The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-24

III not, did you make any OtneF YER
bal report?" continued Mr.. Walker.
81 think did," said DR.. Jones, ito DR..
| Cort.''
"When?"
| about that time.'
What did DR.. Cort say?'
"He thought it was an awful thing"
''Did you speak to anyone else?''
81 think l spoke to DR.. Felty about
the same time"
. What did Dr. Cort suggest" interpos-
ed Judge Thompson.
| "Nothing," replied DR.. Jones, promptly
| Did you talk to anyone else on tho
subject?" continued Mr. Walker.
'.To DR.. Allen
did he say anything?"
81 don't remember
when you found that the patient was
! in a dying condition and reported to DR.
Ward queried Judge Thompson, 'did
you go to any osaer physician?'
81 did not
"Why not?"
81 thought it was not necessary"
"Why, then, did you regard it necessary
to call DR. Ward?''
"I wanted him as medical director Of
the institution, to take the response
bnity"
'Hal you ever goae before to DR.. Ward
when he failed to respond?"
"Yes. sir"
did he give any reason for his re-
fusal?y
mo. sir.
HOW long did this condition of affairs
last?"
Several years.
after the second time you reported the
matter to DR.. Ward did you ever talk to
him on the subjects"
81 think not
DR.. Jones explained that the care book
in which it was customary to write the
history of cases was kept in safe in the
drug room, all the members of the medl-
cal staff having access to the safe.
Judge Thompson then inquired who
gave the certificate of death, to which DR..
Jones testified that DR.. Ward had done
SO.
"Where did DR.. Ward get the inferTaa-
ton contained in that certiftate?" asked
Judge Thompson.
~ don't know; certainly not from ME"
| declared DR.. Jones elnphatically. eve
sent to Camden County. from which Funk
:
wanted to bury him, but received no an
swer and he was buried by the hospital"
what was the cause of death given in
the certificate?"
"T'yphomania.''
1t was explained for the benefit of the
laymen in the committee that typhoma-
MIA means simply exhaustion arising from
mania or dementia.
I Judge Thompson read from the book
| in which the records are kept the follow
| ing entry
"wednesday, June 27. William Funk,
| Camden
The entry appeared in DR.. Jones hand
writing, and except the belated entry
made by Dr. Jones and the certificate of
death signed by DR.. Ward, constituted
the only official records of the death in
the institution.
Dr. Jones, in reply to question by
Judge Thompson, reiterated that he did
not think that he had spoken TO DR.. Ward
of the matter since June 27, 1900, on which
date Funk died. Neither had the Board
of Managers received any information re-
garding the affair so far as he was aware.
DR.. Jones could not say whether any Of
the other physicians had seen the body
Of Funk or not.
DR.. Baldwin sought details concerning
DR.. Jenes's action in inserting rubber
tube in Funk's throat. DR.. Jones didn't
know what the tube had previously been
used for. as he picked it up hurriedly and
inserted it in the patients throat to aid in
his breathing.
DR.. Baldwin considered it an inpossi-
bility for persons to receive such ex-
ternal injuries as to close thir throats.
DR.. Jones said the patient lived about
twelve hours after he was called in to
see him. judge Thompson wanted to
know why the physician continued put
ting in ard taking out the tube, when
its presence apparently afforded refief to
the patient.
The witness said that ne had examined
the patients throat and found it swol-
len and "rebellious'' in appearance,
DIR. Jones seemed to think that the
patient had died from carbonic acid
poisoning.
MI. BacKes took up the cross question:
ing. and wanted to know why the wit
pess failed to call upon his superiors the
second and first assistants, when DR..
Ward failed to respond.
Il didn't think it was necessary" replied
DR.. Jones.
..You tell the committee that DR.. Ward
has been negligent in visiting sick pa-
tients for several years past, so why did
you not go after the other assistants?"
"Well, one didn't live in the build
ing"
..Why didn't you get the other?'
81 did not think it necessary
Mr.. Backes classed Funk's death as
murder. and sought to impress the wit
ness with this fact.
HAD you had to treat Funk before the
attack by the attendant" continued Mr..
Backes.
Eyes. / had given him choral or might
medicine
"After the man died, did you speak to
Dr. Ward?"
81 think not
Ibid you report the murder of this man
under your charge to DR.. Ward?" pur-
sued Mr.. Backes.
81 think not" came the familiar re-
joinder.
wouldn't the calling of either the first
or the second assistant physicians have
relieved you of the responsibility which
| you say you did not want to assume?"
mot entirely" declared DR.. Jones.
sYou say you never mentioned to Dr..
Ward that the man was dead. how did he
know interposed J!9lge Thompson.
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