In March of 1893 one patient accused HRSH attendants of breaking his ribs. In March of 1895 an insane patient was caught stealing lights from a railroad crossing after he escaped from HRSH. In October of 1895 two HRSH attendants kidnapped a Vassar student whom they assumed was an escaped patient. In March of 1897 a HRSH patient stabbed an attendant in the neck with knife.
In August of 1900 an attendant lost an eye when a patient hit him in the face with a rock. That same month another patient, concealing a firearm, unloaded five rounds at a HRSH attendant before escaping into the woods. Another HRSH escapee was apprehended in April of 1901 after he snuck over to Vassar to stare and wink at the girls. In the summer of 1903 a HRSH attendant assaulted a patient.
In April of 1904 two HRSH employees disappeared. In June of 1904 a HRSH nurse faced a lawsuit after trying to apprehend a non-patient citizen in a case of mistaken identity. In August of 1909 a 60 year-old patient wandered off the grounds and was never found. In May of 1910 a nurse at the HRSH poisoned herself in an attempted suicide.
In January of 1914 a female HRSH attendant threw red pepper in the eyes of a male attendant in a love spat. In February of 1914 an ex-patient choked a woman and stole a gun. In the fall of 1914 an attendant at HRSH was arrested for assaulting a patient. In February of 1915 a 32 year-old HRSH nurse was arrested for murder after throwing her newborn illegitimate baby in the Hudson River.
In August of 1915 a male attendant and female nurse from HRSH mysteriously went missing together. In November of 1915 a patient wrote to President Wilson telling him there were German spies near the HRSH. In December of 1915 a 27 year-old patient spent 14 hours hiding in the flue of a furnace before her moans for help were heard.
