The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-29
PULLING FAILED
TO PROVE CHARGE
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tSoHtlhuea FROM tiFst IaSe.l
pink and then to darker color
Councilman Saunders, who Is a drug
gist, and DR. Miller. said that as far
as they knew the solution did not
change in strength, though it did in
color. Pulling asked If 1t got as
black as ink. They thought not.
DIR Cabell took the stand and said
that Pulling was discharged on recon-
mendation of Miss Venable, who re-
ported that he had not carried out his
duties properly. Or. Cabell remarked
that lie had taken him as nurse con-
ditionally. Asked what the condition
was, he said that 1t was that he would
not drink Then followed questions
from members of the committee and
Pulling relating TO his conduct and
that of the other employees.
First Assistant Shook told how Miss
Bagby had brought the bottle down
to him. and how he casually remarked
that its contents looked like ink. He
said that he had never said anything
to Pulling about keeping the incident
quiet. 1t had never occurred TO him
that his remark would be taken Sc
riously.
Or. Garnett Nelson. who had been in
charge OF the case, gave history
of 1t. He said that black spots APP
peared on the boys body in number
of places, as is frequent in cases OF
typhoid. and added that an Injection
of ink would probably not have had
an Injurious effect
Heard Nothing of Ink.
Miss Bagby said that the solution
was in bottle like the one before
the committee, but she did not know
what became of the original. The in
Jections that she gave. she said were
according to the directions of the ply
stefan, and she paid no attention to
the bottle except that the label was
correct. Like the others she had heard
nothing of the ink charge until after
Pulling was discharged
Following Miss Bagby came Miss
Margaret l. Nenable, chief nurse. She
said very frankly that she returned
to the home after the ink incident and
knew little or nothing about it. AS
to the discharge OF Pulling, she said 1t
was recommended to DR. Cabel be-
cause he was indolent and of absolute
~ no assistance. She made fuss"
she said when 1t came to her etten-
ton that employees and inmates of the
institution were not properly doing
what was assigned to them. After
several questions from Pulling, asked
through the chairman, she was dis
missed. and Miss Julia Davis, one of
the nurses, called.
Miss Davis stated that she did not give
the first injection, and. like the rest, in an.
swcr to Mr. umlaufs question, did not know
what became OF the original bottle. The
first she heard of the charge was after
Pulling had been discharged.
DIR. Johnston Testihes
DIR. George Ben Johnston, member OF
the visiting STAFF was called in as an eS-
pert witness. He said that even II ink had
been injected It would have done no harm
further than produce an abscess. He de.
fined exposure, which II was Stained made
the drug change color, as being the sub
lection of delicate drugs to light air OF
heat. Ii might have been turned black, he
said in answer TO Pulling's question, by
the action OF light.
Tho last wieness was w, H. Barrett, a
nurse in the City Home, who had been with
Pulling when some OF the injections were
administered. He noticed that the LIQUID
was dark but at the time there was no
comment, Later on, he said after Pulling
had been dismissed, the ex-nurse told him
that he knew something that would prove
a .dangeroas piece OF business" to the hos
pital. He did not think that Pullng's dis
charge at teh recommendation of Miss Ven
able was actuated by spite, though he had
always thought that Pulling was faithful in
his work.
After the resolution had been passed dis
posing of the Pulling charges, Mr.. Saunders
offered a motion, which was carried, that
the first assistant be required to examine
all drugs and medicines received from time
to time and also to examine tho contents
of the medicine chests In the wards. de-
stroying such as were unfit for use.