Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-30

| of affairs was due to the difficulty n
securing help and the lack of siuffi'
c!ent state funds to make any i'm
} provcment.
/, DR.. GA. Cassidy. OF Omaha, form
erly assistant surgeon Of the home.
who resigned early In the summer,
| testified there never was sufficient
help at the hospital and the food was
not sufficient for the aged patients
He said supper was served at !
o'clock and breakfast ut T. and be-
Iieve1 the meals were too far apart
for aged persons. He said there
| We're insufficient garments for the
I patients and frequently some were
gubed only In sheets pinned about
them Some patients. however, re-
! quire as many MS twenty che nges
daily. The witness declared compe-
tent graduate nurses were needed
both day and Snishtg f
' I'm reply to questions Or. Cassidy
said there was no special provision
! for the cnre OF denented persons. He
! chareed that dclirious patients wan
dered about and that no chart was
! kept of the patients condition. In
| Ward 4. in which he was in charge,
there are probably forty patients. he
said, and only two nurses. Some of
the nurses he testified on, cross ex~
animation, are overworked and others
are Incompetent He said he believed
two graduate nurses nt least should
he employed
Mars Principal Witness.
| C. p. Mars tho complainant. took
the stand at the opening of the morn
Ing session apd WINS not excused un-
til in the afternoon He told OF al
! iesed abuses Of authority by home of
| iicials but much OF his testimony was
OF n hearsay character A letter writ
ten by Mars To Senator Reed. OF Mis-
souri,. at the Instance OF John C,ean,
was offered In evidence. II was signed
by Mars and other members Of the
home, and was severe arrangement
of the institution and Its officials. The
witness admitted on cross eSamina-
ton that the letter came into posses
sion of the mastering officer who
conducted an investigation on his
visit to the home, and that he had
been told the charges were faIsp.
Mrs. Ida S, ogan. Of this city. form
erly member OF the home testified
regarding the payment of board
While at the institution Her ex-'
perlcnce was one of the reasons for
the dispatch OF the Reed letter. She
testified that she had entered the
home from Mahaska county. Dec. 9.
1916. and had stated In her applica-
ton for entrance that she hai no
| money or property. aside from her
pension. She did. however, own a
small place south of OsKaloosa, which
she sold the following March for So
1000. She was told she must PAY for
her board and was presented with q
3tll for $212.50 from Nov. IL, 1916,
| almost month prior to the ,irne she
entered, to May o.. 1918. when pay
ment was made
Mrs. Ogan's application was sworn
to before n justice of the peace at
Oskaloosa, and she admitted that
t,she owned property when the a.ppii-
cation was made
Seaman Fails OF Appointment.
~. I. Seaman, an employee or the
city clerks office at Des Moines
testified that petition had beer CIR
oulated and generally signed at the
home. asking for his appointment as
|quartermaster, under the soldiers
preference act. Later he made, APP
plipation for the position but he did
not receive the appointment, civil.
ian being given the place. "a
| On cross examination It was
brought out that Seaman did not
enlist until Aug. %, 1864, and was
discharged the last week or Noyem-
Der. the same year. He again en-
listed In May, 1865, after the close of
the war and served until 1868.
Samuel Parker told OF hospital
conditions, claiming personal h1owl-
edge, by reason OF frequent visits to
his Wife, who Is patient i r,
| State Refutes Mars CHARGES,
I Witnesses for the state .rofuted the
charges, OF Mars members of the
home being the principal witnesses.
ID. h. Buck, in charge OF the home
library, told OF rumors circulated
derogatory to the character Of a
home member. who has been serving
In an official capacity, and charged
that Mars had been ac,ive IN the
campaign against his comrade,
] Captain George Childs, inspectio
officer refuted charges made by
Mars. and Capt. H., w. Mund henk
told OF Mars disquIetlng converse
lions with other members of the
home. He had talked against the
home and the officers, the witness
said, and he (Mundhenk) had taken
him to task for his actions. :
A uniform, turned IN by Mars to
the custodian OF the home clothing,
asking that it be condemned was
presented in evidence. Rips and
| tears In the clothing We're declared
to have been deliberately made by
Mars, the cloth not showing hard
wear. One large cash In the cloth
was said to have been made with a
knife
Mars Wanted More Milk.
+ ]. j. Longley and George Lyttle,
lmessmates of Mars. told OF the lat