The Washington times., 1906-05-10
Mr.. Hay Objects to Nc
Namara at Hospital
Hearing.
THERE FOR GOVERNMENT
More Witnesses Tell Com
mittee of Abuse of In
sane Patients.

The main feature of the special Con-
gressional committees investigation Of
the Government Hospital for the Insane
today was the objection made by Rep
Tesentatlve Hay OF Virginia 10 the ap-
pearance of Stewart Mcnamara. AS
sistant United States Attorney. in be-
half OF DR.. White. superintendent Of the
institution under investigation.
Mr.. Mcnamara began TO make n sug-
Gestion 10 the committee while the evil
dcnce was being taken. and NJ. Hay
turned to him with the question: Mr..
Mcnamara, whom do YOU represent
I ask this question in view Of vour ex-
pionation made several days ago. that
you had been ordered by the Attorney
General TO appear before this committee
during its Investigations. I canrr,,.. see
that IL IS at all in the province OF the
Attorney General 10 send United
States attorney before a Congressional
committee in the interest OF Govern
ment official who is under .1.vestiga-
ton"
There in Governments Interest.
Mr.. Mcnamara answered. that he mad
been requested by the Attorney Cen
eral TO see tEGt the interests OF the
Government wr-e conserved in every
way Mr.. Hay replied that he thought
the committee could look after the in
teres;s OF the Government. and. at any
rate, the Government Hospital for the
Insane is under tho Secretary Of the In
terror end not at all connected with the
Department of Justice. Representative
Olcott. chairman of the committee. said
he agreed with the contention of Mr..
Hay and did not see that Mr. Nc
Namara's presence would do anybody
any good. On the other hand. he could
not sec that il was likely TO do any
body any harm. .
Mr.. Hay then. .read from the explana-
ton made a few days ago by Mr. Nc
Namara, in which the latter used the
pronoun we which. Mr.. Hay said. put
him in the attitude OF counsel with Dr.
White as his client. Mr. Hay said he
did not object 10 Dr. Whites having
counsel, but ne did object 10 a United
states attorney being assigned 20 the
case ty the Attorney General Mr. NJ
Namara replied that when he said Eve"
it was the editorial we"
Son Was Cut Over the Eye.
Mrs. f. S. Roland. the first witness
who has a son in the asylum. said she
had twice seen things there to occasion
complaint Once her son. who has been
there five years, was cut over the eve. ."
and she was told by the hospital people
the injury had been inflicted by another
patient.
Another time her son had "a terrible
black eye which lasted more than ten
days"
Mrs Lottie p. Wright, an inmate OF
St Elizabeth's during one month in
1904. said she was treated there for
nnTN-OTgnpEc vrIn Oh
in a corridor. she was too weak 10
walk, and the attendants, as she could
not walk. dragged her by the arm along
the corridor and threw her into the
bed
Once she complained TO a doctor and
was roughly ordered back to her. room.
Referring to other patients. Mrs
Wright said she had seen one Of the
women attendants slap a girl as hard as
she could
August Hol'nberE, recently an inmate
of ST. Elizabcth's. and now a resident nj
the soldiers Homo, said he was struck
lum. ''s'
Once while I was in bed" said Mr.
Holeuberg, 'an attendant struck mo he
cause was talking Another time
was struck for taking the part of a poor
little fellow who was being maltreatsl.
II was a common, everyday occurrence
10 see patients struck
One day a man named Fraser 7 saw
near me was roughly treated. Anotbar
man, a young boy named Weaver. was
also badly handled" was
Mothers Body Badly Bruised.
George c. Wright, husband of Mrs.
Lottie p Wright. said his mother and
wife were both inmates at the ASYLUM
at one time
My mother" he said. LASTED only
four or five DAYS. Then she died. Her
BODY was mass Of bruises. The hospi-
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