The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-07-12

had been taken to prevent her getting
any more opium, II was reported to me
that she had q paroxysm of mania or ex-
t.aordinaty excitement On going to her
room with the party who reported it.
found her laboriug under acute attack of
mania. She said this had been brought
on BY the use of morphine and asked to
be removed from out OF the wards and
Was removed to the ladies' parloT, adjoin
ing the matrons room, and her immeti
ate case and oversight trusted to her sis
ter, WHO WAS IN attendant here tMis1
Hattie Burch). and the matron com
menccd treatment for he1 case. and asked
II she desired the presence of any other
physician. She said she did not, and
especially did not desire the presence q
Dr.. Rogers. Her hallucinations suggt 5. ed
to my mind that her mental disease was
serious, and | sent for DR.. f. Burke Hay
wood. DR.. Haywood and myself and DR..
Hubert Haywood continued to treat her
until she was transferred to Morganton.
She was a citizen, when at home, of Gull
ford county, in the western district, and
was for that reason sent to MorgantOn
asylum. Not long after her attack, | tel
egraphed for her mother to come. She
came and remained with her several
weeks
The testimony of two of the witnesses
King and jones' that they saw me in
Illicit intercourse with Miss Burch is to-
tally untrue, and this fact does not de-
pend on my own statement The criminal
act WAS said to have taken place on one
Saturday afternoon. The matron is rarely
If ever absent on that day. 1t has been
her custom TO remain here on that day to
superintend the distribution of clothing;
it is also the custom for the servants to be
Cot, Oft for
sweeping, and so far as | remember this
rule has not been relaxed for a long time.
Besides this, the matron had no authority
to order the carpenter on this floor fOr
any purpose without my knowledge or
consent
have had reason to believe for the
past lS months that there has been a
vide feeling of insubordlnation and dis
loyalty prevading the entire institution,
produced, az | thought, by and through
the influence of Or. Rogers and Mr..
Thompson. As far back, perhaps, as
1886, Or. Rogers. who was at that time
occupying part Of my Office, and who
had been my medical student, and who
fy>t-d luy books without charge and whom
/ had taken TO the bosom of my family and
treated almost as one of my own children,
and 20 whom. while attending lectures in
New York, | wrote that there was proba-
bIlity OF an election of an asst. physician,
and III that event | should nominate him,
and who was elected to that position. and
who had been cherished and promoted by
me, and who had been made my contiden-
tlal clerk, began as | thought and saw a
course of conduct towards some of the fe-
male attendants witness was here inter
rupted by Mr.. Whitaker. counsel for prose
cutIOn, who stated that witness was going
on with effort to raise a false cry by which
the investigation should be turned from
himself TO DR.. Rogers. Counsel was will
ing tC subject Dr. Rogers TO an investiga-
ton at twenty -fOurs' notice, if the board
should 50 desire; but now was not the
proper time. Any charge against him had
nothing TO do with the charge against Dr.
Grissom. and il was no part OF witness S
defence if Dr. Rogers mad been guilty of
everything with which witness was
charged. He sad that there was a fish,
which, when attacked, protected itself by
throwing cloud of darkness around II =
muddying the water so that it could rot
be seen. and here the defendant was going
into a method by which he hoped to mud
dy the waters around himself SO that he
might be obscured
Col. Fuller, for the defence, responded,
and said that if they We're not to be given
credit for honesty of purpose in this in
yestgation, they would plead to be given
credit for intelligence enough to know
that they could not blind the eyes of the
board who was hearing this trial, the ey yes
Of the one and a half million Of people of
North Carolina, and most of all, the in
telligent press which was spreading the
proceedings, almost verbatim, to the whole
world.
At the close Of the discussion the board
decided not to permit the witness to pro
ceed on that line, DR.. Mccormick voting
III the affirmative, other members in the
negative.
Dr. Grissom then gave testimony with
reference to Mrs. Lily Perkinson. Mr.. Per
kinson was an attendant here and was re-
quested to resign because of unfitness fol-
the position. After this his wife came to
see ne-she had been here frequently be
fore-and sent for me to meet her in the
public parlor on the first floor, and begged
me to take Mr.. Perkinson back, declaring
with tears III her eyes, that her bread de
pended on his employment. | was affect
cd very much, and took her by the hand
and kissed her, for which she seemed very
grateful. | promised to give Mr.. Perkin
son employment, and | put him on tenn
porary duty to watch near the hog pen
The hogs were being stolen.) Later ! put
him out as assistant gardner. Mrs. P. visit
ed me frequently and appealed to me tc
increase his wages. She asked me to lend
her money which | declined. Her visits
| and appeals were renewed. A vacancy
occurring for an outside attendant, gave
it to Mr. p Mrs. P's visits continued fre
| quently, either asking charity or propos
ing to borrow money, and especially wher
her children were sick. These visits be
came 50 annoying that ! tried to avoiC
| them without direct insult, and | spoke o
| the annoyance in the presence Of the ma
tron and my boys. | suspected purpose
in he1 visits. Our gardner at that time
| and | believe Mr. Thompson, spoke to me
Of Mr.. P's untitness for the place he ther
held, and l notified him to seek employ
ment elsewhere Mrs. z. continued to bee
| that he ght be retained. | insisted will
| her and to him that justice to the institu
! ton forbad it, but that | would aid him IL
] getting a position elsewhere. Not great
while before this | was requested by Mrs
p or Mrs. Harris or Mrs. Grissom to q
| to Mr. PerkinSon'S to see very Sicl
child. l went and found Mr.. P's chilC
very sick. Mrs. Harris was in an adjoin
| ing room. | laid the child on the bed TO
examination, she standing by, prescribed
for it and left. No word or proposition
| of an improper nature was spoken to he
by me. No improper act on my part to
ward Mrs. PerkinsOn ever occurred excep
the unfortunate kiss on that evening il
the parlor. Mr. p staid here some tim