Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-04

or to build houses
Cross-examined by Judge Petrce
md DR.. Rodman: Or. II. came
lome from Frankfort (whcre he was
With his mother who was sick) as
Don as the smallpox appeared. There
we're 120 patients in the two flats
where the cases were. The wards |
we're separated by lattice. There was
lot room to accommodate more than
4 patients in the old pest house. lfI
both males and females had been i'll
'ccted there would have been no suit
able place for them" Crhe witness
admitted this with much reluctance
md attempted to evade the question:
Il don't think there were as many As
20 men at work on the house
9Th CHARGE.
"That S. L. Saltcr, the employed
of said Asylum, while re-
ceiving pay from the State was per.
mitted to engage in work for private
persons under contract between him
and them"
BY Senator Price: II know that
Mr.. Salter and his assistant We're sent
to repair the Baptist church in Hop
kinsvillc and did work there. Were
absent from the Asylum two weeks.
This was in the summer of 80.
7TH CHARGE.
THAT Jno. n. Mills, one of the COM
missioners, employed said carpenter
to superintend the building of a pub
lie school building in Hopkinsville,
for which said Mills was contractor
and this while said carpenter re-
ceived his pay as such from the
State"
The witness stated that he knew
nothing of this excepting what he
had heard and hearsay evidence was
not admitted.
STH CHARGE.
"That said commissioners have not
held their regular meetings as re-
quired by law
BY the Chairman: During my
stay at the Asylum l never knew OF
heard of the commissioners holding
meetings at the Asylum and if they
had | would have known it."
9TH CHARGE.
That the superintendent disposes O.
the stock Of the Asylum when 1t II
the duty of the steward to do so and
account for the same"
BY Senator Price: CDR. r. bring
parties and sells them stock and some
times gives the patients a fine phi
when they leave. The stock rcferre'
to are Alderney cows and calves.
don't know the names of the parties
In the spring of 'S3 he sold a youn:
Alderney :cow and 2 yearling calves
He gave patient from Butler, Co
named |. r. House, a pig in July .;
Mr.. Long also got one last fall.
don't know whether the steward wa
consulted or not"
By Mr.. Stone: 81 have a memorar
dunn of these items. l don't kno'
what DR.. II. did with the money.
don't know whether the cattle wei
registered or not"
10TH CHARGE.
''That DR.. Rodman's method
procuring attendants is lnjudiciol
and expensive to the State, as he sent
a physician to Louisville for that pu
, pose when vacancies are to fill"
The witness mentioned one instanC
, where DR.. Stone went to Louisvil
another where DR.. Eager went
= Cincinnati and another where MI
Peck went away to hire female a
;, tendant. lie didn't know wheth
they had any other business or not.
This completed the list of spcci
charges. The chairman then askt
) the witness a list of questions pr
u pared by the Legislature i'll regard
the treatment of the patients in t
ASYLUM but all of them relating
y C: uelty, unlawful detention, duckil
towel baths, etc, were answered nc
y atively. The witness mentioned o
u case of cruel treatment by an attic
IL dant, but admitted that the attenda
. was discharged forthwith. He a
10 said some patients were made to
too much extra work such as carr
/ ing meals TO sick patients and that
: of the patients had TO push shu
IL mops over the floors all day long.
q This ended Dykes testimony a
u the following witnesses were SUI
III moned at his instance:
ST.. sALTER.
By Senator Price ~ am the AsylI
carpenter and have been tor Ii yea
An additional building was.put vi
+ the Asylum. I did the work. i
re not yet completed; | understood t
i'd it was intended for a ward and
d. lcontinuedtO third p'se'l