The Washington times., 1922-11-13

ian, UhO, D0rothy says, WoHteo W
marry her for her 100000.
BY HELEN NJ. LOVE.
Copyright. 1929, by Boston Daily Adver-
tiser. Reproduction even in part
positively prohibitedD
BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 13.-l've
just got Dorothy Gordon's own
story.
| rot it by obtaining a job In
the Mclean Insane Asylum AS
ward maid, using the name OF
Bertha Raphael.
For two days scrubbed floors,
washed dishes and performed all
of the necessary menial tasks re-
ouired by the position.
First in little whispers from
fellow attendants. and later In q
detailed heart -to-heart talk with
one of them, | learned the terrible
plioht of Dorothy Gordon and the
iivine hell into which her fortune
Of 100000 cast her.
Wrapped In Hot BLANKETS.
learned that when she per-
sisted In her pleas for. freedom
she was forced to run the gamut
Of the treatments accorded only
the violently insane. These treat
ments ranged from enshroudment In
boiling hot blankets to imprison-
nent in straitjackets and finally
snded in hypodermic injections OF
opiates Ito keep her quiet"
The straitjacket and finally the
opiates were resorted to because
doctors and attendants thought the
''hot pack treatments were sapp.ng
her~ ~strength and endangering her
life"
II she had died the authorities
would have forfeited heavy bond
| they had signed to William +. Jar.
dine. her guardian. when ne piaceu
| her in the institut on.
learned that Dorothy Gordon
constantly cried out the name OF
Willard Newell, the Massachusetts
| Tech student whom she loved and
| Intended to marry. II was her dec
| laration of her intention to marry
| roung Newell that was directly re-
| .pon"'ble for her being placed in
! the asy lum.
Dorothy Gordon told her attend
ants and nurses that Jardine en-
| folded her in frequent embraces
! to prove his assertions and gave
her "fatherly kisses" which. she
said. weren't bit fatherly.' 1t
was the treatment Of her, she
added, that made her fervently
hope for the coming Of her twenty
first birthday, when she thought
she would be freed from him.
"No Grader Than You .Are."
1t was not until / made Il known
that could tell fortunes with
cards that the reserve crumbled
from the guarded attendants. An
hour after / first shuffled the pack
for one most curious about her
future / steered the conversation
around to Dorothy Gordon and the
trail became hot.
During the general conversation
that was precipitared by my care
less question | asked:
Say. isn't tha, Jardine woman
or whatever her name is, In this
placer
was informed that the woman's
name was Dorothy Gordon, that
she was in a room on the second
floor of Goldman Hall, and that
"she In no crazier than you are"
She proved the major topic oi
conversation In the house. They
discussed her personality and hei
case in the court. They burst In
upon one another's conversation
pushing forth many morsels OF In
formation. All ! had to do was tc
sit and listen.
Finally, learned that one OF
' a..
others. So l singled her out and
said to her:
"Your fortune is interesting. I'd
Is something in II that I'm sure
you wouldn't like everyone to
hear"
She listened and fell.
When we were alone I told her
fortune as promised Then I said:
Look here, I'm curious about
this Gordon girl Tell me what you
know about her. Will your
This is the story of Dorothy Cor
don as she told Il to me.
The attendant first saw Dorothy
in March. 1921. The front door
opened and Jartline and a chauffeur
stepped into the reception hall.
Between the two men there
dangled an inert woman. They
dragged her 70 chair and she
fell Imply against It's back. She
was Dorothy Gordon and she was
half conscious.
+ Jardine held a. short conversation
with the woman in charge. Their
he and the chauffeur left. The
black year had begun.
Shortly after the men left Dorothy
came back to consciousness. She
did not at first realize that she
was In the Mclean asylum. But
Il was brought forcibly to her at
tention when a nurse led her TO he,
room, slammed the door and turn
cd the key.
Plea for Freedom.
A minute later Dorothy Gordor
made her first piteous plea for free
dom. She cried;
II want to set out Of here. DON
think like It."