The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-20
COOK IN THE
FRYING PAN
State Hospital Chef Under
goes a Stiff Examina-
ton By the In
VestigatorS.
USED TO BE A CARPENTER
Learned All He Knows of
the Culinary Art Since
His Advent to the
Institution.
MORE ROACHES HEARD FROM
Lively Food of Various Kinds
Served, According to
the Attendants.
MORE ROACHES HEARD FROM
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Especial to 'sThe Jersey City News."1
TRENTON, Aug. 20, 190.-The investi-
cation at the State Hospital was continu-
ed yesterday. John H. Backes, attorney
for the complaining attendants and pa
tients, charged the managementsPf the
Institution with the misapproariaion OF
s65,Ge0, which was part of thesWFney ap-
prorriated by the State for Nkaainten-
ance.
The testimony of the attendants was
much the same as heretofore. with the
exception of those from the annex, who
claimed to have reported the bad food to
the supervisor and doctor.
Almost the entire number of sig1ers to
the complaint were from Warren and
Mercer counties Pa, and these have all
been examined with the exception OF the
few who have left the institution.
The following attendants, who signed
the petition, have been at the State Hos
pital since the dates aamed:-
Henry Browne, April 1S. 1892; W. A.
Faus, August II, 1896; ]. S. Auker, Janu-
ary %, 1898; ]. H. Lyons March 1S, 1900!
l. H Ingram, April 49, 1900; ]. d. Hunt
singer June &C. 1900; Chas. L. Beard, july
IL 1900; Al. S. Culbertson, July Is, 1900;
William McElwee, August 81, 1900; H. w.
Whenry, September q 1909; c. O. Clemens,
September %, 1900; Richard Tweed, De-
cember 13, 1900; al. M. limerick, Decem-
ber q 1900; William Newsham, Decem-
ber 27, 1900; ]. v. Pensyl, January Il,
1901; W. J. Krall. January p, 1901; Alonzo
Steele, February g. 1901; C. D. limerick,
February 4, 1901; "George Tanner, April
Is. 1901; w. H. Higgins, April %, 1901;
90 NJ Culbertson, April rs, 1901; o. Brus-
from, May IA, 1901; Daniel Houghwont,
May "A, 1901; Z. C. Depew, May q, 1901;
L. E. Cox, July 5, 1901. w. o. Miller and
P. w. Shull were the other signers of the
petition.
[*Indicates that attendant has left the
institution since signing the petition.1
DR.. Jones was at the hospital yester-
day morning from until u, and would
have doubtless been called as a witness
had he remained. Mr.. Backes was in
structed to have him on hand Friday II
possible.
Charles w. Schultz, the cook in charge
of the kitchen from which SO much poor
food is alleged to have come, was in the
witness chair a long time, and his tes-
timony was far from satisfactory His
experience at cooking seemed to be linn
tied to, what knowledge he had obtained
while doing carpentry work some seven
teen years or more ago.
BY his own admission he neglected to
ask for anything in the food line, trust
ing to Providence and other people S
memories to keep him supplied with
enough for the patients to eat.
DR.. Allen. one of the hospital physic-
ians, was very explicit in his testimony
and had memorandums to refresh his
memory which were made at various
times during the past two years.
He believed that the food was insult
able for the patients, owing to its same
ness and the fact that most of it is
served cold, hut he did not consider the
greater part of ii unhealthy.
The order of business was rush yester-
day, and the three sessions were very
busy ones. Much of the croes-questioning
which has characterized the previous ses-
sions was eliminated
The committee, with the exception of
DIR. Stokes, was ready to begin business
at Ii o'clock, but it was some minutes
later before the lawyers arrived.
Mr. Backes asserted that some $1,000
had been mfsappropriated by the hospital
authorities in the purchase of supplies
from other than the most economical
sources He had some aAsument with
Judge Thompson over the order in which
the witnesses were called, but the order
was not changed.
The first witness called was Charles
limerick, who was on the stand but five
minutes, and simply cerroborated the
general testimony of, the other attend
ants.
w. HI. Higgins was the next witness
called and he went ahead of any of his
predecessors by asserting that none OF the
food was fit to eat, with the exception
of bread and cornstarch pudding.
DR. Baldwin questioned him closely
as to how he knew the food was bad
for six months previous to the signing
of the petition, when he had been con-
nected with the institution only fouf
months. The witness said that ne mao
heard that the food was bad, and ne
knew il was at the time the complain
was made.
L. e. Cox was next called. He said tna'
he did not read the petition before siell-
ing. taking Mr. Ingram 5 word for what
was in the complaint. He came TO ene
hospital on July 5, only twelve days be-
fore the signing of the petition.
The roast beef was good, as were some
other things, hut the prunes had too
many seeds in them. Mr.. Walker wanted
to know how many seeds prune
should have. and the witness said 'one. Z
The witness said that he did not drink