Iowa
Old Press
Humeston New Era
Humeston, Wayne co., Iowa
July 21, 1909
Lunatic to Sue for $27,000,000
Notice of a suit for $27,000,000 which will shortly be started
against the state of Iowa was received at the office of Governor
Carroll. The suit will be started in the courts of the United
States, Switzerland and Louisiana. The plaintiff is seeking to
recover the foregoing sum because of "lousy treatment"
at the Mount Pleasant asylum for the insane. Said plaintiff is
Harvey Ryan, an inmate of the institution. It was a letter from
him which gave Governor Carroll the first intimation of the
impending suit.
[transcribed by C.J.L. July 2005]