Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
COUNSEL IN DILL
CASE DISCUSSED
BY FREEH0LDERS
DR.. Guy Paine Is Expected to
Take Charge, at Over
brook at Once.
SEEK NURSE IN CASE
AGAINST DR.. STILES
Some of the Charges Against
Drs. Bolton and McCOr-
mick Are Stated.

County Counsel Joseph Mum will not
represent the Board of Freeholders in
the proceedings to he brought by DIR.
Daniel M Dill for reinstatement as
medical director of the Overbrook Hos
pital for the Insane. A canvass of the
hospital committee made today by an
EVENING STAR reporter showed its
members definitely decided on the re-
moval of the county counsel from the
Dill case. and it is certain that the
recommendation of the hospital COM
mittee will be adopted by the Board
of Freeholders at next Tuesday night
meeting.
Former Sheriff Frank H Sommer and
former Judge Alfred Skinner have been
named as probable appointees of the
Board of Freeholders to the office which
will be temporarily vacated by County
Counsel Mum.
Despite the fact that Chairman
Haskell, of the hospital committee, as
serts that he ordered DIR. Dill to leave
the hospital on Tuesday evening, the
ousted medical director is still living
there. although taking no part in the
running of the institution.
Dr. Guy Paine. temporarily appoint
cd to I'LL the vacancy caused by the
dismissal of DIR. Dill, has telegraphed
the members of the hospital committee
that he will return from West Wal
worth, N. T.. tonight and take up his
duties Immediately on reaching Over
brook
The Case Against DIR. stiles.
In order to get to the bottom Of the
case against DR.. J. Walter Stiles Chair
man Benjamin Haskell will go to New
Brunswick and start search for Miss
Jennie Lawless, the former Overbrook
nurse, who has made the charges OF
improper conduct against the accused
physician.
DR.. Edward E. Peck, member ol
the Board Of Freeholders, stated thai
| further prt,be must be made into the
Stiles matter. and that the imperfeci
| findings, which resulted from the ses-
sion of the hospital committee al
the Overbrook Institution Tuesday eve.
ming. should not be allowed to injure
the reputation of the hospital doctor
"Dr. Stiles has been put into a mos
uncomfortable position" DR.. Peck has
declared "and he is entitled either tc
vindication or to be proved, beyond
doubt, guilty Of the charges that have
been brought against him"
1t was this utterance of DR.. PecA
that has led Chairman Haskell tc
undertake the trip to New Brunswick
where Miss Lawless is said to be iiv-
ing at present
Attempt will be made Tuesday night
when the Board of Freeholders con-
venes to make final disposition of the
cases of Drs. Bolton and Mccormick
who are at present buried under q
mountain of charges of neglect of theii
duties and incompetency.
Most of these charges were the direct
result If the late expose of conditions
at the Overlook institution made by
the STAR.
Chief among the accusations against
DR.. Bolton is one made by the relatives
| of Mrs Mary Ann Bauer, who died
while she was an inmate of the insti-
tion. While Mrs. Bauer was at the in
stitution her relatives kept In constant
communication by telephone with the
physicians For many days they re-
ceived reports that she was improving
in health. Finally, one of them visited
the hospital and found that his kins-
woman was dead and had oeen buried.
Neglect of Entries Charged.
DR.. Bolton is also accused of no;
making proper entries in his visiting
hook. Relatives of Mrs. Bauer assert
| that thew were shown in the book re-
ports of visits from persons supposed
10 he related to them, of whom, how
aver they had never heard. The in
ference is that DR.. Bolton never
| troubled himself to inquire the names
of visitors to the institutions, but sat
,sfied himself, with talking them.
Some of the, mistakes and neglects
charged to DIR. Mccormick would be
comical were they made at any Other
place than hospital.
For instance, the relatives of Annie
Hogan. an inmate of the institution
were notified of her death. They i'm
ynediately secured an undertaken, who
drove up to the hospital and removed
the body to the girls home. The rela-
| tives found themselves unable to recog.
nize the body 1t was hat of Virginis
Hogan. another patient at the hospital
Annie Hogan was still living and i'm
proving steadily.
Noah Russell was an inmate of DR.
McCormick's ward. One day, while the
hospltal committee was making an in
! spection of the building. the patient
became violent and jumped from an
upper window to his death. 1t was
later discovered that aside from not
carefully guarding this patient, DR..
McCormick did not even have record
| of the fact that Russell was in his
ward.
Another charge under which DIR. Nc
cormiclx is resting is his alleged re-
fusal to accept patient sent to him
| by DIR. Gayle.
The relatives of the Bauer woman
visited the hospital one day. Through
a mistake attributed to DR.. Mccormick
they were ushered into ward in which
another woman was being treated. This
patient, seeing the strange face, became
violent and the frightened members OF
the Bauer family rushed out to Dr.
Mccormick.
Whats the matter with you?" he is