The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
MURDERED In A HOSPITAL.
Sensational Charges Involving a
Trenton Institution.
4 Physician Says "a Patient Wns
slain by m Attendant About a
Year NEo-OH.cIaIS Deny Ia" Ale
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Commenced.

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slain by m Attendant About
Year Ngo-OH.cIaIS Deny tn" Ale
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Commenced.
TRENTON. y. j.. Aug Sensational
/ charges of cruelty and abuse. which show
that au attendant nj IN, Trenton Insane
Asylum murdered patient last year, are
made by Tr. William T.. Jones, who was
the third assistant physician. DE-. Jones
/ was dismissed from she hospital Just
prior 20 the charges being made that bad
! food was being served To attendants and
patients. lie has never appeared before
/ the comrittec making tie enquiry. All
! the charges that he has made have been
I through publications. His charges are
/ Partially refuted Ly the officers OF the in
stituton.
DIT jones charges that William Funk.
, a patient fifty-two years of age, was kill
90 ly an attendant last year Funk whom
in a bad mood refused to take medicine.
The attendant seized Funk by the throat
and Chokcd him until ne became iuseusi-
bile. The man was put 90 bed and DIT.
Jones summoned. and he found that the
man had been strauEled. The finger
marks were discernibie ON his neck. Dr
Jones notified DR. Ward the medical di-
rector, and urged him 60 look at the dying
patient, but he refused. Funk subse-
Queutly died. and the attendant was dis
missed a few days later
pr. Jones tells of the case Of two work
men, Patrick MCGOWAN and John For
man. employed on the construction Of the
new hospital They became involved I'm
"a quarrel. and MCGOWAN dashed a half
pint of muriatic acid I'm the face OF For
man and badly burned him. Both men
were discharged. but MCGOWAN having
political Influence. was reinstated-
DIT Jones also recalls the beating OF
I Louis Fisher. q patient. who was put to
work in the bakery in the fail of 1870 be
cause ne handled "a barrel Of flour un-
satisfactory 30 Attendant Gibbcrsou
DIR Jones states the patient was knocked
down several times. and later throttled
10y Gibberson ard another attendant
named Davenport. The man fled to Or
Jones office for medical treatment
Judge q D. w. Vroom. the president OF
the board OF managers. and who has
been associated with the asylum for many
years, said. Or Jones was dismissed
from the medical board OF the asylum for
. drunkenness, and since his dismissal all
the charges now before the public have
come TO light Dr. Jones did not make
record Of Funk's death until a year later
AVID until he was about TO leave the insti-
tu'ion- II Dr. Jones knew of the death
OF Funk and the causes for year and b.
withheld them, then he was acc, ssory to
the crime ] never knew Of Fuuk's death
until few days ago. Governor voorhees,.
on learning Of the fact OF Funks death.
told Dr. Jones that his Withholding OF
such important Information was to be de-
plored. and # made him an accessory 10
the crime
Or Jones. after being so informed. en-
deavoTed to suppress his information. and
asked the Governor not TO say anything
about IL. but the charge has now become
puF!ic property DIT Jones must have
known that II DIT. Ward took no notice
Of tho causes surrounding Funks death
that he should have come 10 the board
Of managers. / think Dr. Jones course
most outrageous and damnable"
The board Of managers continued
President Nroom. would have made
short work OF that attendant When I
served on the toint board Of managers
there was a case at the Morris Plains
Asylum. which the board investigated.
where an attendant had killed a patient.
We turned him over TO the authorities.
and ne is now serving sentence for muir
der in the second degree. We would Ger
tainIy have done the same thing with the
attendant responsible Tor Funk death
had we known it
Medical Director Ward. when seen con-
corning Funk's death. said that the entry
Of that death was not made in the case
book by DR. Jones until June q 1901 about
one year after il occurred. This was after
Dr. Jones had been dismissed from the in
stitutiOn at the meeting the first Thursday
in June
Dr. Ward said The entry made by DIT.
Jones at the time was. Funk. badly
bruised and maltreated by attendants II
Dr. Jones did what he said in his state
meut. he killed Funk He said that he
stuck a rubber tube down Funk s throat.
That was enough to Kill him. / did not
refuse 20 see Funk. for 7 was not notified
about his case until he was dead
The motive Of Dr. Jones in furnishing
the details above for publicity may be
Judged from this letter. which ha wrote 20
Dr. Ward. Medical Director OF the asylum.
New York. Aug. =. 1901.
"Dr J. ". Ward
Dear Sir. I have written an article I'm
regard 10 yourself and the institution.
which one Of the New York papers is will
ing 10 publish II You would rathe- have
IL than the newspaper. please let me
know. otherwise ] viii give IL TO the news
paper. Yours IN earnest
"Ir W. r. JONES.
'ftg West Thirtieth Street New York"
Governor voorhees, began an iuyestiga-
ton today and startling developments are
expected.