Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-25
State Board ofControl Concludes
Investigation at Nit. Pleas
ant Hospital
MANAGEMENT TO BE UPHELD
Nothing Developed to Sustain Charge
of Cruelty and Misrepresentation Of
Funds-Mayor Hourihan Finds There
Were Some Things He Did Not
Know.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

| Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov 25.-The members
| of the state board of control have re-
| turned from Mount Pleasant where
they conducted an investigation into
| the charges made in general by an
anonymous writer in an eastern mag
by former Mayor Hourihan of Mount
Pleasant against Superintendent APP
plegate.
The testimony taken at the hearing
will be transcribed and the board ex-
poets to make a formal finding with
respect to the showing. Among the
witnesses examined was Mayor Houri-
han. The basis of the inquiry as to
his complaint was a communication
which he had furnished the newspapers
attacking Superintendent Applegate.
In advance the board of control is
not making a statement as to it's find
ings, but it is known that nothing was
dCNClopCu dI lHc WHICH
! will be regarded as warrant for a find
ing adverse to the management of the
institution.
Mr. Hourihan presented to the board
at the hearing a written statement
identical with that which had been
sent to the newspapers, but which
was only partially used by them. but
withdrew it without permitting the
board to copy or retain it.
In this communication he made
many serious charges. The one that
was published was to the effect that
the superintendent had fined employees
of the institution for offenses-that is,
had deducted certain amounts from
their wages for violation of institutions
rules. If an employee should appear
at the Mount Pleasant Institution in
an intoxicated condition, for instance,
the superintendent would discharge
him, and cut off a certain amount from
his wages, probably S. or $40 for the
month.
This Mr.. Hourihan insists, is repre-
hensible in the extreme. He thinks
that the superintendent by taking this
course. acts as judge, jury and exc
cutor without authority of law. His
theory is that the superintendent
should file information against the man
and allow the courts to adjudicate the
case, and impose a fine if the man is
guilty.
In this connection 1t is said that Mr.
Hourihan has brought several suits
against Superintendent Apologize in
similar matters and has lost them ALL
Ia s,,s,f - ST.
the hearing that it must be from this
fine system and the receipts therefrom
that the state was able to expend
$l3.77 month per patient, whereas
the per capita support paid by the
counties is but s12 month
Are you aware that we have a
farm connected with the institution"
asked Mir. Cownie of the board of
control.
Eyes, sir" said Mr. Hourihan.
Are you aware that the proceeds
from 1t go to the support fund.-"
Il was not"
Were you aware that last year we
sold $1,000 worth of hogs and lard?"
No, sir"
All OF this testimony will appear In
the transcript of the hearing and in
vestigation.
In his communication, the copy of
which was presented to the board at
the hearing, but withdrawn, Mr.. Hour
Than made some startling statements
with respect to the treatment of a
woman who was sent to the inebriate
department of the hospital. He
charged that while she was enciente
she had been compelled to slide down
the fire escape and to work in the hot
fields and to run sewing machine
1t was disclosed at the hearing that
Mr.. Hourihan had been told by his
client that this was the fact. 1t was
developed by sworn testimony that
the woman once only had gone down
bular variety-against the express or
ders of the management; that she had
gone into the fields but once against
orders, and that she had asked for
the privilege Of running the sewing
machine, which is operated by cleo
tricity, and was granted that privilege,
having been seamstress, and only
worked as long as she wished.
Patients at the insane hospitals are
not forced to work, in any condition.
They are asked to and urged to for
the physical benefit it is to them, but
they are not compelled to work If they
do not want to.
The Iowa Duroc Jersey Swine
Breeders association will hold it's an
nual convention In Des Moines We'd
nesday, Dec. IL. 1t is expected that
fifty or sixty of the leading swine
breeders in the state will be in attend
ance. Secretary Milo Ward Of the
Commercial club has arranged to fur
nish the club rooms of the CONNER
cial club for the business meetings of
the body. G. w. Hockett of Man
ming, Ia, is president of the associa-
ton, and Lee Hopper of Nicola is Sec
rotary. The program for the meeting
has not been arranged.
Judge George H. Carr has been made
Iowa attorney for the Chicago Great
Western railroad and will retire from
the firm of Carr, Hewitt, Parker &
Wright, about Dec. to assume his
new duties.
In creating the position of Iowa at
torney the Great Western has adopted
the policy Of the older roads in turn
ing their legal business for the whole
state over to an attorney who will
give it his exclusive attention.
Auditor of State p r Carroll 70.