The Dermott news., 1914-12-24
Other Charges Denied.

i the statement that he is a relative of l Secretary Hart is absolutely untrue, l and that he was a refugee from Mex 1 leo is gratuitously insulting and false. i He is a brother-in-law of Prof B. w. i Torreyson. secretary of the State f Board of Education
 The board did not take out of Dr l Groene's hands the management of the food supplies. The only thing l they did was to furnish the board 1 with copy of the daily bill of fare. and make atiidavits to the same once a month This step was taken because complaints had been coming to the l board that the patients in the State l Hospital were going hungry for want i of enough to eat Prior thereto we were given copy of the bill of fare. ] We put in the latter rule in order to l have an assurance that the patients would get the food as well as the bill
 of fare
 Charge No. is that the board ey- ceeded the appropriation in construct. ] ing the central heating plant and paid approximately $50. .00O out of the current expense fund contrary to law. 1 The vouchers were drawn upon the current expense fund after the apprc- priation Of s75,000 was exhausted Dr. Greene declined to approve the vouch. CTS. His approval is not necessary. i His approval of vouchers for supplies l furnished the institution has been re- l quired before the board would allow
 them. His approval was merely to show that the goods had been deliv- cred. He had nothing 10 do with the 1 contracting, the purchasing or tho l paying for any supplies The law l does not recognize the authority of the superintendent except to manage and care for the institution and tho patients.
 That the hostiities were renewed against nr. 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 disapproyed the vouchers. He would do neither
 f tHdN all adtIItlOlldl CItlk WAS erl- 1 ployed for Secretary Hart at an ex- cess of s50 per month. and is engaged in driving an automobile Is untrue The young man now employed fin the i office of the secretary has been there i for some time. and took the place of another who quit
 Charge No 10 Is a speculative ! F,u Ial other appropriations will not be spent at all. in consideration Of having ex- Cocdod the appropriation for the cen tral heating plant + there is an tn 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 i believe the people want us 10 follow this policy Dr Greene took great. pains to get all the luNuries possible for his table. then took great pride in feeding the patients dried. infe- rior codfsh and such other diet as was necessary 10 bring the cost of feeding the patients down to 5,a cents i per meal
 pr. Greene's Ability.
 Dr. Greenes ability and reputation as an alienist Is brought into question and numerous instances are cited 10 l prove that his ability Is not so great as reputed The reply says: i His professional services as an l alienist have been of value to crimi- nals. and he has been their benefac- 1 tory. He claims 10 have made over 5000 testifying in court since he has been in Arkansas fin the past thrse years. lt would seem that he has earned the money. That he was guilty of 'wilful neglect of duty the duty he owed to the hospital and tho
 state of Arkansas. by virtue of tho
 fact that he devoted the time 10 the practice of his profession as a medical expert witness fin legal trials in per. 1 haps n 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- 1 At least. we know that was the price he charged one firm of lawyers, Davis
 & Pace. and they paid him s200 per
 day as witness. We do not under.
 take to state how much of his time
 he has put fin attending 10 his "pri-
 vate practice" and testifying in tho
 numerous lawsuits over the state.
 As superintendent he is 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 10
 have his own way about everything.
 and Is meddlesome in matters that
 do not concern him. He is particu-
 larly pernicious about small matters.
 When opposed he goes into state of
 eruption He was disposed to go to
 the churches and societies and to
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