The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-13

T. HHn WA. iiN~ NNN - ~ VIA
q, ,..m ~. i~m,ginations ~ patients,
y rftiitions and tales arr hand-d
a.. wear after wear by departing To in
r.u. h~1u-.-ductors. and by --nior hur---
.ar.i~
,.,ortau- haunted ward Is now used
-.uulv rooin IN a Boston hospital
=, H. sarl-r history Il op-n-d from a Cor-
,t,r .radiug 20 the Operating room. and
~. frequently used AZ a single or pri-
,,.. ward for patients Just taken from
tho operating table
-.ii.r.y u s.snsd to fall under sons
"a. rAl,uc.. and the story went alnut
Gle. hospital hat the room was hoodoOs-d
" matter how simpl" the operation the
,,..r, removed to this room would lie
20 rn.lviug from IN" anm,th"tic.
r,,ulErly was this result recorded
cha, for a tim. the ward was closed. hut
Of, luo -,l-on IN. accommodations u tho
,,.. tuition proved inadequate for it, n,-'dS
AMI 'h, hauu'"i room was ~rroI-n"d III"
a. ,r.raripn thereafter Was followed by
'ra customary catastrophe.
N. had nuns and her assistants were
alarmed. AID the hou-'-Surgcon was haf-
a. bat determined TO probe the mystery.
And urut# n he did
When tho newt pa,icnt was carried from
d.. arrratIng able to This ward the house.
surgeon PERSONALLY superintendent IA re-
unyal Later IN the afternoon he Appeared
b.,.r, 'ra head nuns with AN air Of sup
,r.ss4i excitement. and issued orders
that t.,'u,-,n the our Of = and 10 y VI .,
neither lie nor her assistants should enter
~, roam
nv = p'clrrk tho patient. not fully r~cov-
.r.d from 'h" an~s,hetic. Law In a doz"
Tn. nurses were o-,ensiblv busy In the
Arg. wards AZ .t her end of the corridor
AID IA. hou---urgrnn Law under the cot
- n" patient. waiting
Tho moments passed like hours, hut
b. ui not move, and al last II came. "a
.rraI'hv step that could IT, felt rather than
heard. from IN. direction Of a door lead
M 80 a -viugirg balcony 4 few 500
,ui-. and -omething paused beside IN"
,u, Then Two hong muscular arms shot
.ut from under the cot, there ru-. a Wild
MIXTURE e English and Italian .,pl-tiv'.~.
and 'vp forms struggled on the h"r
Ntar the nurses and hrlT,rrS came 20 ~.
.-uua hey found IN" surgeon bleeding
,r.m -,v.ral ir-h wounds received from
r,r. ure,ll.-lik" %s'il"tto. but s'tl huld-
.rr Ii- grip on Tony. on" 81 th" night
,.,..r.u and h.lrrr- Wh-n Tony had
.-.r r,mpv,-i 1, The lnsau" ward and M"
~.,.r'sI patient snothei, the surgeon oX-
l'lrrl ~" situation
W.iIa -lp"riutanding the -"movsl ~
.t. ra'icut BE- had suddenly ca ght No" "v.
% rurv. Who was watching Oh" proceeding.
and Wa struck with it, oppression - gl"at-
ry IT, this NJ" saw a In-~lhl" solution
% ID" mystery
Tonv had i."n rrgarisSl ts a harmless
and useful helper iu IN" various Wtrl-,
hut from 'ha moment uf nj odp'ur" Ia
o.. haunted Sari be beCame violently in
.,rr There wa- 10" means II knowing
Nv many patients Rad di'Ni Il actual
f.a~'-fa,ur" resultant ON M" operations
A. how many had been victims u' hi
Hrriug
Wa, methods he emplov~i rrna lr'-i a
~v.'.ry al-u. though ., was generally
bought that the patients, Weakened hy
... ,"ra'ion- and %-tuf"h'~i iNtiua- hc'ic~,
v.r. -mu'h.r'-I hy ~" mad Italian
r. -r.,. 4 th. fact tina the angel "t death
..N.I ru further inclination tn Nisit NJ"
room ,i. horror II m" ward renamed
IT, aIIHTIffHft ~ w NfHNl 'ft|l~lNI ilfHt Ut
%. r. .',If- hr,-i supply room Vet th"r"
A. SIN 'Imid -proh-" who m ~" midnight
ua.A.- imagine they $3.50 Tony creeping
.trs from ~puit land m search 81 fresh
,.'.n. And th" h"u-" surgeon, nov 4
g1y. ruir,,i practitioner. -'lil owns The
r r-.at ta.t SO" hospital 81 New
YRS no. u.ufp, ~ tenement lf" misery,
Oh. rGr-.- tell q tale ui a chorus girl VII"
,.f.- tst.N ti CERTAIN -'a-'us "i me war
.r N'r lf'rr her IA" conventional burial
.tr.Ul v'Ioh She l-'gg"d should newer -
.r,.f.ai around her. And ih'rhN hangs
OBJ. ..rl Vho ramn nf poor hard Working
f.-r.- Va- onamur"d - stag" M" She
Vts Z. -,-' ~ hpr intentions ami ambitions,
a't NtF We ur- - y hard Struggl" "a the
...rl~ I.-~.u- under u good master, ana
F,I|v .ttr,r tt~th" leading ole
Yer sweetheart. q GUNS mason, hhd
H. lie t|.u Il 'ha tim" wh"uh" would -
-.rr.--'uI contractor amt hulld a %IaIa''
o. 'r u'r H. vain IA" r"a-of"d WIN th'
FrI ftt' a|rttdv h- wag"~ would -unI"r'
10 very ..mfortahlv Ar was III" tn
uuhtr' v.r ~. and m" girl sang IN III"
.N. r> ~ 4 H~rliwav Production
How -i.. worked In FAIR weather ana
'H.. tiVav~ ur 'Iu". ALWAYS throwing Wi
'%'prrb.- into no" work a. II the emit" iHr-
'rmar,, t.t-ud.i On her Never wa- a
GO, -..rei against IA" mans" ~ tllAn"
Claw. 90. i"ar 'n 'he Young mason a. Mary
VI 'Irrrsv
-,.,g. manager always smiled n her
..,t..F vh.r ~. nodded 10 HIM, bui once
fr fsrf.1 'u nv" stan With = -hrls - ms
NO. .''lc elrl that, bat sh" wont last
.0'g IN,u"- cou-umI tiun m NAT ia"''
.',. --r 'u i-.f"p'
Il. yugrg mason ~Iw u. too. hut MARY
.r bead and closed her ear 10 hi-
b.. MNs IAtk Al laT eyes Anf