, 1879-06-14

g. the expiration Of sonethtng moro t1Ian two
hours. tlr ntd Of The Jot was reached.
On Ii. tcatlnons. cInln,iug tlsat tlat of ds.
charged employees wins fauitc m mt to be reliable
"a tIlat o. crsops still employed at tic liosp-
tal naIu interested In kccpuK lIieir l,oadA on
the noctefs. 1t was shown bsyont1 doubt
that Mrs Jolinson entertained DotninIck Mur-
ray and nn0ther fr!ctel, atll that, generally, a
copslaefa9!e de0rue Of abuse existed. IN short,
while tho Warden nIght nnt bo incompetent, he
was ccrtaiuly charReablo with negligence.
Commissioner Sciipe aafd untlne prominence
had been given to tho testimony Of discharged
employees, whilu Tint OF tEae other wttp tssaa t,u
been practically ghorrtl. It was .nlioSn bs tho
latter That M!l'sw9s ''ot ~ tie iIapl of rlnk-
thg:. On the ouc class Vi testimony. he was
guilty: m thu other, Enuoccnt..
Commissioner Booze b,Ie!$ fcyfewed The tcs-
titnonY, taking the ground Thai, willie II did not
establish The specific charett, tccr.aln!y showed
means whit H. should he. lie rrfetrcd some
what polnted1y, however, 70 u'c Wardcn's run
ming around sa!oona 0f nights. betting money,
esc., aM,l remarked TINT q Warden Of such an
degree OF rcsrect for himself md his Office.
The cotn,ntitce's recommendations woro proper,
ho thought. md should bo adopted.
Commissioner Fitzgerald entered upon fresh
rc-statcmens IF lis views Of t1le whole Qucs-
ton, going through a good dcal of The tts.i-
tuonY+ bearing down heavily on the Warden,
WHO was urtsons, and ctninang That he wnked
at bodY.selIuE and bodybuilding; that he lied
which hid been cut, drawn. urd q,'artcrel; llmt
he was in Tic habit OF being out pretty late ut
night, drinking, md betting; ii,nt be he had
kept worthless and discharged employees around
the place; TINT, III al,ort, l,o wasn't very com.
Commissioner bradley gave the Warden
good name. a. 10 The ',ods. boiling, sI,c Warden
had told him Of that, and he lind ordered the
discl,arge Of everybody connected with II. II
never have been any special investigation. :
Commissioner Ayhts touk part III il,c rcspons-
bllltY Tor Go!dsuoon's REMAINING few days vi.
ter bis discharge.
Commissioner spo!Tord also thuugtt tho
Warden shouldn't shoulder all t!,c rcspt,nsIbtll-
~ for Go1dspnon's remaining, since Goldspoon
obtained the consent n1 the Chairman Of the
Committee on Hospitals.
As TO THE LAST noDT cuT-ue,
It was fact that tile 1nan's relatives snw the
the body away mud bury It the ucxt Jny. III ttc
meantime the body was cut up. The Warden
discovered TINT fart and reported It to The
speaker and the Committee, who took prompt
action. The Warden's previous conversation
with tho re'ativrs, MID ats prpn,pt action In re-
porting the fac:s, prectudcd the possibility OF
The Wardcu's consentt'pg to the cutting Of the
body.
Commissioner Wood said the important ques-
Gon was thut Of the adoption OF thts report,
showed nothing rs against tile management OF
the fpstFtutton. As 10 taking The bodies, there
was no testimony GoinE 10 shnw crlmiua!ity Oh
the Wardcn's part The great trouble was the
tuition. This was tic very gist oi tic whole
question, mud III this particular, provided the
Board took action, the investigation would havo
accomplished some. good; Under tlIe system,
s o want 81, Of as sy.s' cs M i bad .1ops Soas rf M
esss 'sat making K the the report Warden
simply business officer: 1t was TINA for rc. e.
form. The Institution, should bo under tho
control Of Superintendent to take Charge Of 1t
in medical al,tl business scnse. and the SUPER
inteudcnt should appoint capable assistants.
but tic question was large one and couldn't
be settled 10 a day. The Bvstcm should bo
changed, but tl1no vas ;u,e necessary to make the
Commissioner Durlihg offered d resolution.
declaring tlut the interests OF The county de-
lnandcd rAdtca1 change In tho management Of
the Hospital, Insane AsYlutn. nnd Poor,Housc.
un4 tlle Committee on Charities form q 1oint
committee, to report on or before July ii what
nlcanB should be taken tn secure better ud-
min!strat!on Of those Institutions
The tiYde rark statesman reared h!Insolf OIL hts
hind legs a'1l set out Tor speccls On tic pres
cnt systcm Of things by which ''human remplns
we're niutilated for the bcncnt Of science" In
Ais. .opta!ou.l,c medical 1nan had .beou Eyen too
tnutil ropc-" for the bclctlt OF science"
Several other members Rised tllcir views nt
grent length, after which motion Of Commits
sioncr Bradley's 10 Dlnco on tlte was lost BY
vote Of yeas 4. nays 8, Commissioners Bradley,
Lenzen, spodord. and senno voting Ia tic
Gu motion Of Commissioner spofrord, tho
whole subject waa POSTPONED until July Is.