Show DROP CH CHARGES MADE AGAINST STATE HOSPITAL Board of Insanity So Decides Held in at Meeting 1 I f Provo NO CRUEL METHODS l USED IS REPORT g hour Eight La Law So Far as Attendants Are Concerned Is Violated I Following an Investigation atlon which h consumed the greater part of oC the 13 day clay the state board boar of oC Insanity at Its meeting meeting meet meet- ing In yesterday In Provo dropped charges which had be been beci n made to the effect that cruel and inhuman methods were ere employed em em- in tho handling of oC patients at atthe atthe atthe the State Mental hospital there and that tho the In Institution Is not properly Co conducted nd u c t ed While the tue Investigation was in progress progress ress ness the thc b board arll also Investigated charges to the effect that the tho hour eight lawis law law- lawis is II disregarded at the thc hospital It re reported reported re- re ported portell finding that attendants w work rk twelve hours a a. t. t day da but other em em- m- m plo es work eight els The meeting was attended by all members of or the tle board Governor board Governor Bamberger Bamberger Bam Bam- berger herger State Auditor Joseph fine and State Treasurer D D. D O. O Larson Governor Gover Gover- nor er Bamberg-er said the charges of ot De Dc DeGraeve Graeve were conscientiously Investigated ed and that the board did not stop at questioning questioning- Dr George E. E Hyde lIde the superintendent but talked to at attendants attendants attendants at- at Individually with Dr Hyde excluded from the room I The Tho board also received a statement from Crom Julius C. C Anderson secretary of oC tho the hospital regarding Herbert Allen AlIen the patient whom De Graeve Gracys charged was twice beaten severely Anderson Andorson said aid A Allen is ts now rational and says ho lie Is well satisfied with the treatment he I Is 15 receiving On hi his return from the meeting Governor Governor Gov Gov- Bamberger said De IDa Graeves Graeve's statement to tho the effect that Allen had been roughly rought handled is true but he h- explained that the board found such lIuch treatment had been necessary in view of ot the fact that Allen a 8 powerful man was was violently Insane insano at the time and and could be s subdued ed only b by force According to members of ot the the- board tho the impression prevailed at the hearing hear hear- ing InS that De Do Graeve e had be been n discharged from the he employ of oC the hospital but Dr Hyde HYdo stated last Jast night that De Graeve had of oC his own volition Wo We thoroughly investigated In the charges e announced Governor Barn Bam berger bergen on his return from the meetIng meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing last evening However we fi had fid d a after arter ft er I interviewing n t cry i ew I n g t trustworthy ru s thy at i t t- t that at times extreme extremo force torce must be exerted b by attendants to bandie hanlo han ban die dle lo a violent patient In the case of ot Herbert Allen ho Is a n. powerfully built builtman builtman man nt n age a e 25 25 and a foreigner Ho ITo tore two hea heavy screens from his cell coll and when caught the attendants were forced to throw towels around his head and neck to save O themselves cs from Injury Relative e to charges charSes that we employ men over eight hours per da day will sa say that men nurses at the hospital hos hos- pital like hike In fin cr Institution of ot this kind as a rulo rule work worle twelve hours a da lay clay with a day clay off oCt each week However How How- over ever cooks other cr CI other craftsmen employed employed em- em at the tite hospital limit their work to el eight ht hours Dr Hyde informed the board that Vilere De Do Graeve was discharged die dis char charged ed and that his face faco ace was slapped b by an elderly attendant for bluffing him In my opinion tho the hospital Is IB well regulated res and the tile children particularly par par- seer seem will vill fed and clean The board of the tile hospital also transacted oth otho- otho l routine business matters matters mat mat- during the hc meeting |