The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
FOIST INSANE
ON MORRIS co.
Jail Physician Griswold Informs
Freeholders Of New York
Man a County Charge.
SOLDIERS M0NUMENTSWANTED


James B. Griswold, jail physician,
called the attention Of the board Of
freeholders at their meeting on Wed
nesday to the necessity of doing some
thing to prevent the dumping of in
sane people from other states into New
Jersey for care He cited a case Of a
man who had escaped from an institu-
tion at Islip, N. Y. At first the New
York authorities agreed to take the
man, who was captured in Morris
county, back to Islip but later refused
to have him. This left two alterna-
tiyes to the county physician. Either
he should be sent back to New York
city and left with his relatives or be
committed to the state hospital at
. Morris Plains. The court refused to
permit the former alternative and the
man went to Morris Plains.
DIR. Griswold reported the commit
ment of the case mentioned and of an
other patient to Morris Plains and
also the return Of a paroled patient to
Wards Island, N. Y. The physician
has paid sixteen visits to the jail dur
ing the past month.
The Chester township committee
requested the freeholders to have rail
ings placed along dangerous embank-
ments OH the road from RalstOn to
Gladstone, one 260 feet long near
Smith Van Doren's farm and another
$50 feet in length on the road from
Milldale to Hackelbarney in front OF a
house belonging to Elias Wack. The
Chester bridge committee has charge
of the matter
The committee on soldiers monu-
ments of the Union county board of
freeholders sent communication to
the Morris county board reciting that
j. Madison Drake, supervisor Of sol
diers' monuments in Union county,
asserts that there are graves in Morris
county cemeteries of Union county
soldiers, sailors and marines who
fought in the Civil and,Spanish-Amer-
ican wars which we're not marked by
monuments as required by law. The
Union county board had cared for the
graves in Union county cemeteries and
asked that the Morris county board
see that monuments were erected as
the law requires. This was referred
to the incidentals committee.
Freeholder Prudden reported the dis
charge of three youngsters from the
children's home, leaving the number
of inmates at seventy-six and that
there mad been two discharges and two
admissions to the aims house, the
number of inmates being 1l6.
In jail, according to Freeholder
Burchell, forty-fve had been received
and fifty-six discharged during Noyem-
ber, leaving twenty-five prisoners.
The director and clerk were author
lied to execute deed with Frank
Taylor for the necessary property in
Peqaannoc township to straighten the
Newark and Pompton turnpike, Tay-
lor to receive S100 for the land.
Bills we're ordered paid as follows:
Advertising and printing, S437.5O !;
elections, Sl.498.52; officers, sSS6.96;
freeholders, S6l2.2S incidentals, s27S.-
so; fox bounties, S12; surrogate's Of
fee, S623.33; county clerks office,
$S45 06 sheriff's Office. S59S.67; court
expenses, 81, 1887; coroners and post
mortems, $4O9 ST. stationery, Sl359
aims house, 81 ,357.3O; lunacy, sl.904.-
"a; road repairs. SlS9.50; state aid
roads, 81, ,S96,2O.
Freeholder Estler reported eighty
females and ninety-one males inmates
of the Morris Plains hospital as wards
of the county.
The finding of a deed of property ia
a trunk at the aims house of which
Ann Sharker, an inmate of the poor
house, may have a dover right, was
referred to by Freeholder Neighbour
and the aims house committee and
Counsel George G.. Runyon were di-
rected to make an investigation and
If possible to collect something for the
county for the woman's care at the in
stitution.
Thomas Ellis, former member OF
the board, was present and presented
Director Gustav A. Becker with
handsome bouqet of flowers and passed
box of cigars among the freeholders.
Frederick H. DeCoster, elected to
the board from the second ward OF
Morristown at the last eetction, was
present. and introduced to the mem
bers by Clerk Oliver X. Day.
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