New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

by most Of the officials in the City, who are prone TO
become very s.,.. about the actual reform alton Of
reformed Grimm But TO all external appearances
al least Hicks ISL no longer the Hicks of ~ He
worked and said prayers and read his Bible lesularly
refused to play .a-ls and stopped using tobacco. In
snort, he was simply the meek and humble lamb, still
Hicks
Finally afc- q couple Of years Of this remarkable
conduct and lc had exposed a couple Of attempts
oy others 10 po the superintendent was convinced
mat Hicks hal really reformed; and in the end he
signed an appl zion 10 the Governor OF the State re-
guessing that II - be granted a full pardon. And so
HICKS walked ot- into the world free man, pardoned
Tor all past of.,.,.
Had Hicks ro reformed or was all this meekncss
ana goodness well directed hypocrisy; Doyle, the old
Seuth who knew .onyicts as well as he knew his own
GATES.
. Yes, he sail lim Hicks may have reformed; but
mats the case he'll not be botherin US any-'cause
he's dead
former time there were patients who could not be
suOdued by amy kind Of physical force OF course the
unfortunate hal q, be controlled at any cost, little as
nc was able % appreciate this necessity. And there are
many gray-hair0l attendants still living who carry
els broken bones and permanent internal injuries as
evidences Of these carly fights before the hypodermc
@.nge and the tiny akaloid tablct-the shot as II
ef 70 be known IN the vernacular to the rescue
VI themselves AMI their charges
.: Il most striking example Of what the "shOt' some
~les dld IN desperate case was shown in It's effect
CCy'n lormer Sheriff who was inmate OF a Western
IVY ms man, q respected citizen and public oiilcer
III several years became insane in the prime OF lie, and
brought % Of the State aSylums for restraint
ang details Of how NE finally taken into custody
Sll transported 20 the asylum by half dozen stout
TRuueS how he stood of entire neighborhood with
Ichester, wounded half dozen men, and was cap
t:el IN the end only by cowboy with lariat, after
,L ammunition exhausted interesting details
s -a, need not dctan He finally landed IN the
Jun ana turned loose with Of other patients,
d. the care Of three attendants.
0ah]ing that IN his excited condition the Sheriff
sure 70 make no end Of trouble the medical officers
~ p'ed 10 administer narcotics; but at that time
nnypodernc syringe was unknown, and it was I'M
p0iIeOe 70 lorce drugs down the mans throat. The
n curse lett was 10 use force: gently as possible
H. but TO any necessary degree in the last extrcm-
SIo:a ana the first encounter between them and the
n, III convinced everyone that "ast extremity meas
inc wei tne hrst and only appropriate ones when deal
inc Inc oheriii was handed man, his left hand hav-
aG oeh anputated at the wrist; but this seeming dis
and odge was really decided advantage in a rough
ve 'uhOle hight, for blow given with the stump was
bey n i mat Of a wooden mallet For years he had
bst,i VIE best lighter in his community and in his first
h,L n the Walled City he sustained his reputation
tend.lh less than five minutes he had put three at
CAM aaNlS completely out Of action More attendants
and ,o"qing IRON other wards, only TO be bruised
An'efed before The Sheriff was finally overpowered.