The herald., 1895-07-11

Warniyk, being in attendanc, ]. 6. Row.
land Fl f. Hasse and Fred Hodge were
sworn and test tfied and the commission
adiudged the a ccuseu to be insane and
by order of cou.yt the accused was COM
mitted to tn Q state insane asylum lat
Highland.
Although the m an was adiudged insane
with no ATTEMPT 0 secure any evidence
aside from tnat volunteered, 1T is well to
90 little further into this matter and
probe for all the facts. even II their pub
fication does place some. people in pecu-
On file in the adj utant's office is the
following report:
Report on Patrick J. Conway, June IL,
1894. BY DR.. II. Z. Hasse' surgeon
in charge.
Patient sis a ,member,of the ho,se on
account Of rupture and sciatica, it is my
belief that he always has and does now
exaggerate the latter disability. lie also
claims that he has structure from gono-
rhea but he refuses to be examined Tor 1T.
Signed, fl. T. HAooE.
Attached to tnis' report is supplement
tai report of the:seme date in which the
same doctor says:
June II, 1894.
"a supplemental report, respectfully sub
mtted as to the mental condition OF
Patrick J. Conway.
sHe is not insane. but naturally reverse.
He was in hospital from February 22d
Until Nav 1, 1894. He exaggerates his
complaints greatly, ostinately refuses all
treatment, although my attention was
given him and great lsniency shown him.
His behavior was abusive and his Ian
guage profane so that patients complain
ed Of it. II. Il. HASSE,
Surgeon.
Such is the record OF. Patrick J. Conway
at the Soldiers home. To further trace
this matter even unto getting from Con
way his story. the ne ws cleaner went to
Highland on Tuesday, finding absent the
chief surgeon, DIR. Campbell and in his
stead DIR. A. Stanley Dolan, very ac-
complished gentleman Upon inquiring
for Patrick J. Conway the answer was
that he was discharged ON Sunday, last.
Pressing the point as to time and cause
the result was, cause. 40 reason to keep
him any longer; time, ~ o'clock noon.
Sunday, July Z, 1895.
On Sunday, July q. 1894. the news
seeker for The Herald took the train for
Soldiers home at 9:oo a. M, arriving at
the home promptly on time at 9:35.
Through the courtesy of Captain J. NJ.
Davis, adiutant of the home, all records
in the adjutant's office were obtained
concerning Conway. Another hour among
officials and members of the home gave
q. III.
Query-Did some one send word to the
asylum that Conway's record was being
looked up?
A visit to the asylum being certain, on
Sunday the man without relative with
in a thousand or more miles and but few
if any friends, was hastily given transport
tation to Santa Monica. his discharge
from the; asylum thrust into his hand
and Conway, the alleged Iaving, incurable
manical demon, was thrown upon the
orld. DR.. Dolan, on beng asked why
IL k,,r, I'D
replied:
f'Well he wanted to go and there was
no reason for keeping him here, SO we let
him CO."
If there was no collusion between the
Soldiers home, and the asylum 1t is one
of the most remarkable condolences on
record.
Was Conway released or is he still with
in the walls confining the mindless men
and women So unfortunate as to be max
ing their stay there necessary? Upon
leaving the train at Highland on Tuesday
at a. m. an .invitation from the driver
TO ride up to the asylum was accepted.
A statement that visit to Conway was
the cause of the visit brought forth fiom
the driver these words: ooh, Conway
is all right; he goes anywhere. see him
nearly every day Looking into the
face of the reporter he must have seen
something to cause him to switch off, for
he then said: cot course, l don't know
anything about the inmates of the asy-
lum for l never see them"
Not one word about Conway's leaving
on Sunday,.yet this driver attends the ar
rival and departure of every train and
could not help seeing Conway and know
ing him having something to say to him.
How about it any how? While in the
office request to see the asylum resulted
in DIR. Dolan calling guide with instruc-
tions to "show him around" The show
ing around consisted in going through
the hospital ward where, aside from the
cleanest of floors AID daintiest of beds,
there was nothing to see save half
dozen men IN a large room, reading as
complacently as if they were holding
down a chair in the Hollenbeck lobby.
Thence peep into the kitchen and
steer through long tunnel ended the IN
spection, which resulted in seeing moth
ing. The south wing, where the patients
are and where treatment is given, was
covered by the guides saying: The
other side is Just like this"
Ii this were true where do they put the
116 women and girls seen taking their
morning walk, or the 200 men making
the quota of 316 patients as given by the
book keeper and Dr. Dolan?
Finding nothing at Highlands concern
ing Conway save as herein given. the
first train was taken and hurried trip
across the valley to the seashore at Santa
one of the best friends Conway had in
the county, Tappen now having charge of
all the effects of Conway, comprising a
large lot of fine books and valuable data
from an engineers standpoint.
Again, Prof George Young, the profess
sional swimmer engaged at the Arcadia
bath house at Santa Monica, knows Con-
way well and feels certain if he had been
released he would at once have gone to
the cooks home. DIR. Dolan at the asy-
lum does not say Conway is or has been
crazy. What the doctor does say is that
Conway was fault-iinder and inclined
to be lncorrigible.
A statement from an intelligent old SOL
dier at tie home is as follows: Conway
is an intelligent man, highly educated
and high strung; his being compelled to
seek refuge in soldiers home was gall
ing to him. 1t seemed impossible for
him to conform to even our simple rules.
In fact Captain Conway could not brook
the idea of being offcered by llliterate
men. If he saw anything wrong he spoke
right out aoouJ it, no matter who or
whereIit cut. His strongest actions were
against the method of feeding the men,
and it is n notable fact 9that every i'm
provemenJ suggested by Conway has been
adonted, much to the pleasure of the old
soldiers. Had the present governor
known Conway as well as he now knows
every man at the home things would have
been different, and instead of consenting
to having the man sent to an insane asy-
lum he would have had him tried for
disturbing the peace. l am confident a
few doses of this kind would have given
Conway to understand that no matter
what he had been he would have to con-