THE YEAR WAS 1869, HER NAME WAS MARY ROTE.
FIRST PATIENT 127 YEARS LATER IN 1996 THE WILLARD Insane ASYLUM WOULD FINALLY SHUTTER ITS DOORS WHEREAPON A.
DESCRIBED AS DEFORMED AND DEMENTED , SHE WOULD BECOME WILLARD Insane ASYLUMS....
Mary Rote HAD SPENT the previous TEN YEARS CHAINED TO A WALL IN MADISON COUNTY, New York OFTEN NAKED AND SUSPENDED BY HER THUMBS. ...
SHE ARRIVED BY STEAMBOAT AT OVID LANDING, SHACKLED AT THE WRISTS AND TRANSPORTED BY ARMED GUARDS.....
THE YEAR WAS 1869, HER NAME WAS MARY ROTE