The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
EASY TO STEAL STATES NEAT
LtN ~ PERbgSION az ~ r.
rms ON 10 tRUS ISLAND.
% o. admitted In the Testimony Taken b,
the state lnnary Commission M
MrighinG Done ny Purrhasing Agent
llxhts In the Meat noti,r NJ Wight.

~ the ,",l,llc session held yesterday
hy the State lunaCy Commission IN Its
inquiry into the theftS Of meat and poultry
from the Manhattan state Hospital on
Wsrd's Leland 1t was brought out that
the system IT checking M supplies AZ
that instit,,tlon has been very loosely
i,.rieci out Frederick 4. Wheeler. who
IN addition To being the steward Of the
MCnhattan Hnspital ~ also purchasing
agent Tor the insane GsyhImS AT Kings
PARK. Central Islip and Flatblsh. testified
that when IL YVES necessary To send in
reuuisitions g.. meat the storckeep"r
made out an cstimat. which Wheeler
forw arrled to the commission. This eS-
innate was made up. he said, according
TO the amount IL meat still ON hand
How did the - prckeeper know how
mich was still on hand?- MIR Wheeler
wa asked
I've no idea he replied
The butcher was under orders 10
weigh the meat hs added. but did not
sec Il he followed out his instructions
have checked up the meat only once since
have been on the island That was
af,Cr the thefts were discovered.
How do YOU account for the disap-
pearanCe Of these stolen meats MIR
Wheeler was asked
From lack Of appreciation of the
matter Of records. do not see how II
could GO on without assistance on the
island
What steps did the stewards depart,
ment take Mr.. Wheeler was asked. -
ascertain whether meats were wasted
injured ar rnisappropriated:-
An examination was made by my as
sis'ant or myself 10y inspection. We did
not weigh anything Our examination
was 10y observation
DO YOU know that meat was never
weighed in the kitchen
i Anow It nov"
SUpt. William Mabon testified that both
h" and Steward Wheeler took the m.a
cutters word for everything. He said
thcr" was no proper system Of checks.
Anoth". thing brought out was that
tn" record book kept 10y the purse- Of
the boat Hand-rer OF stores taken to and
from III" island had been missing for "A
long time. Tn" former pIrssr, Glynr.
had been replaced bv the present purser
Palmer. The record disappeared after
GlvLn left and before Palmer came on
That book held the record OF goods trans
/ ported from August. lSs. tn April. 1910
Hen," II was ImpOsShlc to tell "Na,tl "
how many barrels al homes w-r. re-
moved from the island
Ii was bTough, out hy other witnesses
however. that b.for" katInnstein hesau
to collect IN" homes about thre. barrels
Gpr" shipped ont each w.ek and that
later tn" number increased tn s"v"n or
eight barrels Lewis Webb. the former
steward. who mad" III" agreement with
ka's"nstcIn. said that therr was 40
rca son why th"r. should hr more boncs
now than Their" were wh.a katzen-,ein
first began TO take them. But nobody
had inquired into the sudden increase
The new assistant steward George y
Watson. laid that since the thetts were
dis CoNcrcd lac had been told bv MANAGE
Stokes Of tho Armour beef Company 1.
ofiC" al ~ Church street that Martin
the missing meat cutter, had propos adi
- On" IT Stoke, = men that they cons pre-
To- ship Ia inferior meats at superior prices
and pocket the difference. Stokes said