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helper Others were employed in night
or day work in the schools and hos
pitfalls.
From time TO time Mr.. Dinwiddie
submitted reports. some OF which were
of few typewriter pages. others OF
which were voluminous. Not satisfied,
.,s he says, to take these reports at their
'lcs value ss they came to him t'Om
time to time. Commissioner kinRsbury
ordered demonstrations made. lie en-
deavured. he says. to go over and over
doubtful ground and to eliminate
charges which appeared TO be built on
speculation rather than upon observa-
tion.
The matter appeared to him to be
30 serions tsincc II showed apparently
frightful conditions existing In one or
the clty's largest charities) that he con-
suited with Mayor Mitchell and the Cor
poration Counsel. not once but many
times. II Is said too that the Mayor.
not at all satisfied with the way
many similar ins situtions have been
conducted was Mortified by the re
ports transmitted to him. and that
he. like MIR, kingsbury, hesitated
at first to believe that such cruel
practices as were alleged had been car
riej ON.
Satisfied hnally that the Investigation
had disclosed all that was necessary.
Commissioner kingsbury embodied the
report made by General Inspector Din
widdie into set OF charges. These dc-
cuse Mrs. Dunphy of permitting cruel
ties and OF permitting such laxity ,s
caused the death of inmates In 1918 and
1914. There are eight charges Ia the
list Mrs. Dunphy Is summoned to an
swer.
The first Is that through 1871! and
1914 she permitted corporal punishment.
10 be inflicted upon many feeble minded
children and that she permitted male and
female attendants and other inmates
10 beat and kick and otherwise treat
in brutal and inhuman manner chil-
drer who had been sent to Randall S
Island
The second charge Is that Supt. Dun
ply in 1913 and 1914 permitted at
tendants to tie the hands Of feeble
minded children, place them 'in strait
jackets and restraining sheets without
the order OF "A physician and fasten
them with cords and strips to beds
chairs and benches.
The third charge is that Mrs. Dunph,
in 1913 and UP to August 81. 1914, 81
failed to establish and maintain proper
safeguard against the spread Of infec-
tious diseases among the feeble minded
and other children committed to Ran
dalls Island that these results fol-
lowed
Children afflicted with infectious dis
eases were permitted to eat in the same
dining room with others not diseased
and children suffering from one sort oi
disease were allowed In the same room
with children suffering from another
sort OF disease. both infectious.
From July |. 1913, to June 80. 1914
approximately 20 per cent. of the feebl,
minded patients and Approximately
Sc per cent OF the custodisl childrs
who were in quarantine wards or wer.
for, two weeks or more in the hospita
wards We're suffering from infectious
diseases contracted subsequent to theil
admission to the institution. Twelve
per cent. OF those contracting infectious
diseases while inmates OF the institu
tion died as a result.
A majority of the children admitted
from January |. 1918. to June 30. 1914
were not detained in the reception hos
pital for fourteen days Such detenii or
10 required by the rules Of the depart.
ment
InsufHfent Food Charged.
The fourth charge is that between
June 90. 1914, and September .. 1914
Mrs. Dunphy failed to provide enough
food for many OF the inmates. and thes,
were obliged to brea kfast rcpe VI edly or
bread and coffee or bread and cocoa
although other food was available ano
was supposed to be served by orders al
the depa rtment. II is further stated thai
neither quality nor quantity OF the food
served was UP to the standards required
and that the inmates OF the institution
did not get proper nourishment. In
adequate supervision over the distribu
tion of food Is included in the charge.
The fifth charge is that Supt Dunphl
did not maintain proper standards fol
the decent care Of the persons of th'
children committed TO her charge
Among those laXties in sanitation anc
cleanliness charged is that tho washing
OF children before breakfast wa'
habitually dlsregarded
The sixth charge is that Supt. Dunph,
SO failed to provide for the comfort o
the children that feeble minded emil
dren and mentally normal children wer'
permitted to eat at the same table an'
were not separated while on the play
grounds.
The seventh charge is that the cloth
ing provided for the use oil the az
pendent inmates was freely used by tn
employees At Randalrs Island.
The eighth charge accuses Mrs. Dun
ply OF failing to adopt and eniorc
necessary and proper regulations 10
fire protection Il is specified that N
systematic fire drills were held amon
the employees of the institution tha
cripples, who were unable TO ascend o
descend stairs unless aided. and les
responsible idiots. We're permitted L
sleep on the upper floors Of the dom,
tories in non-h enroof buildings fro
which it would have been a hard task L
set them out II fire had occurr Il, an
that night watchmen have been permit
ted to violate the rules by failing I
make their rounds,
THE Sun publishes above the sense
and as nearly AS accords with the un
derstanding expressly required by Com
missioner Kingsbury, the specific accu
sations contained In the list of charge
against Mrs. Dunphy. II was expecte
she would appear in answer TO TN
charges at II O'Clock this morning, bu
on account OF the physician's certifcat
pubmitted in her behalf the hearing wa
postponed for one week.
Two Accusations.
II was made known through Commis
sioner Kingsbury's secretary and depu
ties that General Inspector Dnwiddie'
complete report contains numerous spe
cific charges In support OF each genera
charge. Before IL was decided not I
make public these specific accusation
involving cruelty and mismsnagement
Mr.. Kngshury's subordinates mentione
two accusations,
One was that agents employed in tn
INVESTIGATION wen, through the dormi
"a.