The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
WILD ORGIES OF
STATE EMPL0YfS
ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF JACK.
SoNViLLE ASYLUM ATTEND
ANTS GETS AIRING.
STRONG DENIAL MADE
BY Doctor in Charge Irvestioatlno
Committee Follow Up Action at
Lincoln and Seize Some
Of Supplies.

:. Jacksonville, Ill.,, Feb 23.-Tha
e wild orgies have been indulged in b.
! nurses and attendants from the Hi
, nois Central Hospital for the Insane
located here is the information whicl
mas been received by Representative.
Hope and Mclaughlin, who arrived ii
: Jacksonville yesterday morning In
ltheir tour OF investigation Of the state
asylums.
4 Stories have been reaching the ears
Iof the representatives far the uast
two days in regard to the conduct of
certain attendants, and the legislators
intend to make thorough investiga
ton in regard to alleged scandals Su-
Iparlntendent Carried and other oft
Icials Of the insane asylum deny that
| any of the employees under their
charge have been guilty OF holding
these midnight revels aud say that the
runners have been given currency by
| persons who are unfriendIy to them
Wine Party in Resort.
According to the stories which have
reached the ears OF Representatives
Hope and Mclaughlin, a notorious re-
sort conducted by a woman who has
been in trouble several times In the
past Is the rendezvous for certain at
tendants from the insane asylum This
resort Is said to be located In one of
the best residence sections OF Jack.
sonyiiie, only q short distance from
the asylum. The resort is said to be
a residence. 70 all outward appear
ances perfectly respectable. As Jack
sonville is dry" town. the saloons
here having been voted out Of exist, |
ence last fall the resort conducted BY |
this woman has grown into favor be. |
cause OF the fact that wine. beer ami |
whisky can be obtained If a personl
Is known to be "all right"
Several weeks ago, according to the
stories which have reached the ears
Of the legislative probers, wine
party was given at the resort ana the
'eyelry lasted until the early dawn.
otofteS oI IFueily.
Besides charges of immortality. Rem
'esentatives Hope and Mclaughlin are |
luietly looking into statements which
ave been made that some of the {
nurses at the asylum have been cruel
n their treatment of patients Nurses
re said to have become enraged and
'ulled the hair of their women
harged, and in cne instance q nurse
accused of using towel to choke
rebellious patient r.
Superintendent Carriel says that !.
lese stories are malicious distortions
real facts and that the only In.
-ance where a nurse ever used a
'wel to subdue patient was after l.
he nurse had been bitten severely n
the insane woman and had wrapped ,,
towel over the woman's head and h
louth Sc that she could not bite her Il
gain. T
Seize Food Supplies.
Representatives Hope and McLaugh "
n spent the entire day at the asylum cl
ylum. where they seized a lot of | Ii
pplies, they made a seizure here to- to
~. The goods, which consisted of "
othing. shoes and foodstuffs, were nj
aced in sealed packages to prevent a.
cir being tampered with. They will N
taken to Chicago and examined by pa
perts In order to determine II they -
e up TO standard. 10
There has been some complaint
out the food served at the asylum ~
Is claimed that the steak served to -
patients Is steamed and that the =,
Dcess takes all the nutrition out of 80
-, ''''''i,'s II d 'oush as syie aft
It the beef steak is steamed because
is impossible to fry enough for the n
DO inmates, because of the lack OF u
per kitchen accommodations The
endants. however have objected to
steamed steak so strenuousIy that Tw
ir meat is fried.
Coffee Is Bad.
Complaint has also been made In
ard to the coffee served. and sam
3 OF il were seized with the other T
istuffs- The objection to the cot ".
is that 1t contains too much chi far
=. II Is alleged that attendants tv.
nurses do not drink the same tob
De Of eohee which Is given to the nigl
ents tbe
here are three Institutions here viii
BE- visited BY the legislators. Be G..
g the insane asylum there is the rift
Ool for the Blind and the School hon
the Deaf Il was reported today to
there was an outbreak Of diph- lof
IA at an the Institutions. but i sun
found tiat the outbreak con ritz
ad q two casts al The. insane asv- tfo..