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

appropriation. He said he thought Dr.
Grssom good for the S500-tha- Dr.
Grissom said the Board had reduo Ii the
salaries fer an eIne1 gercy which never
arose. ana that if asked tie thought they
would pay He did not report n..
GriSSom,S Indebtedness to the committee
OF the General Assembly because they did
not inUrire into it and he thought i his
dutS - tiI,t report it 10 the Board He
I'D not report to the Boatd until last
week btcaus. he was doubtful for a long
time what To do and heSitated 10 report it
had no personal conflict with Ar Eu
gene Grissom let him 80 rs soon rs the
p5~tol Was taken away from him Gll
not q 10 the committee of the Legislature
and ask them To take away from pr. Girls
som she right to nominate the steward
POSITION ! did say that ! thought the
Ia ought 10 H. { uug,I and the commit
tee said that if the board desired to re
elect me DR.. Grisso,n should not stand in
the waY. | was reelected the last time
upon the nomination Of Or. Grissom. Or.
Rogers came to the asylum as an assistant
physician III Septem ,tc, 1883 | had an
attack of sickness II 1887. DR.. Rogers
was my physician / was sick ten weeks.
| was very sick Dr. Rogers came to see
me twice a day. Dr + gers and myself
have always been warm friends Dr..
Rogers and myself have often talked about
DR.. Gr!sSom within The last year Dr..
Rogers and did ~, make a agreement
TO get the lnatrou away from the ;tsS lum.
Col. Fuller asked it pr Grissom did
not ask him if he and Inr Rogers had
agreed together to gel cltur e the matrOn.
| told him that nothing would give me
more pleasure. told hin. tLat she had
an undue influence over hlm a4d that any
one who incurred her G,SpltAsute could
not stay q t the asl uus- Or. Rogers has
not expressed, any ulAiud feeling toward
Ihe matron | have a. times expressed
unkind feelings toward Or. Grissom. |
have been careful about criticising Or.
tIrisslm N in the presence OF employees.
| Recently have spoken To employees about
/ his taNIug undue advantage OF them. |
cannot answer as to whether Dr. Rogers
has been careful or not. Col Fuller
asked: Is it not 4 fact fos Owe, a year Dr..
Rogers has thWarted as much as he could
the rules Of the institution? | do not
think so. Has he hot thwarted the mat
ron. He told me once that he had criti
clsgd hgr before employees ana ! told him
he was wrong He SAID It was III reply to
what she mad saiG of HIM. Is It not
known that Dr.. Rogers has thrown his
influence in the way Of Dr. Grissoms ad-
miuSterng the offices Of the .nsfitution3
Mr. Whitaker objected to this question.
| Col. Fuller said he asked the questions III
order that the board might hear informa
ton that il could not get through any
other channel. There had been an init
nation that DR. Rogers would not 20 upon
the stand and hence he desired to ask Mr..
| Thompson these questions If il was as
sured that Or. Rogers would 20 upon the
stand he would pursue the questioning Of
MI Thomps 9n on this subject no further.
After a long discussion the question was
put TO the board and ii was decided 10 al
low the question
Mr.. Thompson answered that he did not
think such was the case. Col Fuller
asked if Dr. Grlssom and the marron mad
not chiGei Dr.. Rogers for his evil practl
ces. ! do not know that they have.
Mr. Whitaker then questioned the wit
ness. and asked him if he had not heard
Dr. Gri-som say that he had been mia'el
by an insane woman into doing DR.. Reg
ers great injustice with regard 10 trying
to injure him, Dr. Grissom. In last
March DR.. GrisSOm said he had been un
just and unkind to him
Col Fuller asked Is this what Dr.. Girls
som said to you Oh that occasion sQbStan
TALLY that it was posi- Ie that he mad
been misled III some OF his opinions about
Office and told me that | was authorized
TO say to DR.. Rogers that II he desired 10
take certain advance ment he could do
so: that he had been misled by one who
| had delusious from taking morphine.
| Mr.. Whitaker then announced that the
| prosecution would now rest its case for the