The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-17
ment of the alleged conspiracy, which,

Il Olrer TO snow Dy my Iue OIL queS-
tioning that before this paper was signed
these attendants got together and enter
ed into a conspiracy to condemn every
thing, good or bad, and that among the
things they had agreed to condemn was
the bread made by Mr.. Giberson.
with that proposition that they should
condemns everything in the way of food
served, some of the attendants refused to
sign, and they did not actually sign on
the ground that the proposition submit
ted to them was to condemn everything,
| irrespective of quality, good or bad.
Il submit that is perfectly relevant to
show that these gentlemen have under
taken to mislead you gentlemen here. In
other words, l offerto show that the con-
spiracy that was actually entered into is
reflected on this paper, and that they
have actually subscribed their names to
propositions that are untruthful. sub
nit myself to the committee
On the ground stated by Mr.. Buchanan
Judge Thompson decided his line of ques-
tioning admissible, but Mr.. Buchanan
failed to produce one whit of evidence to
substantiate his charge as to a conspiracy,
although he had made much ado about
it in the first instance.
| James H. Lyon was next called, and
| testified that he came here from the in
sane hospital at Warren, Pennsylvania.
He had been here six months and found
the food of much the same character then
as it is now, although it had been stead
/ ily growing worse.
The witness said the food at the Stale
Hospital was not nearly so good as at
the Warren institution. He had known
several witnesses who had left the Slate
Hospital on account of the food.
There had been a great deal of COM
plant ever since he hal been at the insti-
tuition. He had seen DR.. Cort visit the din
ing room and had made complaints to him
on the day and since the signing OF the
petition.
What kind of food did you say you
had that morning?"
ut was fried potatoes and cold corned
beef, bread butter and coffee. My room
mate and I picked out several reaches
from the potatoes, and the corned beef
was simply unfit to eat. 1t was nothing
but gristle.'
Hard gristle, or fat meat?"
"Gristle and fat together; there was no
meat about it,
mo lean meat in it?''
mo sir. I didn't eat any breakfast
that morning at all.'
"Can you recall how many reaches you
and your room mate picked out of these
potatoes?"
1.-Two Or three, can't say FOR sure"
did you pick them out of the individ-
ual dishes served to you, or out of the
bulk of the potatoes that came into the
dining room 2''
mo- sir; out of the dishes that were
on our table,
"Can you say whether or not anybody
else in that dining room found reaches in
the potatoes, whether patients or attend
ants?''
81 suppose good many of the patients
would eat them up
80 far as you are concerned the re-
port came to you about the finding of
roaches?'
They were frequently found before
that; that was the first time found
them"
Judge Thompson asked Lyon whether
he had made any complaint prior to the
signing of the petition, to which he re-
Piled
81 don't know that 1 ever complained
1Or every one arouHu hHoWs WHdl hlAiu "a
food they GOT
Whom did you talk to about it that
was over you in authority"
ITO the man at the head of the dining
room, many times
"You talked to him frequently?'
Eyes, SIR
Did your complaint bring any rene
dy?"
mo, sir"
did you insist in any way upon some
thing being done in talking with him?
.fde is supposed to report things to the
supervisor L don't know whether he
did or not
did you hear any one complain to the
head dining room man except yourself?'
Eyes, SIR
"Who?o
Nearly all the attendants who were
in the dining room"
did they go to him in body or one
at time?"
zone at time
The witness said he had heard com
plants made every week he had been IN
the institution; sometimes of the quallty
of the food but more generally OF the
| manner in which it was served. Much
of the food, he said, was ruined in the
cooking.
During the examination by Mr.. Backes,
| I,yon said that canned corned beef was
| served very often, nearly always for sup
ner and frequently for dinner and break
fast.
"Was there any complaint about the
corned beef as to quality?"
eyes, sir. That is something we hard
ly ever eat.''
"Why?"
"Because it is not good"
..Having it frequently, do the patients
relish it?'
s.I don't think So"
"How about the corn beef and cab
bage?''
"corn beef and cabbage didn't eat at
ALL"
| "Iow about the soup that they server
ST don't eat the soup. 1t is not fit to
eat.'
| The Wednesday stews, Lyon said were
/ composed simply Of flour and water and
meat prior to the signing of the petit
i ton. but had improved somewhat since
The potatoes, too, had been bad up to the
time of the petition and stale eggs We're
served continually.
..Did you ever go away satisfied from
| the table?"
"No, sir