The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-24
VETERANS THERE
ARE NOT INSANE
Captain c. B. Trevilian Declares
Old Soldiers Only Helpless
and Friendless-W Would Not
Testify to Religious
and Political
squabble.
fsnec,al From sufr Correspondence

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. May 23.--ln tlle
r.,,or, state Hospital Investigation tl'is
afternoon an attempt was made 70 p't thc
~. -. Foster superintendent OF nv
I'M ~, - ,s entity of using Ice bought
no"p' .,.Iun, The charge WaR hoA
proven. ,a mo crowd
,,.,,t,h t.d filed the court-room an uas
,onp had melted away. me hour ~
odiournmcnt had come ana gone VIZ
Inc most startling charge maue u.a.,i,' ua'n
tho entire investigation was suuu''i'
sprung. ,,,, s,1esman.
r.as ca,,ed TO the stand and questioned
Il as ,a mo good results that would follo"
Wa fnetallatIon Of an Ice plant AT the
hosnitnl It developed Chat he mad once
henn manager OF an ice plant IN WI
lamsburg and had sold Ice to the Eastern
State Hospital.
Ont of n clear sky came the state
mcnt from schutte. MADE II. ans. nnsw't III ~
n question from Chairman Sadier' tlf'ie
Dr Foster used the ice for his own
honse that was purchased by the hos
pital.
instant and with n voice shaken Dy
intense feeling. asked the chairman why
the witness was put on thc s1hnu.
There was an intense stiffness IN the
room when the chairman replied that
hc had nut on the witness to show that
hospital Ice was delivered at DR.. Fos-
tcr's residence The bridges were at
last burnt. md the truth was out that
Dr. Foster was being tried.
Lawless Aroused.
Colonel Iawess slowly replied: II am
glad to know that the matter Is being
sIfted down. You have made this witness
try TO prove that DIR. Foster lis common
ice CRATER That is the whole matter,
and will brand II ae false and untrue.
The witness has not proved anything.
He knows nothing. The testimony Of
this man Is inspired and intend to,show
It,"
Turning rapidly towards the witness.
Colonel Lawless said: Were you sent
here by Mr.. Eugene Clowes?"
The witness hesitated, and then aad
Mr. Cloves had asked him II he would
come If he was wanted He said he had
told Cloves the Ice story, and that Cloves
had asked him to testify. The witness
said that he was in Williamsburg by
chance: that he had been introduced to
Chairman Sadler by r. Z. Marable, and
that the chairman had asked him to tes-
tify to-day.
Schultz finally said he knew nothing Of
the whole matter except from his driver.
The driver. Thorpe. was then put on and
told practically tho same story that
Schultz had already related. It was
brought out that ne was the on-in-law
Z Of Texas Cloves. the avowed enemy OF
Or. Foster. Thorpe finally admitted, In
answer to a question by DIR. Dunn, that
tho ice delivered to DR.. Foster was
charged at the Office of tho Ice company
to DR., Foster. This destroyed tho force
Of the whole ugly charge.
The sensa tonal incident promises to
completely change the conduct of the in
vestigation, for it now seems clear that
It Is the purpose of some on the COM
mittee to press charges against Or. Fos-
ter, Colonel Lawless. In his allusion to
Cloves as being behind the committee In
securing evidence against DR.. Foster, has
shown that he is aware of the bitter
attack that is being made upon his client
and is able and ready to defend him.
When Mr.. Cloves is put upon the stand
there will be war to the knife. for Col
pncl Lawless Is saying openly that he
will have no mercy and will bring TO
light all the testimony introduced In the
secret Investigation to determine Clowcs's
fitness rs n member Of tho board of the
hospital.
No Dull Moments.
Interesting facts were related to-day
opened until the very close of the thr-
teenth days session.
Captain c.. r TreyIlean, supervisor of
the hospital, was the first witness called
to tho stand, and from the moment hc
began 10 testify, beginning with the
''duckng' and "burnlng" of patients,
until he closed his remarks with an In
dlctment of tho "embalmed beef used
in the institution. there was not dull
minute in the investigation room.
Captain Trevian stated that ho had
seen patients, ''ducked' and burned, but
that he thought 1t was for their good and
that he approved these methods in ccr-
tain cases.
Abiding TO himself as the "hack horse
of the hospital, the witness said the pay
was too smal and that better service
could he employed If better pay was Of
fcrcd.
Veterans Not Insane.
He told of the old Confederate veterans
who he said, should not he. brought to
the asylum, who were not really insane
hut were old and friendess,
The kitchen, he said, was too small and
The dning-room, on the male side, was
badly placed. IN describing the meals, he
said that breakfast and supper consist
ed of
Bread.
Molasses.
And And that each OF the working men got
,wo biscuit IN addition at breakfast,
Then came this startling statement:
nl do not think the working men get
enough to eat
while he was describing the dining-room,
"Then these patients are treated like
pigs In stock Pen?"
Captain Trevilian stated that the scraps
from the table of the officers and at
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