The herald., 1893-12-23
IT LOOKS BAD FOR DR., HAGAN,
The Investigation Of the County
Hospital Management.
The Kings Daughters Bring For
ward Considerable Evidence.
PATIENTS who Tsstlfisd Regarding Their
Food and Care--some Startling
stortes-A DIphtheria
Incident.

There was not go large an attendance as
ON the previous days, the weather prob
ably dampening the interest in the
case.
The fret witness callod was Mr.. J. A.
Cortelyou, real esthte dealer residing
on West Eleventh street. The witness
stated that he had had servant girl
who was taken i'll with diphtheria ap-
parently. He spoke to DR.. Hsgan in
regard to the case and was told there
was no place for her at the hospital. DIR.
Hagan, however, finally made room for
her. and the witness took her in car
riage to the hospital.
Four days after her entrance DR..
Hagan said che was well enough to
leave. The witness expressed fear
that 1t would be DANCE rous, whereupon
DR.. Hagan said she could remain one
week longer.
A few days later the girl left the hos.
pital and came to the witness Office.
He gave her car fare to 60 to Boyle
Heights, but she finally returned to his
house. Four days after diphtheria broke
out in the family, three of his children
dying Of it.
Mr.. York cross-examined the witness,
who stated that the reason he had taken
the girl into his family, after she had
left the hospital, was because his wife
had promised the girls sister to take
care Of her.
Diphtheria had not been prevalent in
the witness neighborhood, and the ceHs-
pool was situated fully so feet from the
house, One Of his children had been
away, and it was several days after his
return that the diphtheria appeared.
The next witness called was Thos.
German Of Workman street. Mr.. Cor :
man is an elderly man and his testi-
mony caused no little comment. He
had been in the hospital both under
DIR. Brainard and DIR. Hagan. While
under the latter, he was suffering from
heart trouble and infammatory rheum-
atism. When he entered the hospital
he was not given bath, nor did he
receive one during his stay there of A or
days. DR.. Hagan told him that he
might have cause to return to the hos
pital and requested that he give him q
good send OF to the supervisors. The
witness told the board that he had no
complaint against the board received at
the hospital. DR.. Hagan had once re-
marked that the hospital was place for
paupers and not for persons having any
means. The witness said that be had
frequently seen gambling at the institu-
tion by DR.. Hagan'e son, nurse named
Jones and Deputy Sheriff Davis.
While suffering from rheumatism, the
witness had been compelled to get down
in the wet grass and pull up weeds. His
shirt became soaked with perspiration.
and he had called DR.. Hagan's attention
to this. DR.. Hagan, however, said that
little perspiration would not hurt him.
The nurse Jones, who was q big strap
roughly, as If they we're no better than
cattle. The witness had seen the stew
ard frequently taking things away from
the hospital for use in his own family.
On cross-examination, the witness ad-
mitted that he owned property and paid
taxes, but could not remember having
claimed to the supervisors that he was
destitute. Mrs. Lsndt had not seen the
witness at the hospital. She visited
him about one month ago and asked If
he cared to make any statement in
reference to his treatment at the hos
pital. He replied that he was willing
to make statement If 1t would improve
matters at that place.
He denied having takes any more
clothes away with him than ne brought
into the institution, except a pair of
shoes which he claimed had been given
him.
He admitted having left by side
gate, and added that it was upon the
suggestion OF DR.. Hagan that he went to
the board of supervisors and stated the
food given for dinner at the hospital was
good. The reason he had done this was
because he feared if he had stated
otherwise DR.. Hagan would have become
offended and gotten even if he ever
entered the hospital again.
German explained his trouble with
Bliss, the nurse, by saying it was caused
by the latter thinking he had reported
him to DIR. sHagan. Bliss had purposely
kept the witness awake at night and had
otherwise annoyed him. In reality
Bliss had not been reported by the wit
mess, but by another patient named
Libby.
German emphatically denied that he
had ever made an improper proposal to
laun6ress Fannie Smith, in the presence
OF DR.. Hagadorn, who had refused him
at the time.
German declared he went to work
when ordered to and detailed the routine
OF the work done.
In regard to the gambling at the hos
pital. it was called ''craps.' The wit
neEs admitted that he had never seen
any money change hands. but had heard
young Hagan speak Of his Losses.
The nurse, Jones, had been intoxicated
at least 10 times. The witness could tell
it by the nurses breath and by the
rough way in which he handled the
patients.
The witness also said that he had
heard one OF the nuraos declare that he
wished the Kings. Daughters in hell.
Mrs. Landt had never told the witness
that 1t was desired to remove DR.. Hagan.
She said, however, that evidence was
being gathered for the purpose OF caus-
ing a change in the hospital manage
ment. The witness declared he would
regard DR.. Hagan's removal as bless
ing.
The patient Libby received more at
tention than the other patients. He
was given more whisky and eggs and
milk. The witness presumed this par
tiality was shown because Libby had
been used to make favorable state.
ment to reporter who was gathering
material for writeup OF the hospital.
Edward Ward Of Highlands, former
employee of the hospital, testified that
he had seen the steward regularly take