The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-07-31

for soon afterwards; that she and her
daughter often gave him tongue lash
ings; that the sanitary condition Of
the hospital was bad and that she had
left jars Of refuse matter in the wards
and done other things that added to
the unsanitary condition Of the build
ing. When cross questioned by Mr..
Campbell he admitted that Mrs. Bur
chett's temper was one Of the causes
Of their disagreement.
DR.. Rivers was next heard. He said
that the general sanitary condition Of
the hospital was bad and that there
was dirt about the building, in the
yards and the building proper.
DR.. woefle stated the same in re-
gard to sanitation, and said that from
mis- observation, the patients seemed
to have been neglected. He admitted
that the hospital was not up to the
standard, and that he had not seen
any neglect to patients.
DR.. Polk stated that the sanitary
condition of the building was bad and
that as to neglect of patients he knew
nothing except in one case when the
keeper of the hospital refused to APP
ply a lotion to a girls infiamed
breast. He partially corroborsted
the statements of DR.. Coylo. He Is
studying medicine under DIR. Coyle
DR.. b. b. Griffith stated that he
had seen a little of the hospital and
that the sanitation was bad aud that
he did not think a good hospital could
be run with the improper sewerage
connections and as the building has
none, that good hospital cannot be
run there. He knew Of no disoboaienoe
or neglect Of patients
DR.. Stew art said the sanitary con-
ditions were bad.
Jim Jones, a former employee Of the
hospital, said that he had worked
there about four years and that she
had tried to keep things clean and had
not disobeyed the city physicians or
ders but once, TO ais knowledge, and
then not directly, as the city physi
clan had directed HIM to administer
the medicine and that Mrs. Burchett
only advised him not TO give it to
the patient. He admitted that she was
a little quarrelsome towards patients
sometimes. He regarded her as
competent except from her temper,
which was bad he said
Viola Bradley stated that she was
confined there IN child birth ana had
been mistreated in the fact that Mrs.
Burchett refused to have anything to
do with her and left all to a negligent
nurse. She said that after her child
was born that it was not wasehd for
three days and then she had to do the
bathing herself. She stated that the
language of Mrs. Burchett towards
her was Every rough and abusive
Mrs. Smith former inmate, stated
that Mrs. Burchett was not generally
quarrelsome but that the building was
dirty inportions, upstairs in particular,
in the colored ward.
DR.. Williamson, who had been there
once in consultation and to assis. In
an operation, stated that the santa
ry conditions were bad and that no
sanitary hospital could be operated
there by any one, as the necessary
drainage and sewerage connections
were lacking.
Mrs. Pace snother patient, said she
was quarrelsome, lust little.
Maggie Davis, who was in the hos
pital five days, said that Mrs. Bur
chett refused her drugs when she was
in pain and used abusive language to-
wards her when she cried out in pain.
She furthermore stated that the de-
PENDANT made Jim Jones Aundress her
and place her in bed which he did by |
picking her mp by the heels and
throwing her in the bed instead Of
acting quietly as he should
Luther Chapman, an inmate, stated
that he generally took his medicine
and that his bed while
made up but once during his two
weeks confinement ct the hospital,
was kept tolerably NICE" He said
that he had not been neglected by her
failure to provide the proper food and
medicines.
There were several other witnesses