The evening world., 1894-07-20
A BROCKWAY VICTIM.
His Charge, Patrick McGowan,
Dying in a Brooklyn Hospital
Repeated Padding, 1t Is Alleged,
Caused lncurable Disease.
Coroner kene Takes His Ante Nor.
tenn Statement.

Coroner kene, of Brooklyn. was sum-
moned to the Long Island College Hos
ptal at 1 o'clock this morning to take
the ante-mortem statement of Patrick
McGowan, twenty-five years old, of 975
Dean street, who is believed to be dy-
ing. The young man is i'll with pleuro-
pneumonia, brought on, it is alleged,
by being brutally padded by Supt.
Brockway. of the Elmira Reformatory,
and his assistants.
MCGOWAN was so weak that it was
necessary to administer stimulants to
give him the strength to talk. AS It
was, Coroner kene did not get his story
until nearly two hours had elapsed.
McGowan's tale was printed in THE
World on July 8.
Some years ago he was sent to the
Elmira Rcformatory for breaking into
q store on Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn.
and stealing several hams. He says he
was innocent Of the charge. On reaching
the institution he was set to work in
the iron foundry.
Oct. %. 1889, was his birthday. He was
summoned to the famous bathroom on
that day, where he was surrounded by
accused of some trivial offense. Nc
Gowan's story of what followed was
thus related to u reporter:
Brockway asked me what | meant
by my conduct I did not reply. and,
continuing, he asked me If / could not
sir. l will do my utmost to avoid marks
against me in the future. He said:
Yes, that is all very fine. but promises
won't work here. ! don't want any Sun
"A, s...l.. s..hy had hot .aV.
fog you. Take off your trousers. and
stand over against the window there.
Put your hands above your head
Keeper Winnie then rolled up my
right. while Brockway stood on the left,
holding the paddle in his hands. bore
up under five lashes, which were laid
Sn hesyy s sSts a %y aR adf e
heap ON the noor, and Brockwav con-
tinued to use his paddle: l had tainted,
but | had not lost CONSEQUENCES. Keeper
M aoat fseJps picked wa s sn limp to and
cell, and after time I was forced to
return TO work, although | was not able
to raise my hand to I'm, my head a,;a, ,.,,,o,
again In August, 1890. for failing In re-
ports. on that occasion he only got
three lashes.
died for the third time he continued.
"bobacco pipes had been found In the
shop where ] was at work. The pipes
belonged to victim No. 2;342. named In,
me handling the pipes, and had me
'chalked' in at II o'clock-that Is. he
had two KS put on my cell door. which
means that you are to he taken to the
bathroom to be padded.
AT l o'clock I was taken to the
grade room floor. Keeper Winnie asked
me who owned the pipes. l told him ]
did not know sd re ar then and se asts doh b,m
who owned the pipes. Hart said he did
not know. Both of us were taken to
the bathroom. Brockway.. Winnie and
Mclaughlin were there. Hart was pad
died first. Then was taken into the
room. Brockway told me. using profane
language, he would burst my kidneys
and make me worthless the remainder
He has kept his word. II I ever
of u miracle. never expect to be strong
again. He gave me ne, eighteen Int ia ashes
into the room and padded again, for
the purpose of forcing him to tell who
owned the pipes. The poor fellow fin.
Ingersoll owned them. The latter was
then brought to the room. He admitted
the pipes were his and said they were
given to him by young man named
Jock, who had been transferred to the
State Prison
LAS a reward for giving the informa-
ton he escaped being padded. After
I had been padded / was taken to the
workshop. For two weeks afterwards
| could not lie in bed. ] did not merit
the severe punishment ] received. ] was
punished wrongfully, and Brockway did
not even say he had made mistake or
that he was sorry
In Dec amber following he was pad
died again; and he was beaten again on
March 81 1893.
McGownn was in the Elmira Reforma-
tory hospital from July 2. 1888; until
Sent. So. He was discharged the FOL
lowing day Since that time three
operations have been performed upon
him. at each of which several quarts
of water have been removed.
At the hospital this morning 1t was
said that in all probability he would
not survive throughout the day.