Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-01-16
A. July and August, 1890.

q. When you returned, doctor, die
you find that the institution had beer
run as economically and in as careful 6
manner as it would have been had you
been here yourself?
A. SO far as I was able to state
believe so.
q. Were you absent any other period
during his employment?
A. Yes. l was absent during the
months of-half of January, and Fe0ru-
ary and March, in 1893.
q. Did you find on returning the
run as carefully and economically as
though you had been present?
A. So far as any extravagance,
could not say that there's any difference
to degree that would affect the expen
diture of MONIES whatever, from what it
had been previously.
@. You having been absent, doctor,
it would be difficult for you to ascertain
if things had been run in the manner in
which you would have had it managed
when present yourself, would it not?
A. Yes sir.
(Here the superintendent stated that
the only great difference was that DR..
Moore didn't give bis entire attention to
the work, but spent good deal OF his
time in the town. This was not taken
down by the stenographer and does not
appear in the testlmony.)
@. Did you find doctor, that your as
sistant had done his duty in all respects
on your return?
A. From all that conld learn am
of the opinion, that he did not.
@. Then would you be willing to
state in what respect he shirked bis
duty?
A. One thing was that he was partial
to employees thereby creating consider
able dissatisfaction and annoyance that
he should not have created. He also
spent great deal of his time absent,
practising outside and neglecting the
patients of the institution and at time
when he was left alone anG promised to
assume the RESPONSE bllities during my
absence. That is all that care to
answer now.
(This closed the examination of DR..
Archibald for few minutes and John
McGinnls was called to the stand).
TESTIMONY BY ATTORNEY SANFORD.
Examination by langley.
r.. M. Sanford, age 90, attorney at law. |
You have been resident of Jan es- |
town for sometime, have you not?
l have, about 1872 years.
9. Then you are thoroughly F!
with the officers and manage. |
ment of this institution since the time |
of It's location at Jamestown?
A. No sir.
@. You have bad some business |
have You not with the |
management?
A. / have.
@. State in what respect, please.
A. About six years ago l was carry |
ing on farm just east of the asylum.
l sent in bill for damages and 1t was
in my judgement then aud is now that |
IT was worth all got to get the money.
The officers seemed unwilling to allow |
my bill for damages.
O. You mean by that then, that the
you received as damages was
never more than was necessary to pay !
the attorneys fees in the case, you being
your own attorney, OF course!
A. just received enough to pay for
my time trying to get my damage, it was
SO difficult to convince the officers that
was entitled to anything.
o. Then you are thoroughly con- |
vinced, that the officers. at least at that !
time, were practising economy and I
for the best interests OF the
state?
A. They were practising economy op
me rather sharply.
@. Then to your knowledge was !
there any extravaganza practlsed in any |
other directions?
A. Not to my certain knowledge.
O.. Having been resident OF James !
town for the last 13 years as stated, You
have heard the common rumors OF ex-
travaqance and wastefullness on the |
part Of the board of the management of |
this institution, have you not?
A. I have.
O. Can you state whether or not you |
have heard that as a general rumor or |
whether yon know the originator OF said
A. have heard much that may be |
be said to be general rumor. l have |
heard some particular charges IN which |
names have been used. I have heard
6cNoIbl tuluko uSoIuoo Vho |
management OF this institution told to
me in confidence that has never been
by me to any one which l
desire to be excused from repeating
here.
Q. Mr.. Sanford, you will please state
the particulars OF the charge referred to
in your answer!
A. I decline to state anything told
me in confidence in my office as an at
torney at law.
Q. Then will you state upon your
oath whether or not the parties that
have told you in confidence were your
clients in that particular case?
A. One from whom l received the
greater part of the information alluded
to has always come to me as his attorney
ever since l have been practising law in
this city. The other parties give me
some uf their business and what they
have told me IN my office when they
were on business.
O. Then do I understand you to say
that the rumors referred to were con
nected with the business they were on at
yonr office as your clients?
A. cannot say it was in every case.
In the one case the party from whom l
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