The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-08
WAS KILLED BY A MANIAC

NATE ar sPRINGSIDE HOME.
The AssatIant Was Her Insane Room
Mate-An Attempt Yesterday 10 Bury
the Body without a Permit from the
Registrar of vital Statistics Walls OF
the Room spattered with Blood-The
Assailant II emoved to Middletown.
The remains Of Hannah Wharton, the
aged insane woman who died at Spring
side home Sunday as the result of in
juries received at the hands of another
insane inmate, have not yet been buried,
although an attempt was made yester-
day afternoon to bury them without a
permit from the registrar of vital sta
tistics, as required by law. Mrs. Whar-
ton roomed with Mary Reilly, another
insane patient, who is supposed to have
inflicted the blows which caused death
by means of round wrenched from a
chair.
No report of the case was made to DR..
White by the Springside authorities and
it was stated at Springside home Sun
day night that there had been no deaths
there that day. Yesterday forenoon,
while Registrar Of Vital Statistics Carr
was attending the funeral of Policeman
James Reynolds Mr.. Beecher Of the I'M
dertakng firm of Beecher & Bennett,
who attend to town cases. called at
the registrars office with a certificate
of death signed by DR.. Flynn, town
physician, and requested that burial
permit be issued. Clerk Buckley was
in the office at the time and glancing
over the certificate, he saw that the
cause of death there given was blow
on the head. Mr.. Buckley informed Mr.
Beecher that he could not issuesa burial
permit on that certificate until the mat
ter had been investigated.
When Mr.. Carr returned to the office
Clerk Buckley informed him of the re-
quest for a burial permit and the rea-
sons for his refusal to grant one. Mr.
Carr at once telephoned to Benjamin r.
English, secretary Of the Evergreen
Cemetery association, and asked him If
there were to be any burials in the GEM
etery yesterday. Mr.. English informed
him that there was to be one Of a body
from the almshouse later in the after
noon. Mr.. English stated that he had
been informed about 1920 in the fore
noon that a burial permit had been is
sued. Mr.. Carr advised him not to al
low the burial to take place until per-
NIT had been issued. Mr.. English said
that he would do so and notify the sex
ton of the cemetery to that effect.
A little later Reecher & Bennett tele-
phoned to the registrars Office that Cor
oner Mix had told them that they could |
bury the body Mr.. Carr told them that
they had better wait until they receiv-
ed permit from him, and advised them /
to take the body back to the place (
where they got it instead of leaving it /
in the cemetery, as was suggested.
Dr. Flynn, the town physician, was
then communicated with by Mr.. Carr,
and stated that he was first informed !
Of the injury to Mrs. Wharton Thurs
day morning, and that he learned that
ehe had been injured Wednesday. At
ter examining her he saw indications of
q fracture of the skull and directed that
she be sent to the New Haven hospital. |
She was accordingly taken there, but
was discharged from there Sunday at |,
ternoon, as it is one of the rules of the
hospital not to receive insane patients.
She was taken back to Springside and
died there soon after.
Dr. Flynn stated that he had exanlin-
ed the room where the assault occurred
and found that the walls were spattered
with blood. There were two beds in the
room, from one of which the mattress
had been removed. There was no chair
In the room and the weapon with which
the assault had been committed had
been removed. He had heard at the
home that the assault was committed
with a round wrenched from chair.
In the meantime the body has not
been buried and Registrar Carr stated
asst night that he would not issue a
permit until the case had been thor
1ughly investigate ted by the medical eX-
,miner The law requires that no de-
ceased person shall be buried in the
own in which such person shall have
lied until a burial permit stating the
3lace of burial and that the certificate
# death required by law has been re-
urned and recorded, has been given by
ne registrar, who shall issue such per-
nit whenever such certificate of death
las been received by MIN, ana the reg
strar shall record the place of any bur-
al other than in public cemetery
The fact Of the death was reported to
he medical examiner by Mr. Carr Mr..
,ucher, superintendent at the home,
tated that he did not know that it was
Necessary for him to report the casa to
he medical examiner He says that he
as usually reported cases of sudden I
eaths at the home to the town physi-
ian and supposed that was all that was
ecessary. In reply to criticism that
wo insane patients should have been
flowed to room together, Mr.. Sucher
avs that Mary Reilly had never been
iolent before, and no one thought that '