New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-11

fcred from n remarkable loss Of mem
DRY in regard TO the patient Feeney'
One OF the principal witnesses
sought. who ia said TO have assisted IN
the beating Of Fecncy, was not on me
island yesterday. The Assistant DIS
tIict Attorney hopes TO find him theie
10 day. Several employees are expected
60 be detained by the District Attorney
as material witnesses IN the case
Meanwhile the authorities are lookliiE
for the orderly who left following inc
death of the boy.
In his letter 20 District Attorney
Perkins describing the evidence IN i've
case Commissioner kingsbury sald'
Evidence of Boys Death.
There has come 10 my attention case which "
n5s 70 hs nae sIT o'a Zen made indicate hat hou
eide may lAvc been committed. o.,
A few months ago Harry Becker. who was to'
ltspitsl aud Schools At Raudalls stand ol 'us
&apartmcnt. gave Information ln the eject that oh
N tSg w. IN TsvioHS ' " y sad Institution was
severely beaten with a rubhcr hose ty an 9ro3,I1,
and that on MAY ~. 1914. haIney fseng lsii n' AZ ~
from bench in Pavilion FL CorToborsuon o.
This statement has never been received The mei
icd history OF the patient aud The medlcA teeo,uii
o. The ward could lie located. although repeated
The orderly LETT the employment Of The Depart
mont of public Charities On MAY 20. lAli. and hl'
present wharabouts Is unknown TO this depaf
There IA I'm the possession n this department az
afidAyit by Harry Becktr regarding me dean o'
this patient Harry Becker IS now employed Ia an
institution Of this department -.,..,- .,c, ar.
According to this AFFIDAVIT. an orderly SUI en- en-
ployed az the institution on RMdals lsiAhd he"
Of the beating this patient received whhh y "
pu,ed TO have resulted 10 nis IsAu bodT o fisRi,
bf ,iSsd from the beating and save INSTRUCTIONS 20
Inska entries the history OF we pe,ien. u Law
la an eplleptic seizure: also Max Nlks uepI, ,
SUPERINTENDENT Of the Institution, SAID IN w,
sworn statement 10 have inquired OF inc "'n'iS
nc HAIRY Arr Beeksr in his AFFIDAVIT, said tina, in ih'
year and four months IN which ne had uoeu Nul"il ~
in the ward Of which Barney feensy was al III
mate he had never lad an epiePtlc NJ
Subsequent 90 the publicity given Toy re .oNs
papers 10 tie chs'gos preferred aSains me solIs
letter has been received "a. day. signed ~ innua
6 amin postmarkCd Jersey city. D. w"l'h suns -
in lis letter that he was wcrArs IN iIe pa,''o'
''hcre the besiits and death 81 Barney fe'"''
TSc adircs, O., Mr. sanin doc. no, aprcsr in li'
letter but no states THAT he wrote a letter 10 we
late Mayor GajIor. which caused P,l,y-,Hi' ~,
discharged as result " his GO. 2 Ant osalS, nm
ID might ht possible that his aidIess ''''' ~
cupd from THIS fact
Sisters Testimony.
TIE a~davii Of UsrD Rorkcr "s-, IA . ,Nc'
81 the pau>1t called ~ inquire 10 inr .s'lN,i,'
G4'Nlt tlf tfdll Ni wac ''.fr ava 80
mover known him 90 have an epiiep.c -ci1ur.
have tc-day secured the address OF ti' ssicr. rs.
a. NJ SamWit street. BTouHyu. Sic uufl'l '"'
Trs Iufornsuoa 81 submitted 20 YOU for ,ou'
feel NAT fIc reception of cunh1na''r
= statements to-day imposed distinct req l'.i.-'
81. DESTROYS NOT 10 omnarfasS Nou ot I'd N'UNt''
or upset Any action that lol may Ioe' DIT f'"'
4, .s,oucutlv. ask thst you VIII cOinmu1''a'e
earIIasf fHIYffiprlff WIN I.-d''i
a. this case that MAY De- guided - ." no" ~
10 dsohsrse us resp. Hh.hV lu NE ual mir. ~.
eo.si,rg Won may leslie 60 undertake shal appfe-
cia'c your co operation with mo Boo ms Instance
Commissioner Kngsbury said last
night that the records Of the morGue
showed that Feeney died as the result
of q fractured skull lie sad the pa
tent was admitted 20 the institution IN
1902. and was supposed to be about
forty years old, though he had the ap-
pearaucc Of an undevelOped BOY IN
body and mind.
He said that since he wrote the Dis
trict Attorney the inspectors OF the de-
partment had been able TO locate
Slamin, the corroborating witness. no
person of the name OF Rose Feeney'
the sister, could be found last night al
the address, ll5 Summit Street, BROOK
Ign. r.
In his earlier report on the Feeney
case. during the general investigation
Of affairs al the Randall's Island insti-
tuition, Inspector Dinwiddie told OF an
who had seen the patent
lust after the beating. and said that
the orderly who administered 1t al
mitted il to him, and said that he had
tied the patient while the beating was
going on.
Feared Publicity.
when the inmate had first been
seen by the informant" said Inspector
in his report, "he was com
oletely exhausted. lying on bench out
side of the bathroom. Tie dled two
DAYS later, falling Off bench IN the
plLyroOm.
when the assistant supervising
nurse was called and saw the body she
exclaimed: This is terrible! II TINS
was ever known there would be an
awful racket about it, The bruse5
covered the whole body, back ard front.
The assistant supervising nurse m
the attendant to fix up his
book TO show that the patent died IN
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