The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-06
NO INQUEST.
Paterson Authorities Say
Sadie Wiseman Died Of
Natural Cause.
Mr.. BISHOP SURPRISED
He Is Convinced That Mrs.
Eyler's Treatment Caused
the Girls Illness.
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| PATTERSON, Oct. 6, 1Ss9.-The case Of
Sadie Wiseman took turn yesterday
| slightly in favor of Mrs. Eyler matrou
of the State Industrial School for Girls.
| inasmucE as after a conference between
lCounty Physician Mcbride and Prosecutor
Eugene Emley it was decided to hold no
| inquest
| What caused you to arrive at that de-
! cision?" was asked of the County Ply
! sician.
| Because both of the physicians who
performed the operation have given out
that natural causes produced death, and
granted certificate accordingly, replied
| DR. Mcbride.
DR.. Mcbride added that the cause of
death was peri-nephritis. an Inflammation
of the kidneys. The County Physician did
not want to express an opinion as to
what might have brought that on, but he
looked on the case as rather an ordinary
once. At all events. he said, there would
be no inquest, and SO far as this county
was concerned he could see no reason for
holding one.
President A. w. Bishop, of the local
children's society, was then sought out,
and he seemed surprised at the action of
the County Physician and Prosecutor. He
had been sure that an inquest would be
ordered, and in that event he would have
chance to present his testimony It was
news to him that the physicians declared
that no cruelty was shown in the result
Of the examination.
ssWhy, said he, zone of the doctors
talked to me over the telephone yester-
day, and told me that one OF the girls
kidneys was as large as a calf's head.
and he invited me around to his office to
examine it. He also said 1t was inf1amed
and there was evidence to him that a
heavyweight of some kind had fallen
against it."
This seemed sufficient to the president
Of the society to show that there was
cruelty. but, he added. If the physicians
could now show that there was none, all
well and good Mr. Bishop said he recog-
nized the fact that it would be difficult
for any physician to go on the stand and
swear to an injury that was brought on
more than two years ago. President
Bishop said that the fact of no inquest
being held would not deter him from the
work ne had started, and he would con-
tinue it to the end, IN conjunction with
others in the State. in an inquest had
been held he had expected to bring to
this city Miss Frances Day, the attend
ant whom Sadie Wiseman named in her
last statement, and also Miss Maria Mil
ler also former attendant at the school,
and both OF them would give testimony 10
confirm statements made by the girl who
Is now dead.
President Bishop then went on to tell
why he started the investigation in the
Wiseman case before the death OF me
Mrs Williamson. a member of the state
board recently appointed by the Governor
to look after children, in the different in
stitutions and find homes for them II pos
sible She asked me to have Sadie Wise
man make her statement in order that
she GMrs. williamson might present the
from the Legisla ature for investigation.
Previous to that Sadie Wiseman had
made a statement in writing in which she
charged grave crueltfes at the school;
When the second statement was asked
for, / directed Justice Keys to get the
first one and make copy of 1t. With
the Justice and Eugene Pulls, the secre-
the hospital and the Justice asked the
girl if She thought she was going to get
better. She said: I feel badly and believe
/ am going to die
s'The Justice then went carefully over
each paragraph, and Sadie said it was
correct. When she had finished the JUS
tice asked her If there was anything she
desired stricken out. She said there was
not, and 1t was all correct. She then
signed the statement and wrote her name
in book I have this statement. and, as
/ said before, inquest or no inquest, will
present it to Mr.. Backes, who has charge
of the investigation in Trenton, and then
let the authorities judge for themselves.
Mr.. Bishop said it was too bad the State
of New Jersey was to be saddled with
such disgrace, and he was of the opinion
that no other State would go on without
a thorough investigation when the facts
had been Brought out as they had been in
the death of Sadie Wiseman.