Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-03
BRINGING BACK The INSANE
lncurables Returned from the State Asylum
to Be Cared for at Home.
PLAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
with st. Bernard's Hos
pital at which the Helpless Pa-
tients Can he Cared For at Ordi.
nary Expense to the County.

Last October acting under instructions
from the Board Of County Supervisors, A.
T. Flickinger and DR.. f. s. Thomas, COM
missioners for the insane and Freeman
Reed, clerk OF the board, made visit to
the state asylum at Clarinda where they
made thorough examination into the con-
dition OF the patients from this county.
As a result Of this investigation the COM
mlssioners at meeting yesterday afternoon
ordered nine patients who are classed as
incurables, transferred from Clarinda to
st. Bernards hospital In this city. The
transfer Of these patients will be made as
soon as practicable by Sheriff Morgan. This
action Is taken by the commissioners in
accordance with q contract between the
county and the Sister Of Mercy OF st. Ber-
nards hospital which provides that all in
durable insane persons from this county
shall be cared for at st. Bernard's. This
contract made at the time the hospital was
founded expires In 1900.
Previous to the founding OF st. Bernard's
hospital in this city, all insane patients
from this county were sent to the state
asylum at Mount Pleasant, and when pro-
nounced incurable and room was needed
at the state asylum were removed to the
Mercy hospital at Day port. Later, when
state asylum was instituted at Clarinda,
ferred from Mount Pleasant there. Some
OF the county patients at st. Bernards
were first in the asylum at Mount Pleasant,
later at the Mercy hospital In Davenport
being transferred here when the hospital
was founded. All Of these are incurable
cases and some OF the patients have been
SO afflicted for over twenty five years.
Formerly the county paid the sisters at
| St. Bernard's. SIC per month for the care
| Of each patient, but few years back this
was reduced to $14 and the last legislature
further reduced It to $12 per month, the
amount now paid by the county. There
are between forty-ive and fifty patients
at the hospital from this county. The
commissioners made thorough inspection
Of the insane ward Of st. Bernard's hospital
Thursday afternoon when they examined
closely into the condition Of every county
patient there. They report that they found
everything In first class shape and the care
Of the patients to be OF the very best.
The patients ordered transferred from
Clarinda are: Nephi North, sent from
Council Bluffs, August %, 1885, Mrs.
Rachael J. White, sent from Council Bluffs,
December 20, 1896; Carl Schultz, sent from
Keg Greek township. October 2S, 1894; e.
L. Miller. sent from Council Bluffs, March
II, 1895; Julius Hansen. sent from Walnut,
March 18. 1895; W. H. Dial, sent from
Weston. November. 1895; Mrs. Anna Bar
ton. sent from Council Bluffs, July 26, 1897;
Mary Elizabeth Sunderlin, sent from Wavel-
land, November Z, 1894; Mrs. Charlotte
Stahl, sent from Walnut, March 20. 1895.
The commissioners ordered that Mrs
Delilah Brown. sent to st. Bernard's hospital
from Oakland, September 80 Of this year be
turned over to the custody OF her husband
| William Brown. The commissioners expect
to make detailed report of the trip to
Clarnda to the Board Of County Supervisors
at the January session.