The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-30
IRE HOSPITAL SCANDAL
violence by tho Nurses at tho
Presbyterian Institution
Il NOW NO LONGER PERMITTED.
III, Evidence that Patients Wcrc
r,dly Treated COrr0boratcd.-.An
E,.Sursc Admits It...supcrlntcn.
liant Wall, However. Denies lt...A
card Issued to the Public.


yrw YoRE, Oct. 20.-Thc striking and
cpr.ins Of patients by nurses in tho
rn.lytcrian hospital suddenly ceased
Yesterday TO be i popular mode OF calm.
ip the afflicted. The abuses came 10 an
ON, with tho publication in yesterdays
Umll oithestatemcntoi Lawyer George
pciurnsayder, OF Lancaster Pa.
ADDITIONAL evidence bearing on the
fcgr.Ics4 cruelty OF certain nurses has
tcc,. secured. Rcimcnsnyder's storyand
The rorrobom,ing statement OF two In.
ml,cs Of the hospital are confirmed by
three persons.
One OF these is James Dndenhop, a
older. living at no. $50 East Eighty
trgrl street, and now employed at No.
~ Canal street, who until recently
wgs IN inmate Of the hospital. lie says
that, nurses have frequently struck pa
,i,n,s n tho face, tied them down and
handled them with extreme brutality.
Mr. BaicnhopwiIl cite specific instances
iiancd be.
ylrs. Ralenhop ircquentlyvistcd her
husband at the hospital. Even in the
prc.cncc Of visitors was the practice OF
Striking patients in the face INDUCED
In bccausc Mrs. Badenhop cav it. She
slr. she saw men who were ont Of their
mind tied down 10 their cots and kept
tiI until they died.
The third source OF confederation was
cg.l,cj! Day Nurse Edward putnam,
a,aiHst whom serious allegations OF
pr.uaat violence were made. Mr.. Put
ilam denied that he had over used vio-
Icncc, but said that other nurses had.
81 have never lost my temper" said
he $50 lar as to strike q patient,
although other nurses have. | deny
that struck the man Green, and he Is
dead now and can't say whether | did
oraOt. "
TIE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS.
The executive committee OF the hos
pitll managers held meeting IN the
afternoon. The Herald article had
caused no little excitement among them.
The committee is composed of Presi-
dent Kennedy, cx-otiiccr and member;
Frederick Sturgis, William b. Ishum,
licDcr L. Bishop, Frederick Baker,
Waiter Edwards, Randolph W. Towns
end aud George Z. Dodge. Those pres
cnt were lessrs. Sturgis, Isham, Baker
and Dodge.
In his interview with 4 reporter on
Monday President Kennedy said: al
anything Ike what You charge is true
We want 10 know it. will not DO able
;oattcnd the meeting OF the executive
committee on Tuesday, but ii you can
give US any evidence or put us in the
way Of SECURING witnesses | promise
;h4. the fullest investigation will be
made"
Accompanied by Mr.. Reimensnyder
Tie reporter visited the hospital ycster-
dlY at the hour the executive committee
net. Mr.. Reimensnyder desired to
make 4 iull statement under oath and
tie repOrtcrwasprepared to furnish the
committee with the names OF the pres
en-! inmates who confirmed the stories
Obrn,ality. and also other names. They
were unable TO even gain access to the
committee room.
DIR. WALLS DENIAL.
The committee listened to the declara-
ton OF Dr.. Wall that it was all lie.
n. Wall told the committee that he
had convcrsed with all the patients, and
that they had failed to confirm the story
oiabuscs. lie added that Reiminsny-
der had been treated at the hospital ior
the opium habit, and therefore must be
unworthy OF belief.
The executive committee remained in
session about an hour. After making
his statement to them DR.. Wall came
out and criticised Reiminsnydcr, telling
lin 1t was his duty to have told the
superintendent first. Rciminsnydcr
sio0c his ground and insisted tina: his
story WAS true. The executive com.
mittcc finally gave out this statement
iJr publication:
The charges against the nurse in the
Presbyterian Hospital, published in the
Ae| York Herald OF this morning, hay
II; been brought to the attention OF
me executive committee at its meeting
lAiS afternoon, they can assure the
public that they are at all times ready
md anxious 10 investigate any charges
Drought against the hospital or its ad-
hins;ration which arc properly made
ana snbstantiated, which has not been
The case in this instance.
II Is not Tor minute to be supposed
mat even the executive committee is
satisfied with this statement. The
matter Will now 90 before tho man-
ayers.