The Washington times., 1906-06-12
IMMORAL ACTS
AMONG INSANE
ISNON ALLEGED
Witnesses Tell of Con-
duct of Male and Fe-
male Patients.
MORE STORIES OF ABUSE
One Attendant Knocked an
lmbecile Down and
Jumped on Him.
MORE STORIES OF ABUSE

Testimony that within the past two
months there has been in g.. Elzabeth's
an instance Of immoral conduct between
a male and female patient. the female
Being an imbecile. was given today by
several nurses Of the institution before
the spec al Congressional Committee in
vesttgat ng the Government Hospital for
the Insane.
A bevy Of young nurses from the
asylum testified before the COMMITTEES
that they work twelve and fourteen
hours a day: that sixty-nine OF them
look after $50 patients. and that two
nurses care for forty patients. Of whom
twenty are violent
One young lady said that, since the
invest cation began. the patients have
been led better
Att, ldant Assaulted Patient.
jeremiah A Conweu a patient at St
Elizaberh's since 1903, said he had an
piled for his release from the asylum.
but had not obtained II so far He told
OF an attendant named George Wheaton
attacking a patient named Daddysman.
''W heaton," he said. Jumped on Dad
dys AN and got him down and punched
hiL I took Wheaton Of
- ne food there could be improved on.
The fish is not fl for anybody 10 ear
al Il. We get beefsteak only once a
week. ard then It is too tough 10 chew
WI"
iiss A. o. Wilson, an attendant at the
.ylum. said she had heard OF some
-ouble between q male patient and a
-emale-' She had reported what she
kI " 20 her superior Officer. She did
not know what had been done in the
Quite frequently" she said. the
meat We get is quite poor"
1905. testified that patients s'are treated
all right at St EIizabeth's.T
How often have you seen Dr. White
II your ward 2 asked Representative
In the fifteen months I was there I
never saw Dr. White IN my ward al all.
answered the witness.
Worried by Watson.
Henry Spencer. OF Anacostia, SAID he
was the husband OF a kitchen employee
OF the asylum who had been worried
by a night Watchman al St Elizabeth %
He went 10 see Sergeant Anderson, OF
AnscOstia, who advised him 10 leave the
matter TO DR.. White. Dr. White. the
witness said, promised 70 discharge the
watchman. but did not do So
Miss Mary Shifiett. a nurse at ST.
Lz4AL1DtAAA = AtSA4-lc4 that the 1000 I0er6
is fairly good" She did not think the
asylum has enough attendants.
Miss Helen r. TanQuary. chief nurse
OF the female department. said she had
heard Of trouble between the male and
female patient two months ago. She
reported Il to DR.. Clarke. and the wo-
mans parole was taken from her.
She said she had no recollection of the
incident related TO the committee yester-
day by Mrs. Pavy. who said she had
hip located in an icy room She could
not see how such thing could possibly
have happened.
More Nurses Needed.
Miss Tanquary testified that she has
sixty-nine nurses under her 10 look after
650 female patients. Occasionally, she
said, more nurses could be used to ad-
vantage
Miss Louise Hoy, nurse at the
asylum the past three years, said the
1 food on her ward is very good"
I She testified that she and one other
/ girl have TO look after forty patients.
Of whom twenty are violent She did
not think this unusual At night one at
tendant looks after the forty patients
She has one patient who Is so violent
as to often have TO be restrained with
a straightJaeket.
Miss Hoy said DR.. White has been IN
her ward twice IN five months.
Mrs. Alice 2. Carraher, whose husband
IS a patient at the asylum, said her hus-
I band has been bruised badly several
times IN the asylum. He was bruised on
I his forehead two weeks ago
/ Miss Daisy Reynolds. & waitress in
l the asylum dining room. testified that
/ she works from a. m until or
I $3.50 2. m
| Miss Agnes Staples. another asylum
I waitress said the food is good with
/ the exception that 1t is Sometimes
I badly cooked
Before this investigation started"
said Miss Staples. we had troubis
getting fruit for the patients, but now
we have no trouble about that at all.
Sometimes the food has cockroaches
in It I suppose this is because IL IS
prepared IN hurry
DR. Harry R. Hummer, a senior assist
ant physician. at the asylum. testified
that II is "a daily occurrence 10 have
patients complain Of cruelty from at
tenGants. but IL is very unusual to find
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