The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-07-11

! had been an attendant at the asylum
! from 1872 to 1885. "In 1885 DIR.
Grissom sent for me to come to his
office asked me if 1 had ever said
anything about Miss Burch. I said,
! only to my wife, He then asked me
, ifI knew of any intimacy between
him and Mrs. Lawrence. told him
1 had heard DIR. Hunt speak of it.
| He then told me to sign a paper, and
got out pistol and said he would
shoot me if 1 didn't sign it. signed
it. DR. Grissom made me do it. ="
Witness was asked il he had told Mr..
Eugene Grissom that he had been
unduly intimate with certain females.
Declined to answer the question. Wit
ness said he liked DIR. Grissom.
Messrs. J. A. Norwood, w. j.
Crutchfield and j. A. Tucker, all at
tendants at the Asylum, gave evidence
as to cruelty to patients.
TESTIMONY OF PROSECUTING WITNESS.
On Friday, Mr.. John w. Thomp-
son, stewart of the Asylum, and one of
the prosecuting witnesses was exam
ined. He has been stewart since 1881.
He cited the case of Upchurch who
was strapped down. Upchurch had
torn a guard off his window. He was
standing in his room with piece of
hoop iron in his hand, cursing. 4. We
could see him through the transom
over the door. We took a mattress;
opened the door suddenly and rushed
on him before he could strike. He
was thrown to the floor on his back.
The Superintendent ran in and stamp
ed him in the face. and said: "You
--! how does that feel?" We
then took him up. His face was
bleeding and he was crying. The
Superintendent ordered him strapped
down, which was done. Don't know
how long he remained strapped.
DR.. Grissom has owed the asylum
$500 since March, 1886. He owes it
for provisions from the kitchen. They
are charged at cost price. l have
seen provisions sent from the kichen
by the housekeeper to the Superin-
tendent that were never charged. I
said last April to the housekeeper,
that [ noticed he had not charged
some spring chickens which he had
sent to the Superintendent. He said
he had sent to the Superintendent 6
spring chickens which the matron in
structed him to report as having been
used for light diet This means spec
ial prescription for sick patients in the
institution.
From 90 to 100 turkeys are annual
ly raised at the institution. They are
fed by wheat purchased for the pur-
pose and quantity of bread is cook
ed for them. Not more than dozen
turkeys are used in the male wards
can't say how many are used in the
female wards. A great many are sent
away. The turkeys are given atten-
ton by many Of the employees. j..
have had to purchase from 20 to 80
lFturkeys. | have never seen any in
the male wards except on Christmas
and Thanksgiving day. Last year
before purchasing turkeys 1 counted
t75 on the grounds belonging to the
Institution. | bought between 20 a.u
80 at that time because I had instruc
tions to do so.
For the past two years the Superin
tendent has purchased the drugs and
| medicines for the institution. Most o.
them have been purchased from Lee
Johnson 81 Co. This firm is composed
off Mr.. Lee, Mr.. johnson and DR.
Grissom. Some of the medicines pur
chased there have never been delivered
to the asylum drug store.
The asylum druggist was then ex
| amiiad at length, after which th'
prosecution rested its case.
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