The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-07-25
DENIES SHE
HELPED HUSH
UP MURDER

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him the wednesday preceding death.
She testified that DR.. Norton and
Charles L. Patterson saw the body and
that Otis Johnes also examined it.
The witness said DIR. Ward saw her
March 2. two days after the funeral.
This is the only time she saw him rel
alive to Mr.. Silvers's death.
She denied DIR. Ward and Charles L.
Patterson and herself agreed to hush
up circumstances concerning her hus-
bands death. Her answers in these
questions were emphatic. she claims
DR.. Ward did not come to her home,
and that when she did see him k was
at the asylum when she went for his
CLOTHES.
Mrs. silvers wrote to DR. Ward com
planning of bruises on her husband 5
face. When Mrs. Slvers saw DIR. Ward
at the asylum she says she referred TO
the bruises and the seeming nntimely
end of her husband.
DIR. ward told her nothing of the
cIrcum stances which led 10 Silvers'H
death. She got no Information that he
had been beaten by the two attendants.
DIR. Ward assigned no specific cause of
death as Mrs. silvers recalled.
The witness presumed she must have
asked for details ms 10 death. though she
didn't recall having done so. Mrs Silvers
said the first she knew of the beating was
when she read the story in last evening 3
papers.
She said at the time OF the death she
was poor and without influence, and in the
absence Of proof she did not go to The
asylum to make formal complaint.
Mrs. Sivers said she went TO Judge
Vroom and that he deplored that violence
had been resorted to subdue people out OF
their minds She did not think at the
time that Mr.. Svers had been beaten
sufficiently to causeh is death in a few
DAYS She said her husband was not vio-
lent except the last night Mt home Then
ne was headstrong. Before the bruises
were seen on Sllvers by Mrs. Silvers, she
was informed he was tractable at the
| asylum.
Dr. Ward was next called Taking up
the Silvers matter Mr. Perkins wanted to
know who had charge of Sllvers from the
time he was assaulted until he died. DIR.
Ward replied that DR.. Funkhauser did
He is not able to be present at the in
vestgation because of Inflammation of
legs following typhoid fever Mr.. Backes
asked DR.. Ward who has been abused
since silvers' death. He said he knows
OF no serious cases of abuse of patients.
| He told of a negro who made an attack
on attendants in which melee the patient
was hurt but not seriously. Mr.. Baekes
wanted to know If kicking patients by
| attendants was a common practise.
The witness said, II do not think So"
He has known Of people kicked and slap
ped by attendants.
Mr.. Baclxes asked about an attendant
who was killed at the Asylum several
years ago while discharging his duties.
DR.. Ward told OF the affair which was in
vestigated by CoroLer Bower and n jury.
ths witness was asked If, while he was
| passing the room In which the attendant
was killed, the patient did not call out,
HE ought to be killed. he has kicked me
many time" The answer was mo"
Mr. Backes asked about the death of an
inmate by the name of Funk about six
| years ago. 1t was alleged that Funh
| was strangled to death by one Lasher
This entire affair was trashed out at thu
Asylum investigation about six years ago
Mr. Backes read the testimony of DR.
Johnes concerning Funks DEATH DR.
Ward said he did not recall the testi
mony. In DR.. Wards record Funk's deatl
was assigned as typho-mania Silvers
death was assigned to general paralysis
The witness testified they have an average
of two or three suicides a year, and tina
| attendants have, usually, no control ove
the condition.
Mr., Backes asked for the name Oh pa
tent VINO died shortly aIter funk IRON
ABUSE Ihe witness eouia not give any
such Information Ut, Maro was tnen tn
taken BACK TO the typnoid 1eVer mater
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MS poay was ierripiy prhseo'
he endeaVeroq 10 ascertain ,ne c'iuse oi
the brulses' put was hhsnccetslul
BEFORE SiiVers uealh' salu MT. fal'
terson. II Went 10 Dr' "aru anu tolo
MIN that ne had heard that SllVers was
beine knocked aoout, Dr' Waru salo
he would look INTO the matter Not nav
ing heard from Dr ward l take II M
never made the invesugation. Again
after Sllyers's death, again went 10 see
| Ut Ward ana spoke 10 MIN aoout IN,
| condition OF SllVerss pooy. Dr, ware
told me tnat tne bruises were .propapiy