Daily national Democrat., 1859-12-20

bat thought that if did not sign it mipbt f,r6
worse than had done previously; and The per-
sons named ab 've,slgned the statement published
10y DR.. Geller, but neither | nor one Of the above
named swore to the statement as is represented
IN the published article G.. WILLey
Muysville Dee. 10, 1859.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County OF YuBA. SIS
q. Hey, being duly sworn, deposes aud saws
That the above and foregoing statement is truce
his own knowledge. G.. WILEY
Subscribed and sworn to before me December
10th, lS59. CHAs. NJ. GoRuAN,
Notary Public Yuba co., Cal
have been a patient in the Hospital for 10
weeks during the hst 3l5 months; was nut ON
II dirty sheet when | went there and aid one
month on the sheet without its being chano. d:
the food was poor and Scautily supplied: there
was no meatinrnlshed patients except such as was
! IN the Stew tIr breakfast and the q ,ok Mrs
| Nelson, told me that this meat had been boilrd
inc previous day for soup; one basin was used for
all patients to wash IN, in the yard the priyy was
generally hthy; many Of the mattresses were so
worn that the patients could feel the stats under
the mattresses as they lay upon them; this was a
| matteB OF general complaint among the patients.
| there was no bathing done while | was in the
! Hospital; did not know that there was bath
| room there until saw the report Of the Grand
| Jury; have been detailed to nurse the sick by
/ the DR. 5 order: no nursing is done by the en-
| plOyees DR.. Geller did not visit the wards NOR,
| than once week while | was in the Hospital and
nobody but Mr. Davis ever prescribed for me or
gave me medicine; after Mr. Davis left Dr. Teed
gave me medical attendance; | left the Hospital
OF my own accord; after left, DR.. Hubbard. the
Admitting Physician, met me on the street and
asked me If old Mclean had been trying to oct
me to make statement about the Hospital: he
told me that there would be no change in the re.
gime at the institution; that the Board of Super
vlsors were with the present officers, and that
they would have the Hospital another year, and
that had better keep still, for | might want to
get IN the Hospital again and it might be pretty
bard for me to do SO. LEVI ELLIS.
Marysville, Dec. 10, 1859.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County OF YuBA. ss
Levi Ellis being duly sworn, deposes and saws
that the foregoing statement is true of his own
knowledge. LEVI ELLIS
Subscribed and sworn to before me December
18th, 1859. CHAs. NJ. GoRHAM,
Notary Public, Yuba CO., Cal.
have been in the County Hospital or !
weeks previous to last Friday when was dis. I,
charged the affidavit which purports to be
signed and sworn to by me was signed but not |
sworn to; told G. G. Hubbard that there were |
parts of the statement that could not swear to: |
yet was represented as having taken an oath to |
the truth OF the statement; as SAID above, never |
made the affidavit rs represented in the statement
as published by Dir. Geller
CHARLES MILLER.
Marysville, Dec 10, 1850.
STATE or CALIFORNIA, County OF YUBA, S.
Charles Miller, being duly sworn, deposes and |
says that the foregoing statement is true of his |
own knowledge. CHARLES MILLER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me December
10th, 1853. CHAs. NJ. GoRHAM,
Notary Public, Yuba CO., Cal
was in the Hospital Is days; have been sick .
with consumption for months | left last Thurs |
day Of my own accord; | left because | was not
satisfied with the treatment and because the food |
was not nutritious; | laid on an old worn out
mattrass, unfit for use until after the visit of the
committee of the Grand Jury, when | was sup
piled h a better one; had one pair of banGets .
which was insufficient to keep me warm when |
the weather cold. Louis MovEr
Marysville Dec. 10, 1853.
Louis Monet, beng duly sworn, deposes and |
says that the foregoing is true Of his own knowl- |
edge. LOUIS MoNEr.
Subscribed and sworn to befure me December
10, 1859. CHis. N. GoRuAM,
Notary Public Yuba CO., Cal.
! was private patient at the County Hospital /
for II days in the month OF November of the
present year; the charge made was s. per day,
but was let off by paying $50; occupied a ward
on the lower floor of the Hospital.
JEROME ZUBERs.
Marysville, Dec. 10, 1859.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County OF YUMA S.
Jerome Zubers being duly sworn, deposes and /
says that tue foregoing statements true Of his
own knowledge. JEROME ZUBERs
Subscribed and sworn to before me December
10, 1909. CHAs. NJ. GoRHAM,
Notary Public Yuba Co., Cal.
lived for the greater part Of the year past in
the vicinity of the Hospital Ia June last, Mr..
Bigelow "a pauper at the Hospital, moved IL acres
of grass for me and as much or more for Mr.. |
Harris. in the vicinity. While Bigeow was doing |
tins work he was kept at the Hospital as a pauper |
ut the expense Of the county. | paid him for his
work. He seemed To be able to do as much work .
as any man in the field In January last, a man |
working for me found patient who had srayed |
out Of the Hospital at night, dead in the field. 1t
was 10 o clock IN the morning when this man was |
found. He bad evidently wandered out and |
died in the cold; went to the Hospital and notified
the employees who did not know until that time
that the man was dead. They came to the field /
ana carried his body to the Hospital.
j. e. WILLIAMS.
STATE OF CALF RNIA, COUNTY OF YrsA, ss.-
John G. Williams, being duly sworn deposes and
says that the foregoing statement Is true and cor
rect of his own knowledge.
J. G. WILLIAMS
Subscribed and sworn to before me De ccmber
10, 1859. CHAs. NJ. GoRHAM,
Notary Public, Yuba CO. Gal.
| have been a county patient IN the Hospital for
the last four weeks aud upwards. ! am repre-
scented as having signed aud sworn to Itatement
which is signed and appears to be swgrn to by
ftteer patients. For myself have tl- say that
the statement which | am represente d to have
signed was never read to me, nor did ever sign /
it, nor it sworn to by me.
THOMAS GOLDEN
Marysve, Dec 10, 1858.
Attest. CHAR. VI. GoRHAM.
The Committee have u word to saw in re
gard to the witnesses brought forward by
Dr. Geler to impugn the truthfulness of our
report
The lst witness is Richard Miller. The
Committee We're satisfied at the time of their
visit to the Hospital, that this man, who is an |
employee Of DIR Geller, was preYaricating, |
in the statements he made to them. The |
atiidavitssas published above. prove that their /
conclusions in this regard were correct for
statements made in his affidavit are repeated
ly contradieted by those herein published.
The I'd witness is Henry Yergof, another .
employee lie swears that what Miller tes
lilies to is true-Miller being proved, by !
numbers of witnesses, to make loose assertions
Yergotts udded asseveratiOn is of no ac-
count
Sd The fifteen patients. The atidavits here
in published of some of the signers to what |
purports to be and is published by DR. Geller |
as an affidavit of patients. prove that an out |
rageous deceit is practiced both on the pa-
tients and the public in this particular mat
ter. Here is publication signad and put
forward in due form, and properly attested by
Il Notary Public, which some OF the sgners
say they did not sign, and Others that they
did not swear to, and others still that they
swcre to it under intimidation. We leave