The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-31
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John was the FIRST to strike him. The blow
! knocked the man down. and then the gang
jumped on him. kicking and beating him. He
was kicked and thrown the entire length OF the
hall until the head Of the stairs was reached.
and then he was seized and dragged feet first.
humping down thu stairs. and being kicked
all the way down. Once down. he was carried
TO the corner Of Monroe arid Clark streets. and
was left there with the threat that IL he ever
came north OF Monroe street again he would
he killed. He was taken to the County Hos
pital. 1t was found that he had spinal
and abdominal injuries. They were in
ternal. and DR.. Thoren. who was in
charge, said he could not tell whether they
would result fatally or not. The injuries being
80 serious. II was thought best TO put Bath
house John under $l0.O0O bail. Just as a mat
ter OF form. until things were arranged.
The arrangement seems to have been made
on Tuesday. After Bathhouse Johns known
friends. the detectives. did their best to get at
the victim and failed. three we'll dressed strang-
ers appeared. They told the doctor that they
were friends OF the colorcd man and wanted
TO take him 10 a place where he would surely
get proper treatment. Or. Thoren told them
that Hardiman might die any minute. They
insisted on taking him away. however. and the
doctor let them do 1t. He didn't even take their
names. DR.. Tboren is quoted as follows:
The man was very low when he left"
Was Hardiman willing TO GO p
"Hs had no choice. He Just had to 60"
Il met tho three men at about y O'Clock In
the hall on the second floor near the top Of the
stairs. saw only one OF them distinctly. The
other two remained in the background. All
were well-dressed white men and did not i'm
press me as men who were likely to be on terms
OF intimacy with a colored man. They said they
were friends OF Hardiman and feared he
would not receive careful attention in a pub
lie hospital and desired TO remove him TO
a place where he could have the best med
ical attention and nursing. told them
II they were not satisfied with the treat
ment here they could take him away il
he was willing to 60. ! took the men TO ward
X and waited in the nurses room while they
went In and talked to the patient. When l
went in he was trying to get his clothes on.
and l asked him IL he was going away. He
said he was. and l told him he was in a very Sc
rious condition and warned him hot to 60. He
said they insisted on 1t. He was placed In a
chair and wheeled to a carriage that was wait
ing. That is all / know about it."
How did you account for these well-dressed
white men coming here in the night TO remove
this colored man. who seemed not TO know
them very well ?"
Thought they might be politicians WHIT
we're interested because he had been injured
In a political fight"
You deem it entirely regular to let q man.
injured perhaps fatally. be taken away in the
night BY strangers and not even ask their
names. do your"
Yes. Patients are frequently taken away
by their friends. who prefer to have them at
some other hospital or at home"
Can q patient in any condition get up and
walk out Of the hospital at will 2"
NO. Patients must be regularly dis
charged"
Was Hardiman regularly discharged I"
Yes"
by whom1"
by me-"
In regard to Hardiman's injuries. DR.. Thoren
said:
He was In a very serious condition. how
serious l do not know. We had had him but
twenty-iour hours. and I could not determine
absolutely whether there was a rupture or
not. There were severe internal contusions.
and all l could do was to Judge from the
symptoms as told by the patient. and
await developments. There is no question
that the injuries we're severe. as some OF
the functions were suspended. ] am not able
to say whether the injuries were necessarily
OF a fatal nature. / certainly think he was in
jured too badly to be moved without the
gravest danger. The injuries to his spine
also were very severe. and l doubt II he ever
RECEIVERS from the effect Of them. even should
he recover from his internal injuries"
Since Hardeman's disappearance from the
hospital nothing has been heard Of Thin by his
friends or by anybody else. He seems simply TO
have been spirited of the face of the earth.
The kidnapping OF a victim In a possible
murder case will probably strike the reader
as something new in the line OF crime. worthy
OF the brain Of Bathhouse John. though there
10 no evidence to connect him with 1t. 1t is at
least an effective way to dispose OF an assault
complainant. should he live.
These stories. together with the bare state
mont that another man. John J. Steiner. Jr..
was lured into q dive on Lasalle street on Tues
day and was murdered by an overdose OF
knockout drops. will give to Z readers a
fairly good idea OF the situation in Chicago at
this moment.
The campaigning for Carter Harrison carried
on by Lawson and the sanity Kohlsaat is be-
more vigorous daily. aided by Bath
house John. Hinkey Dink. Sly Teddy. Ugly
Pat Knockout Dan. Sassy Bill. Big Sam Medi-
cine Kid. Seven Up Jim. Mule Pete.
Tommy the Clock. Black Kid. Big Slim, Kid
Roach, Cocoanut Morrisey. Sh"eney Mike.
Knocker O'Fallon and all the rest Of them.