The Jasper news., 1906-03-08

struggled up out Of the chair and fell
down upon the floor, and that afterwards
the attendants picked him up, placed
him back Ia the chair, and he sit there
10 an indifferent manner, with his arms
leaning on the chair or table, and his
head inclined little to the left side;
that he said, or did nothing from this
time until he was taken from the dining
room back to his ward; that they heard
no vulgar language or epetbsts applied
by the attendants to Mr. Seaman; that
they did not see any blow struck him,
or see him kicked by any one, nor did
they hear anything that indicated to
them that he had been either struck
or kicked in any manner; that tho rea-
son they did not see anything CT this
kind some OF them testified, was because
they were busy about their work, and
not in situation to SEQ or hear; some
Of them testified that they do not think
he could hsve been kicked or struck
with any great force without their know
ledge. The most of these msH, that is,
attendants, impressed us as being men
of good, fair intelligence, and while we
would not be in the attitude Of taking
the position that any one Of them will
fully or purposely rsfrainsd from telling
the whole truth we thought we dis
covered a species Of 10y atty that indicated
u disposition TO relieve tho facts which
occurred in the dining room from the
odium or being considered unusual or
out Of the ordinary. Others of these
attendants impressed US that they told
all that they knew about the matter.
We believe tha. on the whole the most
damaging testimony, and that which
was the most corroborative Of the tsi.
timony OF the patients who witnessed
tho treatment Of Mr. Seaman, was the
testimony Of Mr. W Estes, who stated
substantially that after Mr. Seaman had
been brought into the chair, he observed
him setting in a position with his arm
resting slightly on the table, with his
head inclined to the left and little
back, with his eyes partly open, with
glaring or glassy look, his mouth open,
his face apparently stolid, and his
manner that Of perfe,t quiet, all being
Of such character rs TO impress
him with fear that he might possibly
bo dead; that after having observed this
condition he went to the little alcove
near by and adjoining this dining room
and asked Major Wallace who was the
head attendant on ward No. 13, from
which he, Wallace had brought Seaman
what was the matter with tho nsw man
as he was not eating. Wallace says, ~
don't know, Jamison is out there"
We would say in this connection that
our examination Of the patients above
mentioned, Duckering, Baker, and
Franklin, that Mr. Seaman was roughly
handled, and needlessly, forcibIy taken
to the dining room; that in the taking
OF Seaman to tho dining room no was
dragged on the floor Of ward No 13 from
whore he had been sitting, attendant
Jalnison having hold of his arm, and
the patient Franklin assisting under the
direction OF Jamison, dragging him by
the hair until they reached tho head OF
tho stairway OF this ward; 1t this juno
ture the statements showed as made by
the patients above named, or rather
this circumstance by the statement Of
Joe Franklin, that attendant Janison
gave Mr. Seaman kick, which was in
the nature OF push with his foot in
his side, the force Of which carried him
four or five steps down tho stairway.
That then his hands clutched the rail-
ing, and he was pulled loose by attend
ant Janison and patient franklin, and
that then he was rolled down the stair
way by another kick; he was then