The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-09
"What made them sick?'

Ine stew.
| what was the stew made off"
"Flour, water and rotten meat.
Were there no potatoes in the stew?"
81 never saw any,"
| A discussion of eggs followed, and Mil
| Ter told of many instances in which they
were served in such condition as to be
| inedible.
| 1t was after this that the eggs were
| brought, and one of them was given to
| Miller by Judge Thompson.
'sIs that egg bad?' asked Judge Thomp-
| son.
YES" said Miller.
"Why, that is a good egg" declared
| Judge Thompson. Have you been calling
eggs like that bad?''
"It is stale,'' replied the witness.
The other egg was so clearly rotten
that it spoke for itself without the neces-
sity of any questioning.
Mr.. Buchanan, who represents Warden
Hayes, asked Miller whether it was true
that he was unable to eat large portion
of the food served, and received an en-
phatic answer in the affirmative.
.sYou must have been awful hungry?'
said Mr.. Buchanan. sa
Il was" came the answer promptly
''These statements as to the quality Oh
the food, you understand, have been con-
tradicted by the supervisors" said MT.
Buchanan. The witness did not under
stand anything of the sort, however, nor
did he hesitate to say so.
In explaining his statement, Mr.. Bu-
chanan asserted that every report filed
by a supervisor containing no complaint
as to the quality was tantamount to
declaration that it was of good quality.
The force of this argument did not ap-
peal very strongly to Miller, nor to the
disinterested spectators when it appeared
later that there is not a full corps of
supervisors. and that their reports are
often made up without their being in the
dining room.
"Can you tell me why you made no
complaint?" asked Mr.. Buchanan, pur-
suing the inquiry.
ST supposed the supervisors would do
that
'But don't you regard that as part
of your duty?"
mo, SIR
By Mr.. Walker-"You say two of the
patients were made sick by the meat; was
it bad?"
Eyes, sir"
How bad?'
'It smelled bad and was sickening."
Miller said that he and number OF
other attendants were in the habit OF
having boxes of food sent from home,
and whenever an opportunity presented
they went to Trenton to get square
meal In concluding his testimony he
tata
this being granted, he said that his only
desire in signing the complaint was 10
secure food that was fit to eat for the
patients and attendants.
This prompted Judge Thompson to ask
the witness whether the complaint had
been presented as the result of any ad-
vice to the attendants from any other
officials of the institution. He received
unequivecal denial that anything OF the
kind had taken place.
William c. Krall, who was next called,
was one of the best witnesses called thus
far. He confined his answers strictly tc
those matters of which ne had personal
knowledge, and all his answers were
straightforward and to the point.
Were you member of the committee
which visited DR.. Ward?' asked Mr.. Wal
ker.
Yes
'eWho was the chairman?''
Ingram
'What cid be say?''
HE said we had come to complain OF
the character of the food served.
,"What did DR.. Ward say?"
HE said he was glad we had come.
and told us to present our petition in
writing. when he would give 1t his ofti-
cial consideration.
Referring to the charges in the petition,
Mr.. Walker asked first about the canned
corned beef which was served.
..It was generally bad said Krall.
'How bad?"
..It was full of fat, very salty and could
hardly be cut. 1t fell apart and had not
a good SMELL
"Where did you come from before you
were here?"
.4The insane asylum at Harrisburg"
GLOW does this beef you speak of COM
pare with that at Harrisburg
1--WE had no pressed beef there. we
had corned beef, but it was not canned :
WAS this pressed corned beef served
ir your dining room?"
"Yes.''
ITO how many persons"
"To about 114''
'sPatients?''
"Yes."
ever hear any complaints?"
"Often''
.were any complaints made about the
potatoes?"
YES"
s.How long have they been bad?"
"They were bad for period of about
month, beginning in June"
By the Governor-"How long ago was
the meat bad?"
Ever since came here, six months
ago.
By Mr.. Walker-"How were the pota-
toes served, boiled or fried?''
"when they were boiled it was always
with the skins on, and they were gener-
ally cut in two. The fried potatoes were
always boiled before they were fried"
How about the boiled rice?"
.sThe rice was boiled in water. There
was a great deal of water and very little
rice. It was very thin.
What condition were the prunes served
in?''
"They were generally worm eaten and
dried up, so. that hardly anything but the
stones remained
At this stage the can of corned beef sent
for arrived and at the suggestion of the