The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06


Bring out later the true inwardness Of
that Investigation II call Oh YOU. rs
,hlgh-rnihded virsnians, to give my client
fair play
Chairman, sndler, IN answer, said that
no knew that the eyes Of tho whole
Common wealth were tipon this investi.
cation. "trhks committee will do oil
.tunity Of protecting the interests OF your
client" said the chairman.
The chairman then stated that Colonel
1awless would In future be compelled
BY the committee to proceed strictly ac-
cording to the rules Of evidence.
Relations Pleasant.
The witness then stated that hts rela-
lions with Or. Foster were pleasant: that
he was a friend Of DR.. Fosters, and that
hN had had no unpleasntitness with the
superintendent. 6}. 3
Or. Henderson stated that he went. to
Richmond to testify IN the Cloves IN
vestigatlonI at the request Of Mr.. Gloves,
but that tho Investigation had closed whei,
he reached Richmond. He said that he
Ind talked over tho affairs Of tho hos
pital with Mr.. Cloves He had talked
Is Mr.. Cloves since this investigation be-
gan. f ,B Il. II . i 4, y !.
onel Iawless was ASKING questions which
tended to show that Mr.. Gloves had out
lined tho plan Of tho investigation. &.
Z "This committee Is conducting this IN
yestigation, and not Mr.. Cloves" said
Senator Sadler. 81 .4... !.
Colonel Lnwless then stated that the
chairman had stated his position exact
Is. ar.
lII"r shall endeavor to show that mr..
Cloves has been consulting with THIS
witness and then has been advising villa
the committee" said he.
Senator sadler replied that Mr. Cloves
and other citizens had given information '.s
to the committee. !. |.
,.rhat Is lust the point.{I knew that
and can see nothing wrong IN Mr.:
cloves or others doing so" added Colonel
witness then continued by saying that
Mr. Gloves was member OF the poaiu
and that he had right to ask queS-
tons. 8a
Mr.. Lawless then asked:
O. Has Dr. Foster ever remonstr 'a.,e,,
with you regarding your conoucl w" WIZ
the female attendants?
A,sDr, Foster once asked me II ! hau
nlnyed capds with the attendants. l. salo
r had on two occasions In the recePtlois
room. The game was setback ahu , : ~ ~.
nlayed with the female attendants. ~ -
Foster said to me: you had better ta AZ
your wife with you when you play caius
q. Did YOU barber Ill feeling against
Dr.. roster on account Of this?
A. II did not. Mono whatever.
Witness then said that he had no reco,-
lection OF testifyng as to Mr.. Cloves
Improvement Of the hospital grounds' ~
snid he had seen water standing IN 90
nressions in the grounds, not longer now
over. than one or two days.
o. Hns not all the tiling ana "olA
IN the / grounds been done by the SUI
pa 4 Yes. As all work is done under his
Col colonel Lawless then stated that ne
was through with cross-exn n t y ~
Mr.. Ould began 5examinatlloo''i - - -
Henderson. u,.oa 20 ho
In reply to the question asked Il 10
did not think that 1t was very l,.'po
tant that patients reported oeuu s"o 1aia
be examined by physicians. "l.l,ess ' LIZ
FRAT ia considered 1t very important. f 1e
thonrht II was different in private prac-
t,ce. think the physician should ~
sent for to examine his dead patient
Suspended Animation.
Witness stated that there were u num- nun,
ber Of cases of suspended anlh'3 '!'s, !.
which were very hard to detect even ~
physicians. ~. a,,-ar
+ The rule mere rs W AAosi'S
,,,tandent when a patient dies. The su-
perintendent notifies the carpenter 'u WIZ
places the body in a coffin.
ia aaid he had never been ordered 10
molre an examination but had sometimes
done so.
witness stated In answer to question
addressed by Mr.. Pulliam that ne tao
examined n dead patient this morning;
That the nurse at the nfirmnry had noti-
fled him Of the patients death, not
mat she had been ordered to 40 So
hui because she thought It was proper.
witness told OF case at the Central
HOSPITAL where patient was thought ny
the attendants to be dead, but was not.
The rule, he said, at the Cehtrai iios.
pital was that no attendant was ailo"ea
to shroud body until pnyslc'sAn i'au
made an examination.
Chairman Sadler then asked question
regarding the death of DR.. Slower pa
tient. to show that the body was IN
cofrln within a half hour.
DR.. slower died ut 10 o'clock IN the
morning Mrs. Slower reached the VIII
llamsburg railroad station at 1906. four
minutes before his death, but when she
reached the hospital, tho body was al
ready in the coffin.
The question was asked to snow that
tho lack OF examination was dangerous
Mr. Ould then asked DR.. Henderson II
politics had played any part In his cleo
ton as first assistant. Witness replied
that politics had not. He said:
III have heard that was appointed
because OF my support OF Mr.. Montague.
This is not SO. I never voted for Mr.
Montague, and have never met him"
Witness then told how no happened to
como to williamsburg. He had been at
the Central Hospital for seven years, and
was then praoucing In Loudoun county.
DR.. Gnrlick OF Petersburg, wrote him
that he could get position at tho Cen
trail Hospital, Later no received q letter
from Mr.. Cloves. asking him to come to
Richmond He and Cloves then went to
williamsburg to see Mr.. Cole. fie filed
his application with Mr., Cloves and told
him that his election had to be unani-
nous or he would not accept. He was
later notified by telegraph that he had
been elected.
Not on Good Terms.
Tho board he said, informed him that
DR.. Foster and DR.. southall. second as
iolo ,,Nt no