The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-04
PVAR OYER INSANE PATIENT
\ INV FROM BELLEVUE DIED AT
P~INH4TTAN STATE HOSPITAL.

.,..s and AbrasiOns on Mrs. MAier's Body
amt. Dent RepOrts-she Died Soon
Ifter Leaving Bellevue--It's Man.
n,tt,n's Fault, Says Supt. Ricksrd.
controversy over the circumstances
SNa,o,mdinp the death Of Helen Maier.
...rs old, wife OF August Mailer, of l7os
nd avenue, has arisen between Supt.
81 the Manhattan State Hospital
ha Insane and Supt. Richard of Belize
Z The woman was removed to the
tsnhattan State Hospital from Bellevue
:, Saturday shortly before noon and
r,a ar 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Supt.
W., sent the Board of Coroners yesterday
a.,,er in the course of which he made
Me statement:
ruso A. NJ, July /. received a patient
AZ, p.,leyle suffering from acute mania
y. .hoved violent mental and motor excite
.,t--,hroying herself about-and WAS In
a,,t. Of great restlessness. She showed
NV superficial bruises and abraslons on
hody when admitted. She was brought
", pelleyue on a stretoher and was I'm
..di.tely given every care and attention.
The letter, which reports the woman's
..th, WAS referred to the Bellevue man
cement with a request for an explanation.
Us said there last night that on April l
i,s Mater was committed to the Manhat-
:" State Hospital from Bellevue after be-
nu adjudged insane. She remained there
rhI June %, when she was discharged,
report from DIR. Dent, 1t was said,
NJ she was 1T to go home. In the record
The case Is a statement OF her husband
\ ,arding her removal, In this language:
NV wife was discharged from the Man
attain State Hospital at the urgent insist
ocs n Supt. Dent, who told me the patient
~ we'll enough to be cared for at home
According to Mr.. Maier, also, no sooner
I,d hi. wife reached home than she left
nin and for two days he could not find
~ Then Policeman Fitzgerald OF the
ss. SiIty-seventh street station discov-
I'd her behaving frantically on the street.
h was taken t o Bellevue in an ambulance.
the wav there and after her arrival she
Ild. tore her hair, tossed herself about
N did everything in her power to do her
N injury. In OF her words, the Bellevue
uople say. she was suffering from re-
rrrence of that motor excitement she
kad at her first commitment.
Before she could be removed to the Man
k,uan State Hospital, the Bellevue authori
es say, it was necessary to secure anot her
|bnmitment, and this was obtained last
kturday morning from Justice TruaN.
4 is insisted at Bellevue that everything
ssible was done to get her to Manhattan
ate Hospital again as speedily as possible.
\ Supt Richard talked vigorously and
Sn;edy sbout the case last night. lie
kid;
I consider it very unmanly act on the
hart Of Supt. Dent to try to throw the blame
Or Mrs Maier's death upon the pyschopa thic
rsrd OF Bellevue. Nevertheless, II there
going to be controversy over this, II
Ef be a good thing to have it settled by u
pd and thorough examination, for there
Il 80 many circumstances In which similar
ntroversy arises. For my part, 1 well
sms an investigation. The records here
Wv that the responsibility rests entirely
the Manhattan State Hospital"
m is considered certain that the ooroners
n order thorough Investigation through
" Of their number. The woman's body
" been removed to the Morgue. Her hus-
nd has made no formal complaint re-
)rdng the care given her.