Malloy v. State

On November 1, 1946, Miss Mary Malloy, claimant, was brutally attacked, beaten and stabbed by one, William Payne, an escapee from the Illinois Security Hospital, Menard, Illinois,' an institution for the insane operated by respondent. The attack occurred about eleven o’clock in the morning when claimant was alone in her gift shop at 6846 Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The assailant, Payne, a stranger, had -previously visited the store and made a small purchase about five or ten minutes earlier when another customer was present. At the time of his second visit he seemed to be normal and…