ports him. Feeling on the subject 10 working
MP 70 fever heat. and rigid account will be
demanded of the government by Englishmeu
anc Irishmen alike. The refusal of the authori-
ties to give the papers left by the unfortunate
physician into the hands Of the coroner. who BY
law is entitled to them. is regarded with dis
trust 1t 10 suspected they contain more than
the government would like TO have made pub
lie. The disposition Of them will be watched
aud their production demanded in . manner
which cannot be gainsaid.
The inquest into the causes OF Mandsvilles
death was continued to-day, and the proceedings
followed with breathless interest Daniel
Gouldine, a warden in Tullamore prison when
Vaudeville and OBrien were confined there,
testified before the coroner's jury to-day that
the governor OF the Jail informed him and his
fellow-wacdens that he had instructions to strip
not shrink from taking part in the brutal work.
With six wsrdens. of whom the withess was one.
the governor entered the cell IN the dead OF
winters night, rudo!y awakened the sleeping
man. and ordered him at once 10 don the prison
Rarb. Mr.. Vaudeville refused TO do 40, where
upon his own clothes. In which be slept for fear
they would be stolen from him, were torn from
his body. After desperate struggle which
itkened some of the wardens thmeselves, Ee was
thrown to the stone floor and left raked. The
poor man. one against seven, begged bis perse-
entors, for decencys sake. not TO take away his
shirt. The governor threw a sheet over him,
and raising him up. the latter tottered to his
plank bed and fell back exhausted and shiver-
ing, with nothing but that sheet TO cover him.
The recital of this scene caused sensation OF
horror and cries Of execration in the jury-roou.
Goulding proceeded to swear that Mr. Man
deville received severe punishmspt on nine oc-
casiops distinctly within his own memory, and
some of these were not entered in the prison
diary as should have been. Goulding said he
had entered the cell resolved not to assist in
these acts Of cruelty. but with the hope Of pre-
venting murder, which be feared might be the
immediate result for the man defended himself
with what strenth be had left aud the wardens
used their united strength to subdue him. The
sensation caused in the court by this testimony
was iniescribable. People shed tears, and others
called for vengeance on the perpetrators and
their master. Tine papers tomorrow will be full
of the details which not fail to q cry
Of indignation throughout the British isles.
Meetings have already been called In England
aud Scotland, a. well as in Ireland to denounce
thAsa 0utrapas