Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
Nebraska
NEWTON NOW FILES CHARGES
Former EmplOye at Lincoln Asylum
Demands Hearing.
ALLEGES STATUTES VIOLATED
Collection Of Gifts for Poor at Lin
coin ArOuses Some Feeling
Depot at University
Place.
Trom a STAT Correspondents

From a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Nov. 2I-(special)-The scan
oal at the asylum in which Felix Newton
the deposed bookkeeper, has made DR..
Woodland, the superintendent, the central
figure, reached a half way climax today
when Newton filed charges against DR..
Woodland, rhe superintendent, with the
Board Of Public Lands and Buildings. The
board will later set a date for a hearing.
The charges are as follows:
the oBard Of Public Lands and Build
ings: Comes now Felix Newton, a citizen
Of the state Of Nebraska, and complains
Of DR.. d. S. Woodland, superintendent Of
the y T aska Hospital for the Insane, for
the following reasons:
First. Cruelty to patients.
Second. Embezzlement.
Third. Incompetency in general manage
menL
First Complaint-Complainant alleges
that Dr.. woodard was advised OF the vio-
lation Of Section 1OOS2, Cobbey's Statutes
OF Nebraska, by an employe and the said
employe Is still In the employ OF the state
at said hospital.
Second Complaint-Money charged to
Edna Porter, Gus Larson and others taken
by DR.. Woodland and not returned to the
state or credited to the state in the cash
book Of said institution. And money paid
TO DR.. Woodland for the state OF Nebraska
and not turned over by him to the state.
Third Complaint-Allowing employees to
violate section 1924 and section 1OOS2 Of
Cobbey's statutes Of Nebraska. Allowing
immortality to exist at the said Institution
during the administration Of said DR..
Woodland.
Your complainant further states that
all Of the allegations herein set forth can
be proved by competent witnesses who can
be produced to prove said allegations when
ever your honorable body finds it con-
venient to hear them.
FELIX NEWTON"
Tho sections mentioned in the complaint
relate to cruelty to inmates of the asy-
lum and correspondence of the inmates.
Newton claims employees were cruel to in
mates and also destroyed mail which in
mates had written instead of posting It.
After Crabtree's Scalp.
The coming meeting of the State Normal
board December 2 promises to be of uu-
usual interest, for at that meeting steps
will be taken toward a final location Of
the new state normal school in accordance
with the decision Of the attorney general,
and also the board will again take up the
purchase Of the Wayne Normal school,,
WHICH was inspected last week.
Whether the question OF a successor to
Superintendent ]. W.. Crabtree will be taken
up at this meeting the members Of the
board in Lincoln are not yet ready to say.
The board members have been for a long
time endeavoring to keep politics out OF
tho board and for that reason there is
some feeling against Principal Crabtree.
as the board members say he assisted in
Z tire passage OF Tire normal board bill which
has just been declared void by the supreme
court.
This bill legislated out Of existence the
old normal board and gave the governor
authority to appoint a new board, which
he did. The only other change from the
old law was placing the junior normal
schools under the control of the normal
board instead Of the state superintendent
Naturally the board In power at the time
the law was enacted felt that its chief
function was to put that board off watch
and authorize Governor shellenberger to
appoint a democratic board, or one to his
own liking.
It was also charged that Principal Crab
trees was unduly interested in the decision
Of the court In the normal board case, and
because Of these things the friction between
him and the members Of the board may
result in the selection OF a new superin-
tendent. though recent acts Of Prof. Crab
tree have been decidedly of a conciliatory
nature.
Files Wrong Frank List.
The Western Union Telegraph company
only made a little less than S.50O,00O last
year, which may In part account for It
being taken over by the Bell Telephone
company. The gross receipts of the COM
pany as shown by it's report to the State
Railway commission were 1854, O72.E 81,