The San Francisco call., 1898-07-29
A9neWs Trustees ReVela. ton to the Stale Com
 mission in Lunacy.
s, H. Weitman's Oath That He Will SIay pr. Sponogle to Avenge
 the Death of His Sister.

SAN JOSE, July 2S.-It Is In the eX- ecUttve sessions of the State Commis- sion in Lunacy being held at the Az news Asylum that the real storm cen ter of the scandals that are said to be demoralizing the officials and attaches of the institution is being developed. The factors of disturbance, according to the testimony given, are Directors Gould and White. Each charges the other with having grabbed for all the patronage in sight, and with having obtained more than a due proportion of it.
 White. who was the first witness be- fore the commission. declared that Gould, who aspires to be one of the three bosses of the Democratic party Of the State, made a combination with some of the other members of the board. for the purpose of securing a Hons share of the patronage. The ring comprised: Director Hale, a Republi- can. and Dr. Curnow, a Democrat, be- sides Gould. He charged Gould with having broken personal pledges and violated party principles in his efforts to find places for his relatives and pro- teges.
 LII lalt tbAlt- AldlLNAs NTthAO NlCilAI4CNA that White had twice as many ap- pUintees in the asylum as any other director had. He added that he him. self had only three.
 So thoroughly has this friction be- tween Gould and White been establish cd that t led Director White, having the best interest of the asylum at heart, to make a proposition to one of the members of the local board. to leave all differences between himself and GOulG to the arbitration of the member spoken to. This failing, he of fered to resign, if Gould would do the same.
 When Gould was asked about this offer of White, he acknowledged that the asy lum troubles were due to the biCkerings between himself and White, but declared that he would not resign.
 T do not propose to allow Mir. White to force my resignation" he said. T have done nothing to be ashamed of. If he wants to resign, he is welcome to do so. l once rendered my resignation Do the Governor and he refused 1t. That $ pno-5ll I3I ne. 1 nave never done a GishOnorable act in my life, and cer- tainly have not in this matter
 Probably the most sensational testi- mOny given before the commission was that of Director White. It bears heav- ily on pr. SponOgle, the medical super intendeut of the institution. Detective ETWln ETOSL- 50 SdlQ the witness, IOlQ White that s. II. Weitman, a brother of the first wife of pr. Sponogle, had called on him nd told him he was con- vinced that Dr. Sponogle had murdered his sister in order to secure the inSur- ance on her life. WeItman added that he would have killed pr. SpOnogle be- fore this but for a promise he had made his mother. As soon as Mrs. Weitman is no more. however, Weitman declar- ed that he would kill Dr. SpOnogle, and would search him out wherever he might be on the face of the earth 4 strong effort will be made by the com mission to ave MT. Frost testify be- fore it.
 Another sensational development was the discovery that there had evidently been wholesale offering of articles and moneys sent to patients by relatives and friends. In the case of a certain patient the daughter of very wealthy parents, innumerable and valuable gifts had been sent to her. An investi- gation made yesterday showed that all that had reached the unfortunate young woman was a pair of spectacles. The last traces of the missing gifts were found, it is stated, in the receipts for them given by the matrOn who re- gently resigned. In another case, it is alleged, $10 was left with this ex-mat- ron for the purchase of fruits and deli cacies for a patient, and not one cent of the money was ever used for the