The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-25
Other charoes Denied.

Below are extracts from the report showing the contradiction of other charges:
 Tn regard to Mr. Frank Bulgin, the statement that he is a relative of Secretary Hart is absolutely untrue. and that he was a 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 1 the food supplies. The only thing they did was to furnish the board 1 with copy of the daily bill of fare,, and make affidavits to the same once a 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 a 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. 6 is that the board ex- ceeded the appropriation in construct l ing the central heating plant and paid approximately s3O,0OO out of the current expense fund contrary to law. The vouchers were dTawn 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 tho 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 Dr. 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 en- ployed for Secretary Hart at an ex- cess of $50 per month. and is eJ~eged in driving an automobile, .b {,satrue. The young man now dmncyed Nn the office of the secretary has been 4sere for some time, and took the placf of another who quit.
 Charge No. 10 is a speculative matter. Several thousand dollars lof other appropriations will not be spekt 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 lhxuries 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 lservices as an l allenlst have been of value to crimi- nals, and he has be4n their benefac- tory. He claims to have made over $5,000 testifying in c@urt since he has beer in Arkansas inI the past three years. It would seem that he has earned the mOneyI That he was guilty of 'wilful neglect of duty the duty he, owed to the hospital and the state of Arkansas, by virtue of the fact that he devoted the time to the practice of his profession as medical expert witness in legal trials in per~ maps a score of counties in this state, where he generally testified in behalf of the railroad comphnies, but the rec ords show that he lwould testify for others than railroa}i companies. In those cases he waa presumed to re- ceive $20O per day flor his testimony. At least, we know that was the price he charged one firmI of lawyers, Davis x Pace, and they paid him s20O per day as witness. We do not under take to state how much of his tjme he has put in attehding to his vate practice" and testifying
 numerous lawsuits bver the state
 AS superintendent he is man of considerable industry and executive ability. However, he has an unhappy and egotistical disp|osition. He is dis posed to want to ble the whole thing, and wants to rule ior ruin; wants to have his own wayl about everything, and is meddlesonte in matters that do not concern hitm. He is particu- larly pernicious about small matters. When opposed he koes into a state of