The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-07-11
BEFORE INVESTIGATING BOARD
Condensed from The RaleigA Papers.)

time liz 1897 | attended Wake Forest
anniversary. When | came back
was sick | remained in bed the next
uay. Dr.. Rogers came to see me
next day and prescribed. Dr. Girls
som came also after DIR. Rogers had
, left He said he was sorry 1 was sick
) was glad | remained in bed hesat
, down ON the bed by me. He said he
would like to kiss me told him he
: had better not try. He said he loved
me; that | knew he was unhappily
married, and asked me if would not
! run away with him; [ told him he
was rascal for acting so. He said
, he would kiss me anyway, and put
his arm ground me- He told me that
, if | would yield to his wishes he would
. make me matron Of the institution [
told him if he did not leave the room
, | would call for help. He said no
!. one would help me here; that l
was poor girl without friends, and
that if | said much he would lock
me up as patient; but if [
told what had occurred no one would
believe me; | got up next day. DIR.
Fuller and DIR. Rogers told me l was
not able to be up. | said was afraid
to stay in bed any longer; did not give
my reasons In the evening Dr. Girls
som told me he was sorry for. what he
had done the day before; that he did
not mean it and would 90 SO no more.
[ took him at his word ana remained
at the institution. At another time I
Il Of tn
tients, as got to my room and start
ed to ring the bell DR.. Grissom caught
me and tried to carry me to dark
room. I thought at first one Of the
girls had caught me and screamed.
At the same time noise was made by
some one ir the centre building aud
he desisted, saying he only wanted to
tease me. | never consented to his
advances at any time. This was a
short while before DIR. Grissom pro-
|, fessed religion at the Pearson meeting.
March, 800 he came through the
ward and said, "Miss Ella, let's go
into your room and get the report. ="
We went and he locked the door after
we got in He then tried to kiss me
again. | unlocked the door and went
out and left him. | left the institution
in response to a telegram stating that
my mother was at the point of death.
Just before | left, L saw DR.. Grissom
in the stewards office. He said 'youl II
be mine, yet" | told him I never ex-
pected to return to the institution.
When l got home l found my mother
dead aud wrote to DIR. Grissom that
, would not return. After this I re
ceived Il letter from Dir. Gri. som
Letter was read before the board. II
stated enclosure of wages and that
owing to condition of her mother, she
need not return; that her place had
been flled) | did not tell my father
of DIR. Gilssom's actions to me, be
cause l did not wish my fathers nor
my brothers hands stained with
blood. | knew what would be the
! consequences. NJ
MISAPPRoPRIATIONo OF SUPPLIES.
|, Mr. James S. West, who has beer
a engineer at the Asylum for II years
was next sworn. lie testified tha
: about IS turkeys were raised at th'
q Asylum every year and that abou
one fourth Of that number were use,
= for Asylum purposes; the others wer'
y sent off, he did not know where or t,
: y whom. About ee-fourths of tn,
i celery raised at the Asylum was sen
off. The matron Of the Asylum wa
4 permitted to have company frequently
a niece and cousin of hers had spen
some time with her; they ate in til
a Stewards dining room. He had seel
= whiskey sent from the Asylum drug
= store by Dir. Grissom's orders.
i Mr. West also testified to havin
v seen DR.. Grissom and Miss Burch g
= = into the matron's room together am
!. close the door after them, as reporte
;, in the last issue of The SENTINEL.
d CRUELTY TO RATiENTs AGAIN.
d Mr.. Il. J. Hogan, formerly chief al
g tendant, was then put upon the stan
1t and testified t1 numerous acts c
N cruelty to patients, among others th
N case of w. r. Upchurch. DR.. Gri.
Ii som cursed and stamped this patien
If and then had him strapped to the be
lie in which position he remained a
r night.
IS On Thursday D. K. Farrell, VIII
Ill was chief attendant in 1885, testifie
to the throwing of water into the fac
of patient J. L. Smith, and the subse
m quent strapping of said patient by D.
"a Grissom's orders. c. A. Pool CAV
A. similar testimony, as did also j.
;, Beyers, who was at the asylum frol
- 1885 to 1888
r. THAT KEYHOLE PEEPING.
tn w. P. King was re called and p,
n. upon the stand. He was asked b
v. Mr.. Whitaker if he saw any one ell,
a. on the third floor when he was lookin
J." through the key hole. He said .
is. saw in the papers that l said / did nc
it. but. if I did / did not understand II
/ question. / saw Emanuel Jones
m the keyhole Jones did not see m
ce I afterwards asked Jones what he VI
on looking at. He said he was lookir
at
Ill GRISSOM THREATENED TO SHOOT Hi
,ct Mr.. T. j. Harris was the next wi
:. T. Al