Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-02-05

either all or part of the expense Of
their insane to the several counties
from which the unfortunate are com
mitted, Minnesota pays the entire bill
out of its strong box, and as result
many not legally state charges find
their way into the state insane hospi-
tails and asylums. They are aliens who
wandered into the state or while tenn
porarily residents become mentally de-
ranged. The ferreting out of these
aliens and the location of their legal
residence is the work Of the boards
deportation department.
To locate such aliens is easy, but
the finding of their legal residence is
the difficult task, and the search often
requires months of labor. Either de-
void of memory or so affected as to be
incapable Of speech, every known
means must be resorted to to secure
information, and often it is so meagre
that months must pass before even
clue is obtained.
One recent example was the mys-
terious case of 81. R.,' picked up in
county in the southern part of the
state and sent to the Rochester hospi-
tai. He had wandered into the state
and either through accident or assault
had lost all knowledge Of himself. The
initials 81. r. were secured from the
man himself, but outside of that the
hospital authorities could not learn
anything. Finally after weeks Of
searching and patience his mother was
located in an Eastern city and the pa
tient turned over to her.
Another case was an unknown sent
from an upstate county. No amount
Of questioning could induce any infor-
nation whatever and the hospital au-
thorities were preparing to accept him
as a permanent charge. In a search
Of his clothes small slip of pink pa
per evidently torn from newspaper
and bearing the printed letters,
- AGO. was found and this was turn
Ell over to the deportation department
OF the board of control. Two of the
letters showed punch mark, and for
a week the deportation officials search
ed the news depots for Chicago papers
with the letters "GO' showing this
punch mark. 1t was found and the
date of the issue noted. Then follow
ed weeks Of trying to induce the man
to tell his name. Finally one day the
mentioning Of a name in front Of him
brought grunt Of approval but no
address was forthcoming. Without
delay a letter was addressed to every
person in Chicago bearing the name,
and finally to the surprise of the de-
portation officials. an answer was re-
ceiveu from one of the recipients tell
ing Of a friend who had lost her broth
err and saying that the description Civ
Ell tailed with the missing man. Three
fJn
sister and the family placed in DOS
session Of a tract of land, the location
Of which he had lost. Added to all
this the state was saved the cost of his
keep.
The two instances related are only
small part of scores Of similar cases
and are not confined to the insane hos
pltals altogether. The deportation sys-
tenn as put into effect by the board
even extends to the. reformatory and
state prison. Here aliens are often
confined and if their crime or the DOS
sibility Of their becoming a charge
merits it the mother country or state
is compelled to accept them at the
completion of their sentence.
Foreign countries furnish the major
ity of the aliens deported and the aid
OF the 1ederal government IS invoked
in securing their return. Last year the
state was relieved of the care and sup
port of over $50 aliens, all Of them in
sane charges.
The wedding out of these illegal
charges is the work Of the deportation
department, and that it's labors have
not been without benefit to the state
is shown in the big saving mentioned.
That the department has done good
work is indicated in the deportation
figures given prior to the creation Of
the state board Of control, when alto
gether PIP deportations were listed.
They covered the period from the Or
ganization of the state to 1901, the
year in which the board was created.
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