The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21

ticed. with very little mercy being shown.
 This witness stated that-h he saw an old man by the name of Greider beaten and otherwise punished by nurse of the name of Holman. Two broom sticks, he said. were broken over the head of the inmate. On another occa- sion, Mir. Eiland stated, a man by the name of Burfoot was severely beaten by Holman and Winters. kicked in the ribs and knocked to the floor.
 Mir. Eiland said that several nurses at the hospital resorted to the vilest sort of oaths. Many a time he said. he had been cursed by Nurse Winters. wno had also been seen drunk by him. self as we'll as by number of other in- mates of the asylum.
 q have also seen," the witness said. Inmates of the hospital choked in a bath tub, towel being put around their neck, and the inmates submerged in cold water without any excuse for the treatment Nurses by the names of Holman, Thorn a7d Winters did this to an old man. feeble and gray-headed."
 An inmate by the name of D. G. Falkner, the witness stated, had got ten in fight with another of the name of John Cooper, and resulting from this. he said, the ear of Cooper was almost bitten off As a punishment to the tormentor, Mir. Eiland stated that nurse Holman administered sound thrashing to the belligerent chasing him and beating him with gas lighter.
 However" said the witness. they sure did get that wonder fellow, point ing to MT. Headley, the last of the wit nesses. MT. Headley was excused Tor A moment to give the witness time 10 reveal the treatment which his ae- nuaintance had received.
 Mr. Eiiand stated that Mir. Headley was A particular mark which the nurses aimed at q was at the hos pftal for four months" he said, ana for three weeks of this time. MT. HeadIey was beaten at every meal. Holman whipped him in the morning, and Winters at noon and night"
 The witness said that Headley was beaten regularly, and always In the presence of the other diners.
 Whipped Twenty Times.
 s. D. Headley, of Cooper station, Chiffon County, was the last or the witnesses to apear before the commits sion. MT Headley's statement was clear and Instructive, and was rendered without pause or hesitation.
 The witness said that he had been sent to the hospital because of cigarettes and whiskey. tarrying at the hospital from the 12th of January to the 25th of June. During this time. he said, he supposed he received twen- ty thrashinss, more or less. when ne had done nothing for which he should have been punished. ga .g34<
 MT. Headley stated that he had de- lusions at the time he went to the asylum, imagining that "niggers were after him." From this, however, he said, he soon recovered and during the most of the stay at the asylum was perfectly sane and rational.
 The witness staed that the nurses several times cursed him. using oaths and profanity of the basest language. and that they seemed to delight in picking him out for a target. He said that he was afraid to report them to the hospital authorities. for fear of a worse thrashing than he had before received.
 In answer to a question to that ef- feet, MT. Head1ey said that he fought the nurses with all the strength he had, but never until they had attacked him.
 As for food, the witness stated that sometimes he got enough, and at other times he didn't. He thought that it was well cooked and perfectly whole some.
 Judge J. M. Chiffon, attorney for the hospital. was present at the investiga- tiop, and put In a number of queries. The commission will meet again this morning, at 10 o'clock, at which time will be heard all witnesses who care to appear before the Legislative com- mittee.
 The commission is planning to make al trip to Tuscaloosa some tims this week but as yet has been unable to set the date