Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-10
STILL ON THE STAND.
DR.. oRlssoM TesrlFMNe IN HIS OWN
BEHALF.
Restraints Used In the Asyium-A Trago-
dy-Scvereiy Cut--Fsfai Boiler
Explosion-Notes.
r,,.c,., telegram 70 the ptspssca.l

Especial telegram 20 the Dfspstch1
RArrIcs. N. c., July 9.--The Grissom In |
yestication is still going on. Dr. Grissom !
mas not yet finished giving his testimony; |
To-day he occupied the witnessstand and !
continued TO deny the specific charges as
they were read. Most Of his testimony has
been given from memoranda. He holds
copy OF the charges IN ms hand. onuer
each charge there Is memoranda from
which the Doctor refrcshcs his memory as
he replies 10 questions. On the charge OF
cruelty TO patients he was asked what bad
been the methods of restraint used at
the asylum. He said: "Three-me-
chanicai, manual, and medicinal re;
straints The first is by. mechanical
with the hands, the third is by administer
ING narcotics or an9sthetics. They are
used in most of the other institutions OF
the United States and one or two OF the
methods are used in all. They have been
thoroughly discussed and adopted by the
superintendents. ] have participated IN
these discussions and have advocated me-
chanical restraint. NY views have been
endorsed. QHe then fled a paper read by
him before the National Association OF
SuDerintendents and also the endorsements
of ftsmembers.) Twas at one time president
of the Association. Theapparatus used mere
is the same as that at other institutions.
found il here when came. | have copy
Of the report made by DIR. Rogers upon the
the use OF the strapping apparatus on Mike
Cosgrove, w. L. Upipurch. aud others,
which was prepared by him to be read by
me before the association" DR.. Gr1ssom
read tins report, which was the same SUD-
stantially as his CDr. Grisson's 50 testimony
with respect 10 mechanical restraint ana
it's effects. II was written by DIR. Rogers
in 1884. DR.. Rogers is one Of the prosecu-
r H. and thprp have been
palpAble efforts 10 draw him into the in-
yestigation which is now going on.
AN ADMISSION.
DIR. Grissom admitted to-day having said
10 Witness King. If you attempt TO bully
me will kill YOU" He stated that the
evidence of Witness Harris was mixture
of falsehoods and truth. He said d" told
Harris his name had become notorious
about the institution on account OF ms TAX
about the females. Ia consequence OF hrs
answer. which compromised a lady who had
been there but was then married opened
nv desk and took ont a pistol and SAID
'You infamous and internal scOundrel, you
are defamer of female character and IL
Won don't leave the institution Will blow
your brains out
Harris testified that Grissom made him
sign paper at the point OF pistol.
TRAGEDY.
The report Of tragedy was received from
Buncombe county to-day. Mr.. floyd JUS
tice. a schooLteacher, with Mr.. George W.
Morgan. went TO Asheyille TO attend the
Teachers Institute and had taken rooms
in the southern part of the city. Morgan
was shaving Justice when he heard rock
strike the house. Both Justice and Nor
gan went to the door They saw two you're
men we're rocking the house. One of the
boys remarked that they had money
10 pay for rocking the house and
the muscle TO whip both men
and started towards the house. Justice
stepped out at the door. Y. =. Jones
struck Justice over the head with rock,
Claiborne Jones at the same time using
cane on Justice, inhicting very severe
wounds on the head. Justice took knife
from his pocket and stabbed 7. 7. Jones
three times. Jones walked off about ten
steps and called his brother TO come to him,
that he had been cut topieces. de then fell
dead.
Hon. Charles NJ. Stedman has consented
TO deliver an address on Memorial-day of
next year. and will speak of the life and
career of General William McRae.
SEVERELY GAsHRD.
Mr.. II. Boyd, Of Rockingham. and Will
liam Dawkins, of Roberdel, had "a difficulty
over money matters last night, IN which
the latter gashed the former very severely
with "A pOcket-knife. BOvd was cut III
three places. in the left shoulder and on
the back Of the left hand, and had slight
puncture in the throat. The shoulder
wound was two or three inches long, and
penetrating nearly TO the bone.
w'sHoUT.
There is a big washout Of the embank-
ment on the WilsOn short Cut o love Smith
field, so that the trains of the Short Cut
cannot cross the river. Travel on that
line is delayed
In Washington Yesterday afternoon, just
as the night fireman went O. duty, the
large boiler at the saw-mill OF re Beaufort
County Lumber Company burst with ter
rife force. killing one Sassnett, white
man. outright and scalding two colored
men severely, one Of whom died in short
while. The other was not expected TO live
at last accounts.
NOTES.
BRYANT Waters, aged ninetv-sev1n years,
veteran of the war of 1912, died at his
home in Washington county yesterday.
Mr. Waters served at Charleston, >. c., in
repelling the British advance aud saw good
service at other points.
DR.. John +. Miller, superintendent of
the Eastern North Carolina Insane Asylum,
reports that about one half of the corn
crop on the asylum lands has been de
stroyed by the freshet IN Little river and
the river Is still rising.
The death of DIR. J. A. WOodcock oc-
CURED ut Asheville yesterday morning at
O'Clock. DIR. Woodcock went there lit
tie over two years ago from Baltimore.
DR.. A. W. Miller, pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church of Chan lotte, left yes
terday afternoon for New York. He Will
sail from that port Wednesday on the City
Of Paris for an extended European tour.
Mr.. John NJ. Morehead, of Charlotte, will
sail on the same steamer.
A bloody fight occurred at Lexington
Yesterday afternoon between a colored
man named Thomas Hargrave and his wife
They fought with knives and gashed each
other badly. and were with difficulty re-
strained from further acts Of violence. No
arrests have been made.
The body of Captain William II. Lloyd,
one of the two fishermen drowned at
Wrightyille Saturday last, was thrown on
the beach not far from Masonboro' Inlet
yesterday.
Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, colonel
OF the Eleventh infantry, United States
army. having been detailed by the Adjutant
General of the United States army to At
tend and inspect the State Guard encamp-
ment and 10 make a full report of the same,
has arrived at Wrightsvlle.
MINISTER IN TROUBLE.