Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-03
RIGID PROBE TO
FOLLOW EXPOSE
IN BAUER CASE
DR.. Dill, on Rack Before Free
holders Committee, Admits Old
Records Are Incomplete.
BO0KKEEPER CONFESSES
TO AMAZING ERRORS
Expert to Be Put on Books for
Complete Overhauling
of Lists.

OF Lists.
the expose by the Newark EVENING
STAR, a rigid overhauling of the sys-
tenn OF keeping records at the over
brook Asylum for the Insane will be
started at once 1t will embrace a COM
plete examination of the books of the
hospital from 1872 to the present time.
This was decided upon at a meeting
OF the hospital committee of the Board
of Freeholders at the asylum yester-
Gay. The full committee, consisting of
Freeholders Haskell. Anthem, Ward,
Peck, Ackerman and Gottleib. as well
as Director Wallace Ougheltree, Super
visor Fred L. Baldwin and County
Counsel Joseph l.. Mum, for almost
four hours sought Information from DR..
Daniel NJ. Dill, superintendent of the
hospital, and George T. Rockwell and
Jules Linderman, the general book
keepers of the institution.
The inquiry developed the fact that
at the present time and under the exist
ing system of keeping track of the pa
iients. there is absolutely no complete
record of the total number of patients
in the hospital.
1t was during the examination of Mr..
Linderlnan that this fact was brought
out. Questioned by Mr.. Mum as to
how lie arrived at the number of pa
tents in the asylum each day Mr.. Lin
derman said he compiled 1t from figures
furnished by the supervisors of the diff
ferent wards and that additions for in
coming patents and for the return of
those out on passes were added 10 the
figures OF the previous day, while in
cases OF deaths or patients permitted
10 leave the hospital on passes, the
fotafnumber OF such was deducted. Mr..
Linderinan admitted that under this
---1,yss.slr-<s mistake in addition or .suhtrac-
flon or the putting down Of a wrong
nRtire would make the record incorrect.
Confesses to Errors.
Linderinaii tnen handed shock to
The COMMITTEES by telilng them that at
Inc present tlme ana for a long period
l,a,as .,nere haa heen a dtscrepancv of
,sra,,s,,. to,r in tnss hummer or ,,atients
.oou5n on MS ,oolss and the number
,,,,,,a,,v snnnosed to he i'm the hospital
el.,.s,,,a - ,,,a count tolxa,, in tho AR
ssss,,f wards Tbe booklxeener SAID
80. bic hnoLs showea three or four
a.t..,,ts ,,,ore the !, ths cansus talon ~
,aa,.,,s rooted nm A. trst he stated
a.e ,,,is a,soro,., ~, NO civ ~. sevs,,
assa :. - tt,.a =, 60.
pus 80, -,a ,1'n,',s - aa,,r4 e.. tha
s.s -. ,,..s,s
uiiiei snee ana o'u ..,. ~. M" NV .sA9
= pau s " ,oo. =. "a
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aii' a'..sa. ,.ta
an oppo' .u,a.s s, " ','a "a, pese Ii' -
eheeh anu uiseuveI WIZ .i'e el,ol 90
an sa.isneu .hae :. ss uue ~ e'ei'.''i
eriots "iaoe oy my 'o'i
Anotner eu,pfisNis sta'ei1en. ihauo
py MI. Linuerihah was 'hat uh'li
three months ago 'iiefe nao never peei
complete census mace OF the patients
10 tne asylum.
hree montns ago we started tahihs
monthiy census ana nave done so
once month since tnat time' ne saiu.
ThAt census mas agreed with my daily
-.s.ra., AZ. tr~,. -,
DR. Dill broke in ar tbis time 70 saw
that the f,ndinr of the skeleton at the
ala ssvium IN South Orange avenue and
tisa ,,,ix-un over tho Rauer case b.d
nethinu - do with t,e este blishine Of
regular monthly census ar y,as
..arted before aitbar ~ The +yo ooses
Eod oo,,e nm Of all J, be decIarea
NJ Rockwell who keens the yoad;o.,
,,,story hooks has notbinp ~ 40 u,,tr,
Laanj,y tracl, of tho n,s,,hs, - 10
,ts,,ts IN Inc bosnitaI His wor,s q q,
tro,,scrihinp the n,edicaI data ~ a.at,
,,at,a,,t &C f,,rnishea h,, t1,a ,,,ora ~,
s,ci.,,s with this mart ~ ira raonrds
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"a. Io,,, ~, ~. ,.. =.
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y s .s.ayotoa ~, tt,a .,44a ooos
pronouhceo W pe an Iishl' III TINS
as anon as receiyed at the hosnital and
-, - .-. - , - s..,-
then In separate columns WnaL 1urtner