Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-15
REACHES IN POTATOES.

Mr.. Backes was asked regarding the
cleanliness of the food and the dishes on
which it was served The witness said
that he had been given fried reaches with
his fried tomatoes.
The oatmeal, he said, frequently had
black specks in it. He thought that it
ought to have been cleaned before it was
served. The dishes were clean, as were
knives and forks.
'Did you ever leave the table hungry
asked Mr.. Backes.
eyes, on several occasions"
"Did you ever go to town because you
were hungry ?"
eyes, often went to town to get good
meal"
Investigations into the Asylum food
supply was resumed last Monday before
the same managers, and much testimony in
line with the previous testimony was adj
duced.
Supervisor Wynn and assistant Super
visor Hauck saw no bad food, but &C
knowledged to frequent complaints by the
attendants.
Charles L. Beard, dining room man
since July, 1900, Acknowledged having
received complaints from attendant Ingram
regarding the eggs, meat, the Irish stew,
the canned corn beef. He couldn't say
how often but knew that Ingram had
spoken to him frequently about the poor
food served
~ never saw Ingram Feat much" said
the witness, and let him kick" l told
Supervisor Houch Of the conditions which
existed. I never reported excessively
because l wanted to get along. When
came here / vas given to understand thai
the less said the better it would be.
''No one in particular told me SO, bui
the other attendants said that they had
found it So Further than that the day We
went to Dr. Ward I saw DIR. Cort. We
were returning from DR.. Wards offict
when l overheard the doctor say to Mr.
Giberson that if he had the power he woulc
| fire every one of us.
~ could tell by the DOCTORS face that hi
was angry.
Witness was asked whether he had eve
reported the conditions which existed il
the dining room to any one higher than TIN
supervisor.
mo" said he, 81 never reported to any
one but the supervisor. / never had an.
orders to report to anybody else. Thu
| lSUIb ildu blGkI UOUk6. utun ullAf
it was my duty to 60 over their heads.
By Mr.. Walker-sWhat was the condi
tion of the food when you came to tn
institution ?''
THE food was about the same as it ha
been ever since. 1 don't say the ham
have been bad always Sometimes the,
were good and sometimes they were badl.
cooked
"Did you ever see any maggots in tn
ham ?''
Yes, once or twice"
edo you know how long the hams ha,
been cooked before they came to the dinin,
room ?''
81 never looked at things in the kitchen
called the attention of the kitchen to tn
stew, and they got mad"
/ "When did you complain to the super
| visor ~
81 told Supervisor Houck in July ate
the petition had been sent in, about tn
bad food. called Dining Room Attend
ant Brewster's attention to the Irish stey
and he said that it was all right, that
was no worse than it had been for tire
years.
ssMr. Giberson told me that it had bee
the same for twenty years to his knowl
edge"
aWell, how was that ?''
"a great deal of -four, largely raw;
had bad smell. l saw one hundred am
three patients served with it. There wer
chunks Of meat in it. 1t was very niue
like the paste you use to put on wal
paper"
ssWho gave you your instructions whe
YOU came to the hospital ?''
ssMr Brewster instructed me in m
duties as dining room man. / had n
instructions regarding my duties as attend
ant. / picked up what / learned. ] ha
been an attendant at the Warren, Pa.
insane asylum four years and nine months
/ never was instructed regarding con
plants. The supervisor asked how til
meals were and told them whether til
food was good or bad. / told them th
eggs were bad. There was no use in con
planning all the time"
"What did you live on, if the food wa
lso bad ~