Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-01
As to Two Of the Suspended Employees
Of the Second Hospital.
MRS. HANRAHAN RETNSTATEB,
But it is Said will be Expected to
Resign Very Soon--The Charges
Against the Assistant Superin-
tendent Under Consideration
by the Board-The Charges
Guarded with the Strictest Sc
crecy but Said to be Sensa-
tiOnal.
Special 7sl.srsm to IA. Hsat.t.-.

RAvENswooD, WA, February IS
A called meeting of the Board Of Direc-
tors for the Second Hospital for the
Insane at Spencer, convened at the hos
pital yesterday. The members present
are Msssrs. w. E. Lively, president
A. B. Wells, secretary, DR.. T. B. Cam
den, Jas. w. Williamson, Il. R. Alex
ander and F. B. Enslow. The abssntees
are VIM. Shumate, B. w. Foster and
Judge Jno A. Ollie.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of investigating the charges which
caused the Executive Committee TO sus-
pend Assistant Superintendent DR.. B.
F. Eagan and the Matron, Mrs. E. j.
Hanrahan, and to discharge Miss Agnes
Dorsey and Thomas Maloy, attendants.
The greatest secrecy has been OBJ
served concerning the charges, and
whatever they are they have been kept
carefully from the public. The only
Information which has been given out
is that the charges were not Of moral
misconduct upon the part OF any one,
but even this was not given out authori-
tatively or By member OF the Board.
By many the opinion is entertained that
gross insubol d nation, amounting al
most to open rebellion, was the cause
of the trouble. Be that as II may, from
the best information obtainable the
charges, if made public, would create
QUITE A SENSATION,
and doubtless in the course OF a short
time they will be given out to the pub
lie.
The board after amending the by
laws so as to permit them TO do so, took
matters up and after thoroughly discuss
ing the situation concluded that 1t was
best If the head could not wag the tail
TO cut the tail of, but for reasons only
known to the board itself, 1t was decid-
ed to relnstate Mrs. Z. j. Hanrah2n. the
suspended matron. The suppostion is
that she will be expected to resign with
In a month, and that her temporary re-
instatement was simply to spare her the
humiliation Of discharge. The whole
hospital force seems to be divided and
the feeling on each side
Is VERY BITTER.
This was evidenced last night by the
action OF the employees on duty when II
was announced that Mrs. Hanraban was
10 be rsinstatsd. They Immediately,
with several other employees Of the hos
pital, asserted positively that they
would hang uD their keys and leave the
institution II this was done. IL took the
combined efforts of all the members Of
the Board to prevent their leaving at
once, so there would be any one on duty
this morning. 1t is possible that some
of them will leave soon anyway.
The Board sustained the action OF the
Su perintendent in dischaTging Miss
Dorsey and Mr.. MallOy, Of thc-=:aht
watch.
The charges against Assistbnt Super
intendent DR.. r. f. Fagan were taken
up this morning and the examination
continued until 2o'clocK this afternoon,
and nothing definite can be ascertained
tonight.
All OF the suspended and discharged
parties are present and are being rep
resented by VIM. b. McGary, Of Wes-
ton, as counsel.