Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-06-22
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CONVINCING
TESTIMONY
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The cross examination brought out
nothing of moment in addition TO The
testimony as related.
Nhen the committee met Saturday
afternoon. before proceeding to the
examination of witnesses. the mem
beers took up the matter Of their own
compensation, and on motion duly sec
Onded, 1t was decided that each mem
Der of the committee be allowed mile
age and an amount sufficient to pay
for any substitute that any
member had been compelled to
hire to attend to his business dur
ing his absence. The committee then
proceeded with the investigation. Let
tiers were introduced TO show the
animns OF Ella Schlott toward the ma.
trOn.
Mrs. Emma Lydick, seamstress at
the asylum, was sworn, and In re-
Spouse to questions by Messrs. Spiess,
I%0ngheriy and Larrazolo stated that
she had had opportunity 10 observe
the treatment Of patients by Miss
Twomey, and had considered her
treatment of patients as all right. She
told OF an instance where q patient
had been unriily for d week and had
kept pounding on the door. She was
finally given q cold water bath by the
matron's orders. The tub was half
full Of water; the patient was only
dipped IN, dryed off and dressed. and
witness stated that the patient gave
no further trouble. Asked whether
Miss Twomey treated the patients with
kindness Or ~unkindhess, she said that
she treated them with kindness. She
said SHE had understood that the cold
water bath in the instance which she
witnessed was given pursuant TO or
ders OF Dr- Upton; did mol under
staIld that patient Was PUT I'm for pun
ishment, hut for the purpose OF cor
rection. Had seen patients placed on
the floor and kept down until they
said they would behave; had never
seen patients thrown violently 10 the
fioor. Asked as to whether Miss Two
mey was a person who controlled her
temper well, she said she seemed to
be nice 10 ali patients. that she and
Miss Twomey had had a little spat,
but that she had never seen Miss Two
mey lose her s~elf-control with patients.
Mrs. Lydick was asked whether she
was acquainted with DR.. Da Costa and
had conversed with him. She said she
was. aud that he had told her that he
was going TO be superintendent aud
that the board would dismiss DR.. Tip
ton, and that he had told her that he
had never been In an institution be-
fore where the work was so hard on
the attendants, and that he would
make II easier for them when he got
to be medical superintendent. In an
swer TO a question by Mr.. ~Larrazolo,
she said she had seen patients strap.
ped 10 the door of their cells several
times. and that she understood that
the reason that a patient called Sico-
lasa was 50 treated was that she would
eat the plastering from the walls. her
dress or anything she could lay her
hands on, or eat her hands.
Feliciano Armijc, aoak ~ the asy-
Ium. was then put Oh the stand. and
said he had %conversed with Or. ia
Costa and DR.. ia Costa had stated
TO him that there would be il hght be-
tween The two doctors; tuat he would
not ~ much until the bpafl oI direc
tors met He saw him algerwara and
asked what WAS The news. and he
said tnat ~ thought he would have
hve 81 directors With Linn, AMI tliat
when may nlei FL would Ap appsiMel
HepieaA superintendent. Tie sala fisat
Pr pa co#ta aal aaid il him Id SUB
stance feiiciaap. ifI prove Ill flsat
IN me paper. IA ali Val til aiia
charscd Who afe u ofnqe II ilse al
lum. II sou wiil furnish proof al an
thai II going 90 below. | will prove
all that's going on above Dr. Da
Costa had also Aaid thar all attend.
ants worked too muca. Witness had
never seen any patient treated other /
than with the utmost kindness. He +
told Of an instance when be was called i
to assist with a violent patient called n
Kate" who had attacked Miss Two. I
mey and had forced her onto a wood. s
pile; thar Miss Twomey had asked a
him 10 help her, and he TOOK her to D
cold bath. and that Miss Twomeylo