, 1876-08-04
!. COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Continuation OF the investigation
into Its Management.
Mrs, Edgar Nnrrntos 1Icr Own
Experiences ut the lnsti-
tuition.
A Couple OF Patients Tell How
Tlaoy Wore Treated
Thero.
ghas They Suffered from r.rlnln,"fho FOOD aud
tho fursts.

khlt lucy SuHeEtu lEoM ttfMlH'-'l4u f0pQ Gua
tho sursts
The second days proceedings In tho invcsttga-
Hon OF alleged r0rrnpt and incompetent tnanaac-
laent ut thu County 1fospita commenced ycsscr-
lay morning. The Investigation Is hell In the
Wnrlen'b business Office, with npcn doors and
windows. As The Hospital IS about 30 feet. more
OF less, from Tic Lake Shore 1n!lroad trark tho
no!se of passing tra!ns is ut sttnea very dis
courngtng to tic progress Of The proceedings.
Considerable time was lost yesterday On thls
account. More timo was lost. however, from
the fact TINT nobody scen,cd TO understand rrc-
eiscly how to 20 10 work In this business 81 III
vestigattng. Mrs. Edgar, who started lbs In
ullry tnto tho IIuspttal management, IL without
doubt woman Of honest Intentions, n1Nlts "ork-
is fp tic ca,lse Of poor humanity IN gcncfat IN
ler attempt 10 show up the mlsorube treatment
to wl,ici, patients ut the Hospital have Deem
subjected.
THE IuvEsr,oAN BEGAN
sl,ont l0:N, Col, Ctcary presiding 'sthl,tsusnhl
tvu,posurc, There were present Corn'l'lftsonera
Conly, Multoy, ,1ussc, Schmidt, burtliek, "af!len
Mclaughlin ard eevcral Of Ills assistants. Mrs
El1rar With her witnesses sot hcar d WINDOW,
anxIous for tho play 10 lcgln and nnnyeu ~
delay. Tho proceedings began win as'ate'hcne
from Col. Clea1y that the Coii'rttteo "as o''eh
for business, rs he expressed IT, Ic holtu the
witnesses on bot! stles wctc present. a'd that
thu matter wo,'!d spnfsy sayy,tsrv nS e'oSca' f' !"
Commissioner Comfy moved to proeecu With
' Ci Cleary explained TINT that was the design
n, iIrst, Int Tint two or three Of ti!e witnesses
fsr tj,u 1,rfcusc Ind to bc examined Wednesday,
l,cyauRc they writ, III nnl were Obliged 10 leave
il I,llt tho nation to proceed with the co11-
pln,unts raufe first, aud to thc. take up tho
ilcftnsr, aud Il VIVA carried.
Mis-. HD1AR
stated that tho proceedings Of tho previous dny
were Illegal becauso tho wstncssus were not
Bwo1l. Size requested tlIat tJustice be prcBenti
SECURED Mr. Willtu.n y: Iibbarl, II Notafy
Public, and stcnogrnphcr, 40 that tho prll-
ccctinss might 20 on. accoFdiag to Jaw, and
full record be kept Of the same. ::
a1ls. Edgar desired to be sworn before saying
anything. She was asked ly Col. Clcary for u
cory Vi Tho charges, and furnished Il newspaper
copy Of them. They wore read by the Secretary.
Tliclr substance was published III ycstcr!lay'a
TRINuSE. She then said shc lad
oruEt. CHARGES TO PRESENT.
Col. Clcary satd he proposed to hear tho
charges rcul before taking ", any other,
WHrdcn Mclaughlin slfl lie was willing. to
defend the casc, and was In favoE Of giving Mrs;
Edgar NIL the ttlno slls wuntel to make full
et.ar,cs. Tllcrn wns nn trouble in rtfuting
them. 1la formally asked that 10 might oct rs
counsel Tor, Lie uttenee.
The Committee decided tl.at this was proper,
nn,I at the same time Mrs. Edgar WIS told TINT
s!,c might appear for the prosecution.
Mrs. Edgar. then submitted tho charge agai,st
George Vaeif5 tor paying Dr.. haullnan % go
tu the Hospinl. slle also rcread the long lst at
charges published In Tu8 TnlDuNR's report ut
yrstrrda;'s investigation. sho felt that there
l,'l bsrn criminal negligence, anl death was
was :s e' eneoi'rasinx @ hab|ls Of dr1nltennrss sIo
clai,nrd tle right to attend soryfcGs ut The Hos
pitas my tlnls sl'e pleased. she clltged the
Nurls WITH kecpirE nurses after k,sTns they
utler nurse, as,d the .diapcnsing chemist. she
wanted To know II tho Commissioners know Of
htcl@ugh'in'B going AWAY fFoin the city, asal
finally charged him und his SOIL with ttlrcatc,l.
INK to maic trouble with witnesses, anl oven to
k!ll them; that young Mclaughlin carried q
pistol, went out and got drunk, and CAME In and
nude il disturbance In tho Aosp!ta, whcfo tho
srE patients wore. -.
Mrs. t:paAn's sTATBMRNT.
Mrs. Edgar was ttleh swort1 mud asked by Col.
Cea,y II rho wns ready to awear 70 her
vllolG statement. Sllc sAld shn wnnld only
swear to what slle Ind personal knowledge o.
In, she began to relate her connection with the
Hospital ns U visitor. Sle tntl been naked by
Brother Norton to visit Hiss Foster Ct tue iios.
ta1 S9 did 80 qnd foSnd %n s5 % sats1n si1 a f1o
deal which would come unler the form ot llts,>
atisntion !a t. i, and desired her g.. K t
& s9"S ne .s s'isi i'll persos sssi'xx 1s ss
Edgar then took up tho thread Of tlle story
commenting on thu fact thut lho bctl-clottes Vi
Miss Fostcr'a bed wcrc dirty, and thu bed III
fss.e' VIII ss,anngs Tn & food ,,,na. W. too sa, !,
nnrscs nttc''l!ng to tho wants Of really sick pcr
Bons. Patients often asked to llnye .le nlslsl'
rlcsct, but no t,siraes ,fcro around. Witnes
i was oat of hcr reacl.: She had seen sira
knuc suffer for want ot water for internal at''
external nses. Mrs. kanc nskcd for le1no1'
uld slrs EdEer npplied to Dr.. Huntington, whit
!, tho put!cnts really neeacsl them. sh'
inquired OF tie nurses aud t]uro were III
len'"lls i, the l1osp!tnl. She aeut hn,
out who hnusat ts lemon which al.e hogan =
iursr, was Indignant, uml wanted 10 know i
sn'' Interfering With her business. sho Aa!i il
lo,tt tunes tsl1t Mrs. kano was always maltiul
Ing lit agony. Tho witness called this cruelty
Hhe found tbs nurss III Ward II drunk un til
Cth e July: ilo sarael undl a. swote and wuhe'
Of tho hotto on lis breath. sho told Ii,n il
ought to be vrry kind 10 sick people. Ills cu,,l
.e,,gs .I, rsp!s was l''a notie Of your a.
In ut,swcr to questions from CommlssEone
Cun}y, witness stuled TINT slle wuA perBo1lalI
acquainted Will. un!y twu of tho Coi1tmissto.
cgs-l,1rlsk AIN! Cleary., sl!u lla't tnlt tho hi
tst about A9laMl, t'.e drunken nurs. r,
hati revived. Col. CIe,ry aa!! It va
wrong, liuy.lick sntd 1t was wrnnu and ought t
he Investigated. She could thnw that Geore
Eicl.vr hn.l ratd l,r. Kaufman $loior mlmitt,lI
lcqrso Fuyr. Or. kautfman oncc took h,
arm to turn her from tllu ruUn hut th6 seslstc
i. MRS, wganL,sn, .-....,,