(602) ;   Doctor   Hagner   an   irresponsible    (603) ;   great  many  sol-


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diers  and  sailors  under  sentence  "  become  violently  insane,  thinking
they  will  come  to  St.  Elizabeth  "  (603) ;  no  one  restrained  at  asy-
lum who  is  not  insane  (603). — Continued  (1533).
EDGAR  L.  TTIENER,  1014  Eleventh  street  NW.,  deputy  United
States  marshal  for  nine  years;  visited  Hospital  frequently  (604)  —
average  of  twice  a  week  (C04) ;  has  gone  through  every  ward  in
institution;  treatment  of  patients  good;  saw  no  abuse  (60i) ;
duties — visits  Hospital  to  serve  notices  "on  alleged  lunatics  who
were  to  be  brought  before  a  jury  *  *  *  in  the  District;"  wit-
ness as  deputy  marshal  presides  at  juries  of  inquiry;  never  knew  of
case  where  people  have  been  committed  without  having  regular  proc-
ess served  on  them;  describes  process  (605);  case  oi  Florence  Jor-
dan— committed  after  trial  before  jury  May  4,  1897,  and  discharged
as  cured  February  10,  1905  (605) ;  presided  at  trial  of  Lewi?  J.
Marshall  (605)  and  describes  occasion  of  his  arrest,  etc.  (606) ;
temporary  commitments  by  sanitary  officer  of  District;  food  very
good  for  that  kind  of  institution  (607) ;  opinion  that  institution  is
carefully  and  well  managed  (607).
