Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-01
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B&isFos. Oct ST. = There were msny
&orsis aad exciting uicsnerfs ss lfss
nights session Of be tcar; Of aldermen
The Whole 0. these manifestations Was
slus to the co. sisrra.iOl OF the reHore o.
the SPECIAL committee Wal Il recently pail
n visit Ut inspection To the Loose Of cor
ree-Ion. the ressit OF wlleh nas eaasec
considerable comment
H As result OF last nights consideration
there will shortly be = public bearing ne-
fore the whole bad, when these WHO are
Conadent that tas public institutions are
tsismanagrd win have al opportunity 10
prove their c. Sc
| The First Ssmi-Annual Report OF the
INSPECTORS cf Prisons aud Houses OF De
tsntion in Suffolk County. Dos 40,
came mp In special assignments, Alder
men Lomasney, Mcguire and Hallstram
are the author. d. the volums. ard when
the question If its accspttnce came up
Alderman Lomansey sSid that as they
| weut through the Institution they saw
| msn there in what is known a. the soll-
tary cell He WAS shouting. and he at
frseted the attention Of the committee
| They talked with him. and Colonel John
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sfitutian, b lag there with the com rufttee
ht that time, was asked If he did not
| think the man was crazy. He said. No.
he is shsmming insanity: he wont work 3"
"a few days since / wrote to the com
| missiansrs Of public institutions" said
| Mr.. Lomasnsy, land asked them TO give
me a statement showing what the record
Of Cotneliu, Quiulan was in prison. and
H..tr y ~
MAY 81 10 June 81, 1892. a man who, ac-
cord ng 10 their own statement, was in-
sane when h. came to the Institution. was
| taken and p'aced In solitary eonfin 'nent,
I'D ON bread and water, taken out prfb-
| alb y every thres days and e ven hath
and then put hack again. In CONVEX sation
with pei son who Is connected with the
| institution he told me t,at duriag that
sniervaI the man always came out Of his
solitary cell smiling. went 10 his bath, aud
| th II they never hal a1y trouble with him.
''It took from that time until June IS.
1893, before tie officers sent him to the
lunatic hospital. but in the report dated
this man was insane when he came to the
| inst tuition "
Another Example.
Mr. LON sney passed on the cord OF a
w
said:
This young man spent 10 nights with
out his bed on the Il Dor AMI q days in sol
itary confia Mr. Chairman, | sup
rose the keen gentlemen who are upon the
board OF comm ssiolers If public institu-
tions saw what | spoke of.
"Alderman Mcguire and myself talked
with this man on April 4, AMI talked with
him quite while. He WAS lying nn the
floor when We were there looking up TO the
ealing, and did not know We were in the
room when we saw him there as l have
described.
'He was tor weak to rise, couldn't talk
and gave every evidence of being an in
sane man. IL took these people. however.
from A prl %, 1899, To June 4, 1898, to
come to the conclusion that this man was
in such condition that they should send
him to The insane hospital.
Il don't believe the insane hospitals or
the institutions of correction of Massa
chusetts are going to send their people to
the house of co, rection for the purpose Of
having charged to the house Of correction
their insanity. 1t is not necessary TINT
they should do so, aud l don't think they
would lay themselves open in auy such
way.
Now desire to refer to n gentleman
who was the steward in that hospital
who has charge # the hospital The hos
pital is the place, it is Gale the hospital
at least, where they keep people who are
supposed to be sick This mans name
was Birchmore. and tie had a patient come
into his charge who hal stra Jacket
on him. The doctor gave him instructions
to take the strait tcket off.
This man deliberately compelled that
poor fellow to lie on his stomach and eat
the food out Of his dish like dog, and
only when n convict called the attention of
DR.. Bancroft to it was it stopped. The
fruit left Their by people for the inmates
# the hospital this man used to keep and
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