The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-29
WAS THE PATIENT MURDERED
Tarnhnrst Attendants Locked
Up Fer the Crime.
KICKED AND CHOkEO THE MAN.
pffehnpt f.yscb, Daniel Browr. and John j.
swan are enurssa with Wandering
Lesa Piso or Lewis ut parnhurst.
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II ntlrcpOrfs are tue there mas been ttle
gveatcat of crimps committed In Della
Unre,s Institution for tho insane Mt Farm.
hurst. Daniel Brown. JohuJ. swan nnd
Micupel fsyneil, nttcnuants. nte NOW un-
der arrest, charged with tho murder OF
Leon plsor Lewis. an ltnlian inmate, pre-
sious To October o. On that day. u y
charged that no was murdered by the
three attendants who uro now prisoners.
The terrible criino was ilrst made pun
ilcly known yesterday morning nnu was
the subject of conversation during lhe
day lhe broadcast and most sweeping
nilec cations aguiIst the hospital uad tho
three attendants appeared In philudel-
mia morning daily aud was credited to a
reporter on tho stan who bad mate his
Appearance 80 nonsenstcni that he was
looked upon us crazy man by the people
OF New Castle.
Thls was on Oct 10 and at the time he
represented himself AZ Lord De Ln Ware
ard TINT he had returned to this city TO
SECURE his possessions. He wns COM
{ mitLed to the Insane Hospital as an iuiot
and IL was while In the Institution mat
/, corroborated facts OF the murder were
secured. 1t is alleged. thomas Oaks.
who was at one tlmo kosper III tho lii
stiiution, laid the alleged facts bofore the
hewspr Der man. which nroi
ON Outober Lowis or Pisa. who was an
insane patient, was ordered tu be taken
10 ihs oath room. Daniel Brown. an ~
teudAn.. was given this lusk. Lewis res
eistod and Brown ordered OaKs TO assist
him. brown etruck the man in tho neck
tripped IyawIs aud jumped .on him with
Ills knees. At this point john ). swan
came in and kicked tho patient in the SIDE
The man was gnsping for breath ana
hardly able to stand. Ito was urngRed
down the stairs. where he was pen'en
again IL IL alleged, In the most brutal
way. Michael Lynch. whit is u sort Oh
supervisor, came TO tho assistance OF the
httendante. He jumped on tho nnn,
kiuke5 him and sat on him. Plso was
Dnally stripped OF his clothes aud thrown
into Tho bath tub.
DR.. Henry l.. Clayton, OF Mlddleto wn.
patient In the institution ut the time,
was praeent. looked at the man sud snii
that ho wus dead. They pulled him out
OF the tub ana sprlnkled water In bis face.
but IL was OF no use. The man was then
dressed and taken to one OF the wards.
Lynch went to DIR. Hammond. who ie the
assistant resident physician, aud told him
that Lewis had chill ms he was being put
In tho tub and dropped dead. Dr. Ham
mond and Dr. Clayton held post mortem
examination. A certificate OF death FROM
heart dlssasa caused by the shock was
rendered
THE ARREST.
Hugh Browne. being the advising at.
tDrney. ho ordered the arrests OF Lynch.
Brown and Swan and they have since
boon at the station house. Laat night
Magistrate sasss committed them to iall
without bail until Monday. John Biggs
and Waiter Hayes are their counsel.
Before tho body OF tho dead man was
buried the heart wss removed by DIR.
Hammond TO chow to DIR. Hancker the
euperintendsnt when no returned from
New York yesterday lt was examined
py two physicians who snid doath was
hue to henrt disease and tbs case u very
bad one
THT PosrNoETrM EaANINATInS.
The body wac exbumed this morning
and postmarten examination held ba-
tween IL and o'clock by Drs. Wplker
and ShoFtlidge 10 tho prosencc OF q Phila
deiphla expert. Coroner Stidhaln and two
doctors for the Hospital trustees. Tho
Inquest commenced ut o'clock
This statement was made by DR.. IIanek-
er to a representative OF "The Morning
News" at his home yesterday afternoon.
In recalling the history of tho case DIR
Hancker said he was not at the hospital
Fhen Pisa died. lie had gone to Norris
town. Pa. with his wife. TO visit Dr. d.
u, Richardson, former superintendent
pf the Delaware state Hospital. Dr. Ham
mond was in charge OF the hospital dur
Ing DR.. Haneker's absence, and all the
latter knew Of the case was the report
made by DR.. Hammond, until the arrest
hi the attendants on Wednesday evening
Or. Hammonds report of the death Of
Pisa, corroborated by the result OF the
post-mortem examination, was SO In ac-
pord with DR.. Hancker's own knowledge
nf the case. that 1t was accepted without
question, and the death of the man was
recorded and reported to the board OF
trustees in accord with the report. DR..
Hancker said he knew nothing OF the new
Developments of the case to cause him TO
bhange his opinion.
In regard to the charge OF rough aud
r7iel treatment of patients, DR.. IIaucker
Daid that he had not received Il complaint
pf that kind about any Of the attendants
For two years. The unalterabe rule OF
the hospital Is to dismiss at once any at
tendant upon conviction of cruelty to n
patient All the attendants are fully in
formed of this rule. and Michael Lynch
one of the men charged with causing the
Death Of Pisa. being in charge Of the
ward. was expected to enforce the rule
and to report any violations or it.
In the report Of the circumstances at
tending the death OF Pisa 1t appears thai
the man refused to accompany the attend.
snts TO the bathroom. The rule OF the
hospital is that all patients must hathe
PECULIARLY. These rules are enforced by
the attendants in charge OF tha wards
and at times 1t is necessary to use force
10 compel the patients to obey the rules
Fhls appears to have been the case with
Pisa. He refused to so With the attend
snts and resisted their efforts to take him
20 the bathroom Or. Haneker did net
know how violent the struggle was be-