The Jersey City news., 1901-09-05

John G. Faus, another annex attendant,
corroborated the testimony Of his prede-
cessor on the stand and contradicted
/ Becker, the cook, who declared that po-
tatoes and onions had always been served
in the stew. Faus said that the We'd
| nesdays stew consisted only of -four and
water and meat that was often tainted.
The Thursday morning breakfast xstcw
| sometimes contained potatoes.
Mr. Backes inquired as to whether the
steak or chops called for by the dietary
were served Thursday morning and Faus
replied that they were not, but that stew
| was substituted in their place.
The witness said the eggs served were
hard boiled. which, he did not consider
proper diet for the sick patients. He
had spoken to Supervisor Claypool. but
without improving matters.
Ibid you ever know Of any patient be-
coming sick at the table by reason of the
poor quality OF food?''
| "Yes, sir, have seen patients vomit
| the food served"
did you ever tell Mr.. Claypool about
| the sick patients?"
mo, sir; he saw it himself
"How many times have YOU seen Mr..
Claypool in the dining room?"
'.Once."
ssWhen?'
about two weeks ago.
"Has Warden Hayes ever visited the
dining room during the last three years."
'sYes. about two weeks ago"
HAS DR.. Ward ever been in the dining
room?"
mot that / remember In the last three
! years"
"How many times has DR.. Ward visited
the annex in the last three years?''
Perhaps half dozen times
Doesn't Dr. Ward visit the patients
every Sunday?" asked Judge Thompson.
mo, SIR
Miss Edna Webber. another attendant.
said she considered the food served about
as good as that in other insane hospitals,
but her subsequent testimony did not fix
very high standard of comparison.
Ibid you ever see any rotten eggs
served?" asked Mr.. Walker.
mo sir; the eggs were stale, but not
rotten"
"Has there been any improvement in
the cooking and serving of the food late
ly?'
Eyes, SIR"
''Since the petition?'
did. you serve the patients with the
| meat stew?"
Eyes, sir''
did you eat 1t yourself?'
! "No.'
WAS it palatable food?"
| Eyes, fair
"Are the eggs on the table eight min
utes before being eaten?" asked Mr..
Backes.
About that timer
| Are they cold?"
mot stone cold"
'Is the steak served warm or cold?"
! Usually cold"
Were either the eggs or steaks served
| cold in Danville?"
NO
"At Danville did they serve the pa
tients meat stew composed of flour and
water, potatoes that were partly decayed
and cold corned beef?"
i mo. sir; never
| Seeing that the service at Danville
was different from here, do you still say
| that the food is just as good?"
well, the quality of the food is fair.
but the service might be improved"
"How is the corned beef served. in
slices or in chunks?"
"In chunks"
did you ever have any trouble in Sc
curing special diets from Mrs. Claypool?''
"She would often say she could not get
| things from the kitchen that asked for
Are the relations between Mrs. Clay
| pool and the attendants friendly?'
mo. not friendly"
HAS she any favorites?"
Eyes, SIR"
| Governor voorhees, objected to having
| the witness asked who were the favorites
| as am embarrassing question and Mr..
Backes continued
Are you one of Mrs. Claypool's favor
4 ites?r
| with the keys of the annex in her pos
| session.
"Yes, sir, many times
cover a dozen?"
Eyes, SIR"
Always the same patient?"
"Yes, SIR
"Was this insane patient an employer"
'tShe worked in the dining room."
Whose keys were they?"
Mrs. Claypools and Mr.. Becker's.'
| A. C. Claypool was the next witness
| and as already told his testimony was
| that nearly all the food served was good.
Mr. Claypool was very positive in the
assertion that the potatoes served for
dinner were always mashed, although
Mrs. Becker, the cook, whose duty 1t is
! to prepare the food, testified last week
that such was not the case and was quite
indignant at the idea that it could be
done with the help at her disposal.
Mrs. Claypool, who followed on the
| stand, declared that the food furnished
was very good. She told Judge Thomp-
son that DR.. Allen had never complained
about the food, and that her differences
with him began when he wanted her to
turn back clock ten feet high. She de-
clared that DR.. Allen was quite man
to find fault but could not give the
ground for his fault finding.
At this point in the proceedings Mr..
4 Buchanan asked leave to examine several
witnesses who had come at the request
| of Warden Hayes, and who had been in
| attendance all morning.
They were the persons from whom the
| warden had purchased food, and their
testimony was uniformly that the food
bought was good