The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-03
Many Sensations We're
Sprung atthe Hearing
on Yesterday. .588
MONTAGUE BUlLDING4
NOT FIT TO LIVE. E: IN
Witnesses Are Subjected to tho
7 Most Rigid Examination, and
Are Forced to Make Disclos-
ures, Much Of Which is III
Unfit to Print t---Po olitics sS IL
Much to Do With It. WA
Especial BY staff Correspondent

Especial BY staff Correspondents, ia III;
WILLIAMSBURG, 5vA..,5 May 2.-trha$ N
Investigation Of the Eastern State Hos
spitalsby tho committee from the Leg sla-$S
tire, while short in point Of time to- lay
was not lacking In interest and In sena.
tions Of n startling character. 3;G;;
IT was brought out In evidence that
the Montague building. containing three Y
wards fortf tfnlen had been SO improperly II
kept and cleaned that its entire three n
stories were simply alive with $vermtns33 SS.as
MIR. Cole. resident member OF the board n
OF the hospital, related how he and Mr.
Cloves, his conferred. had ordered IL tliei IL
wainscotng n,lled down and found &:t he
walls infested with bugs. .{t He also told Il;
OF complaints made by the patients who
locked In the rooms, were forced to- pass
81 the night while vernln fell upon t hem
from the ceiling. i5Si 3 i35 $( 81 VII #Fs.a{Sss
Ss Scarcely had this statement been Irnadass Il
when Chairman sadler, Of the conlnllt-a5t tat
tee, asked Mr.. Cole about suicides at
\ the hospital, and brought out the fact
that a number Of patients had com mi ted
lslicide, and that several n OF 5&ss t hosaff Nj
were suffering at the time from what 4ia III
known as suicidal mania. IN additi
1t was stated by the witness that t&;a pa -ss3
8tient suffering from suicidal mania had gi
last month escaped from the institu ton u
and had not been yet rec coveretl
Il These disclosures y were " foil wed sbyas
questions which drew from tile witness
the statement that the suicide, the escape ii
#of the patient,Sandf condition of the M onS8
tague building were the result OF negll-sS &
Eence and lnattentioiit on the part Of tha$
officers and employees q Of the ~ hosplta llSsss
Excitement Was Hi gh.
The air was thick with suppresse ed feel-sE
ing when Chairman Sadler ask ed " NJ r.Ss
Cole if5he was on intimate terfils WI tn
DIR. Foster and his 4fnmll 33 ssy
8 Mr. Cole paus and then Is ron 81
Eswered s II.
a,l6 on pleasant teris l'l Eos-g
etern$but thing 70
any one else. " " 9sSi
Have You ever been accost eds ny T.,
rosters wife about your acts lnHc connec-3S
8tion with the hospital, asked Charm an
Sadler. 3i8s 85i 3s$
Senator Rison, a member OF the com--2s.. om.-s.
mittee, objected, while DR.. Foster srru 8 4
hastily to his feet and said with great
feeling: s933feggt s3fg
THAT question about my wife 3is ss ms ms
othcr matter.'$ fSl VIZ "
that his relations with Mrs. Foster we're
most unpleasant because OF the harshE
criticism regarding him In which ss5 she 4
had lndulged. He added that she shad l, n
declined to speak to him. so lntellselX,8
was she embittcred. . .55 isg ,S II sSS
extreme bitterness of feeling between the
board and tho superintendent, I ms ms! si's AissA ~
borne out Iy the request made to-day py.$g
Dr.. Foster 10 the committee that he pe 4
allowed counsel In making the req uess II
he states that he feels that his character n
AID Integrity would be assailed y DUR &
the Investigation, and that N justice 70 81
himself lo desired counsel for his pro- ro'Isf n
lection. z. III .S5i S 3 55S+g
Colonel Joseph T.. Lawless will &reachs
williamsburg In the morning any anAaslo'ook o1'ok'.5 III
after DR.. Fosters Interests. s2tS55 58&
Mr.. Gloves, an eX-member OF the boaro,l5l
left for Richmond this afternoon, and 3ls 81
Is thought that he VIII return With couh-
sci In the morning. 5$j
Tho quaint old city Is not greatly ex. VI
cited owe rthe investiga ton, for not more w
than half dozen outsiders were press
ent when the committee met at II o'clock n
this morning.
In Cameron Hall.
The sessions are being held In Cameron
rail- Just outside the hospital gates,
where, this morning were sitting q 2gray-
haired old gentleman belonging to one III
of tho proudest families in the State and $@
Il politician who once ran for the Sens
nte, ana who still hopes to be Covers
"
asylum s#
Tho committee is composed Of Senator's
Sadler, chairman; Rison Roberts ana8;
Representatives Dunn, Ould and Pulllam.
MI t. r.. Watkins Is sergeant nt-at-arms,& &s
ana Mr. Tom Owen Is stenographcr.s S3t
Tuesday was spent ~ tho committee In 39
an inspection of the srourds and builds 3
gs of the hospital and not until this "
morning was the examination of Wits
nesses commenced, .3,fsS
After n short discussion relative to the {f
scope of the examination, It was deter-Si a
mined that tile Invest ligaton sholSd & ba 5s
thorough and far-reachlng, and that any .3sS
member Of the committee would be all
lowed to ask as many questions as he aiS
Gesired, s
Mr., II. H. Cole a member Of the board,
was then placed upon tho stand, At the $
outset Mr. Cole declared that in hs
acts as II membor of the hoard of the "a
l., spital, he had been in no way dominated s.
BY Mr.. loves. He said that the beauty H
OF the grounds was due to Mr., Glowes,
who had given this matter his personal
attention, Mr., Cole then went into Il
description Of the methods employed In Vi.
supplies for the hos~.Al, ex-
planning how samples We're subm.ft1 and
selections made. This part of the toss s
tin,ony was without interest.
The witness told Of IN eboard's re-g
fusal to Install Miss Perry as matron. 4
despite the request OF Or. Foster Miss
Perry. witness said had once beSn an #
nmate at stanton asylum, aud for thnt III
not acceptable to the board. Snd {g5
he related Incidents relative to ths dis- I'll
nissal OF Miss Emory as matron at tho BIZ
hospital and insisted that he had M gaa
flncnced Mr., Cloves In this matter ratherg
more than Gloves had influenced him. XII
Is Foster Fit?
Al this point pr. Foster interfupted
10 ask the witness n questlon, but Sha,r.g sAS
olnu Sndler ruled that no oMeia! Or aU1a Naa