Reformatory Disciplinary Methods Deemed Barbarous
A New York State Commission report on Bedford Hills Reformatory declares the current discipline brutal and barbarous. Dr Rudolph F Diedling urges immediate action to end the disciplinary building horrors, construct a new institution, and use the present reformatory only as a receiving station.
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Albany
N. Y
State Reformatory For
Bedford Hills
Westchester County
State Commission of Prisons
Rudolph F. Diedling
Saugerties
Reform School Inmate Cruelty Report Sparks Outcry
A witness described a teen girl bound with hands behind, feet chained, kept on bread and water for over two weeks in a New York reformatory. Other inmates reported similar punishments, with complaints of insufficient food, poor exercise, shoeless conditions, and inadequately furnished buildings. Superintendent Mary Rebecca Moore faced the charges, with predecessor Katherine Bement Davis now NYC Commissioner.
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Reformatory
Mary Rebecca Moore
Katherine Bement Davis
Corrections and Charities
City of
New York
Suspenders banned in paymaster department
Washington notice says Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan issued an order prohibiting suspenders when coats are removed by men in the paymaster general's department. The edict aims to avoid exposure in offices with women staff. Earlier, he banned pipe smoking though cigars and cigarettes may be smoked.
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Washington
Samuel McGowan
McGowan
Admiral McGowan
Boston widow awarded 1750 in rail death case
Mary M. Baxter of Boston won a $1750 verdict from a U S District Court jury for the death of her son Leslie M. Baxter a locomotive fireman with the Boston and Maine railroad.
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Mary M. Baxter
Boston
United States District Court
Leslie M. Baxter
Boston & Maine Railroad
Missing Haverhill woman after note threatens self-harm
Catherine Travato a 20 year old wife of James Travato of 5 River street Haverhill has disappeared from her home after leaving a note threatening death by own action. The police were notified yesterday by her husband James Gretto a brother of Catherine.
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Catherine
James Travato
River Street
Haverhill
James Gretto
Woman leaves note claims she took revolver to harm self
A note left five days ago by a woman states she took her husband’s revolver to shoot herself. Police report a missing person case and ongoing investigation into the incident.
Clineh Seeks Help From Haverhill Workers to Find Wife
A man named Clineh enlists friends from Haverhill shoe factories to assist in locating his young wife. The action appears to stem from disbelief over a death by his own action, prompting an urgent search aided by local workers.
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Clineh
Haverhill
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