Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-06-13

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There Is nothing in this item that
sugSeytc extravaganza or misappro'
pristion Of the funds Of the State. II
there Is we are unable 10 see it.
The sale ~ hides at the asylum will
be ventilated on Monday and we shall
thin have something To say about the
animus that seems to prompt the
charges OF the Gazette.
In Saturdays issue we went over
the grouu,.s ~ the GaZet;e's charges
against DR.. BerGsteiuis management
Of the Hospital for Mental Diseases
and SHOWED how epundless they
were when the books and prop.
erty were examined. Three
other matters yet remain that
interest the public. These are the
sale of hides, the erection OF the NOR
que and the violent death OF two in
mates OF the hospital. These will re-
ceive attention IL this article.
DR.. BerSsteIn reports the sale Of
2SI hides during the years 1856 f"I
the sum @! S2S1 81 a iriie over 81
each As DR.. Bercstein consigned
these hides to a nephew III San Fran.
CISCO and received less than the cur
rent price Cor butcher hides in Reno.
MIR. Bragg claims that they were sold
IcT less thSp their value in order ~
give " relative Of the DR.. a chance 10
swiHdie the State. When the matter
is Investigated. there does not seem to
lie asuch Of a steal in the hide bus
mess Ii must be remembered iha.
tie animals killed for Hospital use
arc siaall leeves and calves and that
they are slaughtered and dressed by
the patients. only one Of whom Is a
butcher. Crazy men are not apt TO be
very careful IN their work and the
hides Governor Sadler informed us
were badly cut. This decreases their
value anu they bring much less in the
market han hides dressed 10y butch
eS outside OF the Hospital. Besides
this the books show that 81 OF the
hides sold were veal hides. These
are the facts as We understand them
from the books and the infor malop
given Us 1T the Hospital.
The INDEPENDENT does not be.
licve that the State las been
swindled IN the sale OF the hides, but
it canno: escape the conclusion that
DR.. BcrgsiCiu acted very unwisely in
consisnlug them to n relative. In
doing SO, he opened the way for his
enemies TO impu;e corrupt motives.
In this connection it is no, amiss TO
say that DR.. Thoma. the predecessor
Of DR.. Bergstein. made no mention OF
hides in his report for 1912 and 1893
1. Our readers should not infer frum
this that DR.. Thomn appropriated the
hides To his own use as they are
doubtless included under another
heading.
The erection Of n dead house or
morgus and ita proximity to the
building i'll which the milk and but.
ter is KEEP; is another source Of CON.
plant. The morgue is a substantial
brick building erected ~ or 30 feet
from the milk house. Al au.cpsics
are held here az the bodies Of IA.
ticnis. We examined The location 81
the bull ling and failed 81 seq nny
improperly il building it where II
Is. IL certainly cannoi have any
effect on the milk and butter in :;
building - or ~ fee, away. All
such claim are but the frcakc 81 a
disurdcrcl imagination. A trim 10
the hospital md an inspection Of the
bull ling wonll certainly convince
any reasonable man Of the ground.
lessneS 81 the complaint that the
milk and butter could I've affected 10y
the proximity Of the moFgur 10 the
mix house. The morsuc ccs, the
tho State s.st2 ~. We take i, that
the construction Of THIS hull Ing was
a neocssii! or II you'll not have
bcsn built. Bat "u this We express
no opinion as We have no iu.uiIaa.
ton gu the subject.
Daring The years 1866 two TIA.
tienis lost their lives a, the hos ri,al
through accidents. one by ~,all,,,
tnom the ro't 81 toe Hospital and the
other 10y drowning in the Trnykcs
river IT is claimed 10y Or. Berg.
stems critics that these deaths are
not mentiored in his report. The pa.
tieni Wio ipl inm the roof Was a
{ uSiy under Dr.. 1homR and remain
cd so after Or. BerssteiD took charge.
Tie was engaged in painting .he roof
and It supposed he became dizzy and
fell. fracinrine lars skUll and dying IL,
a shor; time. This case Is mentioned
on pages II and 81 Of the report. In
the other case the patient escaped
and a few weeks sitervard = body