Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-20
THE TROUBLE
AT THE ASYLUM
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lOTy. .
O. The report made to me was that
YOU needed a new furnace in ward,
and didn't you get 1t right away? A.
Have you got that report? l think you
will find that seventh ward is not sat
isfactory.
o. l repaired all that 1 understood
you to report to me-1 had that done
as speedily as l could. A. That was at
tended to promptly, but the seventh
ward was not.
Q. thought the seventh ward had
been attended to. A. Well, 1t is not anu
1 have asked time and again
Q. You didn't ask me A. MT
Sign has gone and tampered with 1t,
but il is not fixed yet. :,
@. / suppose we had just as well
get the whole thing while we are at II;
we had an investigation a little while
ago, and you were here and you went
through it. A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you favor me at all? Dldn !
YOU do me all the damage you could
A. l told things as they were.
O. Didn't you do me all the damage
YOU could? A. / couldn't say that. 1
made my statements as straight as
could.
Q. Didn't you go to one Of those in
vestigators and say, Il made state
ments today want to take back?' A
1 did.
go to those investigators and say you
had made statements you wanted 70
take back? A. A statement.
O. And did you not the next morn
ing. saw. well, / will let 1t stand?" A.
Who did say that to?
O. To some member Of the commit
tee? A. No, sir; because the commit
tee told me they were going to leave
that night, and when the dictation was
printed, but / would have chance to
correct it.
O. Did you ever correct it? A. No.
Because they never presented II.
o. You in that investigation went
before a legislative committee ana
take 1t back and never took 1t back!
Governor Blease: 1t might be proper
for me to announce to the board that
Gen. Willie Jones has just 'phoned me
that he has filed in the governors once
the resignation of mis- brother, Mr.. Ire
dell Jones, as q member Of this board,
on account Of the condition OF his
health, he being now very feeble. L
tell you that now in order that you
may know why he is absent, and II you
desire that his place be filled, II you
will take a recess for couple OF hours,
If the gentleman am going to appoint
is in the city. will have him meet with
you. 81,
DR.. Babcock: If you will bear with
me for few minutes and let me thresh
out this particular point
Mr.. Bivens: 7 went 10 make this
point: It seems to me we are going
beyond the resolution. =,
Chairman Carothers: ! understand
the matter is between DR. Saunders and
the medical staff-purely profession
al inquiry.
Governor Blease: 1 will take on my
self the blame for this. presume that
this depression, you might call II, was
brought about by me in asking DR..
THOMPSON the questions / did, but my
reason for that was because it had been
threatened that this thing is going to
be made a state question, and If 1T is
want the people Of the state to under
stand the various officials here and
their various duties. and that was my
only reason for bringing out from DR..
Thompson, who was here, and what
their work was.
DR.. Babcock: l am much obliged to
the governor for making that state
ment. That is the point l am trying TO
make. DR.. Fulmer said before he came
here he learned that there was friction,
and I think it is up to me to make II
clear why there was friction, ana II
there was, what was the justification
for it. Now here is a man who has
long record, and l have served with
him. 7 have done the best / could with
him, and I simply want to make 1t clear
why there should be friction here, so
far as he is concerned, and so far as
am concerned. If this goes before the
people, don't know why 1t should
but If it does / want to make 1t perfect
ly clear what friction means here and
why ii is.
Chairman Carothers: don't see how
that would apply to the present issue.
DR.. Babcock: The matter has been
referred to by DR.. F'ulmer. Can ask
DIR. Fulmer what he means by friction?
DR.. Fulmer: Just simply this-the
word friction explains itself, 1t seems
to me.
DIR. Babcock: May 1 ask you to name
the men the friction existed between?
DR.. Fulmer: The medical staff as
whole, understand. You couldn't eX-
pect any friction in my building, where
l am the only attending physician In
that building.
DR.. Babcock: Haven't you been treat
ed all right?
DR.. Fulmer: 1 have. That is what l
said-the simple reason / had as little
to do with the new building as posi-
BILE.
Dr. Babcock: Tell me what you un-
derstood by friction.
DR.. Fulmer: The word friction
that they don't get together, don't get
along together harmoniously. one pull
ing against the other.
Dr. Babcock: Whom was that lack
of harmony existing between?
Dr. Fulmer: So far as that part, am
unable to say.
DR.. Babcock: You have heard no
names?
Dr. Fulmer: No; 1 can't say that
heard any names.
Dr. Babcock: You had no idea who
it was-who was meant?
Dr. Fulmer: No, knew in this part
of the building, but to point out, l am
unable to do so.
DR.. Babcock: Mr.. Chairman, 1 claim
the privilege of making clear what
this friction means, and why 1t exists
This assertion involves me. 1 want TO
be fair to everybody. but here is this
man who freely says that he did me all
the damage he could formerly, and
now he comes and tries to damage me
again. So / want to make 1t perfectly
clear what this friction means.
Chairman Carothers: l don't think
the questions you were asking Dr.
are pertinent to the case.
That part of the subject l would rule
out. l will ask you to confine yourselv-
es to the things pertinent to DR.. Saun-
ders-the question before the board
and not go back to anything in the
past not directly connected with this.
DR.. Settlemeyer: l don't think we
have any jurisdiction over DR.. Bah
cock, and l think we ought to cut this
thing out.
DR.. Babcock: DR.. Thompson has
made a reflection upon me and / must
claim the privilege Of an Anglo-SaXon
to defend myself, and l appeal to the
sense of right in this board to let me
make my case perfectly clear. hope
you will give me that privilege.
Chairman Carothers: There is no
objection in the world. so long as it re-
lates to Dr. Saunders, but when IT
comes to a personal matter between
you and DR.. Thompson, rule 1t out.
DR.. Babcock: He has made refiec-
ton upon me. Can't have the priVi-
lege Of defending myself?
Chairman Carothers: That could
come in time, but l do not think it is
pertinent to the case in hand.
DR.. Babcock: l must protest against
being denied the privilege Of South
Chairman Carothers: What is the Of
fence that DR.. Thompson made-that