Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-19
TO RUSH DR.. Oils
TRIAL ON CHARGES
OF mFREEHOLOERS
Supervisor Baldwin Declares lie
Will Brook No Delay in
Conducting Case.

Supervisor Fred l.. Baldwin, who
VIII, in the dual, capacity of judge and
jury, conduct the trial of DR.. Daniel
NJ. Dill, superintendent the Essex
County Hospital for the Insane, was
not notified today Of the charges
against the superintendent, which
were adopted by the hospital commit
tee of the Board of F'reeholders at
its meeting at Overlook last night.
County Counsel Mum, who drew up
the charges adopted by the committee,
viii probably officially notify Super
visor Baldwin tomorrow, as the latter
will be at his office at the Court House
then.
''Of course I do not intend to set a
date for tho trial until | have been
officially notified of the charges" said
Supervisor Baldwin al his home in
Caldwell today. "As soon as that no
LITIGATION is received i will endeavor
to set upon a time which will be fair
to both DR.. Dill and the freeholders.
! shall give them enough time to pre-
pare their cases. That means 1 am
willing to set the date far enough
ahead to give them reasonable time. I
VIII not submit to any delay which is
unreasonable. Indeed, it seems to me
that, considering the length of time
which has been by the in
v~estigation, it should be possible to set
the time of the trial in the very near
future without injury to. either DR..
DilPs or the freeholders' case"
The charges which were adopted
against DIR. Dill last night comprised
twelve counts. They had been drawn
by County Counsel Mum. After he
had made an unsuccessful attempt to
have of the counts stricken out as
unjust n unwarranted. Freebooter
Frank Ward voted against the charges.
DR.. Dill received his copy of the
charges today. Last night he said he
had no official knowledge of the
charges which had been brought
against him. but that his counsel,
Chandler Riker, would Immediately
prepare his answer as soon as he was
furnished with a o of the charges.
After he had been questioned last
night concerning the number of
patients who did work around the in
stitution, Or. Dill said: 81 I'M aston
ished that any charge should be made
against me on that point
The first of the charges is an omni-
bus affair, and those following it
simply elaborate it and go into de-
tails. This first clause reads:
Failure to perform the duties speci-
fled in the rules Of the Board Of
Chosen r~reeholders relating to the
government of the County Hospital for
the Insane, and especially to the duties
to be performed by the superintendent
of such hospital"
n -. -. t.t.niaA II, Gro al ihnS nf rnlnG
by attendants and to report fires which
have been discovered in the institution
and to watch and test the records is
laid at the door of the superintendent
in the other eleven counts of the
charge.
The next meeting of the committee
viii be called by Chairman Haskell and
will be held for the purpose of collect
ing from the evidence the material
necessary to sustain the charges.
The charges contain nothing with ref
erence to the alleged dis ribution of
material from the, storehouse without
requisition. There haze been rumors
to the effect that the supplies at the
County Hospital had been carelessly
handled and given out 30 those who
were not entitled to receive them, and
that the Grand Jury would make al
investigation in the matter.
The committee took the matter II
yesterday, and the stock clerk, Erwin
n. West. was quizzed by the commit
tee about his stock and the way he
Kept account of il. A personal inspec'
ton of the stocks and the books of the
clerk was made by the committee, ane
the members expressed themselve.
satisfied hat everything was in a fair
~ good condition.