The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-27

he thought fair.
Mr.. Backes questioned Dr. Cort as to
the disposition of the patients and was
informed that the incurables dined with
those who were considered amenable tc'
treatment.
The special diet, Dr. Cort said consist
ed of such articles as beef tea. milk, eggs,
broth. toast and similar dishes.
Mr.. Backes asked if it was not true that
a LEGAL patient who was supposed TO get a
special diet has the same dishes every day
in the year.
DR.. Cort was uncertain as to this.
do you think it right that an insane
patient should get chicken soup S65 days
in year %
mo, | suppose not, but I don't know
that such condition exists
Isn't it a fact that this patient has
Gay after day pushed this soup away re-
Il have never been told of that"
Now DR.. Cort," said Mr. Backes, @
the food served is of such character
as should be served in kind, and proper
and fit to keep the body as it should be
kept?"
do you regard diet of hard boiled
eggs fit for an insane MANI"
i do not"
ibid you ever know eggs to be served
other than hard. boiled?"
mo. except in the case of special diets.
What have you to say OF the serving
of Irish stew with water and -four paste
and no vegetables?p
s.I never knew it was served without
vegetables. | never paid any attention
to the stew.
Don't you think you should have look
ed at this more clusely?"
mo. sir, it was the duty of the super
visors?
Dr. Cort stated that there was no dis
elimination between the food served to
paid and INDECENT patients
At this juncture Mr.. Backes suggested
a visit to the dining rooms where dinner
was being served and the committee
with Mr.. Backes and one or two others
We're accordingly taken through the din
ing halls.
Mr. Backes as an inducement had Of
fered DR.. Baldwin, If he would visit the
halls at that moment and report the con
ditions he found that he would take ms
word against that of the twenty-seven at,
tendants who signed the petition. The re-
turn from the inspection led 70 some
bantering between counsel and the com
mittee, but no statement regarding the
trip was made.
Dr. Cort was asked some further ques-
tions as to the food, after which store
keeper John ]. Jones was called TO the
stand.
Mr. Jones said he had been at the hos
pital thirteen years, and described MS du-
ties. He told of the sources from when
most of the food was bought, the meat
now being furnished by l.. III. Stein, the
tea by d. p. ForSt & Company, the eggs
from a house in Philadelphia, and SO on
Eggs, he said were received every week
meat twice a week, hams once week,
and corned beef once month, ne de-
clared that the food was all tested py
him when it was received to see that 1t
was good.
The afternoon session opened by recall
ing Storekeeper Jones to the stand, the
Backes, who took up the subject Of requl-
SitionS.
1t was brought out that the requistionss
for beef were not made until the end OF
each month for the meat used during
that month, and were made to tally WITH
the amount used in the several kitchens.
Generally the acquisitions were made out
by Bookkeeper Connolly in the name OF
the warden.
Mr.. Backes next went into the question
of the prices charged to the counties for
clothing. The prices charged for dresses
Mr. Jones said, were fixed by the super
visors and dressmakers
DO you know" asked Mr.. Backes,
whether the price charged by the State
is fixed at cost or is a proht ADDED
Il don't know replied the witness.
''Who does known"
1.-THE warden, l suppose.
Now 1 show you requisition July - .,
1901, showing the entry, West, coat, sz.zo.
Who fixed that price?"
1.-THE warden and myself.
Can you tell me the price of that coat
to the State?'
Two dollars"
.'Then the State receives profit of %
cents?''
rs profit regularly charged on all
clothing?"
YES SIR
'sBy whose order?"
1.-The warden'S.''
Several other similar entries were shown
the witness, whose evidence showed that
it has been customary Tor the stare 70
charge a profit of about % cents on coats
and a proportiOnate pront on the cnedpei
articles of clothing.
"Who gets the benefit of this profit?'
asked Judge Thompson.
1.-THE house,
1.-The institution"
Yes
After pressing his questions somewhat
Mr.. IBackes obtained from the Witness d
general statement to the effect tnat
profit is charged on every article OF ciotn-
ing furnished county patients except In
the case of patients working for the nos
pital, who are supplied with such artlcies
as they might wear in the helds Whie
they are actually at work
Storekeeper Jones was asked to produce
the books of his department, which were
examined, but it was later decideo tnae
the desired information could becter De
obtained from the books of the warden.
The source of supply of the hospital and
the interest of certain members OF the
board of managers in this source Was
clearly brought out in the testimony OF
John H. Connolly, the bookkeeper OF
Warden Hayes, who in his transparent
effort to befriend the management never.
theless gave some of the most significanit
testimony yet brought out at the lnvestl-
cation.
Mr.. Connolly was compelled to produce
the books of lis department, which sEow.
ed. among other things, chat the b5ik, II
not the entire clothing supply Of the IN
nurchas,ed from the Rice Clothing Com
pany and Mr. Rice's son-in-law; that
Mr. Fuld. another son-in-law, has had the
lions share of the shoe trade; that the
TavIor Provision Company, despite nu-
rnerons earnest denials of the fact, has
furnished supplies to the hospital; that
the coal was furnished by parties outside
| the State; that d. P. frost q 60. were
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