The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-03-11
T|MES-P|C ANSWERS
DR.. PERSONS SUIT

New Orleans newspaper. last Sunday
when the answer Of the Times. Plea
| yunp Publishing Co 10 DR.. piersan' 4
libel suit vas given TO the public
A general denial Is entered as to
the intention Of defendants to injure
DIR plerson The position OF the Times
picayune In regard to publication al
the series of articles aiding to the
suit IL given In the following para,
graph
Respondent AYERS that the said ar,
'icies are Just. fair and true comment
and criticism Of the officials and public
acts OF plaintiff and were published In
the Interest OF the public, with good
motives and for iustiaable ends that
said articles were published In good
faith and without malice In eonnee,
ton with public institution for the
information ~ the public and are priv.
LEGGED, and tftat respondent had ample
grounds Ia believe and did honestly
believe Ia the truth aud business of
said critical comments
The following Instances are cited to
sustain defendants contention.
tai Eugene Jargiewiea. criminal
Insane person from the parish OF Or.
leans. was kept In irons for several
years; al First leg Irons were elampeei
on him, which wore into his flesh,
neeessitating his wrapping them with
rags 10 avoid the chatting wounds
Jnrglewiea escaped several times. but
AT no time did he attack any one or do
any harm. when he was last returned
to the hospital, moi only was he fitted
With shackles but hls irons were added
to and he was kept practically la soil.
tary confinement, Besides the shaekles
oh his lega, his hands we're held apart
by steel rod bar, about ten inches
long, and about his wfists were sas.
tened cuffs that were eieyieed % thsn
bar, the result was that Jurglewlez
could neither bring his hands nearer
together than Ten inches nor separate
them further, ard ~ separate mem.
beers they had no side play because of
the bar TO prevent him from raising
hls manaesed hands 10 his head or face
trace chain was placed from hands to
ankle iron aud he. therefore. could not
raise his hands above his breast A
sleeping place was built for Jurglewiez
of heavy plank II sas about eighteen
inches high, about twenty-five inches
wide and about Az long as the body OF
the man II aaa fitted with lid on top
which Was stently hinged In this crib
or den JurgIewica was placed at night
and the I'D shut down and fastened
with two atoui locks and the shaekles
at his legs were chained To the foot of
this crib ar den Az ths reanli OF this
treatment jHrgiewiex was unable TO
take q bath or be bathed, except ut
shfgeqnent intervals. when the shackIes
we're removed, and during the day In
GUNNER he sat around covered only
by night shirt, or what was known
as q monkey suit" and In winter by
blanket
tbl Jules Stokey, an insane person
sent from New Orleans, suffered frac.
tire Of his leg, neeessitating an ampn.
satfen thereof. which operation vas
performed without complete anesshe.
STA The leg was thrown into the
furnace and burned instead Of buried
tel Mary Daigle, an insane girl
about sixteen years Of age. while being
ha,hed by an insane person, al the
same place where little girl had been
aeverely scalded fortnight before,
was SO severely burned by hot water
that she died the next day. after hay.
Ing moanea and suffered for SIX hours
through want Of attention
Maurie Yearson and Lucy kelt were
also seaIdea while being bathed by an
Insane person,
Id That work done by insane per.
SONS such a. sewing, embroiderIng
and fancy needlewofk of every deserlp,
ton. vas taken over by Dir pIerson
and his family and either used by them
or sent 10 relatives or friends without
compensation being made 10 the state
OF makers
lei That turkeys and hogs were sent
by express Ia relatives and friends
without the state being compensated
therefor. the state paying the express
charges
~ That the employees of the state
and inmates Of the asylum were used
10 make clothes, tennis trousers and
golf bats for the friends and relatives
Of DIR pierson without compensation
being made to the state or makers
lei That an tstY t,tsIysa t9f the aayl,.ff