New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-10
SETTLING SCORES.
Beginning Of the Investigation Into
the Affairs of the Rochester
Asylum.

The preliminary investigation of the insane
asylum management was begun by the COM
mittee at the hospital to-day. There were
present W. Q. Williston, C. Amudson, Attor-
ney General Clapp and Secretary Hart. F.
B. Kellogg, ST. Paul, and b. 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
PENDANTS, Misses Marley and Erban She
said she had heard Miss Marley use vulgar
language in the presence of patients She
saw patient, Miss Cook choked by an at
tendant. On cross-examnation 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 deleterious 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
PENDANTS were always instructed by DR..
Bowers, and also by the supervisors, on go
ing to work to treat patients kindly; that
they never had orders to take special pains
to pu 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 Hazelton's charges were
looked into, and he examined his own wit
Aesses. His charges were that his mail was
tempered 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 a 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 to
the completion of the investigation
Of the charge by Mrs. Eva Bartlett at st. Paul
on Saturday, her sister. Dora Hofacra, was
called. She testified that she had worked at
the asylum two years had been employed in
the Kitchen She admitted that she had told
her sister that she had heard that patient
that worked in the laundry, had had Grim
inal intercourse with an ATTENDANT She
said that she had seen things which
WERE NOT LADYLIKE
between male and female attendants, al
though MOI criminal acts. Attorney General
Clapp pressed her hard as to what she had
seen. She finally ejaculated: Il have seen
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 been
treated respectfully while at the asylum,
and when the girls were put on the stand
they blankly denied every charge she made,
except as to the Nottingham case, which
these witnesses testified was occasioned by
her own failing in always telling that she
had criminal intercourse with men. They,
however, unanimously changed Miss Hofacra
with being unduly intimate with the head
cock, Stanford. The whole testimony
given on this branch Of the in
vestigation seemed to be squaring of
accounts between Miss Hofacra and the rest
Henry Moll. ex Sheriff of Nicollet 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 conspiracy which had
been the means of his getting In the asylum.
Chairman Wjlliston said that the charges
were absurd in their face; that he did not see
the necessity of refuting them, but that if he
wished his testimony would be taken.
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