Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-12
The Insane Asylum Investigation.
Further Testimony Of d.. Nichols.

The Committee on Expenditures OF the In
terror department met this morning at l03)
| O'Clock. Or. c. II. Nichols continued his tes-
! umony, first fling pamphlet regarding the
/ charge Of nonresident patients. He also
stated thal me number OF dipsomauiRc pa
| tlentS was nine, including two opium eaters.
! Seven were admitted within the present
| year, two Of the seven being manffestly in
sane. 10 addition 10 his ststementregaTJing
! tie violence Of patients. he said that there
/ nave been three other 8cclden al da athS since
The institution was opened in 1853. but only
| ore from personal violence. The death OF
McAdams, alleged 10 have been kicked to
death by an attendant, was caused by ex-
hauSilon from tNphOmauia. aud although he
! 1nay nave heen Kicked the result was never
tHecteu hy IL; violence or punish meut by at
/ tentanis is never allowed; at least one hun
Ortd attendants have been discharged f,r
humanity, drunkenness. or neglect: their
offences were not always serious, bat thew
nave been discharged in order to maintain
discipline ard prevent wrOn g-dOing rs far a
Iossloie; Grange attendants frequently, but
never appoint one without good written
! recOmmC ndatiOr; Is necessarily Imposed
| upon sometimes; never knowingly employ
an attendant with a violent tan1per and
never ALLOW them 10 drink, LIQUOR as a hey
erage; liquor allowed ionly 10 uipSomaniacS
ri INST but as medicine; complaints OF The
patients having veTmin upon them have
sometimes been made, but very unfrequent-
~; patients sometimes come from military
posts, and from want OF care VIII. three out
of five, have Vermin on them; occasionally
they get on 10 patients In the houSe biif
steps are Immediately taken TO rid them OF
them; such patients are not placed aloe for
want of room, but thoroughly cleaned upOn
reception; never knew that Mr.. Whitney
had Vermin; quie', harmless patients are
never placed III the same room with mani
acs; The quiet and harmless are confined to
gelheT as Eluch az practicable; neither the
ctlei OF police nor the police commissioners
are allowed TO discharge patients: they have
10 authority In the matter.
NO PATIENTS HAD BEEN SENT TO PITTS
10 witness personal knowledge; il any were
sent IL was because they were insane per
sons not belonging TO the District. and were
sent 10 their BONES or places of residence:
kLOw nothing at all about patients being
sent 10 Pennsy lvania VITO were not sent for
ny thelT friends; the board of visitors (niueg
visit the institution monthly; and no more
thorough examination is made in any sfr1i-
lar institution; they visit every ward. see
every patient and room, usually spending
half day IN inspecting;
THE GROUNDS
nISJ consisted OF ls5 acres, suTrOun1ei by q
wal, three additions having since been
made; l35 acres purchased from ZDioc WI
lamS in name OF sci and A. Il SnepIeri for
about SEQ, coo; sold l. two AID one-haIf wears
afterwards 10 the government for S2} O0l;
MI Shepherd was To receive per cent In
'eTest on the investment which had been
mace by him, merely to give the asylum the
use ui IL until the necessary funds were forth
coming; the purchase money, together
win survey, taxes, etc, amounted to
>G2.l4o. and II legal interest had been pai1
Wlth'Ss IL would nave required an addition
al appropriation OF over $3.50. but would
kjfte that witness never received any inter
est whatever, much less anything In add
upn 10 the amount OF money he actually
paid out; witness made first cost payment OF
~50cG, and Mr.. Shepherd and he gave three
O'cs, two for - 600 each, and The other
i t1i Mr.. Shepherd paid the first aud third
notes and he twitneSS) the first cash nav
meDt and the second note: the uofes OF Mr.
Shepherd were made through J. W. Taonn-
son, who took Mr.. Shepherds interest on his
naECS; ana Nj thompson was rot dispo ed
10 sen II 70 TIE government The COVERT
fnent had the use OF the land for two aud one
half years before it PURCHASED WitnCu; nav
AZ z q y rent whatever.
THE FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST
Mr.. Shepherd received, whine. thinks was F.
for the money he Shepherd advanced. AMI
not Tor the use o. his name a. all, that LAM +
has been converted into fam Tor the aSv-
mangOss aCd cabDageS On IL; employ about !
ten farm hands, paying from - per month 4
% SD per month; there are twenty four 4
horses and I'VE mules belonging D the inStt- 1
tuition; eight OF the horses are pot farm |
horses; AZ present use three yoke OF cattle; !
Oh an average 100 men from the wards are a /
work anOut the building and premises; the /
number at work on the farm varies-ia \
warm weather and cold weather, very few: !
Only few patients work on the riyeT-wau, 4
assisting Inc hO2fmen; Al is not true tuat q !
number Of patients we're at WORK upon the 4
wall in wafer up o their waists either lasi /
March OF any other Marcn or month.
Q-Your vouchers show that you have !
paid in the last year 81 600 for manure. i 4
that good investment? Ayes, sir. q - 4
Have YOU ever sold any from the farm a
Yes. sir. Q-Why do you buy ii and sell IL /
both? Ave used some Of the long or /
coarse manure at request OF Mr.. Clark for 4
mulohing about trees in Capitol grounds. 1t |
was much IreSher than it could be gotten 1
elsewhere, snd the vouchers show That II /
was all paid for. An account Of wat was /
sold was Sept by the CLERK, and the govern !
m bor
COWS last June was "a, and 81 heifers and /
calves; the daily supply of milk averaged II I
gallons; seldom make any butter, took care l
10 get good cows at first. because invalids (
need good milk; but raise nearly all the I
COWS; very seldom buy any; those bought /
about dozen, would average $50.
Further investigation was postponed Till % /
o'clock 10 morrow morning.
THE Row IN SoUrH CARoLpNA-Tte 1
chamberlain Party Defeated ia me CORuea'JOn. /
\ special dispatch 10 THE STAR yesterday 1
gave an account OF the diSOrderly proceed
in rs at Yesterday mornings session OF the
South Carolina State republican convention,
There are two distinct parties IN that body.
One OF them is led by Governor Chamber
iain, ana CONSISTS OF those VINO support MS
reform policy. The other party is led by u. /
) Senator Patterson, who has at his back /
Collector WorthingtOn OF Charleston, Con-
gresham SmaIls, eX-CongresSman Elliott, /
and most OF the republicans VINO were con-
spicuous as rulers OF the party before Gov. |
Chamberlains election. Each of the two 1
ties uSSlECU 10 COUlTOl the convention, as n
that would carry with II not only the selec-
lion OF delegates to the national convention,
but probably the control of the state nOmin- /
ating convention. The trial OF strength took |
place upon The question whether delegates /
whose Seats we're contested by other dele I
gates should be allowed To take part In or 1
gauiZing the convention. Gov. Chamberlain /
insisted that where any county sent two sets l
of delegates all should be temporarily ad- \
mitted or all excluded. The debate grew /
very hot. Judge Mackey, one of the dele. |
gates, denounced the Chamberlain party as |
band of robbers, and told eX -COngreSsm4n |
Elliott, who asked him whom he meant, that |
he (Elliott) was the head and front OF those |
robbers. Elliott drew pistol aud sought To |
get at Mackey, who awaited him. Desks and |
chairs were overthrow, and the eXcitet del |
egates gathered around Mackey and Elliott |
and dragged them apart. A chair was bran
dished over Gov. Chamberlatn's head by an
opposite delegate. No blows passed, and
when the convention had Gained down q
little, the chairman, eX-Congressm Whit
temore, ruled out the contesting delegates,
all OF whom were supporters OF Chamberlain.
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