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/ I. , •THAT IS- REASON • BECK RESIGNED POOR-HOUSE JOB.;*’iM'CLAIN IS APPOINTEDBecause of the Crowded Condition- of -Longcliff,. Many Insane Patients ' :Have- Been Sent to Poor; -:■ House.From Top*day’* Dully.• The resignation of George Beck, superintendent-of the Cass county poor •farm, was accepted by the county commisioners at their session today. Beck’s resignation was .filed with the county auditor last, week, but- today the reason' for. his action became known. He objected to running an insane asylum under guise of a poor house. For the past several months many patients; committed to Ixmg-cliff, and being refused admittance because of the crowded condition s at: that-institution, have been sent to the j poor farm to -. he, caied :for:. unUl-ithey' could . be admitted; t0 Xongcliff. - At': one time there were three or four in- : sane phtients. at; the - poor- farm-,:ahd the. worry and' care which they caused was more than Beck feithe should, he j obliged to stand. The escapade of Dr.j Tenneli. committed; to 'Longclin,. but who was temporarily, placed in the poor house,; was the -straw', that broke Beck’s back, -The aged'-patient while walking in his - sleep, • attacked another inmater'and died from injuries which. he':sustained in the midnight battle in the darkness!; ■ '-BAfter accepting Beck's resignation,the'hoarf;-appointed: J- W. McClain ofD^rCreek.anhisAuccessor.-FolIow-ing wke .tiie other apphc^ts:. .Robert \f. B-Ush, Tames 'Witworth; J - BV.Stan.*ev'Jefferson Guy - and Jp T. -Stoffer,.
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Logansport Weekly Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Fri, Jan 06, 1911
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