Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-07-04

tents, but In many cases she was pre-
pared and directed and ordered her In
ferior attendants to administer such
treatment to patients. These treat.
ments consists:
/. IN placing a patient "Felicita" In a
cell barefoot. with no other clothing on
than an under garment. tying her with
ner back to the cell door with a strap
about her chest and raising the win.
dow OF her cell to the outside so as to
let the cold air blow upon ner while
tied in that position. This treatment
u Felicia" lasted for about from one
1our to an hour and half every eve
ming for from two to six weeks. and
until short time before her death.
2. In throwing patients down and
REQUIRING several of the attendants, or
tame patients, to sit on the patient un.
I'll she promised to lie good.
3. In striking and beating patients,
in one instance striking the patient
with bunch of keys and chain used
for carrying said keys.
4. In placing the knee on the patient
while down on the floor, at the same
time taking the patient by the throat
and choking her With the hand.
5. In administering cold shower
baths and plunge baths as punish.
ment for some past offense, such as
the throwing of piece OF apple by the
patient on the floor, and then rubbing
It on the floor with the foot. or for
talking too much.
6. In using on a girl patient, about
is years old, what witness called a
bride" being a piece of buckram or
canvas put in the mouth and tied back
of the neck, because the patient was
talking too much.
II was shown by several of the at
tendants that they left the institution
because they could not stand the cruel
treatment the female patients received
at the hands of the matron. or by her
orders.
This being a matter about which !
entirely differ from the other members
nf the committee. have been tempted
10 cite the evidence of several witness.
es, whose testimony has not been i'm.
peachsd, In support OF these charges,
were 1t not for the fact that we're to
do so my report would be entirely too
volumlnous. | will, however, cite the
testimony support these different
charges, as may be seen by referring
to their testimony and whose evidence
Chaves de Jaramlllo, Cornelia Calm
dro, Virginia Maestas and others.
s. That the body of one Mary Leon
ard, a patient, was opened by DR.. Mob
lau. with the consent of DR.. Upton, the
medical superintendent, the object for
doing so being to ascertain whether or
not the patient was pregnant, and al
so to haze an articulated skeleton In
the institution for scientific purposes.
| The flesh OF the body was removed,
placed In soap box and buried In the
graveyard of the institution. The bones
and the barrel were forgotten and no
more water was put IN II. and finally
thu arrel itself went to pieces for the
want OF water, the bones fell to the
ground, and patient seeing them
threw them over the fence surround.
ing the institution. One DR.. Da Costa.
who was then acting as assistant sup
erintendent, found these bones about
two months ago--a period OF about
three years after they were first plac-
ed In barrel. Two OF the members OF
the board OF directors of the asylum
then picked the bones up.
In this instance of Mary Leonard
great carelessness is shown both In the
medical superintendent, who had
knowledge OF this matter, and In the
other employees. who being on the
grounds daily could by very nttle ef.
fort talmost none at ALI have discov-
cred the human bones OF this unfortu-
nate Woman. who at least was entitled
to have her bones covered by mother
earth.
3. In the DIR. Mohlau matter the evi.
dence shows In effect the same facts
as are found by the majority OF the
committee.
10. That the medical superintendent
w. n. Upton, stands high as a man
and a citizen. as well as n physician,
and hal almost as good knowledge OF
the Spanish language as he has OF the
iJlglish.
That the medical superintendent had
no knowledge of the unusual, cruel and
inhuman treatment visited upon the
patients by the inferior employees OF
the institution, as hereinbefore set
forth, and the evidence further shows
that In one or two instances, where