Elena

Wow.

Okay.

Right.

Right.

A short time later, she was transferred to the newly completed Matawan Insane Asylum, that's what it was called, in Fishkill, which was a small town in the Hudson Valley.

Not Fishkill.

On August 30th, 1895, Kate Ward, an attendant on Lizzie's floor at Matawan, was in the women's bathroom washing her hands when she was attacked by Lizzie and another patient named Jane Shannon.

Oh, they teamed up.

According to Ward, Lizzie had approached her at the sink with a towel in her hands, appearing as though to offer it.

Don't take that towel.

Oh, fuck.

Oh, God.

Fortunately, her cries for help drew another attendant, and with the help of two more people, Lizzie and Shannon were subdued.

Initially, doctors believed Ward would die from her injuries.

That's how brutal they beat her.

But she was stabilized and recovered.

Lizzie never said why she attacked her, but most assumed it was because Lizzie held a grudge against her because Ward had found Lizzie trying to pick her pockets a few weeks earlier.

Now, Lizzie's bizarre and violent behavior continued after that.

She would exhibit ongoing symptoms of psychosis a lot of the times.

At this point, it was definitely more profound.