Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-05-13

make any charge to the county for that,
as got $40.
/ let the rest go. told Mr.. Ross about
this case, He could not be moved to
the County Hospital. There were medi-
cines to get. Carpenter and Others,
house full of them, to whom spoke
about il, said they would pay me 30
That was all could get out OF them all.
never did get the 50. Carpenter has
promised to pay me for services in his
own family, but he has never done 1t:
Para came and shellcd little corn had
for nv chickens. He did not work 10
DAYS, II is ridiculous to say that man
would be 10 days irrigsting my little
place. He was more trouble to me than
all the work he did was worth. HIS
nephew worked for me part OF tive days
Para worked half day at the corn
None of them ever worked Ia my house.
That is lie. His girl was there tour
days. She was sick all the time.
never was paid by any one for my ser
vices for the dead Para. went to him
at the request of Supervisor Ross.
They talked about giving me the
horse. Carpenter did not know any
thing about the horse. | think
the man was not worth dollar.
think Carpenter knows he was not.
have q bill for attending the wife Of
Para. do not know who came for me.
/ went first in the night. went after.
wards several times in the day time. l
knew they had nothing. They often
cried for food. l took them potatoes.
sage, biscuits, canned goods, etc. They
were in absolute need. They were al.
most destitute. The family was SO. /
saw myself how they were and appealed
to Mr.. Ross on thsir behalf. They al
ways promised to pay me. make them
promise to pay, when can. get all
can from them and do not charge the
county for any services get them to pay
for--of course do not. | went to see
the wife of Alvarado number Of times.
| had to 40 half mile or so. did
services for which | would charge any
Of you $3.50. By supplies mean any
thing gave them. That included med
ical services, medicines, bandage--any
thing / did for them. made
no special charge for my personal
services Part of the charges is for sus-
tenance, part for services, part for med.
icine. gave them certain prepare
tion Of food for invalids. did not
give them -four or bacon. The supplies
did not amount to SO much, but my SER
vices were worth much more than |
charged. / could not say that in each
case I consulted Mr.. Ross. ] had an
understanding that in urgent cases l
need not wait for him, as he was some
times out of the place. In one case oil
great suffering he was away from home.
He told me in such cases to 70 ahead
and the Board would do what was right.
In this case ! say they got more than
the SIS worth of supplies, > As to con-
versation with O man at Carpenters.
aud as to my saying that for $40 would
see the Paras through, simply meant
that $50 would pay for what | already
had done. / never got the 50 from Car
penter.
Mr.. McEadden asked II the Doctor
did not know that Carpenter was good for
anything he said. The Doctor answered
that he did not know any such thing
that he did not think so.
The case Of ]. w. Davis of San Juan
was taken up. DR.. Bailey said the man
bad been under the care Of DIR. ]. A. |
Crane, that he had no doubt Crane was
paid. Ths man, when he came to me,
was in horrible state. He was suffer-
ing from frequent hemorrhagss. at
tended him. / hope he will be brought
here. He will say gave him over 500
worth. Mr.. Ross said it was an ex.
IRENE case and that he would do all he |
could to get people 10 subscribe some |
thing. told Mr.. Ross he wanted to go
to San Diego. We helped to get him
off. gave him q great many potatoes, |
provisions, canned food
Mr.. Kinds explained; stated that
when the Finance Committee audited |
the bills they understood they were for |
neoessaries Of life furnished.
Mr.. Ross said In the case of the Bur
ruels, he had refused to help them go |
long as the boys were at work. For
time they were out of work and the
mother sick. Then he let DIR. Bailey
help them. They were not sent direct to
the drug stores because DR.. Bailey had
set up q private dispensary where the
medicine was to be had cheaper. 1t was
to save the county expense.
DR.. j. A. Crane, OF Santa Ana, under |
oath said he had known Davis for nine
years. He was q worthless fellow, eli. |
ways on the county. Some years ago he |
had been arrested for stealing meat. |
That be had treated the fellow for some
time. Davis was sent to him by Judge |
Egan, Of San Juan, who wrote letter in |
which he promised to pay the drug bills |
They made up $50 for him and thought
he had gone away. A few days later he
found DIR. Bailey treating him. He
should have continued to treat him had |
he not gone off. He did not expect to
be paid for such services. He never
asks il man can pay. All
physicians do great deal Of this sort of
practice. 1t is usually grstuitous work.
There are many such cases in the coun-
ty, but the county need not be burdened |
with them. II q man Is allowed to he
can work up big practice in this sort
of thing. There are about fifteen ply
sicisns down there. They all do this
for nothing. They all feel as the wit.
ness that these bills Of Bailey's are
trumped up. II these people come to
me will treat them. Inever think of
charging for such SERVICES.
Supervisor Ross stated that he had not |
known OF DIR. Cranes treating Davis,
nor Of any means OF support he had.
DR.. Crane stated that be had come
here upon subpoena.
DIR. Lacey confirmed ths statements
of DR.. Craue IS to the practice of physi- |
clans attending the poor gratuitousIy.
THE BILL FOR S207
Was then taken up. 1t was itemized
and the names OF parties attended en-
dorsed on 1t. In reference to this DIR. Bal
ley made long statement In which he |
claimed that he and Mr., Ross had an
understanding about 1t before it was
sent in at all; that he had explained to |
the supervisor that be did not expect to |
get the bill allowed, but sent it Ia to |
leave it to the board to allow what they |
saw fit. In another case he had made a |
demand for 5000 and the Board paid |
him 500. This was the old board. Mr.. |
Ross told him that he could not get the |
demand before tho Board unless he made
demand in form. Ross was to let him
know when the matter was TO come up |
and then he was to come in and explain |
1t all.
Mr.. Kinds read the printed form on |
which the demand was written and the |
affidavit signed and sworn to by DIR.
Bailey, and asked II he did not mean
what was there stated, viz, that the de-
mand was a Just and proper one,
To this the Doctor replied that 1t was
a Just and legal claim against the county |
if it was to pay him by the regular fees
allowed by State law.
Mr.. Kinds asked II the demand had
Seen allowed and the warrant given him
II he [Dr. Baileyl would not have
taken it.
DR.. Bailey said It could not have been
allowed because OF his understanding
with Mr.. Ross, and that If IL had been
he would not have taken It,
Mr.. Kinds said; Well, IL it wss q just
debt due me I would take IL. II a
mans face means anything, when this
bill was presented Mr.. Ross face
showed that he was thoroughly
ashamed of-not what he had done him.
self--but of his connection with the