, 1876-08-03

Anothcf Thing 0t1t u tho way Hah tAosc "setcn.
helped. Some Of the women hai some
thing IN their hair, bit earbolic acid
renctlcd TINT. The bcf-clntEcs were not pr
ttenlar,y dirty She saw yor1,tn On patients. '! n
never saw any niter the patients had been Glenn
ed. As to tho bread, II was sometimes very
goo,l and sometimes very bad. The gootl bread
was the rule, but sometimes 4 was horrible, nrl
tic Kind Of nsourishing meat il ought to hnvo
been. II wns a low grade Of meat, bit slic
never heard that It was bal OF stale: Inst win.
ter the potatoes were very, very bau. Ihcy II wcre
eonplalned 81 mere than the bread: T!,c beans
sometimes there wrs none. It waa different IL
tho different wartls, better in some than in
Others. never tasted tue butter, but smell
cd Il, for couldn't help II II went near tltc
sometimes It was little stained. As 10
yerln!n, she saw the cockronehcs and occasional.
ly nike. Ono of the i,urscst Mrs. Aldwcll, OF
the surgtcal ward, took TO drinking, and was
finally discharged. ehe did not trluk liquor;
sllc took opIates and became stupe!led. Knew
Smith Of Ward E. Tic had reputation for get
ting drunk. She didn't kMnw -Allarl, but she
heard # said that lie, too, got drunk, ind once
n der sTee;; tn .c.t afene nnnots sa @
wa. good 1or ltm. Mrs. A1dwell died at tho
Woman'a Refuge. The medicines wcra not
given out Of dirty spoon. She didn't know Of
any 9ns aying from neglect S"ddidn't believe 1t
Q. (by Mrs; Edgarepsd you cycs 20 to tlo h,
more degraded people Of Ward and tails
with them md gct their hIstory,.
A.-No, she Ind not, because she thought she
educa.r,l, because they wouldn't l'e ~ the
others. She knew Helen Foatcr, and heard her
complain Of the food. The rooms were always
we'll ventilated. She Ind seen be,l-bugs climb
ing over patients, but never lice: sho never
rrr1ni nnt ttcc uNnS With her. S11n had nnrnF
heard Helen complain Of tho nurse or foud
MRS. ALtEH N. HARRINGTON,
Of $50 1nuia,la Arcli1c, stated that she Visited
the hospital one sunday 70 ace Mrs. wcndna;;
On The saturday-wetk following =. siic
went sgafn md found Mrs. WciMl-
rss, ngs IN. vf :ar ' gn ,h1 s Ina 70 se e IN hs
coulln't stan1l 1t. There were. fifteen or twenty
pAttcrts in the room. Mrs. w. complained OF
tlc mfr, and tho nurse, and the bctl-htgs. Mrs.
". snttl II sIlc jfdn't get nwhy she would die.
shc didn't taste It.. Mrs. Y. thcn removed her
to the Railroad Chapel, and Mfterwnrtls to the
Home for the Frienllcss. Mrs. ". never saia
Mrs. Holmes saii that Mrs. Wendnagel was
pciiullcss, but some one gave her 81. which she
Ecut out to purchase brush and comb.
Mis-. A. r. HLAtNE.
Of Hyde Park, said sho hail been regular Wis
itor at tho hospital for seven months, averaging
onre week, mud she always found everything
ali right. She brought t,lxuFies for them III
the armful At meals the bread aud meat
were sometimes good mud sometimes bud. The
never saw 4 iousv IN tho hospital, hut She saw
ono lone bug walking the wGrd. She said the
building was baliy ventilated. and not 1T for
the purpose. She then spoke of nurses tak!ng
their nights' rest, aud sue weut for the Coumik-
air Inv rrft tl1tu3ro In Trb Rlnt,n
She urged the proprfcty Of tea and coffee at
dinner, and went Into dlSeurs!ve lisQustiion
on the subject Of hospitals uiid patients, which
she treated in the abstract for some time.
She said size Ind never seen Mrs. Edgar, NOT
heard of her before Yesterday. She never saw
Il nurse drunk, though she heard the thing
spoken Of.
Alr. scl.n,llt moved to take recess until to-
day ut 10 a. m., Slijl thu motion prevailed.
wNt1EwA811Np.
It was evident to a'l unbiased observer thnt
tho verdict would be "uo1oly to Glanc.n
Mrs. Edgar did not yet a fair Hhow. After
Laushlin had asked some leading questions,
ing the witnesses. Now md then Sue managed
to Ect In conundr1im, hut sle was frequently
interrupted, but ina1lY gave 1t up In despair.
-Four or five times slc tried to get u wstnc5a on
wartl on the gro,ln.t that they were III hurry to
get away, though It was noticed that some OF
them re!natue1 ut dInucr after the adjourn
mtnt, lpnly one TltncsH was examined In suI1-
purt Of the charges, though others were IN walt
lug until o'clock.
The case Of Mrs. Wcnlnagel bids fair to loon,
! into Inc proportions. Mrs. W. matlc great
many statements to Mrs. Edgar, md OH Them
the latter lady based como Of her charges.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Edgar stated to q
TRIBUNE reporter that she had Seen Mrs. Wcnd-
nagel during the day, md liatI been informed By
her that tho Clerk Of the County Board had
| visited her with n written statement to the
effect that all Alrs. Edgar's charges were falsc.
| This tho lady refused to stgn,. and was again
| waited on yesterday and offered Inducements to
| 70 before tho ponrd and support Laughlfn'a
| management. THIS Mrs. ", auya she will swear
| to, and 1t may take an c1tra bucket OK white
wash to clean up tho bualness after all.
VACNERs DISCLAIMER.
In connection with tho foregoing, THE TRI1.
uNK Is requested to publish tliu following:
| SLATE Of UitHois. County of Took, ss.: George
yncher, OF tic CITY Of Chicago, residing At II
attention has been called 10 an article pubished It.
T.ns CMtcAno TnlnuN1 Of Aug. =, lH70, headed
"Thc County Hospital" and purporting 10 give i
statement Of Ue0rEe Fayle IN substance tat nllan
tthc brother OF Rnid Faylo} had said to l,tF
1 that tho atllaht had given Dr. kaufman $40 10 oh
tain his admission into tho County Hospital ami
that Dr. Kaufman had sald thst ho could not pos
never u any time 70 stated 10 said Geurge Foylo
70 my other prrso,i, nor did he eyer pay Ha'A Dr
Kaufman $40 or any other sum for Foylss adu,is
sion to the County ll"spita!. uor did sald Dr. knn
man ever demand any pay from aflant 70. admitting
Foyle to snid ha.dta GEoMaE FAcnEH.
Subscribed and sworn 10 this I'd August, A. D.
1870 HonEnT +. WsSsLow. hotury Public,