New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
MAKE PERJURY CHARGES
{ IN DOTY INVESTIGATION
LAWYERS on Both Sides Declare
Certain Witnesses Have
Been Telling Lies.
TO PROSECUTE OFFENDERS
Commissioner Bulger Says II
Proof Is Offered He Will Lay
Gases Before District Attor-
ney and Press Complaints.

-. the witnesses had periured themselves
we're made by opposing counsel yesterday
az the hearings before Commissioner Bul-
Ger in the states investigation OF the sd-
,ninistration OF DIR. Alvah II. Doty ct Quar-
e,tine as Health Officer of this port. Isaac
cohen. counsel for the Commissioner. at
the opening Of the afternoon session init
mated that one Of the witnesses who had
,asuaed in DR.. Doty's behalf had not told
tho truth as che had testified contrary TO
some Of the oficial records in evidence.
His reference to the District Attorneys
ofbce and the hint that he might ask for
warrants for the arrest Of certain wit
Masses brought q prompt denial that my
NJ the witnesses for the defence had teSti-
ead falsely. and a spirited counter charg"
from George Gordon Battle. counsel for
DR. Doty.
. II think there has been some very rank
rsrilrv here" said Mr.. Battle. land I be
heve we will have something more definite
TO say about that before this investigation
Is over"
Judge Buger seized the opportunity To
cav. with considerable heat. that II he
could get the proof that any man or
woman had lied on the witness stand he
would place the matter before District At
torney Whitman and use all the power he
could bring to bear TO see that the guilty
ones were sent to state prison.
81 shall pursue that man or woman. even
IN a spirit Of vindictiveness. that justice
nav be better served" he added.
Miss Winifred Noon. superintendent Of
nurses at Hoffman Island, and Miss Ida
Davis. her assistant. were called as wit
nesses yesterday by Mr.. Battle and testf-
fed In Dr.. Dotys behalf They denied
much OF the testimony already given by
certain employees at Quarantine which
would tend to show slack methods IN the
Doty administration.
omplained About the Food.
Miss Davis, who is in charge of the Gull
nary department at Hoffman Island. said
that some of the employees complained
more about the food than any one else.
They are chronic kickers." she said,
Though they get the same food the nurses
and doctors do. I believe that is n condi-
ton that exists in most institutions, so far
as know"
Miss Davis had testified that she had
worked as a nurse at Bellevue Hospital
and other hospitals before going to Hofr-
man Island She said that the steerage
passengers detained at Hoffman Island
were fed from the same general stock OF
supplies as the doctors and nurses. except
that the food for the immigrants was pre-
pared differently. The meat and vegetables.
butter and eggs were ell the same.
You give the immigrants stews. goulash.
irish stew. beef stew-in fact. DO you give
them anything but stews9' asked Mr..
Dushkind, Of counsel for the Commissioner.
The witness said the immigrants got
other things to eat besides stews She said
she had never heard any serious COM
plants on the part OF the Italian steerage
passengers about the food.
Considering the fact that the italian
Immigrants seldom complain Of the food"
said Mr. Dushkind. "the meat must have
t..en pretty rotten when several hundred Of
them detained from the steamer Moltke.
of the Harnburg-American Line. went on
strike and refused TO eat the dinner served
them
The witness said that the meat came
fresh 70 the island every day. and that all
the food was wholesome. She explained
that the Moltke passengers objected 10 the
-"style of cooking" but that they ate the
supper and pronounced II good. she said
that the food Of the immigrants was
eerved in enanelled ware and that the
tables were covered with good grade Of
oilcloth which was changed frequently
when IT became worn. Mr.. Dushkind
insisted in calling the cloth he saw
on the tables when he and Commissioner
Rulser visited Hoffman Island "marbleized
cloth" cheap grade Of cloth. Miss Davis
admitted that the figure on the oilcloth
gave ~ the appearance OF marble.
ee Did Work "hs Psstinne."
Mss Noon described the manner In which
the men and women were separated in
different dormitories and not allowed 10
fnrermingle at Hoffman Island. She said
that Immigrant women were not made 10
sweep and wash the hospital floors, but
that sometimes they did st voluntarily, las
q pastime." She had never heard mothers
complain that their requests to see their
children had been refused. They were al
lowed IN see their children who were de-
tsined in the hospital every day. She de-
nied that any Of the children were NAL
treated or bathed in dirty water. as has
been testified.
The witness bdld tbdt MTS DotN ndu
given the nurses piano. which was kept
IN their reception room. The nurses Some
times played the piano. and sang and
danced. as a recreation. she said. Counsel
for the Commissioner had tried TO show
that this p!ano was actually owned by Mrs.
Doty. and had been tuned at the states
expense.
Some items or a bill introduced in evil
dence referred 10 certain dresses or
''dressers." An attempt had been made 10
show that they were dresses bought for
Mrs Doty with the states money. Miss
Noon identified the items as dressers, or
bureaus. which had been bought for the
nurses rooms.
Miss Davis testified that Mrs. Doty pro-
vided Christmas trees for the children In
the hospital and distributed presents
among them. as well as among the nurses,
AZ her own expense.
Thomas Barnes, the engineer in charge
Of the heating plants at Hoffman Island,
testified that since he went there. In May,
1910. he had never known the temperature
20 be below G. degrees in the hospital. He
admitted that oil stoves had been used IN
some of the buildings on extremely cold
DAYS but he had never seen them In use
IN the childrens hospital.
The hearing Will be continued to-day at
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