The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-12


there Ia which they was kept 1hsy
ran that the hospital II is think.
81 By % feet square Tint was there
then.
Q. what WIS the sanitary condl-
tlons7 Where was The main cesspooi7
=. East. or almost due oast1
O. How FAR from the main bpldins7
a. From the face. OF from the front
OF the building. three or -four hundred
yards. and from ward No l0--no. no:
four hundred yards. either-it WAS per-
haps not moro than Two hundred yards
from the front and from ward No. 10.
one hundred yards away
BY Mr. Decker. That Is the largo
wooden buiiding7
a. The one the farthcrt east
Q. Was there any antlseptc used IN
TINT cesspooi7
A. Yes sir. great quantities Of it,
sulphuric acid and a great deal OF chio-
ride Of ilme and duicklime.
By AIR Blakeney ls this twenty-fvn
thousand dollars that was paid 10 Or.
Ty.rcadglil property value or a trade
,ultc7
A. think the act Of his retiring and
giving some one a chance 20 gei the
contract for the care Of these paople
was q part Of the consideration.
Q. Then there was trade value In it7
A. Yes, sir.
O. This man Robb that you spoke Of
did yon know him before?
a. Yes sir
O. What was his financial condition?
A. Un,n three or four years ago he
v..s not supposed TO have very much
money.
O. Al that time what was he sup
posed to be worthg You have lived in
the sam town with him7
A. Yes. sir. | lived in the same town
with him. J did. ,ls sir. Tha, would
be a hard thing TO say. I did not sup
pose he was worth very much.
Q. DID you state the amount OF stock
taken by him2
A. No; / must have known; ! did not
recole1t
@. Can you refresh your memory
from your books?
A. Perhaps so; l think. have an idea
that Il was about six thcusand dollars.
am not sure
O. That would represent cash out
lay OF about three thousand doiars7
A. Yes sir; maybc more. l am not
sure. | have no remembrance.
g. Did you ever hgure up the prob
Lr.e cost Of keeping each inmate per
year?
A. Yes sir. 1t worries with the sea-
sons and the cost Of food products Il
estimate that hi'would cost i.oout one
hundred and twenty-five dollars, al
though 1 possibly spent ihtle more dur
Ing the las, few months there. ] think
that / increased the expenditures some-
tNog moro than double what / started
IN Sis,.
By Mr. Decker paes t.,at include the
help and the interest on the money IN
vested?
a No, ncihing with regard to the
interest
O. That one hundred and twenty or
twenty-five dollars is for food?
A. Yes. sir. and keep and clothing
That is not any interest on money IN
that
BY MIR. Decker; State what you know
The iasuution.
A. II was not "A very great long time
alter Ia DO net remember just how
long but s. was only a few months,
after | went into the institution until
got-they got up-the papers got up
Sensational stories about the killing OF
patients and 50 forth. and ] was walk
ing up the Street here one day down by
that oklahoma block. I met a gentle
man-I do not recall who he waB-si gem
tieman what I knew, and he had a pa
per Ia his hand, with large headlines. an
an icle, "a sensational article. In refer
cncc 20 thu saniiarluml about the pa
tlents being killed Ind ] said ! won't
pay "a dol'ar-I won't be blachmaiied out
Of q dollar. Wen, the papers, certain