The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-08-02

Just as sure rs the sun shines. on us
TO day there is something rotton some
where about that institution, and it will
CUT yet. Or GriSsom had better resign
az once. Burlington News
Bat there is another thing which the
welfare aud usefulness Of the Asylum de
manGs the reSiguation OF Or. Grissom.
II matters not whether he be innocent or
guilty ne SHOULD resign and if he does not
do SO voluntarily the Board of Directors
should request il. Roanoke News.
The Carolinian has known DR. Grissom
for years. 1t has been proud Of him as
an eminent and h~lored citizen of the
State and as distinguished and widely
quoted authority in his chosen profession,
and il has always believed him 10 be a
true and worthy man. The ordeal through
which his malicious PROSECUTORS have
Just made him pass has III no wise changed
its opinion North Carolinian (Repubi-
can
We approve of the course taken by DR..
Rogers. Mr.. Thompson and the other at
taches, who SO promptly resigned on the
rendering of the verdict of the Board
They could not afford to stay there under
Grissom. The thing for the Board to do,
and that without any delay, is TO demand
the resignation of every attachee of the
Asylum, male and female, and elect an
entirely new set. Gri.som must go,-
Newton Enterprise.
We are fully convinced in our own
minds that DR.. Grissom IS what he pro-
fesses to be, and that he is justly entitled
to the character and reputation he has so
long borne in the State. Some brother Of
the State Press has said the doctor was a
radical, and that he should not~be re-
tanned a. Superintendent Of the Asylum,
now when the fight comes up in that shape
count US in. We never hold back in a
square political fight. Elizabeth City Fal-
con.
Owing to the character of the evi-
deuce and the circumstances under
which some Of it was collected and given
III. we did not think that DR.. q. should
have been sent into oblivion. At the same
time there was a strOng suspicion left IN
the minds Of the public which demanded
his resignation at once. He missed his
opportunity by not letting his resignation
precede that of Mr. Thompson. High
Point Enterprise.
Or. Gris>om finds present security il
the verdict OF these directors, but She Yer
diet of public sentiment is destined to
drive him from his lofty position II no
very distant day. Mr. ThomY Y~pn and Or.
Rogers have resigned. Or. Grissonl had
better 60 and do likewise. The admins
tration of such positions should be above
suspicion, and nothing short Of a complete
clean up" Of affairs at the Raleigh Asy
lum is going to satisfy the public mind
AShebOrO Courier.
The Board Of Directors Of the Insane
Asylum saw fit to render Il verdict of ac
quittal in the Grlssom case which has
teen in progress for several weeks We
have been keeping silent on the matter
waiting TO hear the testimony through.
There were some things testified to against
DR.. Grissom that We have not been able
10 get round in our anxiety to find him
innocent The witnesses who testified to
lis conduct towards some Of the female at
tendants, established characters for truth
fitness and honesty that could not we'll
ue questioned. Lincoln Courier.
The impression Of the people as a whole
seems TO be that there Is something grave
ly wrong; and the position of DR. Girls
som is Sucl a responsible one that there
must not be a doubt as to his character
The ASYLUM was founded that the unfor
tunates of the State might be relieved of
the hardships, and sometimes cruelty, in
cident to confinement in jails and other
places not specially prepared for the pur
pose, and be placed where they could have
the best opportunities FOR recovery that
science and humanity can afford. The
Superintendent of such Il place must be
like Caesars wife-above reproach.-Con-
cord Standard.
Such an acquittal is far from being a
vindication, either of DR.. GrissOm or the
fair name and fame of our State and peo
pie. AS was stated in the last issue of the
Times, the people will not be satisfied with
any compromise or whitewashing or half
handed verdict. Thorough investigation
and a thorough acquittal, or an outspoken
and emphatic verdict of guilty, is what
the public demanded and had right to
expect.
From the very first there was painful
apprehension, everywhere felt. that there
would be a majority for acquittal whatever
might be the evidence. From the very
nature Of the case the Board could not be
an impartial tribunal to pass upon the
charges preferred. To condemn Griss ON
on some of the charges would have been a
condemnation of some 0. the Directors
those who have for years been the close
friends of Grissom. advising, cooperating
and, from time TO time, reporting to the
Legislature that everything was IN the
very best possible condition at the Asy lum.
Oue member of the Board has been the
recipient OF Grlssom's favCrs for many
years, in the shape Of fees us consulting
ply sic,an, being called Oh as often as the
superintendent pleases, to visit and pre-
scribe for the numerous patients IN the
Asylum. He Is an eminent physician and
a good man, but he would be bad man
if he We're Indifferent and impartial i'll any
matter so vitality affecting Dr.. Grissom.
Another member Of the Board was the
playmate and schOolmate of Dr. G. and
has been his lifelong, bosom friend, de-
Tending HIM in all his past trials and trib-
ulations, in the Legislature and elsewhere,
and who, by the way, it is said, had not
attended "a meeting of the Board for two
years till this trial, and had expressed his
determination not to attend another meet
lug. What brought him to this trial but
his zeal for his old friend2
Then again DR.. Grissom was adroit in
employing his counsel-one was the son of
a member of the Board, another was
known as sort of foster father and guar