The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-05
HOSPITAL CRUELTiES

mo couSe TOR crIninol octon was the fino'h9 OF
the attorney eeneroIs department OF Miehison ond
yet WilIiom Got1ke inmate OF Pontiac Stote Hos
pito is decd os the result Of injuries sustained OF the
hospitoI.
Here is on instonce where deoth closes the mouth
OF the individuoI ond whitewoshins take place,
for those implicated will not speak il it murder
Stote Representative Howard r. Corro OF Ma
comb county will osk the legislature TO authorize on
invest otor, ond we hope thot il will not be
sided offor os hos so frequently been the in
other hospitoIs where crueItics have been inflicted
upon inmates.
Representative CorrolI in settlement TO the MI
Clemens Monitor Leader under dote OF July H. Sold
III Got1ke wos beaten TO deoth his murderer
should be punished If, however, he died occidental
y, then the Investigation will stop rumors thot
tuoy might iniure the reputation Of fine stote
institution.
Mrs. Got1ke of Roscvile, Mich, the widow,
ehorees thot the Investigation whitewosh from
the beginning, ond she pointed out that SO morks
on her husbands body Indicted that he nod been
killed She ridcued the deo thot the marks could
have resulted from O foil in the lovotory.
We will undoubtedly find when the stote nvesti-
be rosed, thot employees inefficient because Of
the poy being too low. No such question honestly
be roised on the port of anyone. When on attendant
accepts position, he accepts the responsibilities
thot 90 with IT, ond is crueties ore inflicted it is be
couse the ndiyduol ottendont hos no sympothetc
understanding for the potent A women who
will accept position OF thot kind ond obuse the
trust ~heH-it involves the WE'LL being of inmote.
deserves the severest punishment thot be melted
out
In the Investigations thot have mode OF hos
ptos back since 1888, we hove found that in every
instance the eoveruP process has been used TO the
fullest extent. There is similarity between the
Of the Wnneboso institution ond the Michigan
When Mr.. Schroder's body shipped book TO She
boyeon ond autopsy held OF the request Of
the editor OF this newspaper, enough injuries
found about the heed ond body TO have resulted in
death, Thot the testimony Of the poholoest, ond
Of this would have been uncovered if the discoI
Grafton had not taken place otter the body
eeived here in Sheboyeon.
Mr. Schroeder suffered from hoIIueinotons thot
would probably hove been cIeored up in few weeks
months if his treatment had been humone, but
unsympothete attendant bcot him numerically ond
upon the attendants conscience rests the responsible
ity for the deoth.
In the Michigan coSe It moy be different story,
but oil soy is thot the authorities should
thot the investigation 70 be launched is honest
We it 70 the words OF stote; ond similar
argument be advanced for Michigan TO see thot
those Who through no foult OF their own become in
motes, given the kindIiest treotment possible.
In this state the superintendent OF the Winnie
bo9o hospto resigned under O cloud ond his cd
missions sufficient TO grouse suspicion We ore
nj hof he in ~ o{
our Institutions ond this shows how for some OF our
officials will go in eoneeoins and covering up.
So long oble TO WELD pen il will be
dim TO brutotes in institutions not alone
in our stote, but in the notion OF large TO the
. end thot aroused citizenship will some doy see
thot there eruees TO inmates stote eoun-
ty institutions
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