Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-07
HEAD OFFICIALS
give HEAVY BLOWS
IN NORFOLK PROBE
Assist nts to DR.. Cutlery Describe
Iaxities and Tell of Cruelties
Permitted by Their
superintendent.
ORDINARY PRECEJTIoT OMITTED
Head of Fosr tai Refused to Vac
cinate Patients During Small
pox Epidemic.
TELL OF PATIENTS BEATEN

NORFOLK. Neb., Feb. 6.-tspe-
ialD--The Norfolk end of the state
invcctigs tion in.n Dr. w d. Gut
teTy's management of the Norfolk
state hosrital for insane, which was
brought abor' by complaint filed
with the State Poard of Control b.
n. A. Hu5e. came to an end just after
midnight this morning Judge Ken
ned: and Mr.. Gerdes, the members
Of TIE state board who conducted
the hearing. returned to Lincoln.
One more witness, who is expected to
give sensational testimony. will
probably be heard by the board some
time this week at Lincoln. Judge
Good. Guttery's counsel, decided not
TO prt rs clicrt on the witness stand
laa' night, but may do so before the
los I'd at Lincoln this week
The three Witnesses eyar1'~cd late last
night were highly responsible officials OF
the hospital--A. j. Gutzmer. the steward;
DR. r. II. Foster. second physician, and
Dr. IA. r. Carson. first physician and act
ing superintendent.
- D-mr@irw TcstimOnS.
Besides the three who testified at the
final session, the head nurse, the super
visor, the general nightwatch and the
chief engineer, along with many less inn
portant employees. had given testimony
damaging to their former chief. The as
sistant head nurse was alone among those
holding responsible positions to give him
a clean bill. She had formerly lived at
Pilger, Neb., from which town DIR. Gut
terry came.
Mr., Gutzmer the steward. who has
been in the employ of the hospital eleven
years, five years as steward. named five
persons he said were of immoral reputa-
ton who had been retained by Dr.
Cutlery. To three of these, he said, Dr.
Cutlery had paid marked attention. He
said DR.. Cutlery had spoken to him dis
paragingiy of the work of the asslstant
physicians that his special attentions to,
certain employees had bred, discord and
lack of discipline and that DR.. Guttery's
actions were generally considered unbe-
corning In a euperiBtendent. He said
Gutterys relations with department
heads has impaired cooperation and eff
cheney; that Cutlery had told employees
to disregard the supervisor and head
nurse-that he was superintendent
Kept Incompetent Help.
Gutkrner said he complained to Cutlery
of incompetent help, but that Cutlery
would not discharge them He said the
hospital is not in as good condition, gem
orally speaking, as under former admins
trations. lie said his personal relations
with Or. Cutlery were always pleasant
and that he personally had been treated
with consideration.
Dr. Il. II. Foster. second assistant ply
\. sician. told OF seeing DIR. Cutlery chol-
ing the woman patient already referred to
as having been first subdued by female
nurse. lie told of seeing one nurse COM
ing out Of the hydro bath room with
goodiooking male patient fifteen or
twenty minutes after the other nurses
had left and that the woman seemed en-
barrassed when he saw her He said he
had complained to DR.. Cutlery OF incom-
petent employees. without relief.
In some cases nurses refused TO obey
orders. others were found asleep on night
duty and reported. He said when he
would make complaint Dr. Cutlery would
so to the Individual nurses complained OF
and would tell them that DR.. Foster had
said things about them. breeding inhar-
mony and putting DR.. Cutlery I'm the
light OF their special benefactor. These
nurses were retained after their remiss-
ucss vas reported. lie said Or. Gutterys
relations with employees tended to pro-
mote diseord and Impair discipline and ef-
ficiency.
Discipline Not Maintained.
Foster said Cutlery permitted several
attenEants and nurses to come to him
over the reads OF the head nurse and
supervisor and that DR.. Cutlery told him
he kept Mira. Weber because she would
come and tell him things that were being
said abcslt him. Foster said the cruelty
Of Archie Bagby. an attendant. to pa
-Saients. was discussed in staff meetings
and Cutlery was urged to discharge him,
but Bagby was never discharged. He told
OF six attendants sending a letter to Gut
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