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

lar Asylum carpenter. lie could have
done it in ample time. Half a dozen
or maybe more hands were employed
to build it. The Asylum carpenter
had under him or 5 hands in build-
ing DR.. Rs house, commenced soon
afterwards. l was never contrac-
tor to build houses
Cross-eXamined by Judge Petree
and DR.. Rodman: Or. II. came
home from Frankfort (whcrc he was
with his mother who was sick) as
soon as the smallpox appeared. There
were l20 patients in the two flats
where the cases were. The wards
were separated by lattice. There was
not room to accommodate more than
Ii patients in the old pest house. If
both males and females had been i'll
f1cted there would have been no suit
able place for them" (The witness
admitted this with much reluctance
and attempted to evade the question:
81 don't think there were as many as
20 men at work on the house."
GTH CHARGE.
"That S. L. Saltcr, the employed
carpenter 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 Were SEM
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 conf
missiouers, 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 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 OF
the stock of the Asylum when it is
the duty of the steward to do so and
account for the same"
BY Senator Price: CDR. II. brings
parties and sells them stock and some
times gives the patients a fine pis
when they leave. The stock referred
to are Alderney cows and calves.
don't know the names of the parties
In the spring of 'S3 he sold young
Attorney :cow and 2 yearling calves
; He gave a patient from Butler, Co.
named l. r. House, a pig in July 'S5
Mr.. Long also got one last fall.
don't know whether the steward wa
consulted or not
By Mr.. Stone: 81 have a memoran
DUN of these items. l don't know
what DR.. X. did with the money.
don't know whether the cattle wer
registered or not"
10Th CHARGE.
"That DR.. Rodman's method G
=, procuring attendants is lnjudiciou
;. and expensive to the State, as he send
=, a physician to Louisville for that pun
), pose when vacancies are to fill
The witness mentioned one instanc
, where DR.. Stone went to Louisvill
o. another where DR.. Eager went
y Cincinnati and another where Mr.
9 Peck went away to hire a female a
y tendant. lie didn't know wheth'
they had any other business or not.
This completed the list of spccif
charges. The chairman then aske
. the witness list of questions pr
i" pared by the Legislature i'll regard
10 the treatment of the patients in Il
ASYLUM but all of them relating
. C. uelty, unlawful detention, duckin
: towel baths, etc, were answered ne
~ atively. The witness mentioned OF
~ case of cruel treatment by an ate
)" dant, but admitted that the attenda
W was discharged forthwith. He al
10 said some patients were made to
too much extra work such as carr
IL ing meals to sick patients and that
~ of the patients had to push shu'
~ mops over the floors all day long.
d This ended Dykes testimony al
u the following witnesses were sui
le moned at his instance:
:. I'll. sALTER.
By Senator Price: 81 am the Asylu
carpenter and have been for IL yea
An additional building was.put up
II the Asylum. I did the work. 1t
re not yet completed: | understood IL
i'd IL was intended for ward and