Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-23

sion that tho trustees were trying to
crowd out III, Hutchinson in favor OF
Or. Berry. Because of this friction be-
tween Doctors Berry and Hutchinson as
long as DR.. Berry was there DR.. tlutchin-
son rarely visited the wards. Miss Case
testified that she never knew of an oc-
currencc when female patient was
given q bath when she was dying. One
woman. "a Mrs. Bowman, died shortly af-
ter she had been given bath one morn
ing but she collapsed suddenly and un-
cxpcctedly. Miss Case said she never
knew that the administration building
got cream and the patients skim milk,
if this was so Mrs. Berry could have
stopped it. Tho witness took her meals
with the nurses and not in the admin
istration building. She testified that the
food was better at Waterbury than she
ever saw in "a Boston hospital. and she
could see no cause for complaint. The
patients arc kindly treated and are taken
sleigh riding almost every pleasant day
in winter with the horses that are used
on tho asylum farm. She believed at
present the Waterbury hospital has as
fine class of nurses as has any hos
pital in Now England. Nurses are al
ways summarily discharged when they
use undue force on n patient.
TESTIMONY OF COOK.
A. Il. Mclaughlin Of Jericho. cook at
tho asylum, who has charge Of the milk
as it comes from tho farm. testified that
four quarts of cream for tho private
kitchen is skinned every morning from
about ?cC quarts of milk that arc brought
in the night before. Tho cream is not
all taken off and tho patients get what
IS left. with the milk. Mr.. Mclaughlin
also testified THAT on two occasions since
h, has been cook at the hospital u guam
THY nf ice cream has been made at the
hospital from materials belonging To the
state and provided for a church fame
ton under the direction of Mrs. Berry.
quite frequently societies and churches
in Waterbury, would send in material and
the ice cream would he frozen at the
hospital
TESTIMONY FROM BOSTON.
AttorncvGonoral Fits has received a
type written copy of the dispositions taken
February 10 al Youngs Hotel in Boston
dot Of construction at the hospital. and
Dr. Frank w. rage. n former superin-
t.ndont at the institution. Mr. Lyon S
deposition covers 81 type written pages
and some of it critic'scs very sharply the
methods of Or. Hutchinson. Mr. Lyon
sad among other things that he reduced
tho pressure in the boilers enough to
save - tons of coal n year and to pay
the men in tho boiler room and could
thoroughly hca- the building with tho
reduced pressure, but after pr. Hutch
inson arrived he had orders to change it
back 10 the FUN pressure Of CO pounds.
IR. PAGE CRIrICISES.
Dr.. Page is now .upernto ndent of the
insane asylum at Danvcrs Mass. In his
deposition he said that had he known in
what condition the Waterbury asylum
was before he went there he would never
have taken charge OF il. He said the
institution WIS uriidy. tho aGministra-
ton of affairs could not have eten worse
the patients were poorly fed and worse
clothed; the assistants We're poor and in
attentive. the attendants were careless,
and Indifferent and the patients were neg
lcctcG. He found it necessary to dis
charge liz nurses the first year he was
there.
TESTIMONY or OTHERS.
James Williams for the past six years
painter at the institution testified as to
tho cXcellcnoy of the administration of
DIR. Hutchinson. He had never seen any
thing out of tho way.
DR.. -. ID. Grout of Waterbury testified
he believed DIR. hutchinson was fully com
pctcnt 10 manage the institution. lie ha,
been called there 10 perform several a,i-
good shape
TRUSTEE BALLARD TEsTIFIES.
Orricc Ballard of Georgia, a trustee OF
the institution in 1890 and 1900. testified
here was so much friction between DR.
hutchinson and the heads of departments
at soon after he was appointed trus
the board divided the administration
To four distinct departments. DR.. Berry
as made superintendent of the medica
apartment; L. l.. Lyons. superintendent
buildings and construction; j. +. Ship
nan. farm superintendent, and w. j. Red
nond. superintendent OF the electrical
department.. Mr. Ballard said DR.. Hutch
nson the superintendent. at one tim,
raised the pay of an engineer withou
consulting the trustees which he had NJ
authority to do. He said DIR. w. n. Plat
of ShOrcham. ono of the trustees. ncvc
was in his right mind a whole day ut
tiino. He was evidently under the innu
cnco of some opate or drug. Mr.. Ballar,
said Or. Hutchinson was incompetent an,
useless as Il business administrators Al
an example of this DIR. Hutchinson sol,
to him for 81 wagonette that cost ST.
( and could have been sold at auction TO
$50 or $50 Mr.. Ballard shipped this to
man in St. Adams and made him "A pres
cnt of it. The man used it for severa
years. ballard also bought of DR. Hutch
inson for $40 a thrce-soatcd sloigh tina
cost not less than $50.
WIDE EXTRAVAGANCE.
lie testified that DIR. Hutchinson
used about $3.50 per month in putting
up permanent buildings which the trus
tees thought could not be done withou
n special appropriation. \ piggcry wa
needed at the hospital and the trus
tees got out lumber from the hospita
farm to build it. DR.. Hutchinson di
not like this and built the piggery o
brick against the express orders OF tn