Laura Crull

Laura Crull was a patient at the asylum at Anchorage, Ky. The Lebanon Express reported in August 1888 that she got into a bath another patient had let fill with hot water, and that she was scalded to death before help arrived. The paper described her trouble as melancholy.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident (neglect alleged). The asylum account says Laura Crull got into a bath another patient had let fill with hot water and was scalded to death before help arrived, and staff did not prevent the scalding.

Reported by: asylum at Anchorage, Ky. (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

Source

• The Lebanon Express, August 10, 1888, page 4 The Lebanon Express, August 10, 1888