New-York tribune., 1912-01-13
HELD IN SCALD|NC CASE
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| mm and found his whole body covered VII"
| lost my presence OF mind and immeI,
! dratcly departed from the institution
idcpdrtcd with Harry 81 car anu i"oN
troiey and went to ",t icG i,'''''I'''' took a
! trolley car and went 10 s.. George anu
| f,on there 20 New York. do no, Know kmom
what became Cf 81. Clai 90 TO, H.oiM H<,iair
| where he is at the present time. Sl. a. a.,
! is a man about thirty years oid anu va
| employed at the city Farm colony dS . e,'
= orderly St clair had certain Nourh.lT ~
| his possassinn which he said hc Wan'eu 10
cash They belonged To captain Iho,,'"'
/ Roberts. a marine in the British s"rk zee.
| When | reached New York | went 70
! minister az No. Pa Spring streCet whose
naur IS Nr. Bates / explained the CIR
! rrus;aucoS of the aforesaid case 10 NM
/ and under his Instructions lt.uUt,u =,
/ staten Island. and reached me HSWtuHnyTi' ~
! on Thursday about > % clock. ! loIu M'
/ t"ick that / had lost my presence oi ihlhu
| ard that accounted for my sudden a,sdp-
. pcarauce \ man by the name of NhIlaIl,
/ Kelly who is partly crazy aud VINO Su'l'Io
/ from cpilcptic fits. assisted 81 ,iair VIC"
/ Williams was placed IN the balhtuh.
Coroner William II. Jackson Of Rich
mond said last night he was we'll sat
igfcd 10 stand 10y the diagnosis OF his
physician. DR.. George Mord, who re-
port.d that Williams died from cerebral
bcmorrhages or u stroke OF apoplcNv.
Williams was subject to apoplcNy, th"
! Coroner said. ana the shock Of a bath
might have brought on an attack. ii"
said Or. Mord had told him ther" were
1 no blisters or other signs of having been
{ scalded on Willams's body. He had not
/ viewed the body himself
/ The District Attorney said h" would
/ order the body cxhumcd ana an autopsy
performed If any controversy arose in
court to-day between the CoIoners &
physician and his Office in regard To the
condition of the old mans BODY when he
! died
J The dead man Was sent To The farm
colony on october -, 1910, lie had
prcviously been in the Home for Aged
/ the Kings County poorhOuse-in Brook
Z lyn. on June H., 1910, he was first ad-
mttcd 10 the Kings County Hospital as
| hospital case. but was transferred on
the same day to the nervous ward at the
almshousc He gave as his next friend
/ Harry Williams, jr.. Of l2th street. near
/ FIFTH avenue, Brooklyn.
Michael j. Drummond. Commissioner oi
| Public Charities held an investigation last
| might al his home. 30 l3j Riverside Drive.
Into Wlliams's death. lie decided that
while the patient had been scalded to death,
/ II was as the result Of an unavoidable acci-
/ dent.
Alr Drummond said he had been Informed
OF the death Of Williams on Wednesday.
/ but gave no reason why ne had waited two
/ days before ordering an investigation. At
/ the conference last night the Charities
! Commissioner had before him Mr.. Flick,
| the superintendent; Dr. Esquerra, resident
| physician. and Dr. John +. Fitzgerald, gen
cral medical superintendent Of the Depart
mcut Of Charities. After asserting his be-
! lief that the authorities Of the institution
were in no way responsible for the death
/ and announcing that the incident, so far as
| his department was concerned, was closed,
Mr.. DrummOnd designated Or. Fitzgerald
to tell the story OF the scaldng OF Will
Jams which the investigation had disclosed.
! "HGTTy Williams" said Doctor Fitz-
gerald, was par8lytic He could not
! speak Waters, an inmate Of the farm coli
Ony was the orderly in charge Of the pa
tIcnts, and he had as his assistants Kelly
/ and ST Clair. also inmates.
! 1T was necessary TO bathc Williams fire.
! Qu''bllAs anu dS nc was a very hfdN9 UldH,
weighing perhaps 22o pounds, It was Gus
/ tomary 10 assign two orderlics 10 put him
in the tub.
Water Just Right at First.
! Waters ordered Kelly and st. clair TO
! put Williams in the tub. and went into
| the bathroom TO superntcnd the operation
| When he had the bath partly drawn he
| tested the temperature with his hand and
| found II to be from 6j to - degrees. At
this moment he was called to the end Of the
ward, a distance Of about eightyfve feet
| He was gone only az long as il took him
| to walk To the end Of the ward and back
| When he returned he was surprised to find
! Williams In bed His forehead was
| scratched Waters turned down the sheets
| and discovered that the patient was scaldcd
! on the side. lie went TO the bathroom and
found that Kelly and ST. Clair had gone
and that the water was excessively hot
| We believe that in some way or other the
| cold water was turned off after Waters
left the room and that Kelly and ST. Clair
| put Williams in the bath without knowing
how hot it was.
"When they discovered that the patient
was scalded they at once took him out Of
the bath and back TO his bed, and then,
| having lost their nerve, ran away. Waters
also lost his nerve and ran. Mr.. Flick in
| formed the Coroner Of Richmond County
as soon as Williams died, and also in
formed Commissioner Drummond by letter.
We canrot find that Mr.. Flick was IN any
way negligent Williams had myocarditi,,
which is an Inflammation of the muscles
of the heart, and hardening of the arteries.
His circulation was very bad The bath
which burned him would not have burned
healthy man."