The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-01

her to make the convalescents work
and IL they refused to take a stick and
make them work; that the reason she
was not more punctual in securing
whiskey the doctor asked for, was be.
cause it was kept in her room, where
the patients and the employees at the
hospital could not get it to drink.
Here she stated that Coyle was very
abusive, and that during the go years
she lived with her husband that she
took less abuse of Of him in that
time than that she has of Coyle in
the short time he has been the city
physician; in regard 10 the girl who
threatened to jump out Of the win
dow IL she was not given some drug
to secure rest, she stated that when
DR.. Coyle was informed Of the matter
he telephoned word to ''let her
jump" that Coyle had often given
her help medicines to administer to
the patients that she knew nothing
about, and that he failed in many
instances to label the bottles and give
any written directions for the admin
istering of the same. She concluded
her testimony with the oath that she
had supplied the hot water asked for
in the gaugrene case and kept 1t on
the negro's leg for SO hours, without
. break and that Coyle, before the
negro died and when he seemed to be
improving, said "this hot water is
what saved your life."
When oss-questioned by Attorney
Taylor she stated that she had often
been advised to report Coyle to the
mayor, but mad not done so because
she wanted to keep down trouble.
She stated that the man who asked
for water while dying was given the
water, and that the statement OF the
Bradley woman saying that she had
been forced to wash her own newly
born child was lie. She stated
that the only unclesn bedding that
she ever had was that purchased by
former Keeper Mckinney. ana over
half of the so quilts bought she had
burned. In regard to the charge that
she had pitched an old woman across
the bed, she said 1t was false, and was
later sustained by the woman's niece.
Frank Miller, . patient, stated that
he had received sufficient medicine
and good attention, and that the sani-
tary conditions of the building were
good.
r. @. vigas, a present patient, stat
ed that she was very careful in admin
istering medicines and that he receiv-
ed all the attention he cared for and
everything was satisfactory to him
that there was no vermin about his
bed and the sanitation was good.
Lizzie Hummel, visitor, stated
that the house had been kept clean
and that she had seen no display Of q
temper on the part of Mrs. Birchett.
Mr.. Joe Mattison, who lives in the
rear Of the hospital, stated that the
yards and the general sanitation was
good, and had been since she had been
there.
will Hummel, the councilman, had
investigated the conditions as COM
mitteeman from the common council
when the first trouble was reported,
and stated that he found everything in
good condition, with clean bedding,
and had heard no complaints from
neglected patients.
Ed Harmon, the councilman, who
also was in the committee, corrobor.
ated the statements Of Mr.. Hummell,
in substance, and also did Mayor
Yeiser, who headed the committee OF
investigation.
DR.. Troutman had visited the hos
pital several times, and had found nc
bad sanitation and had heard of no III
treatment towards patients, and con
sidered Mrs. Birchett a competent per
son to run the hospital.
Joe Riglesberger, who visited there
several times. when boy was confined
there by an accident sustained in hii
mill, stated that he found everything
in good order and clean, and that the
boy had received the best Of treat
ment. He stated that he was SO STRUCK
with the general cleanliness of the
place that he remarked Of the matter
to his wife that night, after his first