Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-07
The Frecdmcn's Hospital Inyestiga-
tiOu.


LIVELY TINE TO-DAY.
The sub committee of the Senate committe
on appropriations continued the investigation
of the Freedmen'S hospital to-day. When r.
L. FELTON, read in THE STAR the testimony of
Sister Beatrice given before the committee
last saturday. he demanded by letter to Sena-
tor Sargeant an opportunity 10 reply 10 her
statements. lin his letter FELTON, said Ii her
statements are correctly reported she com
mtted deliberate perjury liz order 10 villify
me. Fair play and the cOmmonest Justice de
mand i shall he afforded an opportunity Ia
appear before You and yindicate myself
against the aSperSlons heaped upon me by
1emlnlne malice and mendacity. IL is eSpeci-
ally repugnant to my feelings 10 be- involved
in controversy with woman, but female
Slanderer must not be vOuchSafed immunity
by reason ol her SEX &c.
FELToN's STORY.
Mr.. FELTON, testified to-day as follows: The
mOnstrOuS charge that am insane, made by
Sister Beatrice, is a mOnStrouS falSehoOd the
charge was prompted by miserable animuS: !
use prOfane language aS many men OF the
world do; DIR. Palmer curses, DIR. PurviS curses:
last Monday night the baggage room al the
hospital was broken open, and from $50 Ia
$40 worth OF clothing was stolen: the thief
was one OF the nurses that DIR. Palmer had
been informed 10y myself was thief and he
retained him: the man that ] believed stole
the property il Saunders. The witness eN-
planned the circumstances OF his entrance 10
the Providence hospital and the alleged steal
ing of his oNCrcuat on the I'D of April. 1877.
Much clothing has been stolen at the Freed
mems hospital Patients by the name, of
Whitcomb, Dempsey. and SmallwOOd, have
Informed me that they have missed clothing:
Calvert, the engineer, or Potter, told me that
they were Satitied that saunders. the assistant
nurse, committed the robbery at the hospital;
since my examination l have examined
my papers and found the draft OF letter
sent by me TO Dr. Palmer, complaining
OF the quality and quantity of food fur
nlShed me at the hospital; also found
original draft of letter sent by me Ia
pr. Palmer complaining of the condition of
the water closet in ward No. ?. SlOp buckets
containing filth have been left standing in the
wards day and night, and the wash stands
have been used as urinalS. LII DT. Palmer had
attended to his duties. by making regular Sat
urday inspections, the necessity of calling his
attention 10 the condition of affairs in the
wards by patient would sot have been ne
ceSsaTy. VIA. Brown, who testified here last
saturday, is a self-confeSSed peTJurer. never
asked any one to testify to anything that did
not exist. The affidavit made by Brown for
the Secretary of the Interior was written by
me at Browns request, and he understood
what the afndaylt contained perfectly well.
Brown told me the day after he testified here
that he was supplied by Robey with liquor, and
he confessed that the statements he made here
before the committee were false. Prior TO the
first examination the bread at the hospital was
dingy aud musty. There Is no such system as
a pound OF bread for pound of -four. The
baker gets - lOaVes OF bread for each 1876
lOayeS of bread he bakes the hospital The
baker makes II, 400 per year out of the hos
pltal by his contract Tor baking the bread DIR.
Il
wasting the funds of the hospital
LIVELY SCENE BETWEEN FELTON, AND sENA-
TOR SARGENT.
A sharp debate occurred between Mr. Sar-
gent and the witness, which resulted in eN-
cllng the latter somewhat, and he charged
the chairman with trying 10 suppress the facts
IN the case. Witness claimed that over $500
has been wasted from the hospital apprOpra-
tions for bread baking during the past year
Louis togie. an assistant al the hospital, can
testify IN regard 10 the Surreptitious removal
An fRnn fhaah nit al
partment of the University in the night Hor-
ace Sprague and Frank Lyons can testify i'm
regard 10 The eNhumation of the body buried
near the dead house by Banks Witness de-
MED absolutely that he had ever scheOled wit.
nesses to appear before the investigating com
mlttee there are healthy able bodied paupers
IN the Freedman'S hospital TODAY: Father
Mccarthy, a Catholic priest, is the only reli-
glous adviser that has ever visited the Freed
man's hospital TO see the sick and dying since
my sol0urn in the hospital.
AT the conclusion OF the investigation, the
witness asked for his witness fees but was in
formed that the government did not pay in
males OF the hospital nor employees of the
government, for attendance at the inyestiga-
tiOna. The members of the committee offered
10 pay fenon's expenses for carriage back
to the hospital but he declined, and limped
of
o. s. b. WALL EXPLAINS
u. ). b. Wall made personal exclamation
.hai 9 Mt, MI Robinson, of the firm of Robinson
and wall. made him present of the balance
ot $40 due by witness TO the firm on account
Dut no agreement was made or spoken Of
that Witness was TO try 10 get Robinson the
trade Oh The freedman's hospital Wall also
oeilied collins CrusOr's story, that he insti-
gated the investigation OF the hospital Wall
said, that he lived in the neigh hborhood of the
hospital and Tor years past hundreds OF
patients had made statements TO him, OF the
mlsmanagement of the hospital, treatment of
the pafie ntS etc. CrusOr came 10 me and
said 10 me, what have you got against Pur-
Wis? name anything you want under Gods
heavens, and stop this investigation. and it
VIII be given you. L am authorized 20 saw
this, and could have brought it 10
you In writing" told Crusor, that
Puryis had nothing TO give me, and 1
didn't want anything 1 have visited many
hospitals, and in my judgment, in looking
through the Freedman's hospital, il was not
properly kept. DIR. Palmer never sent me a
letter saying that the prices of our firm when
We furnished the hospital with goods were toe
high. A letter was read by the chairman
complaining OF high prices, which witness said
his partner, Fink, received. Witness swOre
testify against the hospital. The Statements
made by my brother Of conversations purporf.
ing TO have been held with me ara unfrne
Never promised DR. Puryis il he would ssf
me the furnishing Of the groceries and meats
10 Inc hospital would furnish DIR. Puryis the
Sroceries Ior his own private use for nothing
va as IN .he hospital frequently ever since II
''SS maS uuiL Ihe management was much better
hn,,nos Dr' heyDurn than under DR. Palmer. /
;fPsa ss;ifP .S 10 gei Palmer appointed, and ] think
san, thst ne Is pretty good man, but he cant
pecause he WAS not in accord with the c0lored
ssuoehts. and was glad 70 get a man who was
more I'm sympathy with the cotored race.
even u Ne Was rot as smart as keyRekk