Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-06
DAVID j. BAILEY.

I'll the back Of her head struck the bed and her
feet rested on the floor He choked her there
again and finally, taking her into the hall, he
threw her on the floor and choked her until her
face was purple. He then had the attendant put
mufs on her. tie her hands behind her, and
threw her on the bed. the mattress having been
removed in the meantime. She lay there with
her hands tied behind her back for one or two
nights.
Edgar H. Tuthn OF Newfane, who was EN-.
ployed at the asylum from the fall OF 1890 TO the
spring Of lsq3 testified that he knew Fitzsimmons
and that he attended him through his last illness
He had never heard anything about BriRht's
disease: the patients feet did not swell he did
not vomit or pass blood while he attended him
He had heard that he had been pounded and the
sick man once told him that the attendant had
pounded him. The patient complained OF back
ache and the witness had seen that his back was
dscoored He never saw the doctor matreat
any other patient, but he had been told by the
doctor himself that he had struck a Mrs Put
nam when she refused to take medicine. The
rooms were cold. He had once gone TO the
gineer and asked for more heat In the name of
DR.. Graves. The engineer responded in abusive
language and no more heat was given him.
Chas f. Morgan OF Newfane. formerly at
tendant in the criminal ward. testified that five
DAYS during the winter OF 1898 81 there no
heat and be was obliged TO overcoat.
Mrs Edgar Tuthill OF Newfane an attendant
for about a week in December, 1892, said that
one night the Thermometer registered 81 degrees
above zero During three cold nights Emma
Hoyt slept on the floor with nothing on and only
a rubber blanket over her. Lucy Williams had a
square and undervest When she tore the
blanket up she would be given another piece.
Mary Markham, who slept In the dormitory, had
a night dress and a rubber blanket. She was not
a destructive patient, but was not neat.
l. II. johnson Of Duxbury corroborated the ties.
tmony OF James Fifa in regard 10 the little girl
who was locked into a small closet, and the pa
tient who was pounded by two attendants until
the blood from his mouth. Samuel Parcher.
who worked on the asylum farm i've years, said
the clothes OF the patients in winter differed but
little from those worn In summer. Men had
frozen their hands and feet while under his
charge John Carter, who had his feet frozen,
wore rubber overshoes over cotton stockings. He
had complained repeatedly about the poor cloth
ing and In the winter Of 1894 refused to take the
men TO work unless better provision was made.
Dean Nichols, an old man, said that a boar from
the farm was slaughtered and served TO the pa
tients and help Several refused to eat the meat
Tue butter improved after the indictment against
DIR. Giddings by the grand jury.
Fred Bowman, who worked for VI. o. Evans OF
Waterbury, testified that DR.. Giddings's agent
frequently bought second class butter at the
Evans store and paid second-class price for il.
The agent knew what the butter was. The wit
did not consider that il was ut to eat; it was
brown snmmered better, - or In other words,
that which had been held for some time. He did
not know that any good butter had been sold 70
the asylum. He thought that there was three
cents difference in the price between the good
aud bad butter. The hearing was adjourned
Wednesday to Friday forenoon.