The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18

5Inor did him no good. It had Improved
other patients. Sometimes the patients
were undre ssed and sometimes they were
thrown in the tub with their clothes or.
Witness said that he had seen Or. VIII
lIams burn fifteen or twenty pat e'''ns W
single ward on one day.
Witness said It took from three 20 1ouT
attend nts to hold the patients Wnile the
burning was being done. 81 80; L, /,
tyvtrntss' tsaid he had served IN se sew! $! )
hospitals and had never seen. 81 q cru ftS
prracticed anywhere else or ~ anyone
except DR.. Mcguire Williams.
Witness: said the treatment dlo no. ~
any way benefit the patients.
Witness said that in some cases II.
Williams burnt the patients only as pun
,shment for having. cursed and struck
him.
Mr. Proctor said he was the son-in-law
of MIR. Texas Cloves.
"Then have no other question TO ask
you,'' said Colonel Lawless.
Mr. Proctor then left the stand. Mr..
P,FT.y Powell, Jr.. was then placed ontthe
witness stand. Witness said he had been
employed ia the asylum for twenty sue
$cesslye years, leaving in May, 1904, and
having served under DR.. Foster.
Witness said he served during the
whole period OF DR.. Mcclure Williams
term.
Great Cruelty.
Mr. Powell said that Dr.. Williams trea t
ed the patients cruelty. burning many
Of them. Witness said he did not know
II the matter had been reported to- Or.
Foster, who, he said, came on the wards
sometimes once week. sometimes once
a month and sometimes longer.
Witness told how, after having burned
the patients Or. Williams ordered them
to be walked. The agony Of the patEnts
was SO sareat that, witness said, he hid
the men, so that Or. Williams could not
force them to be walked. Dr. Williams,
however, looked for the patients, and
ordered them out X
Senator Sadler;
Cues. "Was this not breach OF dutyY
Why did you hide then1?"
5ta Ans. n know 1t was breach OF duty,
but we did It for humanty's sake"
Witness said that he had seen patients
"ducked's by order Of DR.. Williams.
Witness OF his own knowledge, knew
nothing OF patients having been beaten
by attendants.
Witness said that Or. Williams used
an electric battery on the patients, and
that their screams could be heard two
hundred yards away.
DR.. Foster, as far as witness knew,
was not aware OF this treatment
When Or. Foster accompanied pr. VIII.
3lIams on his rounds, the battery was
not used and the cruelty was not prac'
tIced.
4 4 On cross -examinati ton, Colonel Lawless
asked the witness: 'Why did you leave
the asylum"
z 49, u
Senator Sadler asked witness why ne
was discharged,
Witness replied that he had been on
duty thirty-six hours continuously and
DR., Foster ordered him to stay on twelve
hours more. Witness said he declined to
90 on duty, and DR.. Foster discharged
him,
Witness said that several attendants
had, been discharged for drunkenness,
among them Mr.. Marshall Brooks and.
Mr. CALDWELL
Witness said that there We're few
bedbugs on his ward but not many. Wit
ness said that there was great diligence
exercised regarding. bedbugs IN DR., Mon-
cures time than at present
Witness said that the reason OF the
presence Of bedbugs was the poor class
of attendants that We're In the Montague
building,
Witness said he had no bad feeling to-
wards tho superintendent.
Witness said his salary was $40 a
month, and that he received no additional
pay for extra service. ss
,'If there had been extra pay there
would have been no kick" said the Wit
ness. h
Too Few Attendants,
Witness said that there were not
enough attendants at. the hospital ut this
time, because they could not he gotten
There are never enough attendants here
now" said witness,
Mr.. Pawell then left tia stand,