The sun., 1900-12-28
KILLING OF LOUIS HILLTARD
sg,saTiOViI TESTIMONY ~ 10 Al.
Jy0rD BgILEvTE ABrsgs.
sp, Tells At HIilimd'. inaue., of Seeing Him
kicked and s,ransled With . Tswe, In the
tn.sn. ward Resched the usspttAi Physi
cali, sound. Other witnesses ssy widow
and ogden NIL. Attentive Listeners

tho lnnu..t into the death q Louis II HIIliGrd
in tho insane paw. on at Bellevue after three
of his ribs had been broken ana the Adam
ample in his throat crushed Edward
Dean, } X Davis and clinton ], Marshall.
the three nurses from the pavilion. who. since
Uillard'- death. have been discharged by
Commissioner kollnr ana arrested by CrIef
Of the Coroner on the charge of killing the
insane Frenchmau, were In court LawN er
u Is Anderson appeared for tham and As
si.,ant District Attorney Molntyrs repro
s.n,ed the people In court were also ogden
Mills. son Of the founder ~ the Mills Training
school for Nurses. of which the three men
accused are pupils, and Mrs Hiihard and her
fifteen -year-old son Mr. Mills has eA-
pressed his confidence OF the nurses lnHo-
c,nce Of the charge against them and when
they were arrested he furnished bal for
them The inquest was not flashed yes;er-
dav and il will be resumed this morning
other steps In the Investigation Of the
affairs OF Bellevue and Of othar city hospitals.
indirectly as the result Of Illliard's death.
we're taken yesterday by tommIssoner
Keer, who wrote TO the Bellevue Medical
Board asking for Information as to medical
conditions in Bellevue. and 70 the Health
Board, inquiring about the heavy mortality
among foundlings sent to the Willard Parker
and North Brother Island hospitals These
letters are expected to be followed by I'M
portant Developments Among the rumots
in circulation was that DR. Allen Fitch. tho
chief alienist at Bellevue. would soon resign
At the inauest Mrs Hilliard was the first
witness She lives at 39a seventh avenue
Her husband, she said. came from Boston
on the morning of Dec Ii He acted strange
" and soon after he had gone out she was
notified that he was in Bellevue Casnir
Verrer, an attachs at the French consulate.
took up the story. lie said that Hilliard
called at the consulate IN tho afternoon OF
Dec II with a rambling tale about the Jews
having caused him to lose his place In Boston.
He called policeman. who took Hilliard 70
the Old slip station, He walked with Hil-
hard 10 the police station. MIR Vers-r said.
The man wasn't violent. Policeman Hauser
corroborated this Hlliard. he said, hadn't
any visible bruises then and did not complain
of feeling hurt
How big man was he?" asked the Coroner.
He was about tve feet ~ Two inches tail and
" Neigh ed 30 pounds, said Hauser .
Dr William Rosensohn. Houyerhe,r hqS-
pital ambulance surgeon. told OF taking MI
Hard to Bellevue from the pOlce y tatlph. he
also did not see any bruises on Hilliard The
coroner asked If the man could have not nave
nay No. ar: he could never stand that without
manifestins symptoms OF pain replied the
doctor .o.s -, ,r,z. eobters vbo
have fought with broken ribsI
This man was not a prize fighter, replied
the witness ,.. a..
station he called at Gouvernsqr Hospital 70
take y0man patent into fhe ,s sains into
the ambulance. They had to put re.train-
inS belt around his waist and to ,sten lis
lands and feet Ii took three men to put on
va Se,s' there a scurle," asked the Coroner.
NO. sir; not exactly scuthe ,,ui...
The witness said that when lihliard was
tied he was pushed into the ambulance on his
knecs The bandages were taken on N the
ambulance and the RESTRAINING @ nrn III oi,ira pr".
that there were no marks on HhIlards lace
the, : do,,vsrsd pa,i,rd at Bellevu. he
was as sound as when c't him at the station.
sad Dr Rq-ensohn ill.,. ,o.,,ood ,,at sho
Mrs. Hilliard, recalled. testiiied tnat a,, .ne
noon OF his death He vas req ana DIV ao1nt
the forehead and said be didn't want TO ftay y
fnsre hcsn k"kea dnkk 5iPSy ny small man lie pointed
toward that man; said the witness pointing
~ II, 6r Alien fitch said that he saw Hilliard in
the insane pavilion at Bellevue on the alter
noon OF his reception there hllhard; DI
Eh ad, WA. s 9%cn ,he Jews Wers "%
him He was n thin man and was IN an en-
feebled condition. Hc was also ekIs siaey
hoarse which the doctor attributed To shout
ing. His examination lasted half en- hour
7Did YOU notice any bruises on his face''
NskIa dor. on' Te%sm6er .ha, did, replied Or,
produce acute pain 2. ,n once, Snur. ha sursoisr,
fthlnk il would. q course IL depends upon
thf fSemss Se.rss ., j. AS" Mnnoet who by shsmm!ns
insanity got s2 t9 t ntfeG tscrc TStd by Dn ftcn
made sa.y an % tiidavi. telling What be haa seen;
stand he asked permission 70 refresh his
memory from hIs ,affidayit: expialning that he
had been i'll since he mad" the sn'dhv,t ana nus
with his story first, Mnnock fav" MS g. oGSn.
patton as ;gass wTltrrd cdtdI re Of 't1 tSe H. Hc1sH w
70 Yeisn in sanity aud gain ADMISSION y Wards
island. Il wanted to show that those In.
sanity experts didn,t know their 9nsinsss: rrs.
dsy. Dec II. when Hillard was brought In.
Nurse Dean said, Hello, here Games another
bum. This was the usual greeting to a new
gid S ySS sEs sn9S cot6nar ts"' was tho usual
nSSRR" nscR. When Hiniard Was admitted, he said,
they Eays Tp n aha HnF s soP and nd
MgE,uall GRABBED him by the shoulders ,i,Sss ana
and was told 70 eat. He refused and asked
To get out Dean ran out OF tho once and
said: mi make you eat" and grabbing Hill
Hard by the throat. jumped on him, throwing
him 10 the floor. Marshall an Donnelly
held his hands. Dean choked him. Don
nelly said after a while, Let up fellows, he
is gering black Hilliard was senseless,
but recovered = little ter Then Dean said
Fat" HIillard replied, No, never" Then
they kicked him and smashed him. IL" wltn"sS
laid, until he became unconscious. Mar.
shall ordered the other patients to the end Of
in a shower bath for about eight minutes.
After that they strapped him and put him To
bed naked. ,
he% Rf G the @sns nsh} }or ss ~ser N'9%9'T Fhs night
nurses gave IL TO him. and | heard one oi
them say, What a beating that fellow must
have had The night nurses are all right and
treat tle patients well
'nr, next dqv MIrnocE said: He was feeble
aud walked as n IN pain. There we're blue
'yarks on his throat wher" the nurses had
choked him and his head wa7 mass Oh bruises.
About This time hupt. uIourk" cam. IN
aud said. You got a pretty good beating
eh!" IIilliard replied. 40, ] only got
scratched Davis, bofUr" SUIT O'Pork"
called said t. the patients We've gct th"
power of III" or death hero. The man That
opens his head about this will get killed
Davis. SO Minnock said, told DIR. Wiidman
We have had u very violent man h"Te,' and
Or. w.dman r"plicd ''Gire him good beat
ing Davis said 4 did. but II didn't do
ans good Or Moore added g. this; "f9p
that DR.. Fitch usually visited the pavilion
y ..s.s iFt n ~.