The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-26

Richmond, according TO the reports.
has seven women I'm Jail and two at
the poor farm. 1t has the highest
number OF any place reporting. The
sheriff reported that the shortest
length of time an insane person had
been held in the Wayne County iail
was three months.
Mrs. Chapman said that the epileptic
woman was accorded the best treat.
ment possible in the wing OF the iaiI
known as the Home for Frfendless
Women, but it is manifestly impossi.
bic 10 give the special medical treat.
ment needed.
Allen County Report
IN Allen County an insane person
has been held in Jail for two years.
Three insane persons are confined to
Jail there and twenty-five in the poor
farm. One has been in the poor farm
/ thirty-oue years
Elkhart County reported only one
insane person in jail and reported he
had been there only two days. La
Porte County reported six in jai and
/ three in the moor farm. one having
been held in jail for four months.
Other counties reporting insane per.
sons in jail and poor farms: FLOYD,
one in jail; Franklin, one in poor
farm; Hancock, one In Jail for Ave
months Huntington. one in Jail: Mar
shall, one in jail; Miami. one In Jail;
Pike, one in Jail: Perry. three in.poor
farm; Pulaski, one In poor farm:
] Shelby. four in poor farm; St Joseph.
four in Jail and three in poor farm:
Tippecanoe, five in Jail and thirty one
in poor farm; Vermillion. one In jail
and five in poor farm.
Ono Man In Jail Here
Marion County. when the report
was made, had five in jail and twelve
at the poor farm. There is now only
one in jail in Marion County.
Shertns were almost unanimous in
their opinions that something must
be done to relieve this situation.
Il just got a man in the hospital
whom l had In jail for seventy.seven
days" Sheriff William f. Mummert.
Carroll County, said II think we
/ surely need more room for insane per.
sons in the Central Hospital"
We have held insane persons in
our county Jail for over a year at a
time, Sheriff Ernest Bradway Of
| Henry County said. I'VE need a suit
able place to accommodate the un-
fortunate. There is lots Of money
spent for other causes which we think
could be reduced"
William Perry, sheriff Of johnson
County, suggested accommodations be
! provided at the county poor farm.
Much Attention Needed
The greater number need attention
at all times, and that is impossible
for the sheriff" he said.
| She iff e. A. Hemphlll, Perry Coun-
ty, was positive in his statements.
Il believe insane people should be
sent to State institutions where they
are prepared to care for them" he
said. II believe that the State should
spend more money for taking care
of the insane and less money for
building palaces for convicts."
Il have had insane here that needed
Immediate attention, who were held
three or four weeks without treat
ment," Sheriff Jesse G. Smith, Shelby
County said. Il have been in office
one year and have had seven insane
people; one died in the fall, another
died a few days after he was taken
away"
we have no convenience for in
sane patients as we have no separate
place for them they have to be con.
fined with other prisoners" the
sheriff Of Tippecanoe County re-
ported.