Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-06
Despite Request for Resignation
of Drs. Bolton and McC0r-
mick Both Draw Salary.
FREEHOLDERS ARE SPLIT
OVER DISCHARGE OF MEN
Warrants Are Signed Each
Month, and They Also Seek
More Wages.

tions of Drs Robert Bolton and Henry
D. Mccormick, of the Overbrook Asy-
lum staff. were requested by the Board
Of Freeholders at meeting on March
10 last, to take effect on May /, both
men are still on the payroll of the
institution and are likely to remain SO
until December 7 next, when their
terms of office will expire.
This peculiar fact is made possible
by the action of the hospital committee
In signing the payroll of the asylum
each month without requesting that
the names of the two doctors be
omitted.
Following the five months investiga-
ton Of the affairs at Overbrook by
the hospital committee last winter the
members split when it came to present-
ing a report to the board on March 10.
A majority report. signed by Members
e. e. Peck. T. D. Gottleib. George j.
Anthem and Director Wallace Oughel-
tree was presented. in which Ii was
two doctors be asked for, to take effect
| on May /. A minority report signed by
Chairman Benjamin Haskell. Frank E.
Ward and c. H. Ackerman, embodying
the full report, with the exception of
| the clause relating to the resignation
of the doctors, was also presented.
The minority report was rejected by
a vote OF IA to IL and the majority re-
port adopted by a vote of 16 to 1s
Everyone thought that the vote spelled
| dismissal for Mccormick and Bolton,
but 1t didn't. Neither man forwarded
his resignation as requested nor paid
any attention to the request Of the
board When May ! came and no word
/ was received from the two doctors the
board took no action. The hospital
committee turned In the payrolls of the
institution with the names of Drs. Nc
Cormick and Bolton on it and they
drew their salary. The same has been
| true since
Theodore d. Gottleib, secretary Of
the hospital committee, is the only
member of the committee who has
made any effort to have Drs. McCor-
mick and Bolton removed. Since May
he has refused to sign asylum pay
rolls with the names of the two doc
tors on.
"I claim that Mccormick and Bolton
should not be paid by the county"
said Mr.. Gottleib. "as they are now
employed in defiance to the wishes of
| the board of freeholders. However, as
long as they remain at the asylum and
the board approves the payroll with
their names on 1t they cannot be forced
to resign. It puts the board in the
position Of having men working for 1t
who, In effect, were really discharged
on May last
Will BE Out After December T..
| Director Wallace Ougheltree did not
want to discuss the matter at all, but
said: "The employees at Overlook
are appointed for the life of the Board
of Freeholders that appoints them.
This applies to everyone with the ex-'
ception of DR.. Daniel M. Dill, the su-
perintendent II is true that Drs. Boil
ton and Mccormick were requested to
resign, their designations to take eff
| feet on May 1. They did not do so and
| the board since has taken no action.
Their terms will expire on December
next and they viii probably not be re-
| appointed.
"The board could get rid Of them now
| in order to do that 1t would be f1eces-
sary to hold up the entire payroll of
the asylum. That would work a hard
ship on a lot of people, so the entire
matter has been dropped until the in-
coming of the new board in December"
In the meantime Drs. Mccormick and
Bolton are working at the hospital and
have requests before the hospital COM
1 In.
Chairman Benjamin Haskell. of the
committee. Is said to favor granting
the increases.
DIR. Dill Gives Up Ohlces.
| At the meeting of the committee at
Overlook yesterday DIR. Dill was or
dered to give up two of the four offices
he has been using to Charles A. Stead
man. the new warden. DIR. Dill strong
lily objected to giving up the offices.
claiming he needed them for his own
| department. but was overruled by the
committee.
DR.. Dill. though defeated in this,
scored q victory when the committee
reconsidered the vote whereby an in
crease in the salary voted to DIR. ].
| o. CASTOR at it's last meeting. DR..
CASTOR though really performing the
duties of physician is listed as an in
terne and draws a salary OF $50 a
month. The committee had recon-
mend an increase to $75 a month but
strong opposition on the part of DR..
Dill resulted in a reconsideration of
the increase, and 1t will not be granted
at the present time
| DIR. CASTOR is tie man who told the
hospital, committee and grand jury
many important inside facts at Over
brook and is the most unpopular man
at the asylum.