The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-03-01

the bedside after Moore had desisted
and left the room.
The nurse in attendance at the time
of the occurrence was Harry C. Dell
and it was he who summoned Doctor
Hoey. another member of the staff, to
give relief to the dying man.
I do not want to be dragged into
this controversy until the official in
quiry is held" said Dell last night, land
then / will tell everything that oc
Cured on that night. l am in a subor-
dinate position at the hospital, and am
subject to discipline"
During the day Doctor Gassaway had
charged Dell with being responsible for
the entire. expose, and when Dell
learned this he declared:
Il have not been responsible for the
publicity which has been given this
matter, and Doctor Gassaway knows
it He also knows that he never made
any investigation of what occurred on
that night, and that he is not in a
position to make the assertion that the
allegations contained in the afidavits
made by members of the sailors union
are a pack OF lies He never asked me
what occurred on that night, nor did
he ever summon any of the patients
who were in the ward
Saws Doctors Afraid
7 know what occurred that night
Of Brezzinio's death. and 1 know that
since that time both Doctor Gassaway
and Doctor Moore have been afraid of
me.
i viii say that the allegations con-
tanned in the affidavit of Frank Nichols,
who said that Brezzinio had been
forced to work and was not properly
cared for previous TO his last operation
were not true Hoist is also mistaken
about several minor points in his af-
idavit He was farther away from
Brezzinio than he says, and Doctor
Moore did not leave the mans bedside.
nor did ] summon Doctor Hoey and the
other nurse j. II. Meany, until 4:25
o'clock The patient died at 4:4e."
When asked if the allegations TO the
effect that Doctor Moore had brutally
beaten Brezzinio up to within 20 min
utes before his death was true, Den
was reluctant to answer
L am in a subordinate position at
the hospital" he said, and do not care
TO become involved until it is neces-
sary for me to give my testimony
Asked il he had made any report or
such an occurrence to Doctor Gassaway
Dell replied:
II was not my duty to report the
matter"
If there were not a foundation for
the charges you may be sure that the
authorities at the hospital would not
rest under the attitude they have been
compelled to take The matter has
not been investigated by Doctor CASA
way, and il an investigation is prose
cuted It will be found that the dis
closures which have been made are
merely preliminary"
Talked Matter Over
Dell admitted that he had talked the
matter over with J. II. Meaney, the
nurse in the same ward with him, and
that they had come to the conclusion
that he shoould not reveal what had
occurred unless at an official inquiry
You had better keep quiet about
this whole thing unless Washington
makes an investigation" Dell admitted
Meaney told him.
Early yesterday afternoon Doctor
Moore refused to make any statement
whatever about the matter. Asked
concerning the truth or falsity of the
charges sworn to by men who were in
the ward he angrily answered that he
was aware OF his rights and that he
would make his explanation only &c
the department at Washington.
Outside of a general denial that
Brezzinfo had been brutality treated
Doctor Gassaway had little to say re-
garding what took place on the night
Of February II. He said that he had
taken no notice of the matter officially
and that no such thing as charged hal
taken place, because if it had~the pa
tients would have reported the matter
to him.
This entire pack Of lies has sprung
I'D because we would not allow the
seamen's union to dictate the conduct
Of the hospital They tried it once
before when I was commanding officer
here. but soon realized that ] would not
tolerate il. / reminded them that thi:
was a government institution and thai
could not brook any investigation or
The mart of any citizen.