The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-05-29
A HORRIBLE RECITAL.
EVIDENCE OF SHOCKING CRUELTY IN THE
CHICAGO INSANE ASYLUM.
A Patient'e Arm and One Of his Ribs
Broken by the Attendants-Another Ur-
fortunate so Terribly Injured that He
Died

A Patient'e Arm and One Of his Ribs
Broken by the Observation-Disclosures Uc-
fortunate so Terribly Injured that He
Died.
CHICAGO, May 2O.-The most horrible
revelation yet made in Judge Pender-
CASTS investigation of the management
of the Cook County Insane Asylum was
reached to-day in the testimony OF
George Hill, an engineer now running
an engine for the Lake Shore Road. Mr..
Hin is a shrewd looking man, with black
hair and moustache, and a stralghtfor-
ward manner. He said he was admit
ted to the institution at Dunnlng in
January, 1888, and was discharged as
cured the following May. He was not
violently insane when he went to the
asylum, and on his arrival he was asked
by an attendant named Lott If he was
insane. He said that he was not
"Well," replied Lott, I'VE will make you
a Id sight insaner than you are
now"
sThen another attendant, named Ju-
liam, ordered me to sweep out the room.
I replied that l was not sent there for
that purpose. =,
You amt, ehl We will see about
that
s.Tben be knocked me down and
kicked me in the body and mouth, and
kicked two teeth out. l tried to cover
nv face by getting my head beneath
bench. My arm was owe. it and through
a space in the back of TIE bench. Ju
han turned the bench over to get an
other kick at my face. In doing this
my arm was broken.
Hill rolled up bis right coat sleeve
and showed about three inches below
the elbow huge lump where the ends
of the broken bones, lily joined, stuck
out.
They Knocked me down again" con-
tinued Hill, 'sand broke one of my ribs:
Nv arm caused me great pain, and had
no proper treatment. One day Julian
said: Let me see that arm, and he tore
nv coat off. Then he rubbed the arm
with liniment. That was the only at
tendance l had. ! tried to see the doc
tor, but Julian told me that if l dared
to speak he would kill me right there.
Il told Supervisor Jones that WAS
badly treated, and he said he would Send
me to another ward. Then Lock and
another attendant from Ward 1 held me
down while Julian kicked me in the head
and breast. l got up bleeding and sad
would have justice some day. -,
said Julian, we Will
give YOU all the justice you want, and
he struck me in the face and knocked
me down again.
THAT was all thai was done to me.
Nv arm and rio healed up in a kind OF
way, and I got along all right. One day
a poor fellow named Levi was brought
in. He did not know enough to 60 to
the dining room, and l was showing him
the lpseyy VIXEN Lock asked me what was
doing. Julian came up, and LocE7said
The won't eat III show INN
how said Julian, and he grasped Le7S
by the hair, and, throwing his head
back, jammed big piece of bread IN his
mouth. Levi tried to run away, and
hid in one of the ROOMS. There he was
caught by Julian and Lock. They struck
him in the face, knocked him down, and
Jumped on lis stomach. Lewis face
turned black. Get upn they said, but
he could not move, and they picked him
up and threw him on the bed. The poor
fellow died that night"
The court room was as still As death
during the recital. The witness was
told to bring in his wife to corroborate
his story, and DR.. Harold Mc5er was in
strucred by Judge Pendergast to ex-
anime Hills arm and rib.
SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.
CHICAGO, May 22.-In the inquiry as
to the state of affairs at the Cook County
Insane Asylum to-day, DR.. Clevenger,
formerly member of the medical staff
there, testified that it was impossible for
a reputable practitioner or attendant to
stay there. The most disreputable ones
were the ones to stay, because they de-
voted more time to intrigues. The dis
reputable ones practiced system of
elimination of the better element by
either physical violence or other means.
in 1856" said be, physicians who
secured bodies at the asylum for dlsSec-
ton told me tee bodies were so covered
with vermin that they had to be scorched
before being put on the dissection table.
Once, in 1885, I heard screams of pain,
and, running from my Office, found two
attendants standing over patient named
Hor;zerby, who was bleeding profusel!y.
| knew there was no use in making any
complaint, as the attendants were sup
ported by John Cummings influence
on the County Board. Soon after they
rebelled and refused to obey my orders:
They secreted bodies on which | desired
to hold post naortem examinations, and
I could not get them for two or three
DAYS after they were buried. | pub
lished a statement, and the following
night one of the attendants called me
vile name. a few moments later shot
was fred down stairs, the bullet crashed
through the floor and lodged into my
bookcase"
Soon after this the doctor resigned:
"What is the matter with the inStltu-
ton now2" was asked.
''It is under the influence OF Doodle
ism. It Is in a bad place, on unsalubrl-
Gus ground. There should be new
buildings for male as well as female pa
tlents. No building should have more
than 500 patients, because it is impossl-
BILE for one man to oversee more. Then
the County Board should be kicked out,
and the asylum put in the hands OF
State commission.
The doctor told how boodleism. had
prevented investigations.
Another One Of the Same Kind.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-In compli
ance with a request from President
Laughlin of the Board of Charities and