The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-28
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known that his keep was being paid for
county attorney had fully investigated the
case he would never have brought a
charge of kidnapping, Why. the story Is
fla, ane inspd and d lacks any of The
no secret of where he was going. / want
to reiterate this so that there will be
no mistake about II.
For several days before Quinn went
away he was engaged In boxing and pack
ing his goods in the back yard OF my
property, The boxes were plainly labeled
Aberdeen, Wash so that any ona who
happened around might see them.
HE informed me that he had conduct
ed santariums Of like kind In various
parts OF the country and had bean en-
gased in the business for a number Of
years.
That he was thoroughly trained In the
handling Of mentally incurable patients
Is shown by the fact that he successfully
cared for man that had previously re-
Quired three men to take care of him at
times, This man was violent and yet
Quinn seemed TO have such control over
him that the usual violently insane pa
tlent became as tractable as a lamb un-
der his care.
Boyle was in Quinn's charge, and
when the relatives who were paying for
his keep refused to have anything to do
with him. outside OF paying the bills, what
could he do?
Pet Angoras Myths.
The story in the Herald Republican
about the members Of the sherffs force
tracing Quinn by means OF pet Angnra
cats and other animals and things liz
most foolish. They ought TO have known
where his sanitarium was, and II they
had come TO me at any time could have
told them where Quinn and his wife were,
Finding out where he was? Why, there
never was any question with the people
In the neighborhood about where he had
gone, II the sheriff's force claims any
| l1nf lad
to hide his whereabouts 1t is welcome to
whatever honor it can get out Of it,
The lctterhead OF Quinn's private sani-
tarium shows that F. NJ. Quinn was man
charge. and Mrs, F, NJ Quinn. secretary
and treasurer. II says that 1t was estab-
lished for the treatment Of mental ner-
vous and alcoholic cases; also those ad-
dicted TO the drug habit.
DR.. L. r, Hummer stated Monday that
so far as he knew Quinn was a perfectly
his understanding that Quinn had asked
Mrs Boyle what he should do with her
husband and that she. had said; Take
care of him" 1t was because he wanted
to take care of this mentally incurable
patient that he refused to turn him out
in the street, Quinn tried for three days
to get Mrs. Boyle 70 come down to the
sanitarium. but she refused 10 come. II
is my understanding that Boyle was DR..
Hosmer's case that he sent him down
there. I had nothing whatever to do
with his treatment. he was lnCurdDlc
and so past the aid of any physician
Boyle was suffering from. paresis.
hardening of the arteries OF the brain
and was beyond all medical skill
Looks Like Mistake.
"It seems to me that the county attor-
ney made mistake in not Investigating
the matter. Quinn is a man that knows
his business. He has been In IT for the
past twenty-five years and is thoroughly
trained In the handling OF cases of this
kind.
"It is not strange. that Boyle should
be sent to sanitarium kept by Quinn.
1t was the only place of the kind In Salt
Lake City. It is true that patient
could be sent to hospital, but there the
Management would consent to keep him
| for a while only"
When Quinn Is returned IL he ever Is
| returned. from Aberdeen. the prosecution
will run up, against, the statements OF
| reputable citizens living in the neighbor-
| hood OF 1916 Ninth East street who will
say that they know that Quinn always
| conducted himself as a gentleman and
| that they knew days In advance where he
was going when he left Salt Lake City,