Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-03
Another Adjournment Of the
Bagby Investigation.
ONE WITNESS LAST NIGHT
Or. William Ho,kins on the Stand. Expla.
natioT. or How He Happened to lie Is
suing Passes aud Why Il. Did
1t. Minutes Inacc.s ibl,.

The Investigation into tile conduct Of
Health Officer Bagby during the llar-
antine continues 70 drag YEARLY along.
IT Will not be in:snri IN tialc FIR the
council meeting as he '?ayrr Fad
hoped. 1t will not be concluded before
wednesday night. if then.
SO far as is known. al Of the wit
nesSeS for the city have testified.
There arc Yet to be introduced the notes
Of the meeting of ;he llaa.,2 board on
the Monday afternoon after the GUAR
antine was i~nlrguratsd. The defense
Will probably have som, evidence to
introduce. DIR. Bagby will make i ltr-
sonal statement.
the adjourned investigation was re-
Sumed last night. There Vas bu, one
witness. DIR. William Hoaleins. Who is
associated With Dr.. E'a.Dy IL the rra:-
ticc OF medicine. and wnn issued Il
great many Of the "a -ses Which caused
the trnuble.
Or. Hoskins Vas sworr. he stated
that he issued passes during tle. first
days Ct the quarantine on the authori-
~ of DR.. Bagby. This authority. ne
said. was not in writing no" was it
from the Board of Health. DR. Rashy
had simply aske.i him to :n"ka out The
passes in his absence FROM the Office.
DR.. Hoskins said he Wpull not have
issued passes to Phoehus, Old Point or
the Soldiers Home. DR.. l;n-Dy told
hin, that he could charge for passes.
DR.. Hoskins said lie Nt!ls accommodate
ing the people in issuing these ,asscs
ana he thought his ti:n" Was worth
something. Fifty cent: VAS TIL usual
charge among physicians inI passes. Ne
sai3. but he charged cnl" > cents on
The aivice~Of Dr.. RaebV. .""" " " ~
The witness said he nnd issued about
sixty passes,fnr six Of which he charged
30 cents apiece. In all. for the Two
days. Or. Hoskins SAID lie collected
$3.50 He issued passes m!.' 20 those
whom he considered entitled T., .nem.
1t was not Il moncy-inakin; scheme.
aid the doctor. AMI the charge was
made for clerical work alone.
Dr.. Hoskins said. That on Monday al
1ernoon he had 'plloral :, the secre-
tary Of the Boar.l Of Health and had
told him. in the course If the c~unvensa-
ton. that he was charging for Passes.
The witness sail he lid The work as
an accommodate 70 Or. Baghy. AS
to whether he tthc wltuasa) hal 4 legal
right ITO issue the .,a<sAs that MAS Il
question. He thought II, had.
In issuing passes. Dr. Hrskins said
he asked numerous Questions. He vas
compelled TO rely upon mis- own ju@S-
rncnt. The Witness issued mplc passes
for n@thing chan % lid for money.
THOSE MINUTES. -
DIR. Greasy had onan summoned for
the purpose of producing the scc,etnly's
notes of 1he famous Monday afternoon
meeting. Tho doctor stated tina he a
brought the notes to III. court room
Saturday night. ana being in 4 hurry,
had left them with Mr.. 1ickfnrd, eX-
pecting them to be introduced in evil
dense at that meeting.
The mayor said the notes sCuulu
have been turned uvcr - him. He ,yaa
anxious to conclude the CASE ut once.
but had to Look over these notes before
he could do 50. AS the notes We're not
On hand, Ills Honor asked il there
We're any other witnesses present.
There We're none. .. M. "
Mr.. Stuart said that he vas going to
ask for enc adjournment I'm the de
Tense, anyway. SO that the defense
might get any witnesses it might d,s:re
to procure.
His Honor, accordingly, adjourned
the investigation to Wednesday, even
ing at 100 O'Clock.