Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-26

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also between MIR. Dunn and Belts; Dunn was
ct the upper hospital; was there four days;
Dnnn was always kind; I told the cooks about
the meat, the coffee and tea; the cooks
Wonld sometimes send up extra coffee or meat
ser .hs Hnss al about thought at ps
dants who had been there before
me said they had complained; ! saw Mcdonald
about: he could walk some; no difference in
three or four weeks.
CROSS QUESTIONED
by DR.. Bowers: Can't name any one before
that was discharged for making complaints,
but know one discharged since; heard thatsome
had been discharged.
By Mr.. Doran-You say you have heard of
one discharged since? Yes; he was discharged
to-day for making complaints of the coffee;
his name is Andrew Knudson.
s. GusrAvsoN RECALLED.
Belts told me once that if did not look out
it would cost me all the
money I got for my house; he commenced
quarreling, as usual; we all threw in q word
against Belts; he said to me you can go up
into the stable with the cattle where You be-
long.
said you are a good hand to make an end of
people.
He said do you call me murderer.
Isaid you can call it SO if you like.
He said, I'll see about this young man. I'll
make it cost you all you got for your house.
said, go ahead; you will have more yet.
told him ] had as much right in the house as
he-I said had no cause to 90 to the cattle
yet
He said he would go to Dr. Bartlett and get
me discharged.
He had nothing to dowith me. was present
once when they fed Mcdonald; he was lying in
crib; helped hold his hands; he was lying
fiat on his back; Belts was abusing him.
By Mr.. Doran--By Belts putting an
he was abusing me and l thought [
would remind him; don't remember his abus-
ing any other; we had talked it over; Herherg
told me about it,; did not like to complain
about this because had nothing to do with
the patient; Herberg said Mcdonald didn't die
right; he WAS abused; he, Belts, quarreled with
all the employees; don't know of any one he
didn't quarrel With on the occasion referred to
Belts commenced the quarrel; 1T commenced
about his boy, that Swenson ordered out of his
yard; I did not take my meals with the at
tendants, but in the kitchen.
THE SECRETARY
here read communication from the attendants
as follows:
MINNESOTA HOSPITAL, March 25th.
To Hon. NJ Doran, and Gentlemen of the Com
mittee:
AS you have been appointed to investigate
the management Of the affairs of the hospital
for insane, and to ascertain the manner of
treatment Of the unfortunate class of human
beings confined within the walls of this charita-
BILE institution and as public opinion, at the
present time, points us out as beasts in human
form, cruel wretches of the most
violent type, raseals of the first
ofo, Il 81 @1,o
inmates.
awe, sthe undersigned attendants at the per-
manent hospital, hereby urgently request that
during your examination of the institution
you will thoroughly examine or inspect our
wards or halls, the cupboards, clothes rooms,
bath rooms, dormitory, and in short, every
thing under our charge. Moreover, we would
ask your honorable committee to
carefully examine the patients, with view to
ascertain whether or not they are abused OF
ill-treated by us, or any one else.
Gentlemen of the committee we would
not make these requests but the
relatives and friends Of the five OF
six hundred patients, ourselves, the public
generally and humanity, urgently demand that
we should. We must not be charged with COM
hitting crimes of which we are innocent. Let
it be thoroughly understood, that we make
these requests of our own demand, without the
knowledge or consent Of the officers of the
stitution
Trusting that you will carefully consider
and comply with these, our requests, we re-
main, very respectfully, yours.
JOHN B. WEeER ELI SHAW,
r. WILLY, JAMES N. HoyT,
Oh. BoIsrA, ALBERT PORTS.
F. A.'SHAw, FRANK A. JOHNSON,
HARRY WILLY.
ANDREW F. KNrDsoN SWORN.
Says am "a years old; live in st. Peter; been
rlS1n C-ot% tail civ h.. Nd %Ln
branch; now at the upper; have worked at the
hospital two years next July; was attendant at
the lower hospital; it was generally good meat,
coffee and tea Mr.. Belts was supervisor; we
never quarrelled; he got along pretty we'll with
the patients; was discharged this morning by
saved some and showed the doctor; when he
came round he said it was good; I
said if you call that good coffee you
don't know what is good coffee;
was then asked to go to DR.. Bartlett, but he
was not in; they sent me to the lower hospital,
but DIR. BARTLETT was not there; saw him in d
drug store; he said you had poor coffee this
and see Mr.. Dryer; went to Mr.. Dwyer, and
he paid me off; the coffee was sometimes good;
the beef is sometimes very tough. ! have nine
teen men in my charge; one day last week I
got q big bone; there was not
enough meat ON it for three men;
and said, have not enough meat for nineteen
men; he took it down to the kitchen and then
sent more meat by q boy; there was enough the
second time; one time, it was the same day, the
trustees went through, they sent up nothing
but tallow; there was hardly any meat i; I cut it
up and the patients eat it, they will eat any
thing; sometimes we get enough, sometimes
not half enough of meat; we get plenty of
bread; one time when was cutting some pork
cut into great thing like n boil; the matter
ran out and smeled SO bad could not stand
it; cut it up and gave it to the patients; two
patients did not eat it; they said it was not fit
to eat; I was afraid to tell, because l should
get discharged, SO / kept still as long as I
could; my partner, Shaw, one morning spoke
to Mr.. James about the coffee and butter, and
asked the doctor to come and see if it was not
bad; he took notice; the second
day; he told DIR. Bartlett as he came through,
but he did not take any notice; have been
yet been in at meal times; on thanksgiving day
DIR. Bartlett looked in at the door and asked il
they had square meal; the boys called out
''yes;" Mr.. Dunn is supervisor; | did not
speak to him only once about the butter; after
we spoke to him the butter was worse; we
discharge in the winter; don't care
SO much about it in the spring because we can
get something else to do; have not done any
thing else to get my discharge; DR.. James said
it was not SO much for saying the coffee was
poor, but because said DR.. Bartlett did not
know; he said got my discharge because of
some high words;I did not understand, and
asked, was it impndent2" he said, 90 yes;
something of that kind
By Senator Edgerton-Last week was the
first time complained; when I complained
about the meat, the time the
tallow was sent up, it was boiled;
Was it boiled meat or boiled tallow?
It was tallow and nothing else; it was not fit
to eat; it was last winter; found the big boil
in the pork, don't remember whether it was
boiled or roasted; it was fresh pork; was afraid
to tell about it as I did not want to be dis
charged: the coffee WAS awful black and hitter: