The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-08
THE PROBERS
CONTINUE
Threshing Over Old Straw IN
Connection with the Morris
Plains Hospital.
THE BEATTY CASE UP AGAIN

The Legislative Investigation Com
mittee met in Trenton last Tuesday
and took up the matter of the heating
plant at the Railway Reformatory.
Geo. e. Poole testified in regard to the
matter and showed that $1,000 was
taken off the bill because Of his calling
attention to the high price asked for
the license to use the Paul system.
The Morris Plains Hospital was
then taken up.
Harry A. Van Glider, of Morristown,
secretary of the board of managers,
produced the minutes of the board
from March, 1900, to the present time.
Individual members of the board Wis
tied the institution monthly and en-
tered in book kept for that purpose
their comments and criticisms on the
institution, which all the members
looked over at the monthly meetings.
Moses K. Eyeritt, who has been war
den of the hospital for sixteen years
and six months, followed Mr.. Van
Glider, and identified his books. He
had entire charge of the business end
of the hospital, in fact everything out
side of the medical department. His
supervision of the food ceased when it
left the elevators which carried it
from the kitchen to the dining rooms
above. The medical director made
up the dietary, and it had been
changed within the last year, though
not very materially. The dietary was
followed closely, but the warden ex-
ercised some discretion as there were
some seasons when it could not be
strictly adhered to.
He always consulted the medical di-
rector before he departed from the
strict dietary. He had no authority
in the dining-room, and he and the
medical director never had any clash
about the room. He purchased most
of the supplies by competitive quota
tions, but not by cometitive bidding
or advertising. BY this, he explained
he asks different firms dealing in an
article for prices for the standard he
sets. and buys of the one whose prices
are the lowest.
The matter Of former Mayor Beatty,
of Hackettstown, patient at the hos
pital, said to be misused there some
tinon aUo was talxan IN
DIR. Evans, at the time the story
was made public, said that Mr.. Beatty
was very violent when he was admit
ted to the hospital. Whether the in
luries he had were sustained while he
was being taken in a cab to the hospi-
tai or after he entered the place, DR..
Evans said he could not say. DIR
Evans also said that Mitchell had
made a-sworn statement that he was
not responsible for Mr.. Beatty's iu-
jurieS.
On January IL, 1906, President John
G. Eisele, of the hospitals board of
managers, made an investigation of
the case. Mr.. Eisele learned that
when Mr.. Beatty entered the hospital
he was taken by DR.. Horsford and two
attendants to ward, that an exami-
nation showed that two ribs appeared
to be fractured, that the patient was
very excitable and violent at times,
and tore the uniform of one of the at
tendants who attempted to undress
him.
Mr.. Eisele also learned from Medi-
cal Director Evans that the patient,
two days later, kicked another patient
in the mouth, and that Mr.. Beatty's
son, who was present at the time, said
the patient was accustomed to giving
that kind of trouble at home.
According to Mr.. Eisele's statement
at the time, DR.. Evans, in order to de-
termine by some person not connected
with the hospital the extent of Mr.
Beatty's injuries, had him examined
by DIR. James Douglas, of Morristown,
and DR.. Douglas "found his ribs were
not fractured"
After hearing a number of witnesses
TIE hearing was adjourned.