The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1903, Page 9

k B Pa Sail 20 NURSES DUE TO 60 | Awful Orgies at Bellevue Hospital to Be Followed by Wholesale Discharge of Brutal Attendants, JAIL TERMS FOR SEVERAL. { \pistrict-Attorney Says the Most Disgraceful. Scenes Have , Been Enacted at the Institu- ' tion, and Guilty Must Suffer. * Charities Commissioner Holmer Folks land District-Attorney Jerome are de- termined to sift to the bottom the stories of awful orgies and abuses in the alcohollc ward at Bellevue, In all probability, there will bo the Digwest shakeup that the hospital has ever known, Twenty nurses are said to be involved in the latest shocking scan- dais. One victim, the latest, is at his home @o badly abused by eight nurses in the @loohollc ward that it will be a long time before he revovers, Most Shocking Scandal. “It is the worst scandal that has ever ome before my not mey Jerome sald to-day even think of the shocking stories that ave heard of how male patients were maltreated by men nurses in the alco- holic ward. Somo of these nurses I hope to end to prison for long terms, They @pared no one who was drunk, old or jaune. and the nearer a patient was to Ueonsclousuess the worse he was treated, “Mr. Garvan is making a full inves- tigation of the matter, and 1 hope to miake some arrests just as soon as the evidence is in legal shape and acted upon by the Grand Jury," Twenty Nurses to Go. | At the office of the Charities Commis- @ipner it was said that a full investigi- tion was in progress. It was hinted that twenty or more nursea would be dismissed at orce or suspended pending ) the Investigation. { Dt. William Mabon, Superintendent of | Bellevue Hospital, satd he and Assistant ;District-Attorney Garvan had been in {eohsultatton for eome days past on the {alleged maltreatment of inmates. | Dr. Mabon was asked what he in- ‘tended to do to alleviate the apparent {trouble in the alcoholic ward. He ex- {plained at first that it was not un- usual for alcoholic patients to receive drulses through falls before they came 9 the institution, and that it seemed ;that thése bruises had not been prop- Terly Yecorded in tHe “hidtdry” of the patients. ' .New History Slips “Tam kolng,” he eald, "to have a new “hlstory’ slip prepared, and I will com- pel’ every physician that takes the his- tory of a patient to give in detall the exact part of the body where any injury has been received. In that way We will be able to ayold ani ferret out any such scandals as haye occurred In Bellevue in the aicoholic ward from ume to time.” * Held Old Man Under Water. » A man who was confined in the alco- hilic ward a few days ago vald that last Saturday night James O'Gara, of No. 121 West Fifty-aixth street, an aged man, had been held under water three times until he was unconscious, and When beaten and abused by the nurses ang drunken helpers and by other pa- wents In the ward. Mr. Garvan went to the hosplita! with his informant and a number of detec- tives jate last night. Their coming was known to the hospital phystelans, and eight of the nurses in the alvotulic ward Were placed In the eots to appear as pationts, ‘his was done to make a thorough test of the informant's story, He went from cot to cot, passing some Dut here and there picking out a man wiiom he accused of mistreatiny the old patient and participating in the orgies which shocked thu decent patients Ip the Ward. Supt. Mabon was present and gave every assistance to Mr. Gervan. Bach of the men accused was clo: questioned, but the Assistant Distric Attorney refused to make known what information he had gained by the pre- Mminary investigation, He said that he had found enough to assure him that @t Jeast the greater part of the former patient's story was true and that con- ditions in the alcoholic ward of the hos- pital necded a severe shaking up. The acuteness with which his inform- @nt picked out his men from the cots, where, to the casual observer, there Was little to distinguish them, Garvan said Was marvellous and convinced him Bhat the man wap telling the truth. ve on ’ *BABY FOUND IN NICHE, Maa nket Similar to One About Little Girt beserted Monday. A vady boy # moRih old was found in a@ bheltered niche in the wal! of the Eui- won Electrig Light Company building, at No. 210 Eizabveth street, early to-day, and the police think’ it is eliher the twin’ brother or from the same “baby tht” ps the little girk who was found in @ hallway at No, 169 Mott stroet Mehday night. ‘The blankets avavad| the two infantis were exactly similar. Joseph Lean, of No, 39 Broome street, Was parsing the plant About 8 o'clock when ho heard a cry, He peered around dor some time before he Anally found se vnugly wrapped in a ‘wlanke!. and widden securely from the! called Policeman McCabe and the Wiby was taken to the Mulberry atrest etatign, The child was clothed in a swhite dress, with silk hood, and was jesrueaiy Wrapped in & red and blue i 1° dt was sent to Bellevue in of Policeman Carter, Monday night @ girl baby was found Mary py Obie bed BODY DUC UP TO EXPOSE A FRAUD the Exhumation of the Sup- posed Corpse of Casimir Ciccone, SHOWS INSURANCE SWINDLE Body Disenterred Shown to Have Been That of a Man Twice as Old as the Person Who Was Named in the Policy. Joseph Trapino, an undertaker, of No. 2131 First avenue; Dr, Albert Loewita, of No. 1,838 Lexington avenue, and Dr. Francis Lrccl, of No. 2,072 First avenue, were placed under arrest to-day by De- tective Petrosino, of Capt. Langan’s staf, These men are alleged to be connected with the ®ig insurance swindie which has been unearthed by the District At- Arrest of Three Doctors Follows REAT Round-Up Sale Suits & Overcoats. In this big Annual See the hour has come for a Clean-Up that shall be quick and complete, So there is a new arrangement of lots, a new grouping whereby many of the higher priced goods are included in these two great lots. It has been a really remarkable opportunity—these new offerings now lift it beyond all precedent or parallel, ; $ 550 Men's Suits and Overcoats, in this season’s most popular fabrics, well made and finished, all sizes, 40 styles to select from; none worth less than $12.50, most worth $16.00, choice. ,, i) 675 [en's Suits and Overcoats, of fine custom tailoring fabrics, in very rich and dressy effects, handsomely tailored ;one worth less than $16.00, most worth $18.00 to $20.00, choic THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING. |son George was altting by # table. * | alatance torney's office, Assistant District-At- torney Krotel has been !n charge of the case, and it was he who procured the evidence upon which the watrants were issued, Many insurance companies have been swindled. Itatians would be insured. After a certain lagae of time proofs of the death of the insured Italian would be presented and money collected trom the companies. In #0 many cases did) the name of Bartolomeo Cerrino, a barber, appear as vouching for the | {dentity of the persons ineured that the | company became suspicious and start- ed an investigation, | Work of Mr. Krotel, | The arrests to-day were a direct re- Tuxedo Coats, silk lined, big sale Fancy Vests, SN: WOO Est. 1752. sult of Assistant District-Attorney Krotel’s visit to Calvary Cemetery yesterday. The supposed body of Casimiro Cle- cone, thirty-seven years old, who Is al- leged to have died on Feb, 20, 1901, near- ly two years ago, was dug up in Calvary and several physicians, The body found in the coffin was In a remarkable state of preservation. But, | instead of being the corpse of a mt thirty-seven years old, the body wa that of a man of about sixty-seven | years, dressed in a soldier's uniform end | Wearing the cap of an Itallan sharp- | shooter. The corpse had a bristling gray mustache and a long iron-gray ‘m- | perial, Who the corpse was in Ife none of those at the exhumation could even When you ba e Always Effective. branpretn’s Pitts purify the blo the digestion and cleanse the at No. 2056 Firat avenue. He died, ac- bowels, cording to a death certificate, of pne monta. He was insured for $1,000 in th 1 ‘Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, the policy being dated Sept. 15. 1900, ‘The penefie! the- policy: Wag Luisa Ci 2072 First avenue. Those present at the exhumation be- sides Mr. Krotel were Dr, C, B, Bruce, | ef the Provident’ Savings Life Insar- ance Company; Dr, Hahn, of the John Hancock Insurance Company; Dr. W. Oliver Moore, of the Central Union Life, aud H.C, Smith, an officer of the latter vompany. Physicfan Examine Ciccone. ‘The three physicians had examined the genuine Clocone when he applied for in- Surance, and all were positive that body of the sixty-seven-year-old rlor found In the coffin was not his. Mr. Krotel sald that the plan of the sWindlers was to get possession of tho body of some Italian as soon as he died and bury It as t PLEAS HEARD Little Julia McKee’s Letter to Miss Helen Gould, a Pathetic Poem in Prose, Touches the Philanthropist’s Heart. ‘The person who vouched for Ciccone at the time the polley was written was Bartolomeo Cerrino, a barber, who, it jls alleged. ts concerned In several other similar cases, and who forfelied his bai} ‘bond oy running ‘away last week. t is also alleged 'In-the case that oie a month after his alleged death led for in: letropoll- Life, on 1901, He ga hia age then as fifty years. The com- pany made an Investigation and. finding something quer refused to Insure him, Anna M. Astorita, who was Ineured in two compan the Union © And the Metropolitan, under the same tame but at different ages and ad. diesses, never existed, Mr. yesterday. A woman who died on Sept 8. 1901, and Who was buried under her name was really, he sald, & woman named Camilla Castellano,’ The same undertaker and the same physician off- ciated in all of these cases, Detective Petrorino arraigned his pris- * hefore. Magistrate, Poole in’ the Street Court and they were held 4 ball each for examination on WANTS TO SEE THE FLOWERS WINSTED, Conn. My Dear Miss Gould—I am a Ilttle girl cleven years old. My papa !s dead and my mamma has to work hard, ‘Iwo years ago,I was sick and when I got well I couldn't sce any more. The doc- tors say T can never seo anything again I want to see the flowers and my Ilttle brother says it is snowing and I want to see the pretty white snow. My mam- ma read in the papers that you were gond to the sick soldiers and I thought meybe you would help me eee. Won't you please help me? My mamma is writing this for me while I tell her to. Your friend, JULIA M' KDE ‘The above letter was received by Miss Helen Gould about two weeks ago, and as‘a result the little girl who pinned her faith to this good woman is now Jat the Manhattan Hye and Har Hos- pital and receiving the very best gtten- tion that the physicians can glye her. The doctors #ay that the child will be able to eee again in all probability, Bhe Is in @ private ward, and with @ special nurse to care for her, Miss Gould was BURNS ARE FATAL, \Mrs, Hay Dies of Injuries Re- ceived by Fire, Which Sons Tried to Put Out. Mra, Jessie Hay, of No. 1372 Brook | deeply touched by the ghild's letter and avenue, died in Lebanon Hospital to-day | wii) spare no expense in haying her of burns received on Jan. 9. cured, Mrs. Hay, who was blind, was aitting| Julia is the daughter of Mrs, ‘Thomas by Uho stove fn the kitchen with her| McKee, of Winsted, and, as ane maid in baby in her arms. ! eight-year-old|her letter, has been biind since she suffered from an attack of scarlet fever two years ago, The iitle fellow suddenly saw «a puft of emoke come from his mother's dress and orled “Mamma's on fire.” An older son ran to hie mother's a And tried 10 extinguish the | ‘The dress, being of light wovilen Was nol readity extingulsned rc PRIEST DIED AS PREDICTED. His Friend on Sanday Would Live but Three Daye, He i the mother'a hale “wan aman (apecal to The Hventag World.) ot fi * The ames were finaily pul BCRANTON, Pa., Jan. B.-—-Rey. M. J pu Biter the woman fad been badly! xuniey, pastor of Bt. Joseph's Catholic Church, died to-day, as he predic Father Manley had been slightly il) for several weeks, On Bunday he told his friends he would dle in three days No notice was paid to this statement, VANDERBILT WELL OUT OF IT. Need Hin Texe Trousers, great stock, two lots, $1.85 and $2.45 Open Saturday Evenings Till 9 o’Clock. take a Pill, take a Brandreth Pill Purely Vegetable. Cures Chronic Constipation. They stimulate the liver and carry off vitiated bile and other depraved secretions. are a tonic medicine that regulate, purify and fortify the whole system, Constipation, Dizziness, Drowsine: In In Btomach; Indigestion, Dyspep: he, Jaundice or disorder ai ISTS, 40 PILLS 1N EVERY NOx. at $7.45 | were $2.50 and $3.00, at $1.55 740-742 D y (Ome Just South of Astor Place. od, invigorate stomach and They Coated Tong ing from Impure state of the blood, FOG TIES UP RIVER TRAFFIC. If Your Employees Were Late in Getting to Work To-Day Don’t Blame Them; Blame the Thick Mists, |FERRIES ALL BEHIND TIME. The thick fog that settled down over and the Greater City to-day ely upset the schedules of all the ¥-buats, delayed trains and cars and othorwise caused general discomfort, From midnight until 6 o'clock there was only a alight mist, but this in- creased in density until at 6 o'clock nothing was visible six feet from the Batiery wall ‘The employees on Ellis Island, who are there al! night, were unable to leave the island this morning, it not being deomed sate (o run the ferry to the Barge Offico landing. The day sift, who were waiting at tho Janding on the Battery, were kept thure ant at 9 o'clock were still waiting tor the ferryboat to take them to the daland The Thirtysninth street ferry stopped | runoing altogether at 6 o'clock, althouga the Staten d#land boats kept up an in-| tormitient running and made very poor time. A passenger on one of the Ham ferry-bouta said, upon arriving in y that it bad taken the one hour to make the trip, 7 time of the ferry i not quite minutes Where was hardly any’ trafMe on either of the rivers, most of the craft o tng of tugs kept wal Th ry, the Ge trla to the er Arat fl had a 4 Fe than a for the i Several Jersey im MiFeet but Father Manley, acting upon this belief; requested that he be buried be- aide Father McDermott, a dear friend, d Away gome time ago. stricken with w minute Guanion diocese, sont from Quarantine, Bandy Hook or ;| Fire Istand of th 1) A constant touting of their whistles is they went along At ¥ o'clock no the Bond boata had arrives. 1 id AL the atttoes Of the Joy line t r steamer, t Tremont, and Mer DUus Were probably. anc oF Hell ars) & ng. for ere ert) eet the Greenpoint Women’s Coats, Cloth, Silk, Velvet and Velour. i JNQUESTIONABLY the last week of January t Ohe Prices Are So Low Ghat Chey Cannot Be Resisted, All our winter surplus stocks of Women's Outer Garments are placed at the disposal of our patrons at prices which for absolute-attractiveness know no rivals. gains for to-morrow is particularly alluring. Jackets and Coats Cloth and Plush Capes « 5.00, 7.90, 11.75 23 14,50 Nv west Women’s Waists. Ghree Select Lots of Stylish Patterns Specially Priced for Co-Morrow. 1,000 Heavy WHITE PIQUE WAISTS, at 1,000 Stylish WAISTS, at Women’s Shirts, Very Special Offering Co-% orTrow, BROADCLOTH SKIRTS, asin ilustra- J”, JD tion, at Piping of Black Taffeta; woven silk star ornaments; in black only. Also, a Clearance Sale Of a number of SKIRTS, suitable for evening wear; made_of Voile, Nun's Veiling, Canvas, Etamine; pastel shades; Ht7. 50, 8. 50205 9,50 Important Yews from the Shoe Stores. Biy Bargains tn Footwear for Men, Women and Children. Our orders for the Spring Styles of the famous FOOT MOULD Shoes are being rapidly completed. larger, more varied and in better styles than before. Our stocks of this shoe will be our immense Spring Stock we; must dispose of our present supply of other makes. them at rapid-selling clearance prices. WOMEN'S SHOES. WOMEN S SHOES that were made to sell at from $2.50 to $5.00 ore now In Kid, Calf, Patent Leather or Patent Kid; Cuban, Military or French heels; all sizes; but the $4.00 and $5.00 in sizes 3 10 444, WOMEN'S SHOES 41 $2.00 are now that were made to In Kid; button and lace; patent leather tips; not all sizes, | MEN'S SHOES. MEN S KID SHOES, with double soles, tha another dealer at $1.90 as worth $3.00 ghting of whips. Lost for av Hour, mat Bouth Bide was lost for ¢ fom on the Rast RAY tha -trom. the aul he pliot io his bearings and went oping Up and down the Tver trying f nie wip, In hin excursions he 1 wharf of the lion gave Fine to ferry-bout had been e waa a great, crowd at hi were kept waltlig for nours before. ti aide could wet a boul ty take them across Anally appes Bhortiy after 9 o ke is fstung) The White ite was ferry-boat John Teft her | unable to I f ra trip at slip and made an her scheduled time of 6.80 thin morning, landing at the i and he oMficlals annouy that ber there war sailing had been changed until island's er for the fercy, | Lnin afterno The Lbs 4id not ai:! All the 1 arriving at the Grand) \° | tempt to run, at the Bat-|Cebimal denat were delayed hy the fog lelght tery was Burrounded by tugboats walt. | ing for the and bay, Justo ree Office wi ao At H o'clock the fog lifted to IIft before venturing, aad the (ay hivers wae somewhat run Me on botn med rn of EET TT JANUARY 28, 1903. Ohree-Quarter Length Coats Full Length Garments Plush and Velour 1,000 Heavy WHITE MERCER- IZED MADRAS WAISTS, at CHICAGO FAR PUTS. who fainied twenty were made diay | NO BLAME FOR DEATHS, : | aan ordain an Pipes any Falling of Walls Not Due to © Twenty Employees of Chews i ing Gum Factory to Be lil. CHICAGO, mospheric condition, due, it is believe to a heavy fom outside. has prostrated tory in West Harrison street. Btuecker, weversiy & Gousidered eritioal, dh addition Again ImportantYews Concerning the Great. Sanuary Clearance Sate of — Sackets and Long Sarments of ae of all sales of the kind. Notwithstanding that this is the | e volume of business being transacted is positively phenomenal. he list of superior bare J «350, 5.00, 7.50% 1.75 Which were $7,50 to $27.50. « 3.00, 7.50, 9.75 «3 [4,50 Which were $9.75 to $35.00. « 4,50, 7.50, 12.50 «79,50 Which were $11.75 to $45.00. ‘ Sackets «300, 9.75, 17.75 3 14.50 Which were $12.50 to $35.00. (Second Floor, Prowt) Women’s Suits Spectal Sale of Broken Sizes, 300 Women’s Suits on sale to- morrow. Though in broken sizes they are most desirable in every si 9.75: 135 IS L835 Front.) $15.00 to $22.50 Suits, FLANNEL In Dress or Walking lengths light, medium and dark colors; of light weight materials or in Broad- cloth, Cheviot, Venetian and ‘€ Men's Suitings. (Second Floor, A Remarkable Combination Photograph Offering. A Dozen Cabinet Photos and a 3 WA) Handsome Portrait for : Beyond a doubt the best combination offering made by any photographer in many a month. ‘% With each dozen of our justly celebrated $3.00 Cab- inet Photos we will give, absolutely without additional cost, a Life Size PORTRAIT. The Photos are exquisitely fin- : ished in the new “Carbonette Finish” and are neatly mounted, (ith Floor; Take 6th Ave. Blevators.) ( oor, Front.) ‘© make room for And so we offer | MEN'S SHOES that were made to sell at $3.50 are now 1.95 1.95 My Kid and Calf; lace and congress; Goodyear welted soles; all | sizes; also Patent Leasher in sizes up to 8 arises are only | Equally good bargains in BOYS! and GIRLS’ SHOES |MEN'S $1.50 ARCTICS AT IS i! 70) ars venata one buckle Arcics' ben ait of a well-known brand. |/DOLGE'S FELT JULIETTES with fur jbinding for women, now. per 7 pair, lensness in Construction, — The Corone: Jury that in the death of Battalion Chief @ ger. Lieut, William Jeffries andy man Michael O'Toole came tO me cifion to-day that the mem met | wax notified and a repairman hurried to the factory | A sh investigation showed there ' no leak, and then the Fire Depart- m Was appenied to. ‘The firemen yolt not explain Use trouble the ao ng Cor Dy at Ih t Tro y at [proprietor telephoned to the Health De-|dearn by the falling of @ r bt na|Heavy Atmosphere CausS)iarimen:. An inspector went to tho] that no blame te gtewched #o ny ¢. but could do no more than the nen ay They were working on @ lat the Arbu fire, Li uncon | mouth streets, Br a, y atmos) wail gell unexpectedly, tower and kill was some # Wall was not safe, am bullding had told the but from the testimon: jury rendered @ could be attested fo clan who treated us employees sald the hi iere probably war to bla: eS ea ee, FISHERS HELD BY THE ICE. GLOUCRSTBR, Mass, Jan, %.—Pil- vate despatches indicate that the eight Gloucester vessels now {oe bound off Newfoundiand may not be able to leave thelr peeitions until the ice breaks in ns, Jane 28.—A peculiar at- f employees of a chewing gum face " Victor seventeen years old, was mo! ted thet his condition is