New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-12
beads Of perspiration were on his forehead

bottom of this page" pointing to the SCOT
where it had been erased and covered with
the words Continued on seventh page" Il
will admit nouhiDg, !" the doctor answered.
and jumped into his buggy and drove away;
yet it was the coroner himself who Sunday
afternoon directed attention to what
he now disclaims. That he should
have been foolish enough to change it
SO materially is astonishing and has in
creased the suspicion that he was an Access
sorry after the fact. But putting that ques-
ton aside he has committed criminal of
tense amounting to a felony punishable by
seven years imprisonment in state prison or
fine of 81 900, or both. Section lO2 of penal
code says that a coroner who mutilates, de-
stroys, conceals, grasses or falsifes any record
or paper pertaining to his Off ce is guilty Of
felony. In this case the record has been
mutilated. erased and falsifed Squire Z.
O. BENJAMIN, who peremptorily refused to
issue a warrant against DR.. Bowers as an ac-
cessory to the murder Of Taylor Combs, was
subjected to severe criticism by citizens to-
day. But few persons were aware of what
occurred until the arrival of the PIONEER
PRESS, and, when the story had been read,
Justice BENJAMIN was roasted for his
obstinacy,
wILLFUL VIOLATION
or dense ignorance Of law. The general
opinion was that Gov Merriam was very
likely to suspend him. Elder Gray and
Ihomas Combs were SO Disguised at the ac-
/ ton Of Justice BENJAMIN, and having no
confidence in the half-hearted promise that
ne might receive the plant to day, left for
St. Paul They were also fastened to take
this step by the desire to be present at the
meeting of the hospital trustees at the gov
ernor's Office, and announced the intention
of laying all the facts of Justice Beniamin's
Illegal proceedings before Gov. Merriam
Combs took with him the original complaint,
drawn by an attorney here, and which he
desired TO make before Benjamin. The fact
that Bowers also left this morning for the
capital, and the warrant, if issued, would not
be served before his return, was the only rea-
son for impelling Combs not to make another
attempt to force Benjamin to receive his
complaint He will now await the action Of
the grand jury, and if they fail to indict
Bowers as an accessory he says he will swear
out the complaint against him, and cause his
arrest on that charge In a recent interview
Gov. Merriam was represented as saying that
the attendants at hospitals are hired by the
board OF trustees and not by the superin-
tendent. In order that no misapprehension
may exist on this point, it may be well TO
state that every attendant is hired by and
subject to the control of the superintendent,
and can be discharged by him at any time.
The superintendent is only limited in the
amount of their salaries. Three insane per-
sons, two men and woman, arrived from
st. Paul to-day, and were placed in the hos
pital Passengers on the train claim that
the deputies, who belong to Ramsey county,
al ho toe in .hoir, bo
most cruelty while on the road here. It is
stated that one of the insane men, who was
inclined TO be somGwhaI violent was set
upon by two deputies and smashed and
POUNDED IN SHAMEFUL MANNER
after he had been lashed to a seat with bell
rope The grand jury was in session again
all morning ana afternoon. 0. Fl. Date the
father Of John and head painter at the hos
pital, was examined. He went over the
story told him by his son early in April and
related the conversation he had with Dr.
Bowers on the subject Anna Rehbehe,
girl about ninereen years old, who was re-
garded as Beckman's sweeuheart, was
thought to know something about the trag-
edy tnat he had told her, but she declared
she knew nothing whatever. what kind of a
man was Beckman?" she was asked by re-
porter when she came out of the jury room.
Il don't know much about him around
town." she said. sbut he always treated me
well" Dr. Collins dext went before the Jury
His statement did not differ materially from
what he gave to the trustees Monday night
Coroner Mosse, with his huge record
book was ushered into the jury's
presence Immediately after dinner and got
a pretty thorough questioning, his book be-
ing closely examined When he came out of
the room Dr. Collins was waiting with four
patients, whom he had brought from the
hospital under instructions of the Jury, and
they were questioned separately Nick Dill.
ohr C11ll
composed the quartet Nick Dill is from
Ramsey county, where he committed muir
der, for which he was sentenced to Still
water, and subsequently transferred to the
Rochester hospital as insane. He is short,
stout man, with dark mustache. and does
not appear deranged. This is the patient
who was said by an ex-lnmate named
Hazeltine to have brutany treated Cyrus M.
Perkins. paralytlc, causing his death.
Buehr is the patient who has been assisting
Date in painting, and who John
Date says was present at the time Combs
was killed by Peterson and Beckman. Buehr
is very much demented, but not violent.
While awaSing admiJtance to the jury room
he sat with head bent and eyes cast on the
ground, and presented a decidedly idiotic
appearance Little could be learned from
him by the Jury, as he is not inclined to talk,
and has only occasional flashes of intelli-
gence Several more persons have been
subpoenaed TO appear before the jury. and it
will be tomorrow evening at the earliest
before they will be ready to present any in
dictments. The court room was crowded all
day. Interest in the case continues to in
crease as each day brings fresh develop
ments
CLAIMS uL-TREATMENT
RED MING, Special, June "a patient
who was sent from this city to the Rochester
insane asylum corroborated the charge of
cruelty made against the attendants there.
he claims that he was frequently beaten and
cruelty ill-treated, on one occasion being
kicked in the breast so that his lungs bled
for some time. On another occasion he was
beaten and kicked about the legs and still
suffers from injuries he then received. He
claims that the superintendent discharged
the attendants when complaint was made,
however
DIsPOsING OF BOWERS.
Chances That the Doctors Head Will
Be Topped OFF To-Day.
DR.. Bowers official fate will be made
knoypn to-day The hoard IF frnsfaos of fto