Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-08


Mrs. Dicey Davidge. colored, employed as
a cook in the general kitchen of st. Eliza
beth for seven years, said that sometimes
the food given her to cook was pretty fair
at other times it wasn't. Occasionally the
meat wasn't fit to use, and the same was
true of the vegetables. The worst OF the
things she didn't use. She Thought
Dr. Richardson bought better stuff than
did Dr. White. Mrs Davidge said that her
food supplies were supposed to be a little
better than the ordinary. as she cooked for
the day patients but toward a. the ,sst laSs
Davidge left In March OF this year-the
food got worse
Bernard Roach an attenoa;-t at St Eliza
beth for four and one-4idif years. having ieIt
in August 1905. said he had occasionally
seen patients roughly handled. One patient
had been handled wien unnecessary harsh,
supervisor. The patient. whose name
was McNary, had merely wanted to speak
to one of the physicians. when he per-
sisted. he was choked, strapped and thrown
in room. ats Toner and Taylor were
the members of the medical stan VINO had
witnessed the performance.
Harry Talbot, a carpenters apprentice,
employed on one occasion by a fire alarm
company to work at st. Elizabeth, testified
that he had given an attendant named
Hawkins had secured from him piece Oh
insulated telephone wire, saying that IL was
a good thing ito tan patients with" He
didn't know whether Hawkins had so USED
the wire.
K w Frost. manager of the National
Automatic Fire Alarm Company was
called
Some one called at my office this morn
Ing" said Mr.. Frost. and said II would De
for my interest as government contractor
to appear before the committee and refute
the testimony of an ex-empioye or our COM
pany given yesterday.
The deputy sergeant-at-arms here rose
and said that he had served the subpoena
on Mr. Frost, and had left word at his
office concerning his appearance The com
mittee will take sworn testimony on this
point later.
Calls DIR. White a "Pooh Bah"
Mr.. Frost said he didn't know anything
about the medical phase of things at the
hospital. but he could say something about
the business administration of the institu-
ton Frost referred to DIR. White as a
Pooh Ball." and criticised the superintend
ent on various incidents connected with
the contract of the National Automatic Fire
Alarm Company. He accused Dr. White.
moreover, of having endeayored to trap
him into swearing to false statement.
DR.. White had refused the company an
extension of time, which the Interior De-
partment had later granted, going over his
head to do So The witness thought that
the superintendent for some reason or other
was endeayoring to have the contract can
celled.
81 don't care to sit here and hear a
squabble about a contract unless 1t affects
the management of the institution" said
Mr.. Smyser.
Il can show you the application replied
the witness.
Then shoot 1t off, said Mr.. Smyser,
YEARLY.
The witness then read from reports to
show that DIR. Whites criticism of the work
done by his company had been not sus-
tanned, and he was excused.
The deputy sergeant-at-arms. who has
been serving the subpoenas, was sworn
He told of serving three subpoenas on
rost. and of telling the latters clerk that
Frost better not, for his own interests,
evade service. The committee then ad-
journed until this afternoon.