The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-04

with you?
A. No; tell him about It,
Q. Has he over been pregent during
an operation?
i A. Not to my knowledge.
J Witness here stated that DR.. Foster
i had on one occasion performed I'M oper-
ation on u patient in the female ward. y
Slept on the Floor. 1.s9T
@. Have patients been allowed to sleep
i on the floor With only one blanket?
A.. Yes 3 reported the cases. These
| patients tore up their beds at night and
we're then made to sleep on the floor |
thought the patients should have some
sort Of bed.
G. Did your superintendent object to
the patients having beds?
| L a.. No; 1t seemed to be a custom. This
| condition has entirely changed now. 81
| Witness hero explained the use of tho
straight jacket, using one to illustrate.
c.. You never prescribed straight
Jacket at the Eastern State Hospital for
the negroes? #
A.. No; have, however. prescribed
straight Jackets here, because It was the
custom here, and could not break away
ct once. The attendants said they would
not stay here II they were not used. Il
did away with their use as rapidly as 4
could. I have suseds them onHa Woud-he
suicide. IL 453 IL y. SS I'M gs yj33
Ono well conducted hospital uses them
now?
A. No. Formerly they were used. but
they belong to the past.
@. Do You know OF any punishment
Of female patients
a. No; I do not know of my own per-
sonal knowledge.
Woman Checked and Slapped.
i @. DO you remember that Mrs Rey-
nolds had been slapped and choked by
an attendant?
A. Yes, and reported the case to the
6, Was the attendant censured or dis
charged.
A. When the superintendent and the
board investigated the case they did not
think this necessary. Dr. Foster said
.mistreated.
O. who was present at the meeting OF
the board I'll
A. Mr.. Cole and Mr. Bland
@. DO you know that Miss Nellie Raw
was ducked?
"A. No, did not know. 1t was told me.
1T occurred before my connection with
the institution.
@. What arc your relations with DR..
Foster?
Get Along Well.
A. We get along very we'll together.
No have not always agreed, but 1t has
always been q friendly difference Of
opinion.
O.. AS first assistant you are acting
superintendent In the absence Of the SUI
pcrintendcnt?
Z a. Yes.
g. Have you acted as superintendent
much?
A. don't recall how often the super
intendent has been absent.
4 @. Were you here when the superlnten-
dent had an accident on account Of n
personal difficulty with Mr.. Texas Cloves,
in which no was laid UP four months?
A. Yes. c g
g. Did you act as superintendent when
the superintendent was In Richmond at
the Cloves investigation?
A, Yes; for two or three weeks,
@. TO you or tho superintendent exam
inc the dead patients? 6
A.. No; the assistants are not required
to do SO.
@, Does tho superintendent examine
them?
u A., No,
Q, What Is the rule at the Central State
Hospital?
A. Tho superintendent makes an ex-
animation,
9. Is this not very important?
A. Yes,
Tho committee then arose to sit again
at . o'clock tomorrow morning.
Conditions Were Rernedied.
Mr. II, D. Cole, resident member of tho
board made the following statement to
The Times Dispatch representative to-
night:
"The Montague building Is now In fine
condition. The vermin found there last
summer were almost entirely confined to
the two upper wards. Tho attendants
then In charge of those wards are not
now connected with the hospital"
Mr. Cole testified on yesterday to the
frightful condition of the Montague build
Ing, which he said had been alive with
yermn. a. r.,