Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-12-22
TnE ASYLUM CHARGES
Wnat Was Testified to at The
Examination.

u [. titI Y nUtNctt i'll the ilfttl = ol
til. 8.aIdi' R-m. Midday:
". H. Young testified: I knew
G. D,1l-lrout. He die In tue A-y-
tnn ,j. an aGl"p-y va he.st On hi
rem tir-. | Wae present.. ! nsSl-tei
HIM. The brains we're removed
they wrte put il a common sou late
aud hrouGht to the d~isp-n<ary |
brought them in'O the "~lspen-ary l
a~frtr~aIds threw he brains ititn the
river, H. died on March 31st and the
br.ins we're disposed OF on Aptil 5th
n about that date.
At.nzo Hulborn died about April
8tti ne remains were removed t. the
m 'rgue and an autopsy Wa r. id the
BRAINS II HuIhotn were removed aid
! brought them to the dispe:4dIv and
10 tive or tx days after | t.Iew The
brains into the river by the or;ter Of
DR., B-restein.
The wi ness repeated the sam
duties in regard TO the patient VIM.
Laws; the first time [ threw plate Hnt:
, all iutO the river aud the doctor told
me not to throw the plate away, but to
get a plate aud keep it for tn II pur-
POSE.
III" last post mortem was held Oh
Panl Bray, and the doctor told me that
I had better bury the brains taken
t ON his remains for if people beard
Of them icing thrown into the river
there might be a talk made about it.
| VAS an attendant at that time, about
August 21s', 1897.
S. W. Thomas, a patient, died and
was removed to the morgue; the
stomach and holy was so BADLY blOat
ed hat it was almost Impossible to
keep the cover of the coffin DC. The
sockets of the eyes were filled with
macgots. The remains were in al
advanced stage Of decompos. ton and
:. tho oiOr was rather stOnt; the burial
of bodies was under the orders of DR..
Bprgstein or Mr. Woods; we always
waited for orders; the lease of the
advanced state Of decomposition OF the
remains was beca Sc the body was
kept there too long after death. [ de
sire to correct my statement that Bray
died in J lane; Thomas 10 August: I
can't say how long Mr.. Ihomas' re.
mains We're in the mOrgue. [ can
say tina | saw anything wrong re.
garding other bodies. only in the cast
Of Thomas.
Witness admitted that he was dis
charged for hitting an inmate ovel
the head with a lantern
G.. Fl. Maxwell, testified that ht
saw witness coming from the livel
with a plate but did not see him throw
a any brains in the liver.
i Fl. W. WooIs testified thai he wa:
y discharged November 3Oth. He hat
b attempted to take an inventory Of tn,
wards once a month but had "beeI
called down."
t. Mr.. NJ. B. Jacobs, a former EN-
# ploye, stated 1 began work her,
r about June, '96 and ceased work il
Y July Of this year. | was an attend
e ant. Sarah Woods died while 1 wa!
) there. There was an autopsy held
I saw The remains after the autopsy
| saw Mr.. Young a few days afte
pass the building carrying a plat
and I asked him what he had and b
a replied, I've got Sarah Wood
S, Brains" I asked him what he wa
s, going to do with them and he REPLIED
"a that no rEa rninr z RI rnrp thcno int
$, the river. l asked him why he didn'
II bury them he answered that tn
;, "pusher" bad ordered i. so and h
= would obey orders if he lost a leg.
70 was lot discharged. l called for ml
" time. 1t had been the custom for al
PENDANTS or G. ward to be advanced il
order Of oldest employe. Another MAJ
was promoted over me and I askpt
for my time. The doctor told me tha
/ according to the rules | had not full
- filed my contract snd to get N,
money I would have to sue the State
n VIM WriSht: Have been en-
10 ploved as attendant 10 "B" ward.
Mt was here wdeu S.. ". Thomas died
Of He died twenty minutes after 6 p. n
60 on the 23d Of August. He was dresse
X for burial aud tSk"n to The moIgue
Il he was mere about thirty-five hour
before burial. The smell was offe1
sive when death came aud it gre
- worse. At the time Of burial thel
was a small bunch of tiy-blows c
small maggots in the corner Of th