The Spectator., 1914-12-18
Other Charues Denied.

Below are extracts from the report
 showing the contradiction of other
 charges:
 "In regard to Mir. Frank Bulgin.
 the statement that he is a relative of
 Secretary Hart is absolutely untrue, and that he was refugee from Mex
 ico is gratuitously insulting and false.
 He is brother-in-law of Prof. B. w. Torreyson. secretary of the State Board of Education.
 The board did not take out of Dr. Greene's hands the management of the food supplies. The only thing they did was to furnish the board with a copy of the daily bill of fare, and make affidavits to the same once month. This step was taken because complaints had been coming to the board that the patients in the State Hospital were going hungry for want of enough to eat Prior thereto we were given copy of the bill of fare. We put in the latter rule in order to have an assurance that the patients would get the food as well as the bill of fare
 Charge No. is that the board ex- ceeded the appropriation in construct ing the central heating plant and paid approximately $3O.O0O out of the current expense fund contrary to law. The vouchers were drawn upon the current expense fund after the appro- priation of $75,000 was exhausted. Dr. Greene declined to approve the vouch- CTS. His approval is not necessary. His approval of vouchers for supplies furnished the institution has been re- quired before the board would allow them. His approval was merely to show that the goods had been deliv- cred. He had nothing to do with the contracting. the purchasing or the paying for any supplies. The law does not recognize the authority of the superintendent except to manage and care for the institution and the patients.
 That the hostilities were renewed against pr. Greene after his refusal to approve the vouchers Is not true. There have been no hostilities against him. His refusal was an offensive act. done as such. If the lawful phase had appeared to him, he could have disapproved the vouchers. He would do neither
 That an additional clerk was em- ployed for Secretary Hart at an ex- cess of $50 per month. and is engaged in driving an automobile, is untrue. The young man now employed in the office of the secretary has been there for some time. and took the place of another who quit.
 Charge No. 10 is a speculative matter. Several thousand dollars of other appropriations will not be spent at all. in consideration of having ex- ceeded the appropriation for the cen tral heating plant. If there is an in creased cost in feeding the patients. we have no apology to make, because they are not fed too we'll or too much. We believe in giving the patients plenty of good. wholesome food. We believe the people want us to follow this policy. Dr. Greene took great pains to get all the luxuries possible for his table. then took great pride in feeding the patients dried, infe- rior codfish and such other diet as was necessary to bring the cost of feeding the patients down to 51a cents per meal.
 pr. Greene's Ability.
 Dr. Greene's ability and reputation as an alienist is brought into question and numerous instances are cited to prove that his ability is not so great as reputed. The reply says:
 His professional services as an alienist have been of value to crimi- nals, and he has been their benefac. tory. He claims to have made over 5000 testifying in court since he has been in Arkansas in the past three years. It would seem that he has earned the money That he was guilty of 'wilful neglect of duty tho duty he owed to the hospital and the state of Arkansas. by virtue of tho fact that he devoted the time to the practice of his profession as medical expert witness in legal trials in per. haps score of counties in this state. where he generally testified in behalf of the railroad companies, but the rec ords show that he would testify for others than railroad companies. In those cases he was presumed to re- ceive $200 per day for his testimony. At least. we know that was the price he charged one firm of lawyers, Davis X Pace. and they paid him $2O0 per day as witness. We do not under take to state how much of his time he has put in attending to his 'pri- vate practice" and testifying in the numerous lawsuits over the state.
 "As superintendent he is a man of considerable industry and executive ability. However. he has an unhappy and egotistical disposition. He Is dis. posed to want to be the whole thing, and wants to rule or ruin: wants to have his own way about everything,