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S'!r-ifgv■\ri»WSv-mKM~'r.f {Jsxz-Zr-5^-■aTT.i.-vV-Sc£*ite^S??s5s%fit£.vSi.uV#■vhtfiSr-r'•liil-.jr.ofJoint MiddletownA^torn^i Jati; ^.^ileBda ti ci^ an: tapwt^ ofe serious. .•'* T-’rthe keepers at that institutiou add : institute proc»elt;Iings againstment; ;T*lt; days ago three Trited * hfJSnnis went to the asylum to Fee him and found him in a pitiable condition. Ennisis only .mildly, insane and on many sub-Jelt;ibs^It w alleged that the visitors found bim black and; hlqe: from he^-. ^p*ifoot,T his Jp. ad cpt?in several pltete and withruoth-ing but coarse and badly applied- band* ugesaboUthis tyrah^,,V His ' forehead; showed where a heavy imck hml made a gash a couple of inches in length directlywound iu a botched job. ' ’.'; Only the man's- eyes and nose were visible, the rest of his head and face being covered with bandages.' His legs,and arms were swollen and his whole ap-; pearance miserable in xthe extreme. He-. told his friends that he had been terribly beaten and maltreated by the keepers, and that there weire several others almostas bads' V*•' v••;.* ;C:i He was about to. show them the wounds j on his legs:.wheh.the keepers entered; the -room and sharply ordered him to stop. -.. . i He did so in short order and with every ; appearance of great fright. _ Ennis said j that one morning recently he remained n | bed a moment longer than the time,| when the keeper rushed into his room I and teafc him unmercifully with ■ a' club i about two feet long, inflicting the wonnds about 'his hehd. Complaiuts,be said,• only brought on a repetition of the thrash-'••. £;■' ^.-Wnvje; *The men Who visit the patient and/tellthe stories are reputable citizens and bearj,: •excellent repntatiOna The charges will be thoroughly investigated, and if. they are found to be true wfil be vigoh--ously pUshed. ':7*“The keepers;- When questioned regard-ing the charges, simply stated that Ennis was a very hard patient to deal with, add . it was often fodnd necessary to use forte to control hii^ ' { ;c ’ ' , V-iV The attendant who has charge of Ednis,however, denies that the.patient- has been punished as alleged, although -he. admitted that Ehnis was often stubbornand difficult to subdue.Ennis' frieims claim tfiat he is and always has been a very quiet and peaceable man, and not at all Inclined to make trou- •There is considerable excitement over the charges, and developments are eagerly awaited. •- - \\Bron:*and tlithe wc• i - ^ ». •qualityInterejmake.
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New Brunswick Daily Times
New Brunswick, New Jersey, US
Sat, Jan 21, 1893
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