The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-07

b IA man. spoke 10 net Pul StlS tbt
me Of short and asked me where
mas the night before | told her Col.
Lochvitzsky gave me IS cents TO get
room after I couldn't get in here.
That morning went To my room
II was locked. | went again and II
Was stan locked. That was no bar
gain 10 get me to do oil that work
at Forest Hill and then lock me OUT
DO you know anything else that
would reflect other than credit on
Dr. Buchsnanf" asked Mr.. Montague
Il do. but | don't want to say II
before the ladies here" said the wit
ress
Mrs Jones retired, saying she, as
a lady Of the old Virginia school,
! did not wish TO hear anything OBJ
! jecti.nahle.
/ Mr.. Saunders then told the COM
mittee that DR.. Buchanan had told
him to go to the hall room TO sleep,
because he (Saupders) had been Civ
ing food to a. woman to feed her two
children during the night. The doe
4 tor then fred the cook They asked
me to go and cook. / told them not
I IL they never got bite TO eat for DR..
Buchanan had ordered me to the hall
room and that was most Objectionable
to me-
Did Or. Buchanan ever curse or
abuse you asked Mr.. Jeffry Monta-
que.
No. sir" replied the witness. He
only talked short TO me" After say
ing he had no complaint 10 make ex-
cept about the Forest Hill work, Mr.
Saunders left the stand,
Appears for Mrs. Glenn.
! c. ". Glenn, who appeared for
Mrs Glenn" whose name had been
mentioned by Mrs Vaughan and MIR.
Goddin as a complainant. said he ask
ed Mr.. Goddin to look after Mrs.
! Glenn while l was in Jail"
1 Witness said his wife had told him
that DR.. Buchanan had treated her
coolIy when she called for aid.
She told me that Dr. Buchanan
! said TO her. Wen take care of you.
II you put that yellow cur in jail and
move your stuff down here said
Glenn.
He tried TO break up my home. ;"
added the witness. He wanted my
wife to do washing and scruhbing
when she wasn't strong enough to do
it."
! Glen said he had been in Jail twice.
, he admitted that DR.. Buchanan had
aided Mrs. Glenn in getting him par
dons both times. and that Mrs. Glenn
Charities during his incarceration,
Drinking His Trouble.
| The witness said his trouble came
/ from drinking whiskey, but since he
had been a sober man he had had no
difficulty, although he did not have
I much luck in getting -weFk- when ne
was released from jail. Glenn said ne
sawed several cords of wood for Or.
Buchanan and "overearned the gro
he held no mailace toward DR.. Buch-
snan hut did not want the public TO
mink that the Associated Charities
had helped his family while he was
in Jail. He said he had visited the
Associated Charities FIVE or six times
looking for DR.. Buchanan because the
latter had been reported as referring
TO him as yellow cur. III l had seen
him there would have been trouble
said Glenn.
evidence two letters TO DR.. Buchanan
from John Stewart Bryan, asking that
the Glenn family be assisted the
letters showed that Dr.. Buchanan OF
fered Mrs. Glenn home for herseiI
and children while her husband was
in iail. and had given Glenn pro-
visions and work after his release
Mrs. Jones Is Heard.
Mrs Jones asked to be heara' ono
declined to be sworn, saying she was
a Baptist and was opposed to swear
ing. although she would solemniy 81
firm in the sight of Goo
Mrs. n. v, Randolph arose ana
asked: II should like to inquire II 1t
will be necessary for the ladies TO
retire ?" to which Mrs. Jones replied
that IL was preposterous to ask any
such question while a descendant OF
/ virginia colonial family was on Inc
stand.
In a preamble In which she men
toned duty, love, justice, right ana
woman suffragist, Mrs. Jones said she
was crushed widow, overwhelmed
with the indignities heaped upon ner
by Dr. Buchanan. and 1t would De
necessary for the committee TO catne-
chtse her. At this point Chairman
Patterson reminded her that the COM
mittee's time was limited
Mrs. Jones said she felt called upon
TO testify, although she did not belong
Ia Mrs. Mason's set of witnesses ana
had not been summoned. She re-
cited a pathetic story OF her annie
tions and her husband going to the
larger life and finally said she fonnd
II necessary TO appeal to DR.. Buc-
hanan for aid.
He Made Her wait.
Mrs. Jones complained bitterly
about DR.. Buchanan having kept her
| waiting in his Office an hour and
half, and said when he finally did be-
gin talking to her his questions ana
remarks were 80 rude. brutal. dis
gusting, offensive. obnoxious and too
full of vulgarity for woman OF my
+ innocence to understand, =" She sald
she told friends that "old DR., Buc"
| hanan had reflected on my Christi-
anity and told me I was too good
looking 10 work" He said DR.. Buc-
hanan's insinuations were most broad
but God helped me through the tor
lures of the conversation" Asked 70
he more particular. she said DR.
Buchanan's language was most gross
and his attitude tyrannical. He said
ri get your children yet. He was
most insulting and obscene, as ne
referred to my neat appearance, and
said 7 ought not to have to earn my
own living"
Asked II she had received any as
sistance from Or. Buchanan, mrs.
Jones replied, mo, not thing frcm