Evening journal., 1896-02-15
FARNHURST PRISONERS.
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tenth ribs might cause shock which
would produce instant death.

Daniel Brown on the stand
Daniel Brown left the dock and took
the stand. His face was red. but he
was composed Mr.. Ward examined him.
be said:
Il am % yeArs old and weigh 150
pounds. l have been an attendant at
FRrnhurst since April 8, 1895 Prior to
that was at Blockley. Pisa was at the
Institution before | went there.
On October 8 Swan and / were sbath
Ing the patients Swan, ORkes and
were.of the same grade. We bathed ten
or eleven patients before Pisa. l saw
Pisa that morning but paid no particular
attention to him until l went u get him
to take bath 1t had been about two
weeks since he had bath. He usually
bathed on Saturday. The rules .wero
that inmates should be bathed and have
clean clothes once a tweek. IL is an at
tendsnts place to call help ii the
patient reslsts. We had to bRthe them
whether they resisted or not. l sttemp
ted to bathe Pisa that morning, | found
him In the back day room. sitting on a
bench which had two partitions He was
next the door, don't remember OF any
one sitting near Pisa. / asked him to
take a bath. He shook his head and took
hold OF the arms Of the bench. called
Mr. Oskes. as I was afraid Of the man
alone, / did not direct NAPLES to call
Cakes. / went TO the water closet, two
OF three steps away, TO call Oalxes He
came. / caught Pisa by the left side and
Oskes by the right side. His right arm
was next the window. Pisa still kept
hold OF both arms of the bench.
81 caught Pisa by the wrist and
shoulder Ny left hand had his left
hand. Cakes took hold Of him the same
way. Pisa held to to the bench and /
broke the hold. | couldn't say whei her
Oakes had any trouble with his side
We took him down the day room to the
Iron railing. He took hold OF the rail-
ing and broke the hold again, although
he hung on TO it pretty hard. We
then took him up the cor
rldor to near the bathroom. He
WAS resisting all the time, pulling
back and trying to turn. 1 neither
struck him In the neck nor side; neither
did / kick him l did not strike him
with anything. Oaks aud l did not
change positions.
Fifteen feet from the bathroom door
he began to resist more violently. A few
feet from the bathroom he broke hls
right hand from Oskes and turned
around and caught me by the throat.
let 90 his left hand and tried to break
his hand away from my throat He
then got his left hand at
my throat did not trip
him In any way Hs was leaning back,
the n ior vas slippery and be fell. He
took me with him. fell right on top Of
him, full length. Immediately after that
Swan aud Dr. Clayton arrived His right
hand was still Rt my throat. / slipped
of to the left side TO get his left
arm under my knee Swsu was In
the bathroom door. ] don't know how
DR.. Clayton came l did not see him
come up the hall, Swan made for Pisas
right hand which was at my throat He
did not, release me, but DR.. Olaytop
Pisa was ective on the floor and strug-
Cling with the left hand TO get 1t at my
throat. Swan did nothing but
try TO break his hold on my
threat aud hold him down. Dr.
CLAYTON was the mau who broke the
hold l then got up Swan was In
kneelIng position. cannot say what
Oakes did. didn't see him do any thing.
He did not have hold Of Pisa's hand at the
time OF the fall IL was at my throat.
Pisas head was towards the hall and his
feet towards the bathroom door. When
we helped him up he was standing almost
In the bath room door Ipushed him In
the bathroom.
Brown Illustrates with Mr.. Gray.
Brown took a drink, left the stand
and showed by means OF Mr Gray, just
how be had pushed Pisa
Il did not push him hard enough TO
shove him down. He walked to the
corner Of the bath tub where he reeled
and fell, his head to wards the tub He
fell towards his right side. Pisa
WAS painting heavy after the struggle
IN the hall and was distressed after the
choking l got. Pisa was able to stand
when / pushed him. After he fell on the
bathroom noor Swan ard lifted him
said that the man looked weak. We
propped him In n sitting position against
the wall His head Was almost straight.
DR.. Clayto got water and dashed It In
his face Lynch came. He had
not been there before that time He Was
my superior. Pisa clothes were
taken of / don't remember when
bis pants were removed Lynch re-
moved his coat, vest and shirt IL was
Dr. Clsytsn's suggestion to put Pisa In
the bathtub TO revive him. Lynch aud
s ven put him In the tub Lynch caught
him under the arms aud Swan lifted his
feet He was put on the slsnting end Of
the tub
81 went after towels. When ! came
back Pifa was on the q o.. Lynch aud
Swan carried him over to Peppers room,
where be was dried and dressed. d..
Hammond was sent sor. he came and
pronounced the man dead. LyAch did
not ssy Hes nothing but Cd d-d
crank any way. when putting Pisa in the
tub. Had he done so should have heard
him
Il was In the yard thst morning e
help them in with the patients
Wsples did not say to me that we musi
reneu II that a human being was not |
hickory stick OF white oak log and tha
we could not jump on them and abus'
them without causing death. Neithe
did l say that there were enough sucl
d-d men as Pisa around there any
how"
The bathroom floor was wet and ha'
soapsuds all over It.
II wEs ct Farnhurst until the nigh
before Thanksgiving. Then we wer
arrested. On the afternoon OF October