The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-13
THEY ALL SWEAR.
Members of the State Beard of
Charities
Accused of Profanity By Wit
nesses Today.
TALES THAT SHOCK.
Patients Legs Knocked Out
From Under Them
Allowing Them to Fall Heavily
to the Floor.
CALLS THIS HUMANE.
DR.. McCasey Say Such Acts Are
All Right
And That They Have Been Done
for Il Years.
CALLS THIS HUMANE.
Dr.. McCasey Say Such Acts Are
All Right
And That They Have Been Done
for 4 Years.


The Wait investigation was concluded
at noon today and the Investigating COM
mittee that is having fun with the Popu-
list officials adjourned and will not CON
vene again until Wednesday morning.
There was no very damaging testimo-
ny today and the prosecution simply at
tempted to show that b1r. Wait was un-
fitted for the position by reason of his
inability owing to his crippled
different institutions with the alacrity
of his colleagues, and that the position
called for. 1t was also shown that Mr..
Wait was in the habit of diving off" the
state, in that he sometimes camped on
the asylum for days at time. This was
nothing, it was proved by cross -examina-
tiOn for every body that could, did that;
ed sometimes there had been as many
as twenty relatives and friends of the
board and officials stopping there. Mrs
Lease it was said almost summered and
wintered some of her children there and
at the reform school.
A great many funny little things hap
pened during the trial Once when
Mrs. Pack was on the stand she testified
that Mr. Wait was in the habit of swear
ing
"Was that not quite common among
the members of the board?" asked Judge
Webb
S'Yes," replied Mrs. Pack, sail of them
swore," = all present Immediately
thought of Mra Lease and held their
bredth-"excepting one"
There was sigh of relief Mrs. Lease
was to be saved.
Judge Webb would see to it that Mrs
Lease was not injured.
''Who was that one?" he demanded.
"Mr. Householder" answered Mrs.
Pack.
Young DR. Cloud, one of the asylum
physicians, was on the stand and lost his
temper. He was being examined with
reference to the dismissal of a man
named Californian.
SIS it not true that this man was dis
charged because he had said you had
been seen in a disorderly house?" was
asked him.
Dr. Cloud was on his feet in an instant
and very much excited. 81 will not an
swer that question:" he declared in a
loud tone. "NobOdy could make me
answer it. All the grand juries on earth
could never drag it from me-"
Answer the question:" said Senator
Carpenter of the committee.
''Yes, sir; he was discharged because
of that" said DR.. Cloud.
When DR.. McCasey was OF the stand
he was asked about the practice of
knocking patients feet out from under
them and letting them fall on the hard
floor and then dragging them to their
cells.
sit has been done in the institution for
fourteen years." said Dr. McCasey, land
is done in the asyiums all over the
country"
"Do you not think it a very cruel
practice?" asked Judge Webb.
at would seem to be cruel, but when
it is done for the patients good it is
not" replied McCasey
John Brun, who was the Republican
steward, was called to the stand again by
Mr. Bird to answer some question that
the committee decided was too trivial to
consider, and Judge Webb took the oc-
casion to ask him:
lis it not fact that your habits we're
bad and your wife left you because of
your drunkenness and your abuse of her
at that time December, 1S93)?'
Mr.. Bum was agitated and indignant
| but Senator Carpenter pressed the ques-
| ton.
| N"Yes, sir, she did," he answered, "but
| you don't say anything, and you don't
allow me to say anything about the in
vestigating committee that came out
there, yourself included, and undertook
to get me out of the Office because l was
q Republican, Whom you could find no
Irregularities to get me out on,
you began on my wife, by send
| ing her damaging reports about my con-
| duct and she, poor woman, was foolish h
enough to believe them. They were
low lies. but she began suit for divorce
because of them.
"Are you not living together happily
new?" asked Mr.. Bird.
''We are," said Mr.. Brun; sit took less
than two weeks to straighten it all out
| and she dismissed the suit''
When the committee meets Wednes-
day morning the case of DR.. Kniberg
will be taken up.
Oakland POstOfEice BursIed.
Last night thieves broke into the post
! Office at Oakland and stole about SIS
worth of groceries from the postmaster
| They scattered the mail around Last
week some one broke into the meat mar
ket, next door, and carried off about SIC
worth of meat