The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14
EDITOR AND DOCTOR
CHARGED WITH LIBEL
Chairman John Hirschberg Swears
Out Warrant In Virginia Hospital
Intcrne Controversy.
POLICE COURT TO-DAY
Mr.. Clover. OF the Journal, and Dr.
6. V. Greene. Who Has Quit HOS
pital, Are Alleged To Have stand
cred City Official.

Warrants were served yesterday a.
ternoon on S. r. Glover, president
and editor of the Evening journal
and DR.. q. V. Greene, inferno at the
virginia hospital, summoning them
TO appear in police court TINS morn
ing at $50 O'Clock to answer 10 a
charge of criminal libel, resulting
from a statement appearing IN the
Evening Journal Monday. MIR. Glover
was arrested by Detective Sergeant
Wiltshire. and Captain .McMahon
served the warrant on DR.. Greene.
The affair grew out of an alleged
controversy between certain Viz
ginia hospital inferno and Colonel
Barton II. Grundy. when the latter
was making a call at the hospital
sometime ago. Colonel Grundy COM
planned that he had been subjected
TO discourtesy by person whom he
termed a green doctor" and this
statement was taken to mean that
DR.. Greene was the doctor referred
to. The accuser, however. later de-
MED that he had meant DR., Greene.
and that he did not know the name
OF the inferno accused.
Miss Cummings, superintendent OF
the hospital together with DR. Hinch-
man and two nurses. appeared before
he administrative board yesterday.
and testified that DR.. Greene WAS the
iaterne who was involved in the.
Grundy controversy. and that Greene's
subsequent remarks indicated that he
had been discourteous
Says Was Not Involved.
DR.. Greene issued statement
Monday. in which he denied that he
was involved In any discourteous
meeting with Colonel Grundy, and the
statement was published in the
Evening Journal The language used
and the claims made in the statement
led to the issuing OF the warrants by
Mr. Hirschberg Mr.. Glover. when
Motified of the action said that II has
been his intention TO save Mr. H!rsch-
berg. rather than -injure him, since
The original statement submitted 10
him for publication WAS refused until
u had been toned down.
The incident I'm question occurred
some time ago when Colonel fIrundy
took a patient to the Virginia hos.
pital. arriving there, IS Miss Cum
miugs stated yesterday. iust al the
shifts" and there was more or less
eonfuson. Colonel, Grundy stated
that when he had made Inquiries
from members OF the stan concern
jn& the manner in which he must
proc.-d in order To get treatment for
the sick person. he was treated cody
tad without courtesy.
MOI "A Proper Patient.
ms. Greene. I'm his statement. de-
e,ared that; the patient was not prop
ar'v - patient for the city hospital,
~. denied having seen Colonel
Gtul1dy at the hospital until the pr.
;out aad been received and put 10
ht'. Mad he asks: Has an outside
1uyltaR the right 10 GO into "A hos
r'l-l and tell a doctor what he must
500 IS 10 treating PATIENTS" Or.
eeue further referred to certain
yisjts TO the hospital made by Mr..
N.Ts hhere. and in remarking upon
. presumably made certain state
3;.eDts at which the chairman Of the
board takes offense
Ia speaking al the statement, which
Ma Hirschberu contends is criminaliv
ttnsious. Mr.. Glover, of the Evening
fuuYnal said 1T was not until Dr.
Greene had toned down the com
7uuniCatiun 50 as To eliminate some
harsh language used in referring TO
chairman Hlrsc hberg that l consent
cd TO its use In NV paper. All the
evidence will show that instead Of
trying to libel Htrschberg, I was
irving 10 save him
Chairman Hirschhere claims that
Or Greene did not resign from the
hospital staff but left without leave.
A summons was issued for him yes
terday 10 appear before the board and
give reason for leaving duty without
permission. but Or Greene could not
ne found until yesterday afternoon
when the warrant, charging criminal
libel. was served on him