The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-07-11
SETTLING SCORES.
Beginning of the Investigation Into
the Affairs of the Rochester
Asylum.

ROCHESTER,, Special Telegram, July 3
The preliminary investigation of the insane
asylum management was begun by the com
mt;tee at the hospital to-day There were
present w. C. Williston, G. AmudsOn, Attor-
ney General Clapp and Secretary Hart. f.
b. Kellogg, ST. Paul, and Is. w. Eaton ap-
peared for DR.. Bowers Miss Jane Cary was
the first witness. She had been in the asylum
in 1885. Her mind was so disturbed at the
time that she could not remember what
wards she was in. She said that
she had been choked and had
her head hurt on one occasion by her at
tendauts, Misses Manley and Erban. She
said she had heard Miss Manley use vulgar
language in the presence of patients. She
saw patient, Miss Cook, chOked by an at
tendant. On ncross-examination she admitted
that she knew but little at the time,
and had no distinct remembrance of
what happened. The case book in
her case was read, showing that she
had been hard to manage, and
very deieterious. Miss Bertha Erban testi-
fed that she did not remember of choking
Miss Cary. Miss Mary Head testified that she
had never choked Miss Cook. and that at
tendants were always instructed by DR..
Bowers, and also by the supervisors on 60
ing to work to treat patients kindly; that
they never had orders to take special pains
to put things in order when they were to
have official visitors, and that it was not con-
sidered
A POINT OF HONOR
among the attendants not to report cases of
abuse Gordon Hazeton's charges were
looked into, and he examined his own wit
Hju RharnaS that hic all
tampered with by hospital officials. DR.. Col
Inns testified that he opened one let
ter directed to his wife, thinking
there were other letters in it. His exam
ination amounted to nothing, the witnesses
being questioned on matters that were ir-
relevant and ridiculous. The examination OF
his witnesses occupied three and half hours
He asked permission to make a statement
Williston said they would set apart one day
for him after the other witnesses were ex,
amined. DR.. Quinby Of st. Paul and E. s.
Kelley of Minneapolis testified that Hazel
ton has been for years and is
still of unsound mind. Pursuant tc
of the charge by Mrs. Eva Bartlett at ST. Pau
on Saturday, her sister, Dora Hofacra, was
called. She testified that she had worked al
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the kitchen. She adm tilted that she had tolC
her sister that she had heard that patien
that worked in the laundry, had had Grim,
inal intercourse with an attic endant She
said that she had seen things which
WERE NOT LADYLIKE
between male and female attendants, al
though no! criminal acts Attorney Genera
Clapp pressed her hard as to what she haC
seen. She finally CALCULATED: Il have seer
the girls sit on the boys laps in the presence
of others" She had heard other scandal, and
had heard Kats Brogan and Katie
Marum make remarks Miss Hof
AGRA testified that she had not beer
treated respectfully while at the asylum
and when the girls were put on the stanc
they blankIy denied every charge she made
except as TO the Nottingham case, whi6l
these witnesses testified was occasioned III
her own failing in always telling that sht
had criminal intercourse with men. They
! howsyer, unanimously charged Miss Hofacrs
with being unduly intimate with the EeaC
cock, Stanford. The whole Testimony
given ON this branch OF the in
vestigation seemed to be a squaring O.
accounts between Miss Hofacra and the rest
Henry Moll, ex-Sheriff of Ncollet county
arrived during the afternoon session and oc
cupied few minutes putting in testimony
refuting the charges made by Trogdon at ST
Paul in reference to a conspiracy which hat
been the means of his getting IN the asylum
Chairman ,WillistOn said that the charge
were absurd in their face; that he did not SCI
the necessity of refuting them, but that il b
wished his testimony would be taken.