The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-06
BRUISES ON
JOHN GRAY'S
DEAD BODY
Continued from First page,

The order for the clothing was given
months before for 200 of each kind.
The witness also produced s7.25 suits
from the Hub Clothing Company. the
proprietor of which concern is a son-in-
law of Asylum Manager Joseph Rice.
The selling mark on the suits called
for SIS. They are sold to patients for
$3.50.
He testified that a cheaper grade of
goods was given to untidy patients.
The clothing worn by untidy patients
have to be washed and must be nom
~shrinkable. The supervisor makes the
requisftion. He denied giving cheaper
suits to patients and charging the
counties the higher prices.
An intimation of a coming row came
when Mr.. Backes excused Jones and
then put on the stand Harry Hayeson,
a Hebrew clothing dealer, as an ex-
pert in clothing He had handled SINH
lar clothing, and testified that ninety
cents was a fair price for the $l.So
trousers. They could be bought in
many markets for $3.50 a dozen. Pur-
chased in lots of 200 they could be
bought in all the markets this year
for $40 a dozen at the very highest.
Mr.. Haveson testified that Warden
HAYES would fno no trouble in buying
such goods in the markets for $9.5O
to $40.
Regarding the 1925 coat. Mr.. Have
son said it could be bought for 81
apiece.
The coat, which the State paid 1926
for. the witness testified could be
bought in the market by Warden
Hayes for $3.50. He further said that
as the coat was bought last Octo-
Der. it could have been bought for less,
as the market price was lower then.
The $7.25 suit, the witness said, was
seven years old, though it was bought
by the state last January. He would
not buy them, as he could not sell
them. He sold fifty suits similar in
style. which he had on hand for seven
wears. for S1.5O a suit recently. He
further testified hat he was in the
Hub store last winter, and the proprle-
tor told him he was going to clean OUT
his old stock,
Mr. Haveson said he would sell sim
ilar goods to the State for the prices
he had named and guarantee the quar-
ity to be just as good.
Daniel Bloch, another clothing merchant
owning one of the largest stores IN Ireh-
ton. fixed less than $3.50 per dozen as tne
fair market value of the trousers Tor wnicn
The state paid 81 IS apiece. or $3.50 a dozen
Buyine them in lots of 200 the price would
he shaded by some wholesalers TO %'oo Oh
SIG. -.
The 81. Is coat, the witness testihed, couio
be bought in lots of 200 for $1S a dozen
The State paid $27 a dozen. The S3.2b coaI'
the witness said, could be bought for $l.lo-
The s7.25 suit. the witness said, was IN
style eight years ago. The State purchased
II in January. Witness said 1t had no mar
Eet value now. He could not sell inc
goods. Some dealers might get rid of them
10 some institution for between So and "a
q suit. He would not consider them a bar
gain for any institution at S7.25 each.
AT this point the probe switched to other
asylum matters.
The Rev. John May, a Methodist pastor
of Somerset County. took the stand ano
testified that when the body OF John Gray
who died at the asylum last June, was
opened for view in Neshanic it was Gov
cred with a dirty sheet. There was a Gu
under the left eye, discolorations about I'M
face and abeasions on the neck. The hands
were discolored. The sheet covering thu
form was very dirty and looked like tn
one he died on. The Skin was dirty
.Tohn III. Marquis, of Neshanic, sdui
Cray's grave. He saw the body discoloret
under the left eve; side of cheek looked o.
though man had been struck. The mech
was discolored.
The coffin was a pine lex. The body was
dressed In a dirty shirt and a bed shee'
was thrown over the rest of the body
.rbe sheet was very dirty. There was nc
other clothing on the body that Witness
saw. ~ E,nt.
hsnser,s testimony given yesterday tna'
Gray was a docile man and never violent oead
Mrs. Margaret Dilley was nex. c hneu
Sbe il a sister Of Gray. She did not know
ths bodv was coming home until the gay
hefore It arrived. She met the body at the
Erave. when the coffin was opened s sbs
saw q bruise on the nase, a . cut tne neck
~" HOSPITAL Manager John Taylor was re,
called. He testified that he had not mis tne
any meetings in years Wsrda nes4 Hayes the
mos testified that there was no reler-