The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-06
INSANE PATIENTS SUFFER.
4 LUNA1IC KNOCKED sENSELESs IN A
STATE ASYLUM
The Story OF Ward bloody Three" IN Il
Binshamton Institution, A. Told ~
Former Innnte who IL Sane.

The Story OF Ward bloody Three" Z. the
| Binshamton Iastitution, as Told ~ .
Former Innnte who II sane.
BrNaHAMroS. Dec 6. -several weeks aeo
William L. Trull formerly OF Cohoes and once
practising lawyer IN Fall River. published a
book entitled Tho Mad Houses OF America"
in which he paid particular attention to the
| Binghamton State Hospital for the Insane. and
made severe charges against the management
| and attendants of the institution regarding
the treatment OF tho patients.
Trull has boon nn inmate Of several mad
| houses. although no claims he never was In
sano. He states that no suffered from nervous
prostration brought on by insomnia, the result
Of overwork. He was discharged from these in
| stitutions. among them being tho Taunton
Mass Institute. the Utica Asylum. a private
asylum at Troy. and tho Binghamton State
Hospital. He entered tho latter institution on
Nov IL. 1886. and escaped two years later with
n ropo made OF bed sheets. on which no let
| himself down from third-story window
after saving of the iron bais He afterward
demanded an examination OF his sanity. and
was pronounced sane Trull gives graphic
account Of the brutalities ne W practised in
the violent ward. which he Germs Bloody
| Three. and he does not hesitate to say In his
| book that many deaths ascribed to acute ma
tie short of murder. The following is an abb
| strac:
I'm specifying the cruelty and abuse to
which patients were subjected in Bloody
| Three. whore I spent moro than fourteen
months. will be only question OF what to
| leave out. Thirty-seven OF the inmates had
blackened eyes. A man came through
tho ward daily. and often twice
day. with bandages and liniment to
| dress the patients wounds One poor
fellow entered tho asylum with tho delusion
| that his wife was close by and he imagined
| that he heard her talking In ono of the rooms.
| This room was an attendants room. and he
beg her 10 come out and take him home Ono Ono
day TIE attendant mi was writing letter and the
MtS ssa HIM o out
Ill., fetus%sa s %sd rssamsS sH his
tho face. Telling him to tho floor Ike an on
With the BLOOD, pouring from a" cut IN the
t back 81 the head where It hSd h. struck
c Of the Saes toof Rim e
the, bathroom. where they washed the blood OF
and sent for the doctor. who game and took
moved to the hospital Who're he soon 90 Otter
| ward died. He was murdered
used to lie upon the floor for the want Of bed.
The attendants used to come up and Kick him
all possible violence and order him to arise.
He was taken to the hospital. where no died.
4 man named William Trees. who had
nothing left Of his legs but stumps was the re-
ciIent Of much abuse. He hated the attend;
got the boot, and | llavee often seen him
roll as he might upon the hard floor. If he is
SasR sSM e. daeed hst
nna afed @ Gsat hm h to
IEont tsst$ xsrs sRd the Bridge Of lis
Arthur Fancett was beaten and choked
daily and 50 were John Getter and Bonesteel
1sSum nS When HaS Tedff 81 the
th esa %a
so that an attempt was made To- poison
and chansedwtha other patientwh o. drank the
cHllee was taken deathly sick. He recovered
when antidotes were administered. Charges Of
inmates Of tho institution have been made by
various persons at different times. and though
obtain positive proof until recently. At yester-
S Sand hG Mpn HSss count
attendant guilty Of assaplting John Fishle..
Jail for thirty days Maiebone could not raise
sentence Judge Downs gave the pris-
oner a scathing lecture. and stated that he
for attendants to assault in the most
brutal manner the helpless patients placed
under their care ard that he Intended to put
q stop to it. He added that If a repetition Of
the offence occurred and came cam to his knoWl.
law. and probably not allow the option of fine.
The complaint which resulted in Malebone's
others. witnessed the, assault. ,MaIebone was
aroused Malebone's ire. He caught Fisher by
the throat and throwing him back on the
bed. struck him over, tho temple with heavy
shoe. The patient lay stunned and bleeding
from the effects Of the terrible blow. which in
flicted deep cash. DR.. Armstrong: the super
lntendent as well as several attendants. testi-
fed against the prisoner.
Maebone now threatens to make exposures
at the expiration OF his term OF Imprisonment
which will place the management Of the insti-
tuition In very bad light and will tend to
There are about 1.2O0 patients at the Bing-
large new buildings are being erected for the
accommodation OF moro. They come from all
parts Of the State