The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-24
HEEL BROKE HIS RIBS
SUSPICIOUS SCARS ON THE BODY
OF A ST. PETER HOSPITAL
INNATE
A SONS HORRIBLE STORY

He Tells the State Board Of Hos
DitaI Trustees How His Father,
an Inmate of n Crazy Ward, Was
Jumped on by an Attendant for
Saying That the Man Near Him
Would Not Live Very Long.
For the second time within a year the
st. Peter hospital for the insane is under
a cloud. A serious charge was preferred
yesterday, at the meeting of the board
of trustees held at the Ryan hotel, against
the hospital authorities by Robert Har-
lin, of Mankato.
Mr.. Harlin was taken to the hospital
couple of weeks ago. and last Thursday
his son George called at the hospital, and
found his father in a precarious condi-
ton. An examination disclosed three
broken ribs, the complaint alleges, and
cruel bruises about the body
The bruises were such as to indicate
that they were made by a heel of a boot
and were very painful.
The injuries are a result of an en-
counter with one of the attendants, the
complaint says. According to the story
ants that the patient on the cot next to
him had died during the night and he
said that the man on the other side Of
him apparently had but a short time to
live. The attendant rejoined by saying
that If Harlin did not keep quiet he, too,
would be dead soon. An agrument ensued
and the attendant jumped upon him with
both his feet, breaking his ribs. The
two sons of Harlin Sr., of Mankato, have
gone to St. Peter, and are Investigating
the matter.
The board took the matter up in ex-
ecutive session, and Gov. Lind was In
vited to be present, and met with the
trustees late in the afternoon. He was
seen later in the evening, and expressed
himself in no uncertain terms
1T is a matter that should be thor
oughly investigated, and l am sure that
1t will be done. Further than that 1 have
nothing to say until the matter has been
fathomed by the board,'' said the gov
ernor.
DR.. A. w. Daniels, resident trustee of
| the st. Peter hospital, stated that he had
been away from home for a few days.
| and had heard nothing of the affair.
"A. w. Daniels, resident trustee of the
st. Peter hospital, was directed to con-
duct preliminary investigation and re-
port to President Jones.
| The board examined the plans for the
| two new cottage buildings at Anoka and
| Hastings, submitted by Architect w. B..
DunneH, of Minneapolis, and decided to
accept the plan submitted to be dupicat-
| ed at both Hastings and Anoka.
| The board will call for bids within q
| few weeks, as soon as the exact text of
| the law on that SUBJECTS looked up. The
two buildings will cost $4,000 each, and
will accommodate 200 patients EACH One
half of each building will be completed
| by fall, giving accommodation to 100
patients, and the other half built next
| spring.
! The plans call for two-story brick build
ings, without veneer, with an eight-foot
basement. The laundry, baking and work
/ rooms will all be situated in the base
ment, while the patients quarters and re-
ception rooms will be on the two floors
i above.
| The board estimates that the two build
| ings will cost $S4,O0O the heating ap-
| paratus, $4,000; plumbing, $4,000, and fur
nishing about $1,000. The work, however.
may be completed at somewhat below the
estimates.