Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-01-30

general are now going through the list
OF hospital employees, examining each in
turn. The female employees were called
first and each one interrogsted in regard
to their occupation, in some cases their
duties, their rate Of pay, how their wages
in their opinion compare with wages for
the same lsbors elsewhere; their knowl-
edge OF extravsgance OF of those who
claim to know OF such; their personal
knowledge Of immorslities by officers or
employees. whether or not they, them
selves, are immoral; and some are asked
il DR.. Archibald has ever done anything
immoral or ungentlemanly, or treated
the mstron unexpectedly, discourteous-
ly, or taught others go to do. This last
question is not put to every witness.
The Interrogation OF the female en-
ployes occupied all of Monday and part
of Tuesday and then the list of male en-
ployes was begun on.
The testimony Of the female witnesses
is OF remarkable uniformity when it
comes to dealing with extrsvagances or
immoralities. None are aware Of either
and without exception state they know
of none who claim to know of such !.
Some OF the Witnesses 90 at considerable
length into the description OF their
duties, the skill necessary to perform the
same and the long hours which they are
on duty, in many cases from Ga. M, to
8p. NJ.
Another phase of the interrogatories
is the disposal of the monthly pay
checks OF the employees at the time when
the state was months behind IN its pay
ment OF bills. Some witnesses testified
that they had realized on their checks at
different places, at stores, to private in
dividuals and at the James River
National bank. Some who sold
to the bank testified that they did not
know to whom the check was given-it
was discounted and the transfer made
over the banks counter. One witness
said his cashed at the bank was sold to
the assistant cashier personally who paid
for 1t out OF his own, not the banks,
| funds. The rate of discount on these
checks when sold by the employees
! varied from 800 on an $500
check to $l.50 and in one instance to
1915, according to the amount of the
check. The natural inference from this
testimony is an attempt to show that
Ny Wells, the treasurer Of the hospital
and president Of the above named bank
took an advantage of the necessities Of
| the employees IN charging large die
count.
| Lottle Gilbert, another attendant,
testified that Sept. "a, 94. when sick IN
bed, she saw Mrs. Archibald, who was in
her room, with her closed fist strike DR..
Archibald on the proboscis. From the
noise that followed she judged that Mrs.
Archibald attempted to follow the doctor
into his room. She saw no marks Of
violence on the countenance of Mrs.
Archibald, the witness testified. Florence
Green, an attendant, who was IN Miss
Gilbert's room at the time, corroborated
the testimony. No cross examination.
Mary Mario. employed in the kitchen,
upon being questioned by DR.. Archl-
bald's attorney, rehearsed converse
ton with Mrs Archibald. The latter
asked her why she signed her name to
the demand made upon the Argus, and
who started it first. Witness said she
didn't kcow. Mrs. Archibald then
asked who wrote it. II told her." said
Miss Mario, "that Mr.. Warnock wrote it
for u.s.
Harriet Barnard, the supervisor, testl-
fed that the matron did not fully per.
form her duties and was quite negligent.
II. B. Wood was recalled to the w.t.
ness stand to appraise the carriages and
buggy horses OF the institution. He
said he was familiar with market values
at the present time Of such things.
"Dan," bay horse has no market
value-he had seen better horses sold
for IS cents; the team Of sorrels were not
worth more than $40 apiece; the buck
skin broncbo was worth SIS or 800, and
the white horse, at the outside he
thought. in its present condition, worth
$35. The other horses that are used at
the institution belong, as the witness
understands, to DR.. Archibald and
one to Trustee S. X. McGlnnis, except
some other horses used for farm pur-
Purposes. The McGinnls horse IS worth
about $l25 and the two Archibald horses
are worth close to $500, as he understood
their breeding. He had seen both Of
these two horses used at the institution.
With the exception Of, he should say,
month, he knew that the McGinnis
horse had been used for asylum pur-
poses for, he should say, ABOUT two
years.
When he came to carriages the hospital
has poor lot. There is a large. four
seated spring wagon worth S35; buck
l ~ haS l,no kcsJ A.