The sun., 1896-10-09
lTERRORIzED A HOSPITAL.
HAD PRINKS OF WOMAN IN a
JERSEY CITY INsTITUTIoN

She Threvv Things at Warden, Doctor. aud
Nurs-s, and Smashed GLASSES snd Pitch.
srs-w Warden Osborne Couidn't Get Rid
or Her, So Me Locked Her In Room.
There is n woman In the City Hospital In
Jersey City that has kept ply ysicans and nurses
on the jump for week, and they don't know
what 10 do with her. She has spoiled the tenn
pers OF the patients, she has ruffled the dispo-
sitions Of the nurses, she has mado the doctors
use language aud she has tormented War
den Osborne. The doctois say she's shamminE
sick. and when they turn her out citizens write
to the papers ard tell about Warden 0sborne's
brutality and then send her back to the hospital
IN an ambulance. The poorhouso offers her a
refuge, but she won't go there, and At last ao-
counts, after she had succeeded In getting all
the patients In her ward fighting mad. che was
locked up in a room. and the hospital is quiet
The woman is Harriet Clinton. She 10 2s
years old and that Is oil that is known about
her. On the night of Wednesday. Sept. 80, sho
was sitting the porch OF Trinity Baptist
Church. moaning. when Policeman O'Connor
came along and found her. She cried:
I'm dyingi Get an ambulance. ouickl"
The woman was taken to tho hospital. She
was put to bed and the doctor looked at her.
whats the matter :" he asked.
"what are you hired for II not to tell thatf"
rojoined the patient.
"Painsl pains! pains!" cried the woman,
"What d'you s'pose I'm here for2 Fun2"
"shi" said DR.. varick soothingly. you'll
disturb the other patients"
damn the patients" shouted the woman. 1T
want medicine" and she picked up q glass and
threw 1t at the doctors head. 1t hit patient
and raised n howl.
Tho doctor finally quieted tho woman and left
for the night. The next morning the nurse In
khn fo n nd told i'm,
that Mrs. Clinton had spent the whole night
seeing how much trouble she could cause. She
had abused the nurses and the patients; she
had pulled the mattress of her bed and had lain
down on the springs and then cursed the nurses
for fnaltreating her. She had driven one pa-
ticnt into Mysteries and had nearly killed two
more by the noise she made.
Tho Warden went down to reason with her.
It tooK just three minutes by the clock for
her to send him flying. and when the nurse
asked him what to do. he told her to sepd for
DR.. varick. The doctor went down. He stood
it about ten minutes and then retired. The
Warden called n council of war. The doctors
said that they could not turn her out because
she declared that she was sick. with pains all
over her. and although they could not discover
what was the matter with her. her declaration
might be true; The Warden asked them II they
not. So 1t was decided to keep her for q Few
days S1 .,,, a,v and -. sn,o,,s,,r a.v. ~.
made trouble for nurses, patients. and doctors.
Whenever she thought things were getting q
the floor. merely to make a noise. Sometimes
she got out OF bed and threw chair around the
bs 1as she was
AT the end OF a week the hospital was pretty
searly A demSralized nor r. another eonnSil M Of war war
what he thought Of the woman,
1pss Ss. as well n as you are" answered the
~, she Is. Is shef" said the Warden. We'll.
The Warden went down to the ward and told
her her TO get up and dress and leave the place she
she had TO 90 in an ambulance. He asked her
where she lived She said at 4s Paterson street
hep S waea ne
And q chorus OF thanksgiving followed her.
When she got @ as far as the gate she staggered
as II to fall. Dr. Narick ran out after her and
when che saw him coming she shook her hst at
bin him h and Ira ran AWAY away Warden Osborne thought
m hour before strings Of citizens began to call
on him. personally and by telephone. and re
woman. He tried to explain. but explanations
didn't go. and he saw visions OF an investigation
Late that evening there came q hurry call
from the q Hedding Methodist no Church; The ann
WHO had gone out in the ambulance for her.
said that she had gone TO prayer meeting and
be rs % die %Sen oki hs
she objected TO being taken to the hospital in
m am buance. She wanted n carriage. The
Doctor got her into the am mbulance, and had to
hold on TO her most of the way TO the hospital
70 keep her from Jumping out.
When the Warden saw her he groaned She
was put to bed, and Immediately began her old
Lactcs. The ward was turned into a bedlam.
PoormRster Hewitt was called in yesterday to
lake her to Snake Hill. She said she wouldn't
20 To any poorhouse. as she was able to take
nurses 10 turn her out again When the Warden
heard this ho rushed ont and protested. He
didn't want to have people think he was inhu-
So think what he could do. The nurses wouldn't
10 near Mrs. Clinton. She turned over her bed
D the middle OF the ward. and Warden Osborne
Needed to lock her up, 1t took four men to do
ELast night Warden Osborne said he had
narned that Everything Mrs. Clinton had said
nEout her self was false except that she had
used ntptS Paterson street. She was a servant
thsre for q week. She had tried to break q
child's head with pitcher and had been dis
charged.