The herald., 1893-12-29
COUNTY HOSPITAL. AFFAIRS,
l'vrssig,tion Adjourned to
Take Evidence Of Patients
' 40 Al's 4. The Hospital Too Ill to
Ee Moved.
As- Br.vu Allowed Thst e.. would
"Ert Hsad" On str. Psrsous if
L. ipsu!ted His vtts-Lib-
srtfes wiis = Girl.

sounty hospital, continued over from
saturday last. Tne following proceed
iags were tad in the forenoon:
AZ ;0:l5 Chairman Cock announced
tho beard wss ready, aud Mr.. Dillsn Of
fured in testimony the coroner's report
OH the death Of ychn Caysnangh, sui
.de who is said 70 hsvs taken poison
by mistake.
ldgs. 4. Wilson wsa tine first witness
fni :he prosecution. Wilson lie plumber
and worked a. tho hospital Last eummer.
M the rear pA,t, up stairr and also down
a.aiss.
fle teeiiied: "l bad occasion to 20
ness the dead house. observed what
] wac t,ld by the steward to be pieces
Of l,msn liver. MIR. Hsigler is the
steward Ou cross-exdmination wit
ness said he saw the pieces outside the
deau houaa, and not within 1t, and that
lie has spoken t., q number OF others
concerning wnat he saw. Had spoken
about what lie esw to the district attor-
ney last night.
MISS oRAcE LUNT.
Miss Grace Lunt testified that she had
been an inmate OF the county hospital
in September. Was there ior treatment
for dipLtheriA. ~ wac there iour days.
Mfs. liagan told me to leave, and that
wagon was ready Tor me. | went away
and subsequently vent to Boyle Heights.
to friends: but they wouldn't let me
stay. then returned to Mrs. Cortel-
yon's. / returned to the hospital the
noxt day. Saw Mrs. Hagan and aeked
+. permission to remain couple Of days,
but che wouldn't let me remain. The
first day was there DIR. Hagan prodded
me and asked me il had young man,
and said no. and he laughed. He
asked me that question the second time,
and laughed and he laughed.
"When | was in the tank house Mrs.
Hagan called on me, and so did the doc
tor. A man they called Jack brought
me food, and he Jack) asked me if
wanted to 60 to the park With him for q
nice time. When left there my throat
hurt me some when coughed. One Of
the doctors gave me bottle OF medi-
cine to take when went away. left
there on Monday, and returned to Mrs.
Cortelyon's. One Of her children was
taken sick little while after this other
children; there were six took sick and
Mrs. Cortelyon was also taken sick with
the same disease afterwards"
The witness said there was a case OF
diphtheria about two blocks from the
Corte lyon family before she was taken
sick, but che had not been nearer the
case than to paes the house once.
On redirect the witness stated that
when ahe fret went to the hospital she
WAS partially undresHed and taken to
the bath room. The clothes che had
taken off previous to going into the bath
were returned to her within half hour
thereafter with the information that
they had been fumigated.
GEORGE HAMILTON.
George Hamilton was next; residence
at East Alhsmbra. He testified: "I
was in the British navy five years |;
went to the hospital last month; was
taken from my room on Spring street !;
was choking. DR.. Parsons examined
me and took me to the hospital; was
there about week; saw very little of
DR.. Hsgan; didn't see him in my
ward more than four or five times !;
received treatment entirely from DR..
Parsons. DR.. Parsons was exception.
ally kind to me. although little off at
timse. Met DR.. Hagan once. Was in
ward FIVE, too; did not observe any mis-
treatment on the part OF the doctors to-
ward any of the patients. The wards
were we'll kept and clean. The only
thing did not think right was the lack
of bathing facilities. They had hot
water but three times week. / cannot
say that there was an insufficiency of
medicine. DR.. Hagan would strut about
like q newly full fiedged lieutenant
aboard ship, and was correspondingly
hard to approach. The patients used to
chaff him and asked him several times
il when be went to heaven he wouldn't
come back and tell them how it was.
There were several tables in the
dining room. There was one for work
ingmen, one for hobos, one for con-
eumptives and one for stablemen.
accidentally got seated at the working
mems table one morning, and had beef
steak and rolls. The next day l was
seated at the invalids' table and had
Irish stew.
II know nothing much OF the leprosy
patient. I cav him washing clothes
The trough vas made into compart-
ments. The leper was quite near the
other. He was permitted to walk about
the grounds. l saw him seated in a
chair. No one would care to mingle
with him. | was suffering from bron-
chal asthma, and left because it was
suggested 10 me. The doctor said he
was abont to give me my walking
papers and took the initiative and
leit."
On cross examine tion Mr.. Hamilton
deuied that p1ush ard milk, hot bis
cults toset. beefsteak or eggs were
ever served at the hobo table.
Neither cake or pie was ever served at
dinner. No tcast was ever on the
table at supper. but there was plenty Of
stewed fruit.
III SAW man brought into my ward,
nndressed and put to ped, who looked as
II ho had not been washad for 10 years.
lie was put in the cot next to
me. You could shovel the dirt off of
shim."
Judge York questioned the witness
sharply .ior the eource OF his informa-
ton, ara tho witness fatty refused to
anewer, Giating his Willingness to 90 to
jail first. and Indignantly remsrking
against Nr. York.s mode OF conducting
tho croes examination. Hamilton &C.
knowledsed, however, when pressed,
lbat he had been ou a protracted spree
before going to the hospital, and had
lpsnt the allowance from his father
which ought to have been sufficient for
LA maintenance for three months.
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