Byline: Unsigned; 1887-10-17; New York World; pages 5
Report: Nellie Bly and Other Stunt Girls (and Boys) of the Late 1880s-Early 1900s
Tags: asylum, Blackwell's Island, madhouse, mental hospital, Nellie Bly, posed as
"It was only a half-hearted and apologetic denial that THE WORLD could get from the asylum authorities regarding Nellie Bly's terrible accusations, a large amount of "referring" to someone else, a refusal to ring forth the accused person, and a female cry of "It can't be so." The reporter was not permitted to see the female attendants whom Nellie charges with atrocious cruelty towards feeble women and the possible truth of this charge was admitted after a left-handed fashion. The charge that patients were plunged into a cold bath was denied, and concerning the bathing of many women ina single water, Supt. Dent could only say, "A nurse who did this would be discharged. . . . "
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