The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-27
TORTURE TALE
fLATLY DENIED
GOVERNOR DENEEN GETS RE.
PORT ON MENEZES CASE
AT JACKSONVILLE.
EXAMINATION IS MADE
OF Man Alleged TO Have Been Mis-
treatcd--Evidence Of Assault
Not Found--Attendants Say
None Occurred.

I
&C.. Graves, executive clerk Of tn
state board OF charities, and JOSEPH
| c, Mason. secretary of the civil ser
vice commission, in a report made t,
Governor ,Dencen latt night, made
spceillcA denial OF the sensational
charges to the effect that william
Menczes, a patient in the Jacksonvill
Iasylum for the insane, had been bru
TALLY treated by guards. The repor
NJ the officials Is substantiated b,
examinations Of physicians and testi
nony from many attaches Of the avs
Ilum.
In their report Messrs Graves and
Mason say;
In compliance with our instruc
tions we visited the Illinois Central
hospital for the Insane at Jackson
vile today and made an investigation
.of the published charges of alleged
Icruelty in the case Of William Men
azes.
Answers to Charges.
THE charges and answers thereto
as developed by the evidence are:
First charge That Mr. Menezes
is not insane.
Answer Mr. Menezes was dc.
clared to be insane on Feb 70 at a
sitting Of the county court Of Nor
gan county, with Judge Baldwin pre-.
siding, on The testimony Of Dr Ed.
aaga Bose. pr T. G Hardesty and
Dr. r. J. pitner. A jury after hear
nG tie evidence or these physicians
returned a verdict OF insanity The
patient thcreanon was taken 70 the
hospital. accompanied rs the regelar
curt papers. and was received there.
The form Of bis insanity Is terminal
demcntia
"Dr Frank 7. Norbury, an expert in
mental and nervous diseases, and not
lin the employment Of the state, after
examining the patient said that hc
was suffering from terminal demen
tia
- Charges-That Mr.. Menezes
was set upon and beaten without pro
gocation on the day he was taken tc
the hospital. and that he was assault
"a three times in the fortyeight hours
hat he was in the institution. That
he was picked up by three attendants
like ono would dog and pitched
into the bath tub; that his back was
terribly bruised and scratched and
strips of flesh torn OF: that one Of
the men grabbed him by the hea(
and twisted his head leaving his heaI
hanging, and that he was struck fls'
blcws on the head
Handled Gently.
Answer O. C. Bong supervisor;
G. A. Lambert. the night watch, A
g. Hughes. head attendant d. S. Jor
Ian. second attendant aud Luthei
Moore. an insane patient in ward No
: where Mr. Menezes was kept during
his stay at the hospital an state thai
he was handled with great geutleness
because he was a sick and feeble pa
.lcnt awakening their pity.
Lambert and Hughes who bathe
aim. stated that because Of the stiff
ness Of his arms they had some diff
Guilty in getting off his shirt in the
bath room and that they gently lifted
him into he bath tub, washed him
took him cut aud dried him, and or
the orders of DR. Ralph r Hinton inn
mediately put him to bel because he
was So faob,c They denird cppha
tca,l tsat a was assaulted at ans
time or that he was struck any blows
or that his neck was twisted. Th
reputation Of the attendants based Oh
past experience is good.
s. Charge That he was given only
one meal. and that consisting of beans
aud water.
Answer Attendant Jordan sworC
that 1T the iimc each meal was served
IL, tho institution during Mr.. Menzcs
presence there he prepared a tray
containing such articles Of food as
MILK. tea, soup. bread and better and
oatmeal. Attendant Hughes testified
that he took this tray TO Mr. Menzes
n each meal hcrr and that Mr.. Men
yes refused 10 cat. except that he
frank little milk However he
often asked fer water which was al
ways given to him.
4. Charge-That Mr.. Mcnezcs was
able to tell his story by means Of
wagging his thmub
Few Words suoken.
Answer Mrs. Mcnczos told us
that her husband when she visited
lim AZ the hospital. told her with his
voice of Tho cruel treatment az indi
.ated in charges No. ?. and stated that
.iuce she had brought him back he
had been unable 10 speak The testi
unny If The attendants IN the hnspl
raj indicates that he could speak only
Il moncsyilahics and that the onls
word distinctly understood was the
wcrd water Judge Baldwin stated
that at the hearing Mr.. Menezes was
ruable 70 speak in words.
This afternoon Mrs. Menezes said
that b. inserting a finger between the
thumb and index finger Of his right