New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-06
FOR VOTERS TO THINK OF.
,c,ANy,s FOUL RECORD IN CONNEC
TON WITH THE INSANE
.,,rc IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND
CORRECTION FROM WHICH TAMMANY


CORRECTION FROM WHICH TAMMANY
DERIVES PROFIT AND VOTES
Committee Of Seventy has made public a
...tement regarding the abuses in the Department
'csari,ies and Correction. as shown by the re-
Investigation by the State Lunacy Commits
' of Tsmmany Halls management of the In
s' asvlums at Wards. Blackwelrs and Hart
Islands and Central ishp'
H' .r,a Tammany Hall Board of Estimate and Ap-
,o,ment" says the committee. "appropriat ties
W. ,ha care OF the insane criminals at the Mattea-
w. Insane Asylum So Is per week. while the same
~,usny board appropriates for the INDECENT in
-. At this city. who are guilty of no crime So "A
500 woak Tammany takes better care OF criminals
Pc Of honest people, who are only herded
uatched and guarded
rhe attention of those who are to cast their
.r.,s at the polls next Tuesday should be sharply
'sn 10 some OF the sworn testimony given at the
s,igation by the State Lunacy Commission
,nb has not yet had time TO prepare its report
81, has been shown beyond question that many
=, the buildings in which the ctys insane are
"a for are unfit for human beings to live in.
80 are terribly overcrowded. rain. snow and
49,, penetrate them. ventilation and plumbing are
"a and there is a lamentable insuficiency of
,,s and bathrooms. In such buildings as these
."r insane women have been forced to work at
"xg laborous tasks, compelled to do heavy laun-
and
va Needing hands. The following a few cases
80, At random from the testimony before
The Lunacy Commission:
catherine Hosey. patient, dies from blood
,.onng after childbirth for lack Of proper treat
nsni.
aNargsreth Harrigan. a patient. suffered from
,,neulaed hernia no operation was performed,
and she died
list q
IS. was historical, hypochondriacal and irrespons-
n,s She suffered agonies. and finally died. when
~. autopsy revealed the fact that she had chronic
General puerperal peritontis.
Anna Fitzgerald. a patient was given large
,osss OF poisonous drugs. including ninety grains
Of choral and 100 grains of morphine. and while
ant walking dropped dead In the road
MARY Pierot. patient was given enormous
doses OF hyoscyamus and other patients were given
doses Of powerful drugs, almost enough TO cause
death. ,,.,, .,o,, .,.,oa 80 ..
but received no attention: was finally removed 10
The hospital of the asylum. and died Few days
later o,. ..,o,. o. r,,roa :, ,,o
s,omach by an attendant. and soon after died.
Reilly male patient. was given the so-called
health-lft' being raised high In the air by several
keepers and suddenly dropped upon the concrete
nsyement This barbarous species OF cruelty was
rssorted 10 In many cases TO silence refractory
sGaliagher, male patient: was struck, thrown
down and kicked by keeper. because he refused
10 clean the Keepers shoes.
These arc but few OF the many fully authent-
Gated cases Of Entertainment and yet Tammany
Hal has never proceeded against these keepers
for the crimes they have committed
For food the innocent paupers have been given
bad meat. bad fish. rancid butter, coarse bread;
badly burnt oatmeal decayed vegetables. roasted
rye for coffee. and this miserable diet in in
sufhcent quantity and prepared by lunatic assist
ant cooks.
in Institutions maintained solely to give places to
Tammany followers: for under the law OF lsSJ
the care of all these insane persons belongs prop
ery TO the State and Is provided for In well-man-
aged properly equipped institutions, for the main
tenance Of which the taxpayers OF New-York pay
their full quota