The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-12
on the female side arc responsible 70.
the food for the paticnts..'''5
8555 Not Daily Visits. "a

the food for the patients;
Not Daily Visits.
Dr.. Foster said that he did not make
daily visits to 5all she wards. for t wa 8 I
a physical impossibllty for him to do Y
so. and 1t was not intended that he should
do So ss4i5 88S.
# He said that at Marion Hospital tho
matter was discussed and the general 4
board decided tina the rule was wrong, v
and .that38thc superintendents were not
expected to visit the wards daily. rs Cloves.
no said. WAS present and knew of this q
action of tho general board.
ta Or. Foster explained in detail the form
OF re ports made to him by the assistant A
physicians and the hospital officers.
showing how he keeps In touch with the y
affairs OF the hospital
y Or. Foster read the aleg ed 3.slanderous
letter. on account Of which he was as
5saulted by Mr.. Texas Cloves; an uncle n
OF Mr.. Eugene IT, Cloves, and an extra
attendant at the hospital. s
81 DR.. tier said Texas Cloves III was II
drunk three fourths OF tho time. and
used the insane man Conway to help
him handle heavy boxes in his business *
as tennstcr. Hi M
Foster Criticises Cloves
&5 Or. Foster said that A1r. p. III. Clio ives, q
when he first became Il member Of the
OdTu, II uill llQLs BIV6 InuCIl LrOu0le IOrSe
Judge Garrett held him down. When later
he received his commission for SIX years. i.
she seemed to think he had descended x
from heaven, !" for he began to ma Ike all 5
manner OF trouble and dsorganized the #
affairs OF the hospital. The attendants a.
and employees, he said, openly stated that
they could. In case or trouble, apPea. to ~
Cloves This had a very bad effect upon
the discipline OF the asylum. That man 4
CHI 11s1Sy n Yr1nYn a
the board. The Senate refused to con-
firm his last nomination, and very prop-
fcrly. He should never have been noml-$3
;nated," said Dr. Eos Ter. 8s8{
The circumstances rela tive to the ap.3$
pontment OF NJ ISIS Perry as nlatron were
then discussed by the witness and two 81
letters from DR.. Blackford. supcrintend-
ent OF tho Western State Hospital.
were read In which he recommended
Miss Perry very highly. and urged her
appointment. In graphic language. 4 DR..
Foster told OF the excellent work Miss a
Perry did for tho hospital. OF the splendid
testimonials she had, OF his and OF Dr.,
1 Blackford's opinion that she was sane
and capable. and finally OF how Mr..
Cloves and Mr. Cole, the two members
Of the special board, had dismissed her,
Cloves without even reading her testi-
1nonials, and had branded her on the
hospital records as No good" and
#'Worthless.' because she had once been
ar inmate OF an asylum
SWhiskey Episode,
II In speaking Of the "whlskey episode
he said he had never. said or intn1ated
that the board used -the Wh!skey too
freely.
IT had the whlskey moved from the
store room to the drug-room because !
thought 1t the place, and i still think so,''s
VI Senator sadler with hcaD: You think
that the Governor Of Virginia. the Sens
ate and the board should do as you wish,
and should not have any power to think
for thenselvcs?" ~, Il
q Or. Foster: I did not say So. I said
] thought | knew better than tho three
members OF the board who come here
once a month ! have atrohgsfy Views az II
to the proper use Of whiskey. :, $s5
e pr. Foster said that 1t was not true
that the cows belonging to the hospital 4
drank sewerage water. lie said there
was a good stream, supplied from springs.
running through the PASTURE In answer
to q question. Or, Foster said that no
and Dr.. SouthalI had been on unfriendly "a
against him for superintendent while he
was mn assistant physcan.s He had si,tse Il
accepted DR., sonthals explanation and
was on friendly terms with him,
a55t DR.. Foster said that It was the Impress 81
sion In the town that Cloves brought
DR.. Henderson here to succeed him. f8
Tho committee adjourned until 9:30
Tomorrow morning. vs.
1T does begin to look as Though tha y