The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-26


odor at the home. He also ssIa tb,, -.
nurse force in the hos.ltsi sh ,nst re
enoush' as the present force was NOT Lave we
Further testimony IN IN. ~.
rebuttal by Mr.. Henderson a wa. case In
20 T., 20 over as Judge Gould had inv lowed
.nniates VINO had any complaints ~, 'e =. ail
ssaipst the management to appear - aI mas se
90, me room was comfortahly All. suu 40
d. L. Perkins exhibited cs, niieu:
a. w ms breast and wanted n rra.r
II ne was being treated rlrnt ~ Anow
nos re,ate any mistreatment excent on eo .sa
shou,d M ms comrades. He said the rules
snouIu not allow one man to imposs on u ~,
otner. He wanted to know N ~ oo, ~ an-
the State for damages. No Souid sue
d. 4. Young testified that n. r..
s sssIs. one time and ouartermaster CorWir-a
CAME very near stepping the clerl ~, ne
NOT not lie also said that Sunerint sn,e anu
hing told him that he was ..stiIck mn {"
~ w. Briggs complained that h. did no,
fhe hng gravy to eat, ana he ''prayed
gravy" ior more
n. A. Scanton complained against cer,,,n
aiIegeu petty actions Of the qusrtermas SCR
Jonn -; Gildart told of being treated die.
respectfully by the quartermaster but SAID
nature. vi regal
J. I. Bowden said he was being n,cs,v
treated. 'e'ns nicely
mile
MIN but not the officials.
Daniel o Brien said the biscuits did M,
nave enough lard in them. NV
d. Lanier said that when he came n tha
nome ne was told that he would starye to
ueatn unless ne got something to cat ana
he never got IL but had not starved ue
wanted dry bacon
H. j; L. Gray said that he was treated
win dlsrespect while in the hospital.
Winton Phillips said toe eook inessea nm
Vfn all
plain of. 'Vtn
NJ ). Brooks said his treatment was good
and that the food at the home was n1uch
,,'h imam IN the homes of many people
VINO pay taxes 10 maintain the home
a. j. O'Neill said he did not get sufficient
underwear.
Pete Allen said the grub sometimes
gave him pain in the stomach.
-. D. ABIDING complained of the cooking
b. e. Hurts said he did not get enough
newspapers
A. j. Lefevre complained Of the biscuits
and not getting underclothes.
j. Nj. Polk said he had never been mis-.
treated but that the cooking could be bet
| ter.
j. $. Davis and W. A. McCreary had no
complaint to make about anything.
#. Il. Durrett testified that the cooking
| was poor, as the bread was burned DC.
caslonaly he had vegetables
This ended the general complaint question
| and the committee returned to the regular
| order, allowing the management TO offer re-
huttal in the Maher case Dr. l.. u. Hill,
| former surgeon OF the home took the stand
and told OF Maher. He had chronic sore
| leg contracted during the war That he
| had Maher under treatment but Maher
dressed his wound. -Four days before ne
| died Maher would not allow his leg to be
dressed and stated that he was doing well
and needed nothing. Two days before lie
| died the doctor dressed the wound and de-
stroyed the worms. Maher always went TO
his meals and the doctor never knew OF his
| critical condition until he went and insisted
on making an examination The reasons
for taking him to the hospital were TO give
| him close attention. as he was weak
las to the worms, when / visited him
| the day before being notified / did not de.
tect a bad odor When | called the next
| day l noticed worm odor. Maher's tenn
perature was never above normal. When
he was moved to the hospital ! gave him
n tonic and also dressed his wound. White
he was In the hospital ] saw him four
times a day and twelve hours before nc
died / stated that he would die. He was
given extrai attention. He was hard 10
manage. No one would stay in the room
| with him..
The witness stated that he did not know
whether or not anyone was With Maher
before he died and that there was no one
to keep the flies off him. lie did not know
rs to visits made by the superintendent
AS to the condition Of the hospital moor
the day Mahcr died. 1t was mopped WIN
cnrbollc acid and water that morning and
the floor was secured twice a week. Inc
Immediate cause Of Makers death wac
heart failure superinduced by blood poison
There were ifty.two other patients In tne
hospital at that time.
In reply to a question from Mr.. hender
son, the witness stated that he saw Mauei
every day before he was moved TO the NOS
pitai. He never noticed the odor until they
moved him.
He repeated what he said on direct OK
animation. This closed the work FOR IN,
day and the committee adjourned until
| n m tOmorrOw