Show INSANE INQUIRY Special House Committee Looking Into Alleged Abuses at St Elizabeths Washington Washinton May 5 Inquiry Into the conditions at St Elizabeths asylum for forthe forthe forthe the insane was begun today by the special special cial dat committee of ot the house of representatives reI representatives re appointed by Speaker Can Cannon Cannon Cannon non Nearly a dozen witnesses were heard Evidence was adduced show showing showing showing ing that some of the patients I who worked in the hospital laundry had been cruelly treated and some of the witnesses testified that foreman Ed Edward Edward Edward ward L of the laundry lau fre frequently frequently frequently was Intoxicated while on duty The testimony showed that Henry Set Setter Setter Setter ter Wield one of the in the laundry teased the patients and then choked them for becoming angry and excited None of the patients accord accordIng accordIng Ing lug to the testimony was severely hurt Dr Ford Thompson ThomI son a physician of Washington who has been visiting the asylum for years testified that no complaints of harsh or brutal treatment of patients ever had reached him He expressed the opinion that St Elizabeths asylum was a model In Institution institution of its kind Mrs E A Ogg whose husband was sent to the asylum suffering from melancholy testified that he was now sane She had asked for or his release but Dr White the su superintendent superintendent superintendent refused to release him She said that then she interviewed Dr White about the matter he was as barely civil to her The Inquiry will be con continued continued continued next week v |