Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-25
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ts-Did you ever see me misuse any othe
PATIENT
Ans.-No; not il my hall.
Betts-Did you ever Hear me abuse an.
Ars.-Uaes ii a while; did net see you strik
Betts-Did abuse you?
! Ans.-yyon were insulting, with stlngln'
| words.
Betts-What were those words7
Ans.-You wanted to be SO much OF q man
and WAS always complaining-mean IN you!
talking; you offered me medicine. and said 1t
was good for my discuss.
Betts-Did you see me neglect the patients
not to feed them, or give them mediclds wher
Ans.-once YOU fell and spilled the medicine
and gave the empty bottles.
| Betts-Did you see any food not good?
| Ans.-Yes some meat had hair and manure II
| it; the patients came up and showed me this
| had to cut the meat; it was mostly tough
when we saw this we were eating; this meat
with manure was on the plates of johnson and
| Whitcomb we did not eat any more, and sent
! the meat into the kitchen; I mean we were dis
gusted with the dinner and quit eating; we did
| not eat meat after that for fourteen days; we
did not complain to you because we knew il
was no use, you were SO intimate with the girls
did not say Katie was going to poison us with
the tea; but we could not tell what tho tea was
made Of by it's smell.
By Mr.. Rice-I left the hospital because we
could not agree with Belts; he was always quar-
seen Katie Shanks in Belts room, have seen
her there too, I said; I was talking to Hannah
Levin and asked her if she saw Belts have any
thing to do with Katie Shanks; she told Belts
be came up and made trouble with US; we got
tired Of his tyranny, and we got up the petition
De- %41l
it would save us trouble if we would go; they
could get twenty men to take our places; if we
go we should get no pay, but if we
stop ono month we would get our wages;
they discharged that day Turner and Swensen.
We complained to Dr.. Bartlett of Belts, and
said either be must 60 or we must go; it was
Kate Shank saw in Belts room; cannot say
what she was doing; Belts was there; after
Belts heard what saw he was troublesome
with everybody: he treats some patients better
than others.
MR.. BETS SWORN.
Resides in St. Peter; am 80 years old; have
been here nearly seven years; am supervisor at
the branch hospital; have been there six years,
three years supervisor and three years night
watchman. Have two mems work; give out
clothing food, medicine and see the patients
taken care Of; have to see the food is properly
cooked; some rooms have one patient, some six;
we have some lying on the floors; have $50 9
month and board; have l0l patients and at
tendants in the stone buildings we have three
attendants; in the frame building we have four
attendants; we haven't got one who stays in
bed all the time, but we have some who want
considerable attention, have found some
trouble with attendants from want of atten-
ton to duties; attendants are furnished with
copy Of the rules and are told to keep them;
do not think am man to scold much, but
have to tell them, often that they neglect duty;
the attendants are down on me because do my
duty, just because report them to DR.. Bower.
Dr.. Bartlett don't come down very often;
think he does come once week; see him go
through oftener than once month; inspect
the meat always before it is cooked; they know
more about cooking in the kitchen than do;
we have adining room to ourselves-the farmer,
the laundry woman and cooks. AS general
thing, our meats have been good; sometimes it
has been tough, have had no complaint lately
of meat. One Sunday they complained that
has the weighing out of the meat;I give cut
week s rations of groceries to each building.
One morning the boys did make complaint
of the coffee and tea, but we get the same and
it has always been good. My attention has not
been drawn to the bad quality of the meat and
coffee and tea within the month.
THE MURDERED MAN.
Witness was requested to tell about Nc
Donnell' He said. He was i'll the hospital
lEouA IudCCH 10 August has Deen Wllu man
from the first, imagining all kinds Of things;
dreaming one night about his wife he jumped
up, lifted up the window, jumped out and hurt
himself badly; this was two or three months
before he died; he was able to get about again;
| had to give him food by force; he wanted to
die; meat he thought was human flesh, soup he
thought was poison; he would cling round my
neck and say, "Oh Mr.. Belts, Mr.. Belts, what
shall do, shall die and go to hell" would
sit by tho hour and coax him; we could not
get him to take anything But. gentlemen,
you know if you try to force food his gums
will bleed: have always been kind and gentle
to him and all patients there; and always will
fed him with soup and opened his mouth with
a stick; no one would put their finger into his
mouth to have it bit off, would not; tho pa
tient was getting weaker ever since he fell
from tho building; the last morning he was as
weak as he could be; we had been looking for
OConnor: l have some soup and meat, give
him somc we seated him down on seat-not
laid down; opened his mouth with stick;
OConnor gave him two or three spoonsful;
at the third he seemed faint; we raised him up
but that did not help him. said take him into
another room; we carried him in and laid him
on bed and went for the doctor, who stayed
with him till he died, which was about fifteen
minutes; said if that strangled him, glass
Of water would strangle me.
CROSS QUESTIONS BY MR.. DoRAS.
We did not have help enough, SO got the POI
tient, OConnor; l said this OConnor might
set it ronnd; that or you (Helberg), caused his
death; did not say O'Connor had got talking
SO much had to remove him; did not say
Mcdonnell was strangled by O'Connor pouring
the soup too fast; did not say 1 was afraid
MoDonnells son would come and make trouble;
don't know how long O'Connor had been down
at the temporary hospital; I can't remember
minutes and hours; he was sent back within
week after; don't think it was next day; don't
know when had administered food to him be-
fore; am not positive whether there were three
or four to hold him; I take care Of DR.. Kerr's
church get small salary which, I think
is a benefit to the State; get six and half
dollars q month in the summer and eight and
half in the winter; have to make fires and
keep the church clean; don't have to saw the
wood; have to ring the bell; sometimes take
the patients; never had them to saw the wood
sometimes sent them down town; patients
sometimes go out alone; have asked them to
go to the church, and have sent them up there
alone
BY Mr.. Rice-Had no trouble in the house
with Helberg, but he used to talk about me
outside the house; don't know if it is O rule
of the house that no one is to speak OF what
occurs in the house to any one outside; it is a
rule that no one shall receive presents from any
patients or their friends; might in a joke,
have said that it would be best to smother the
patients, as in England.
Mr.. Doran-That would be a serious Joke to
make to the attendants.
am positive did not say that feared Nc
Donnells son would como and make trouble.
A. j. LAMBERIoN SWORN.
Am a merchant in st. Peter; know Helberg
he is a very reliable truthful man. I.believe
he wonld not say anything he did not believe
l believe the same Of Mr.. Belts.
Tho committee then ad journed till 2 o'clock
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