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Investigation of La Crosse CountyInsane Asylum.SERIOUS CHARGES MADEIt is Alleged that Patients Were Beaten and Otherwise Abasedby Keepers.West Salem, Wis., Jan. 28.—[Special.] —The investigation of Supt. McKown and the methods used at the West Salem insane asylum appears good for at least two days longer. The evidence today has been principally corroborative of the stories of cruelty already sworn to. Owen Lyden, when askeu why he did not report irregularities to the trustees, said that Supervisor Taylor ordered him out of the house when he attempted to tellof them. Assemblyman A. C. Hanson is one of the trustees. Lyden testified he saw Walter Brown, the author who recently dit'd at the asylum, kicked and beaten by an attendant, while Supt. McKown looked on. Lyden also swore that McKown choked a patient named Jose until he was black in the face for a trivial offense, and McKown’s only remark about it to Lyden was that Jose was a hard scrapper. McKown’s evideuce will probably begin tomorrow*.
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Brandon Times
Brandon, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Jan 31, 1901
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