The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-12

| l0AllNHll'ns HN sldlVlUtllh VldN' w .
| Mrs. Washburn and Mrs Wallace
upon which the charges are made. ] !
believe 10 he absolutely false, and ! /
believe ] know something about the
manner in which this Institution has
been conducted
Mrs. Washburn Discharged.
believe the story and D., details .
IN 50 far as il bears upon the story oi
Mrs Wallace and Mrs WaShhurn are
absolutely untrue and thar the fact,
will not bear out the statement, made /
in the paper. Mrs. Washhufn lost
her position in this institution be-
cause Oi misconduct On one occasion, .
aS we were informed and believed. she /
was out OF the institution until a late
hour Al night. and when she returned
was in a drunken condition, partially
dbroblng IN the preNncd OF the
grow1-up boys OF the institution boy,
over whom she had been given super
viSory control The superintendent ot
the institution discharged her on the I
morning following this ieidcnt
The other woman. Mrs Wallace q,
wc are informed and believe. wa, dis
charged from the institution because /
oi incompctency and IS now employed .
as a helper in restaurant At Enid
and the woman. Mr., WaShhu-n 3,
employed as chamhcrmaid N q JOB. .
tel in Enid II would III become me
! II ! did not raise my voice IN protest b
az this time.
Nurses Had Influenza
During the influenza epidemic 10
the institution, DR. McInni,. the Js-
Ni,tant, was very III for quite = period /
OF time. A number oi the nurse,
were also III. and DR.. Kendall. the 80
perntendent OF the institution. was
suffering from an attack OF influenza |
himself, and yet At a time when prlc
tically the entire hospital force va,
overcome with this epidemic. and Il
was impossible TO get additional
nurses or assistance oi any kind
there were only lj deaths m the IN
stitutlon, with approximately ?OOl
| cases
Now with reference 20 the build !
ings. and the manner IN which the,
are kept, desire to say that in ny
Judgment this Is absolutely the best
SStitution IN the state. in so lar as
fStanlineSs is concerned. There are
nine buildings that are as well KEEP,
and as well arranged as any inS,itu-
ton or any state building could well
be, with a power plant that furnishes
steam heat to all the buildings and
laundry This. together with a water
and sewerage system.
Small Cost TO State.
An institution where something
over 800 children. variouSly and sore
| ly afflicted, are being cared for at
this tlme-with go acres oi the hest
land III the state oi Oklahuma-that
institution complete, am advised
cost the state oi Oklahoma not more
than Sl7SUOO
| II seems TO me that an effort should
be made TO suppress articles attack
ine such institutions, either for no.
torlety or for any other Interior mo-
tive or purpose.
Helpless Inmates.
There are epilepticS, imbecileS and
fceble-minded inmates in that inS,l,u.
tion-not all, however Enid imbecilc,
There are one hundred children that
haze to be fed every day with a spoon
Some OF them are so helpless that
they have to be taken care OF IN the
manner YOU care for a baby and dur
ing all the time that | have lived in
the city OF Enid. the entire lie oi the
institution, | have never heard sin.
gle complaint against that institution.
aud the first intimation that | have
bad that It was IN a condition such
as is sough, to be portrayed was
learned in reading the newspaper this
afternoon,
The committee sent from this house
TO inspect this institution dropped in
the other day, and neither DR.. Kendall
nor DR. Mclnnis knew that we were in
town until We called upon them. We
found the kitchen and the beds> and
the living rooms in as good condition
as would be possible to keep them
and ! can't think OF a single criticism
that could be offered ON the condition
in which We found the institution.
Kendall Divorce Suit.
Now, unfortunately, DR.. Kendall
and his wife have recently had a di-
vorce suit, bu, cannot see how DR..
kendalrs personal affairs would have
anything to do with the institution.
As 10 the sensational story ,ha, the
Enid imbecilcS" died from influenza
with lack OF care, believe it to be
absolutely false. and an unwarran,ed
statement
There were two instances when /,
was claimed by Mrs. Wallace or Mrs.
Washburn that DR.. Kendall refused
or neglected 10 care for inmates
suffering with the influenza. think
one was an Indian girl, and il is
charged that DR. Kendall allowed that
girl 10 be without medical ireatmen,
until she was IN a very bad condition.
| Nowm SO lar as DR.. kendalls person.
al conduct is concerned, Dr. Kendall
has given his resignation to the gov.
crnor through this committee, and
now ,ha, he has resigned his posi.
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