The San Francisco call., 1898-12-06
ILL WHEN SENT
 FROM AGNEWS Miss Bailey Was AL most Helpless. CONDUCTOR RoACH'S STORY GAVE ASSISTANCE TO THE DE-
 MENTED GIRL. Says She Had Gripful of Medicines, One of Which She Spoke
 of as Sleeping
 Powder"
CONDUCTOR R0ACH'S STORY
GAVE ASSISTANCE TO THE DE-
 MENTED GIRL.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 5.-Bessie Bailey, the Agnews patient who died on her way East, was in no condition physic- ally or mentally to make long trip to the home of her uncle, Cyrus Tim mons, at Lafayette. Ind. If the blame for her death cannot be fixed on the physicians of the asylum surely they are open to censure for having allowed the girl to leave there in her condition.
 Bessie Bailey was as helpless as a six-year-old child, and her condition attracted the attention of Conductor Con Roach, whose train the girl boarded at Milpitas. To Roach she said she had whole gripful of medi- cine.
 "I didn't sleep any last night, but as soon as I get in the car I'll take sleeping powder" remarked Bessie Bailey to Roach, as he was assisting her aboard the overland train at Oak land pier.
 gave it to her. is unknown. The phy- sicians at Agnews had prepared some medicine for her to take. but they made no mention of sleeping powders.
 Conductor Roach was seen at the St. James Hotel tonight. He said Bessie Bailey boarded his train on the morn ing of November F at Milpitas. He paid no particular attention to her un- til near Oakland when she asked him to raise a window. He did this. and then she spoke about having her trunk rechecked. She also wanted to know if he had not seen her get on the train at Milpitas. When the mole was reached Roach went with the girl and had her trunk checked.
 Miss Bailey was nervous and excited. Roach'S attention was attracted more particularly to her condition. She in quired about policemen and seemed afraid to travel. She was peculiar, and he thought, slightly demented. The girl complained of being cold and ex- pressed a wish for some coffee. Roach took her into Owen Rooney's restau- rant, and they both had coffee and toast. While there she showed him letter Dr. Stocking had given her to show to conductors, and then he saw she had just been discharged from Az news Asylum. He at once took more interest in her. The letter explained that the Bailey girl was unaccustomed to travelling and asked trainmen to look out for her.
 When they finished their coffee, Roach took up two grips the girl had and escorted her to the overland train, which left at 8:30. He remarked that she had considerable baggage, and Miss Bailey told him that the smaller grip contained nothing but medicines. On the way to the car she told him she had slept none during the night, but as soon as she got into the car she would take a sleeping powder. She told him she was going to write to him, and he tore page out of a memoran- dunn book and wrote his name on 1t and gave it to her. There was no one in the when ha left her
 Roach was with Bessie Bailey about forty-five minutes, and he says that all that time she hardly knew what she was doing. She told him of going to visit her uncle in Indiana.
 When Bessie Bailey left Agnews Asylum she was given sedative, and this may have been what she referred to as a sleeping powder. Whatever it was she had she brought 1t from Az news, for she had no opportunity to purchase 1t between there and Oak land.
 The physicians at Agnews deny that any criminal operation was performeI on Bessie Bailey there, and to-day Drs Sponogle, Stocking and Christal made statements to that effect.