The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-05

would have been impossible Tor them to have taken place without the knowi- edge of the supervisors. He was pres ent when Hugh Horton was brought to the hospital. No attack was made on him. nor was he mistreated In any way
 J. M. Loyd. one of the nurses. was cailee from his work in one of the wards and in the white coat of a nurse he gave evidence as to the alleged violence. MT. Lloyd had been mentioned as being present when two patients were mistreated. He denied point blank his testimony.
 Judge Chiffon asked the witness what he knew of the death of Dr. Due. for one patient had sworn that Dr. Due had been killed. The com mission told Judge Chiffon 1t was not necessary to introduce any testi- mony on the death of pr. Due. It was convinced already that Dr. Due died naturally and without violence. Mrsr Annie c. Due, the widow of Dr. Due, had submitted an affidavit setting forth that her husband had died~of a nervous breakdown. She visited him frequently at the hospital and she had two separate nurses hired to look after him Saw No violence. w. D. billiard, nurse, wasrasked as three separate incidents, in which 1t
  been cruel And in each instance he entered a denial to the allegation. He had never seen while in the- hospital | any violence or cruelty. He had heard of nurses being discharged for rough ness but he had not personally wit messed any of the roughness. You were here at the time of the strike said Chairman King. Did you | hear that the young lady nurses sym | pathized with the strikers and refused l to dance with or recognize the strike | breakersY
 T heard it, but did not know any thing about it," replied the witness. The testimony of A. s. Bridges. giv- on in Birmingham, was denied by Nurse T. W. Hewitt. Bridges swore | that he saw Curry and other nurses attack young Hines. Hewitt said that he and Bridges were not in the ward, | but that Bridges was helping the wit ness carry out trash.
 Nurse c. l.. Craft was charged by two previous, witnesses with two sep arate acts of violence. He went on the stand and denied in detail the two alle- gations Nor had he seen any cruelty on the part of other nurses. Miss Buck on stand. After the dinner recess the first wit ness called was Miss Mary Buck, the supervisor of the woman's wing of the hospital.
 Miss Buck outlined the work and system of management of this wing l. just as Mir. McDuff had done in the morning in regard to the west wing. I Here 1t appeared that the utmost care was taken ot all patients and the sys- | tenn was such that abuses and il-treat- ment could not exist without being | found out. She also denied that any | such woman as a Miss Allen had died there as testified to by Miss Crump In l Birmingham. She said that Miss | Crump did not voluntarily resign but ] that she was discharged for very | eood cause, The witness said that Miss 1 Watts and Miss Stapp, against whom 1 charges have been made, were both very good nurses and popular with the | patients.
 Miss Buck denied all the charges that | had been made against the manage
 ment, the treatment of patients and the
 lack of food. She testified that the 1 fact of the investigation committee be- ing in Tuscaloosa had much excited I nearly all of the patients; that they
 understood that they had come to turn l them loose; that much trouble had been l caused the nurses on this account; that
 they had quited somewhat, however
 pr. Gaston, Probate Judge of Mont
 gomery County and one of the Trus-
 tees. was next called. He said the
 Trustees had always found matters in | good order here and that he considered | pr. Searcy the best possible man for
 the place of Superintendent
 Next were called. in turn. all of the
 women nurses against whom any
 charges had been made. Miss Emma
 Watts. Miss Rutherford, Miss Stapp, | Miss Hay, Miss Corsey. Miss Lindy and
 Miss Lindsey were all called and each
 in turn denied the charges that had
 been made against them by Miss Crump
 ip regard to the helping to kill a Miss l Allen; that they did not know any | such woman had ever died there; that
 there was a Miss Allen here now and
 that she was well and hearty physical
 ly. They also testified that the nurses
 were kind to the patients and that they
 listened to their complaints and LOOK | all kinds of treatment from them With
 out any resentment; that they had not
 known of any cruelties of any kind ex-
 isting in their respective wards and
 that they and the patients had plenty
 of food.
 Miss Crump Repudihted.
 These nurses had been at the hospi-
 tal two to six years and they denied
 absolutely the charges that have been
 made in the testimony of Miss Crump
 and of a Mrs. Price who was examined
 here.
 At this juncture 1t was announced by | Judge Chiffon that no amore nurses
 would be examined by him and that
 tomorrow he would examine Dr. Searcy
 and the corps of physicians who assist l him.
 The Committee then adjourned until
 tomorrow morning It Is expected that
 1t will finish It's labors here by noon | and the members will go to Birming-