The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-04-25

told him SAo mad. he SAID Drlng lef into the
water closet. He directed me to draw some
warm water in a bucket for her to battle in. ]
went to the ont water faucet to draw the water
| time, it ran cold at first. l told the DIR. the
| water was not warm but 1t would be II 1t was
| allowed to run awhile. He said II have moi
| time to wait. Take your bucket and go over on
| ward d. rye lust come from there and the
water is hot" l tried to explain that by the
would be warm here. He told me never mind
to go on and do as he told me. AS went out
of the water ploaet door he told me to lock the
water exactly as it was on our on u ward,
| waited until the water r4n warm, and went
Mary there as had left them, locked In. He
| made Mary battle herself When she was done
| the DR.. took her by the arm, pulled her to The
| clothes room. He unlocked the door, pushed
| her in. and went in and locked the door after
him. aeard sdr"gge beard May 3h
| Heard her fall on the floor. The Or. remained
| in there about Is minutes, came out by me-
| know what is the matter with her When Mary
| came out asked her what the DR.. did to her.
She did not reply, but hung her bead and cried.
| from the witness, that Mary Is very good Look
ing. well nourished' girl. There are other
pr. never W examiasd OF enaaifed about tneh
They were all homely aid emac lated. Dir.
| Fisher had no knowledge OF this. although he
not know OF it until a short time before the
| charges and specifications we're made. Witness
| when asked why she had not said something
about this before, said she did not know who
| 10 complain to, as he was the superintendent
and she was afraid to cay anything, for fear she
would lose her place.
Mrs. s., a witness. and att-n dant on
| ward b. testified as follows: In The summer OF
| 1886. had patient on my ward, a young mar.
| ried lady. One evening about O'Clock. aft. r
| the gas had been lighted, Or Conrad came into
nay ward and told me he wanted to examine
| Mrs. = Mrs. Il Is ram was on the upper hal
| l went with DIR. Conrad, and Mrs. = TO The doc;
of her room. When We reached the door, DR.,
g. told me not to come in. He and Mrs -
| went in and closed the door, closed the small
! transOm in the upper part OF The door. Heard
hIIn draw the bed from the wall SO as 1t Wo lid
| come against the door. There are no lights in
| that room, no way of making one. He staid In
about Is minutes and came out, He told me
| tG leave her door unlocked at night, that the
night nurses could lock 1t when they came
around, which was about ii O'Clock. as he
would visit her at night to see how she was
getting along. Another night heard hi ~
come through the door which leads from the
| centre hall way to the upper hall way of oul
wa~d, n which Mrs. - room opens. He call I'D
down the stairway to me that / need not come
up that it was he. and went on to Mrp -
room, went In and remained some time and
went away. On another occasion heard him
come in and go to her room Without notifying
anybody, / never heard Mrs. - comll ain OF
any female trouble. She seemed active and
stionv, young, healthy AND good looking. /
ne> er saw any evidt ace Of Insanity about her,
Mrs. = came to the Asylum under peculiar