The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-17

for two months before the petition was
filed The reports of these two for last
Thursday are as follows
Thursday, August 15.-West wing, third
floor. w. H. Wynn, supervisor. Break
fast, steak or chops not served; boiled
eggs served, one rotten and some were
stale; butter a little rancid. Dinner, as
dietary calls for, butter little rancid.
Supper, pressed meat served, cake not
served, butter rancid.
Thursday, August 15.-West wing. third
floor r. J. Hauck supervisor. Break
fast steak of chops not served; boiled
eggs served; some of the eggs a little
stale; butter rancid Dinner as dietary
calls for; butter rancid. Supper, pressed
meat served; cake not served; butter
rancid
The days session was opened by calling
Charles L. Beard, who was on the stand
when the session closed last week. Mr.
Boards examination was continued by
Mr.. Backes, who called attention to the
Sunday before the filing of the petition.
The witness had seen both Supervisor
Wynn and Mr. Hauck in the dining room
that day Describing the dinner, the wit
ness said
L
hungry, but there was nothing to eat but
/ poor potatoes-rotten potatoes-cold corn
ed canned beef and bread and butter and
some kind of rice. tried to eat some
of the potatoes, but they were so strong
I could not swallow them"
Strong from what?" asked Mr..
Backes.
'eThey were rotten, at least one end of
them. They were decayed."
"Why didn't you eat the other end?"
81 did try, but it was spoiled from boil
ing it with the poor part of the potato
The witness said the whole dinner was
so poor that he was sickened, and leaving
the table, elected from his mouth what
he had tried in vain to swallow. Mr..
Backes asked Beard what he said about
the dinner, OF which he replied that he
had told Supervisor Hauck:-'Thats a
hell of dinner to serve"
Mr.. Beard corroborated the testimony
concerning the canned corn beef, which
he said was full of gristle, and when
warm all went to pieces.
Beard, in answer to question as to
the criticisms of Supervisor Hauck, be-
fore and after he was made supervisor,
said
Before he was made supervisor there
was not a man in the dining room that
ever kicked more about the food than
he did. and he never ate a potato with
the skin boiled on until the day he took
the petition to DIR. Ward. That is the
first potato he ever ate. He said so,
and 1 never saw him eat any before that.
Taking up the subject of eggs, Beard
,aI-
visor he had seen him break four or five
eggs at time and lay them by his plate,
saying they were not good.
He also testified that Supervisor Wynn
had also spoken frequently of the poor
quality of the food.
The coffee, the witness said was very
poor, and he had been informed by Mr..
Ferguson, who wheeled the coffee from
the store room, that three sacks of chic
ory were used to every one of coffee.
That was the proportion in which the
coffee was served.
After some further testimony as to the
food, Mr.. Buchanan took the witness and
made an unsuccessful attempt to prove
what he declared was conspiracy on the
part of some persons who wished to in
jure the institution. Mr.. Buchanan, hold
ing the petition in his hand, asked
did you know what was on this paper
when you signed your name to it?"
1T was about the rotton potatoes, poor
eggs and such things
Were these signatures on it?"
''Yes, sir; suppose that is the same
paper
II notice that the body of the complaint
is in one ink and the signatures are in
violet ink, how comes that difference?'
There may have been different co!ored
INKS
do you say that this black ink matter
was on this paper when you signed it?''
Yes, SIR
when you signed your name to it?"
81 could not swear that it was, because
I never turned it over; it was brought in
this way" folding the paper).
Beard admitted frankly that he had not
read the actual petition actually present.
ed, but had read the original from which
it was copied, except for the omission OF
a reference to the bread, which he had in
sisted on having scratched out before he
would consent to sign it,
'.You read another paper just like this,
then?'' asked Mr.. Backes.
Yes, sir"
"You say you read this paper or the
contents of the paper in newspaper
| since?"
Eyes, sir"
''Do you know whether everything
stated in that paper is true?"
"What difference does it make" asked
Judge Thompson, interrupting, whether
he knew it or not; the complaint is here
He said he signed the paper which he un-
derstood to be complaint. 1t does not
matter whether he read it or not. The
committee is now investigating it as they
have it here
! BY Mr.. Backes-"Then I submit the
! committee should cut Mr.. Buchanan OF
| in that line of examination"
Judge Thompson-"i did interrupt him
| TO a certain line of examination"
Judge Thompson-'I did interrupt him
OF a certain extent"
..You said there was kicking about
| signing about bread" continued Mr.. Bu-
| chanan, addressing the witness. "You or
\ some Of them would not sign unless that
was stricken out. What do you mean by
that?"
Some thought the bread was poor,
/ said Beard ssbut I never kicked on the
bread. Some of them said 1T was not as
| good as it was at home. said I knew
| that very we'll, but I will never sign a
paper without you scratch the bread part