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was asked yesterday If any charge
would be fled He did not know.
While L am interested In this mat
ter he declared ut is not to the extent
that | would appear as counsel for any
body. l have wired to DR.. Foster that
the committee will meet on Tuesday
suppose he will be present.
Vague rlin1ors of the nature of the
charges 10 made against Mr.. Cloves
all In circulation but these cannot be
traced to their source. and in the absence
OF any official declaration can be given
only rumors. 1t is limited for one
thing. the statement coming from lie
Cloves force that an allegation of SER
ious malfessance in office will be made.
This Is Indignantly denied by Mr..
Cloves and his friends. AS far as DR..
Foster Is concerned the only expression
known to have come from him at al
concerning the matter was In response
to a telegram yesterday from an after
noon paper. This statement was to the
effect that he was ready to confront any
charge made against me, personlly or
as an official"
On the Gloves side the allegations are
more definite, but can scarcely be given
publicity in detail at this time. Wit
nesses will be introduced, records pro-
duced, ana afidavits filed all surprising
that the record OF the Richmonder Is
attacked Friends OF Mr.. Cloves boldly
assert that partisan politics figure to
some extent in the trouble, notwiths.and-
ing the fact that EGuator Sears is an
avowed Montague ms.i and Senator Sad
Ter, who is defending Mr.. Cloves. an
avowed Martin man. 1t Is asserted also
that in defending himself Mr.. Cloves will
make startling revelations of conditions
at the hospital that will demand a gen
eral inquiry. The attempted appointment
of ex-lunatics to positions of respons!-
hility in the asylum is said to be one
of the charges made. The case of a we'll
known Richmond man who was an in
mate of Eastern State Hospital and who
died recently will be cited in support OF
/ one of the charges to be brought by the
! Cloves forces.
Mr.. Cloves has received kilograms and
! letters from several of his associates on
! the board of directors. He has the strong
support of nearly. If not quite. all the
members of this board.
/ ..What will be the general line of your
/ defense?" he was asked last night.
1T is impossible for me to say definitely
| now. No charges have been fled and j.
am completely in the dark. You may
say this. however that | court the fullest
| inquiry. and that while am satisfied the
II
much prefer this to be an open hearing.
so that the people of Virginia may know
everything that l shall bring out.
How many Witnesses will you intro;
duce?"
Twenty or twenty-five, perhaps, If thh
attack comes in the way that / suppose
1t will
Whom will you introduce ms wit
4 nesses?''
4 ,,rt tn n 4 Vn
the names at this time. shall. OF course.
i appear In person and will he represented
i by Colonel Anderson as counsel. In adj
edition, will have the commissioner OF
i state hospitals, Colonel l.. w. Lane, Jr,
i here to testify. and will Introduce every
! member of the board of directors either
In person or through affidavit.
A The regular meeting of the special
4 board OF directors of the hospital was to
| be held to-day in williamsburg for tho
4 routine work. of inspection, approving
4 pay rolls and going over monthly ac-
4 counts This board consists of three
4 directors
4 Mr.. Gloves is one of the three, but In
4 view of the pending inquiry declined to
attend the meeting. The other mem
A hers are Mr.. III. d. Cole, OF Williams
i and Queen. The meetings are held at
n the hospital In williamsburg. n If Mr.,
Bland was for any cause unable TO at-
a tend the special board, In the absence
(. Of Mr.. Gloves. did not have a quorum,
Il and the affairs of the hospital will be
temporarily tied up. 1t could not be
learned last night whether or not the
board succeeded in having n meeting
Portsmouth Case.
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