New-York tribune., 1910-11-29
HOW STATE WAS ROBBED
rasy to Steal Meat from Man.
haitian Hospital. 1t Is Salo.
FORMER STEWARDS STORY
Declares Head Of Department
Must Rely on Honesty OF
Head Cutter.

Louis Webb who for ten years
,ss- January was steward ana
.---s-,7 o4 me Nfanhttan State Hospital
.o,5 The tribune Yesterday the exact oe
-sfs Of the process by which ooiies
+el,en 4-or Wards Island. enabling il ii'3
s.,-.lo,a5 2 dishonest meat cutter 10 Io'
80. --z-e az thousands Of pounds OF s''0
-. " Webb explained that the many
- - -,a steward made it irPossloie
g ,-,-o n exercise persona super
l'- ,=,=-os5t5or Of the bones, thus
- - -7aoeess-- 70 trust 20 the hoil77'S
=. ,--4-o-,- Martin the head meat cL~'7'-
,F.--ir 5issrpeared from the lslslo soo"
- -,,.;-4-c word over the teie'iio--e
- SIMON Katzens1ein. the hoHe I'll
--a--4- had been arrested IN ne
-, raa hounds Of good meat n me '5''s
,,--a7s 60 far as the investlSalio" ''V'
- -,sdz nv the state Board Of LnT'a.E
- -ore NJ one else on the ls'aha "'17 Al
COLLISION with Martin 10
,,- veb4 who last January was pro
,,-o-e5 10 rhe place 81 chief steward q.
:. 7sr--s--a state Hospital. Al oeuelis-
,...z.z - he IN this city on his
--,-s+-on vhen Fla-zerstein was aTres'e1'
- sro SATURDAY. BY coincioelo+ y
- -5ei,in-- T1r. Nabou. superintendent -
,f.rbs--a- state Hospital. "neh ''le
---.- .4-z- learned Of the fheT's
" -,-es sro71- O'Clock on S-a1ITNaS
-- -. A.. I'D Yesterday. when q news
INFORMED Dr. RIabon of ne al .79, rs,
- ,.o,,a contractor Re Al once i"phel
=. ,-.--fr bur the latter had re'ei -
nate i~-or1nafion a. 10 oe'elh - 49,
--o--i-- and Rad LETT the lsiaHu- -
41e-t--
,-.,.rs that Carnmissioner r toSoith -,
10 arrested katzensteln eaTN -
--,c-r5re did not 81 once nofl'F - -
= -7,.-- had done 50 Martin co'tn H'
escaped uf, n 4Aa
- 4za-zsnsrein in 1915 lis mo "as
= - 9 hundred or 50 1or. whlcf7 Nas
=. 4frtes- Of three bids received II i,z9
,,ee- stated that the city gets >1' -pi
,.z 477lr they cannon ne the CITY
,,7-. -.-,se from Wards Island. for the 4a'-
20 4oo5 ONLY FOR hone meal the llla'-
= --50e % which Is about 81 = ton
Martin was q quiet man.
- webh and there do MOI S'
s1ig.7-es+ reason for suspec1lns
nm de was not supposed 20 10 .e -
.-,-- ~ do with the bones. ana i .'-
,.,,o 7lsed - see him wheeling
,7z n -ba dock Al O'Clock IN me
,,5-,- had mentioned II 10 some one III
.-~---- -be scheme would have oeen
frustrated -z-s,,,
There are Two docks said M Ne''
~ describing the removal o. tle po
Every DAY The kitchens sent the orS polel
n --= coal dock. about forty fo'-7
ron, the main dock. where 1rel~ii, -
ce7za5 and dispatched Every ut771-0'
r--i5az. about = o'clock in the al1eIl liooii'
&c moved tv attendants from me
dock
we're nut llr IN barrels. covered Win D' "a
- ,,-eir,,ed by the storekeeper or one '-
-. .-r,,,e=er7-s ri,-es The weight was r.
.,-.--a- - the steward and the barrels ie1t
ON -he dock 10 n taken 10 New 9t 'N
-ea 4rsr Trip Of the Wanderer On "t'-leS
da- or Saturday morning
T. has de,-e1nred that Martin had ar
ranged that the assistant meal
r-.E-rz 1e Of ON tuesday and Friday after
moons. which enabled him - ~ up haIre'=
or -aod meat. which he topped with ZONES
- s55a9 10 +ne other barrels IN the night
- za-rz- in me morning. The rleat room
= a. me end % TIE freight dock and ne
..7 o-f~ snor- fo--- feet TO wheel ms bar
Although rhe pu-ser Of the Nenderer
7.-2s z-.7rosed n enter the number II oar
rs NJ bones that ne took aVzE- Il vas
--or thought Necessary 20 check up MS ioS
WIN --e records of the stewards depart
-7-z-- NJ Lawrence. who has charge ~
--z dock a. EaEt IlSth street. and VINO
-.-ned The bones over 70 katzenstein takes
p receipt for almost everything else. hut
did MOI rer a receipt for bones or empty
mix cans
ss FOR discovering the rhefts Of Martin
because of the shortage sent 10 the kitchen
NJ webb called attention TO the immense
amount Of rn=ar handled by the institution
zach us-Ie1r." he said. is supposed 10
have ten and a half ounces Of n1eat day
= IS estimated mat the amount OF meat
taken 1v Martin would have reduced TINS
oua1rirv BY only half al ounce day The
--ea- was weighed n The meat room by the
meat eur-e- and sent n lhe kitchens on the
signed ~e1uisirion Of The assistant steward
= uzz nor thought necessary 10 weigh the
meat in the kitchen because II was not
--ouErt possible 70 get meat of AT island
.-a- vas as well protected as Wards Isl
and
Speaking of the manifold duties Of tie
eve-71rlves on Wards Island which make
= necessary 70 rely on the honesty OF their
s. oo-dinaVes IN details. M Webb said:
The Manhattan State Hospital has 46oo
-zrlents and $50 employees. The superinten-
dents time : necessarily taken UP TO q
great extent bv the medical work Of the
hospital and personal welfare Of the pa
1ienr- He is obliged 10 detail the financial
oversight TO ri7e steward The steward. VINO
* also the purchasing steward for several
other large institutions. is obliged 10 spend
the greater part of his time in the Office Of
TIE purchasing steward. which is some dis
-ance from the stewards oftice OF Wards
Island. Matters concerning the internal
affairs 81 the Manhattan State are largely
handled 10y the assistant steward. under the
stewards direction
AIr. webb. vino mas spent much of his
raeation aiding nc authorities Of the Man
haitian State Hospital in investigating the
loss q meat returns 10 Ogdensourg this
morning