The New York herald., 1922-01-28
BEATEN AS HE LIES
| IN COT IN HOSPITAL
Lieut.. Clynes, Fox Hills Pa
tient, Has Possible Frac-
turc of Skull.

Lieut.. Edward Clynes. a former offi-
GER in the United States merchant ma
rine. presented a battered appearance
yesterday as he lay upon his cot In a
ward Of the Fox Hills Hospital. with a
discolored eye, a bruised forehead and
a tightly wrapped bandage about his
head to keep in place a possibly broken
jaw.
His condition was due to an assault
the previous day by Lieut.. Patrick j.
Kelly. who has been arrested and is
now being held in the detention ward
of the hospital to await hearing In
the Stapleton court house on Tuesday.
Kelly who is tubercular patient in
the hospital. admits the assault. but
says that 1t was justified by long
series of provocations. He admitted
also that he had been drinking.
Clynes had just recovered from an
operation for appendicitis performed
two weeks ago and was walking about
for the first time. He says Kelly
walked into his room in Ward II at
2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. locked
the door and said We'll see now who's
the best man" He was first cholsed
and then beaten. he said. being unable
to make any defense. owing to his
weakened condition.
Clynes threatened to leave the hos
pital last night and seek civilian relief
IL his jaw was not set in a few ho0rs
He complained that the hospital au-
thorities had done nothing to alleviate
bis condition beyond placing tempo
rary muslin bandage about his jaw and
recommending the application Of Ice
packs. although the alleged fracture
at that time was more than twenty
four hours old
The medical authorities would not
say definitely whether his jaw was
broken or not, stating they wanted to
take another x-ray photograph. but
Clynes had left the hospital in taxi
cab to go to the court, and therefore
lest the opportunity for second ex-
animation. DR.. William Shields. a
surgeon of the Staten Island Hospital.
where Clynes was also examined, ex-
pressed the opinion that the patients
jaw had been fractured. Clynes said
the same opinion had been given by DR..
Stickney chief surgeon Of the Fox Hills
Hospital
The hospital hummed with gossip
about the affair. Some said that Kelley
resented Clynes's remarks about some
nurses and others that the friction was
due to an "up-stage" manner adopted
by Clynes toward some men. which was
particularly resented by Kelly. who
served as a private In the army for
many years, and was promoted during
the war to the rank Of second lieuten-
ant.
He Is said to have been Gen. Per-
shings orderly in the Mexican cam
paign. and had seen twelve years OF
active service In the ranks.
HE would have killed me II some
OF the men hadn't come to the rescue"
said Clynes. showing the marks on his
throat where the army lieutenant had
clutched him. He seemed particularly
perturbed when told THAT Kelly had
been taken back to the hospital.
Hell kill me II they ever let him
wander loose around the wards" he
said.
After Kelly had been taken to the
Stapleton court house to face the charge
of felonious assault made by Clynes
he was paroled In the custody OF Capt.
George A. Peck. in charge OF the Red
Cross work at Fox Hills. on the assur-
ance of Peck that Kelly was too III to
be sent to prison.