Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-04
Nebraska
NORFOLK HOSPITAL
CONDITIONS SHOWN
Former Attendants at Asylum Give
Testimony About Morals at
the Institution.
CONDUCT OF SUPERINTENDENT

NORFOLK. Neb., Feb. 3.-CSpeciaI Tel
egram.) 1.-The second day Of the official
investigation into conditions at the state
Hospital for Insane at Norfolk, which re-
suited from a complaint filed by the Nor
folk Daily News. wound up with a night
session tonight. and indications are the
hearing will require many more hours.
II. s. Morse. a former attendant who
resigned voluntarily started the day lie
told Of seeing Archie Bagby, former at
tendant. abuse two patients. He said
Bagby threw John Bggan TO the floor.
rendering him unconscious for several
minutes. and threw Joe Thorne to the
floor. after which he kicked Thorne In
the ribs. Morse said he told Bagby he
would kill a patient some day.
! Morse said Or. Cutlery, superintendent.
sent him into Bagby's ward, saying he
had three complaints from Dr. Carson OF
| Bagbyss cruelty.
Nurse Had Disease.
Morse named woman whose moral
reputation he said was bad, and at whose
| instance he said DR.. Cutlery employed
/ him. He said Cutlery told him he did
not need him Just then, but would hire
him anyway on the excuse that he must
start class work at once. He said Gut
! terry told him OF a certain nurse suffering
from a vile disease He said Cutlery
came to him and told of using an indeli-
cate Word In class which one nurse did
not understand and that Cutlery said no
made It plain by using nasty expressions
which Morse repeated 70 the board.
Morse said the grove north of the hos
pital was used for immoral conduct.
On cross-examlnation he admitted he
was angry at Cutlery for certain per-
sonal reasons and that he never reported
any crueltles or immoralties to the super
intendent.
Norfolk Girls Experience.
Mrs. s. S. Miller, refined, dignified,
modest young woman, belonging TO one
of Norfolks best families. who has had
her nursing experience In five other large
hospitals, named five women who have
been employed as nurses whose reputa-
lions for morality, she said, ware bad,
and that none of them had been dis
charged by DR.. Cutlery.
She named three nurses who used pro-
fame language habitually. She said DR..
lGuttery told her of one nurse who had
been rebuked by him for spelling his
discipline and who replied to the su-
Iperintendent, ITO hell with discipline;
you have none here"
She said DIR. Cutlery, in visiting her
ward once told her a vile story; so vile'
she said, that she would under no cir
cumstances repeat It even to the investi-
gators. She told OF one occasion when
she had prepared a male patient for a
certain service. covering his body with
towels, as she had been taught as mat
ter of modesty. and that Cutlery had
jerked the covering from the mans bodcS
and said when g. woman became nurse
she must forget her modesty.
Patient Given RaMOR.
She told of one nurse, who gave o
key to medicine closet, containing
poisons and razors, to a patient, con-
trary to strict rules, and that this woman
was unreliable and untruthful and was
removed from the ward at her request
but was retained in the hospital and
when the witness left on leave Of abb
sence this woman was put in charge OF
her ward and remained there until. sht
resigned voluntarily.
She said Or. Cutlery countermanSec
orders given by his assistant physician
and told the patient the other doctors
treatement was doing him no good.
| Sne Salu Ut. GulleFy Sinleu AZ pieSeu'
tionary measures taken by other doctors
to prevent the spread OF smallpox ant
told Of DR.. Cutlery being careless in go
ing in and out of a dphtheria room
She said he never saw any cruelty and
never reported any immoral gossip.
Promise Not Fulfilled.
She said DR.. Cutlery had voluntarily
promised her an in crease in wages. bu
never fulfilled IL.
She said DR.. Cutlery in trying to per
: suade her to sign a recommendation
promised immediate raise in her wages
and when she refused to sign his state
! ment he said: Do you think you ough
to stay here and take my money
Judge Good asked IL she could not SAY
! that DIR. Cutlery had sincerely don't
what ne thought for the welfare OF th'
hospital and she said: Il have m!
doubts"