The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
IL an ex.state associate councillor. and
THOMAS b. 1vey, State secretary Will also
attend.
COL LAWl[sS
THREATENED BY GLOVES
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liams had burned az many as thlrty-fve
to forty patients In n single day, and
that on one occasion, after disagree-
,nent with IL patient named Hardy, DR..
Williams ordered that he be burned as
n punishment and that he (the wltness)
had refused to do his bidding.
Tied His Patients.
Mr.. Badkins told OF tying the patients
hand and foot and dicking them, and re-
lated how, when n, man named Atkinson
had offended Or. foster, he was tied ana
duckcd
rho witness said that there we're bed
bugs In the Tower building, but that
DR.. Foster has exterminatcd them. lie
spoke we'll Of the superintendent. who
he snu was active IN the affairs OF the
asylum.
Mr.. Proctor, former attendant told
OF the terrible cruelty practiced on the
patients By DR.. Williams. which. he said,
was carried to such an extent that the
attendants hid the patients to keep them
from being tortured.
II knowit was IL breach Of duty, but
we did 1t for hnmanity's sake" cx-
claimed Mr.. Proctor.
The witness told. ut length. Of the am
putation of the foot Of. patient named
Sam Crnlle. The operation was per-
formed by Or. Foster, and the foot. Wit
ness said, was 80 diseased that The skin
came Off when touched and the odor was
vile. Witness said that the operation
should have been performed sooner.
Mr.. Proctor also related a case OF a
patient under Or. WillInmss care who
had maggots in his wounds. D.
The chief testimony OF all the witnesses
except Mr.. Coles has been Of the In
human treatment OF the patients by
DR.. Williams who was succeeded by DR..
Henderson,. Il
That Creature.
A BIT Of feeling was shown In the morn
ing's session when Colonel Lawless,
counsel for Dr. Foster. alluded to Mr..
Texas Cloves, witness Of yesterday,
as that creature"
The chairman, Chairman Sader. object
ed to the expression, but Colonel I.awless
insisted that he had a right to use the
expression, and repeate 1t with great
vigor
Mr. Cole a member OF the special koard,
being recalled to tho stand, stated that
the conditions now obtaining at the hos.
pital we're good and that the conditions
complained OF were Of the past.
Mr. Cole told OF the dismissal OF the
trained nurse and said that 1t was done
against the wishes OF Dr.. Foster and the
assistant physicians.
Mr.. Cole stated that the special board
had recommended night attendants FOR all
the wards, but that the plan was not
carried out as ut was not deemed ad-
visabl !, ,s.5a. E s.5 ..,, ~
Modified Testimony ForsIr
Mr. Cole modified 10 a great extent
his testimony given on the first day OF
the examination regarding the number OF
bedbugs found in Montague building. i
He also modified his previous state
ments regarding the capabilities OF Dr.
Foster.
Tomorrow Mr. Fl. e. Baskerville, of
the firm OF holland e. Baskerville. archi-
tccts. and Mr. John Wilson, contractor,
OF the Montague building, will be placed
on the stand to explain the alleged bad
construction and plan of the ulaing,,4
| Chairman, Sadler said tonight. that he
hadstaiked% to both over the fphonn and
that each laid the blame upon the other.
Iheday has been spent in discovering
Tie alleged cruel acts Of DR.. Mcclure
Williams and Of the improper treatment
OF patients generally.
II has BEEN a good day for DR.. Foster,
the superintendent. of whom the witnesses
have spoken in praise
The Proceedings.
The eighth day Of the investigation was
begun WITH tn examination of Mr.. E. Fl.
proctor on the stand. Mr.. Proctor was
at one time an attendant at the asylum.
and was called tot,eorrobhte; the !testi-'
mony. given on yesterday by Mr.. Texas
Cloves. in which he charged horrible
cruelty onIthe partS5of Dr.. Mcguire VII
liams. n former assistant physician
Mr. Proctor gave "a detailed statement
Of the cruelty practiced, which caused the
patients to scream with agony
Witness stated that stralehtJackets
were In constant use While he Wast an
attendant. He stated that Frank Clark
and Marshall Brooks, attendants. were
discharged from the institution for cruel
treatment OF patients IN two Instances
the attendants engaged In fIstcuffi en-.
counter With the patients. Witness said
that the cruelty was praetIced & without
the approval Of Dr. Foster. n
Witness did not know Of bedbugs.
There was a great deal OF "duckIng"l
practlced on the patients, especially while
Dr.. Williams was In charge
Crowed All Night.
Patients who made a noise at night
were ducked In the morning. One pa
tIent the witness said, thought he was
"rooster," and croWed all night. Or,
Williams ducked him very often.
Witness said he could have given the
patients medicine to quiet them, but he
was not ordered to do SO. The "rooster"
patient was named Morrison.
Witness said that some Of the patients
prayed and sang all night long, and
these were "ducked" Sometimes they
were "put UNDER three or four times.
II he number, OF times depended on the
temper OF Or, Williams, witness said.
1t took three attendants to haul the, pa
tlents to the bath-tub. The "crow(ng"
patient was very Violent, and the ''duck'