The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-17
I. BOTH RELIGION !.
AND POLITICS.
Continued from First 1'age,)

E-untin,ied from First Pnge.)
ishnont by ducking. a patient named
s55 Atkins, witness snld, had been ducked
seyen tines because lie had struck the
superintendent.
8B MIR. Cloves. In answer to n question Ms
"a the frequency OF DR.. Fosters visits
Y to tile wards. said that when DR.. Mcclure
Williams first came to the hospital Dr.
& Foster did not visit the wards for one
month and twents-sevcn days. VI.
Then followed ii fearful tale Of crue'!
y prac,iced by DR.. Mcclure Williams on
X the male patients. the particulars VI
y which are ,nprinthblc.
III consider him u brute said MI.
Gloves, who swore that he had ocen an
eyewitness to the horrors he uesclipeu.
sT'he witness named n man named Caiia-
han as d victim to whom Df. Wlilia'ns
was specially cruel.
III Ladies' Asked to Leave.
During TIE latter part of MIR. Cloves
Il testimony, the ladies in the audience were
+ :nsAcd to leave the room.
THE investigation will be continued to-
morrow morning at ?:30 o'clock, When MT.
Worthy and Mr., Proctor will be put upon
the. stand to verify the statements ,ntloe
Il byaNlr. Cloves. regarding Dr. Wllhams.
United States navy,
Il Days Proceedings.
# The seventh days session was called to
order at ten o'clock, With DR.. eouthall
h onSthe stand.
NJ s1yhen the examination was Interrupted
Yesterday Mr. Oultl, of the committee,
was engaged in questioning the witness
regarding the unfriendly relations -eN-
~ listing between the witness and DR.. EOS
ter. the superintendent.
Witness said that there had been
difference of opinion but that there was
i now friendly feclings-brought about ps
IAN appeal made to the witness oS w
board.
Witness said that the difference OF op'n--
4 ionfwas in regard to the diet. He thought
a the patients should have better fare, ana
4 had so stated
witness said that beef was served
one day and pork the next. Or. Foster
he said, was backed by the board.
Witness said that proper diet was as
necessary as proper medical attention
y AZ contended that all acutely insane
people were sick people. commended that
b all epieptics were sick people and that
+ ali of these should be on diet. was
Informed that the hospital could not
afford such diet. This was the difference
sofsopinlon between DR.. Foster and my
SELF
Chairman Sadler then enumerated the
delicaces purchased by the insttution'
Including veyison, Smith1e!d hams, ducks,
soft shell crabs oysters and everything
except, he said, frog legs. and asked why
these were not furnished to the sick pa
tients.
Witness replied that he knew nothing OF
Il any such food.
Witness then stated that the Eastern
State Hospital Is not an up-to-dnte hos
pital in the matter of attendants and
management. He said that in the North
"a where there was plenty Of money, the
x hospitals were managed better, but that
here it was only possible to do the best
& one could with the limited amount Of
money obtainnbe
Witness said that the Central (ncGro)
Hospital was better than the Eastern
(white) Hospital in the matter Of at
4 PENDANTS and care of patients.
Witness said that DR.. Foster sent or
ders to the attendants OF his ward and
y that he (witpcss) thought these orders
should have come through him and that
this served to break down discipline.
v Witness said that he and DR.. Foster
were on opposite sides in the church war.
but that he did not believe Dr. Foster
was Influenced BY that lle thought.
X however. that Mr.. Cole of the special
board, and Colonel Lane, Inspector of hos
initial, were influenced by the church af-
4 fair.
DR.. southall said at the time he was
r. reduced from first TO second assistant
n physician, he was a candidate for the
N Montague convention. and for city chair
Z man OF the williamsburg Democratic
Committee. 4.
III Witness said that he was elected on the
" committee and that Dr.. Foster, VINO was
running, was defeated.
Religion and Politics.
5$ Witness said religion and politics should
E have no part in the affairs of the hos
pital, and It's shame that it Is So
In answer 10 question hy Senator.
Eison. witness said that some men in
town put him up to defeat DR. Foster
Witness said ne had nothing to DO with
The nlauer--he was in the hands of his
srt.nds Il
"I shall vote a..-I wink proper, or shall
leave This hospital" safd DR.. Southai!
Witness stated that while he thought
church and politics we're the cause Of his
being reduced, he did not think ,ils, his
personal feeling caused any disruption In
the mana cement Of the hospital.
Witness said that Inc diet now is not
ns good as :, was when ne had his dif-
. ference With DR., Foster.
Senator sadle-. then asEed the witness
. Il, the Nenlson, w!ld duck. soft crabs.
4 oysters, egg, tartIe. Ash, re cream
purchased by the Institution, Was served
to the patients on his ward.
4 Witness said that only cggg and fish
now and then 10 sick patients, he sup
posed the delIcacieg were uEed by the
directors and 1T the otlcerg' tables.
Tits big day when the Board Of