New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-02
A MALE NURSE DUCKED BY DOCTORS.
THEY TAKE THE. LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS

THEY TAKE THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS
TO PUNISH AN OFFENDER.
BeIlevue Hospital which furnishes fair amount Of
unpleasant stories, figures In one again. Inc p"oi'
part OF il occurred Monday night about o'i"N.
when six well-drtssed young men went to the pier OF
the Department Of Charities and CORRECTION al hfs'
Twenty-sixth-st, and waited there. little later
another welLdressed young man. with kid gloves ana
cane sauntcred down the street At his approach hVc
Of the waiting men hid themselves, while one slrolcd
down TO the end Of the pier. where he WIS J"'" oS
the last conner, who, after few minutes converse
ton made a kissing sound with MS Hp'' IHeh III"
other five men ran mp suddenly. Of them bearing
a rope and assisted By the others, they scIcd ana
securely tied the man with the hid gloves, despite his
apneals in n high thin voice to " BE kind, be kind.
Then keeping hold Of one end OF the rope. they threw
their victim into the river. and raced up ana do"h inc
pier twice, dragging the submerged man through the
icecod water. His shouts Of Help! Murder! Police
attracted a crowd to the pier, who AT first were inclined
10 interfere. But after the six men had made IN eX
nanaton OF the matter TO the Others ey stood aside
and calmly waited until the halfdrowned fellow was
hauled out Then, after his capt0rs had cut tic rope
and allowed lin 10 run, the shveIng wretch was set
on by the crowd, who gave him an nnmerciul beating
lie then ran up the street and disappeared, as did the
other six men.
These six men were doctors in the hospital and the
person assaulted and duckcd by them was trained
details throws an unpleasant light on the unsavory
state OF affairs existing In the public buildings In that
block by the river, between East Tw"ny-slXth and
Twenty-eighth SIS. IT shows, the one hand, that
doctors In the hospital, holding most grave and
responsible place OF public trust. apparently lack en-
tirely the sense Of dignity and the Law abiding spirit
which would naturally be expected OF men Of their
Mace more than Of almost any others. Then they
took H. into their own hands to punish mildly wretch
whom good citizens would have handed over 10 the
authorities that he might be sent 10 the state prison
instead OF being allowed to go free. after duck
Ing.
The doctor who led the others DR.. Hubbard.
~ the third surgical division lie IS a pleasant and
good looking young man, and he acknowledged yes
tertay that they had made mistake in taking the
law into their own hands. He showed The Tribune
reporter a most offensive and obscene letter which
the trained nurse whose name. he said was ID. f..
Nate Westcot, had written 90 him. and which was
the immediate cause for their assault on him. The
nurse was an Inmate OF the Training School for Nurses
and Warden ORourkc Of Bellevue Hospital said yes
tcrlay that he been discharged from there I'm the
| morning. The people In the training school refused
all information would neither affirm DENY this
| report. An investigation has been begun by the hos
pilal authorities.
| The police were ignorant OF tn entire affair and
expressed polite surprise when II was suggested 10
| them that 1t their duty to capture the offender.
They asSented to the proposal however and Will prob
| ably take a hand In the investigation.