The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-18
Special to Herald

port OF the committee that lnvostti.
gated the state asylum at Las Vegas
showed that pr. ltoyal Is. Tracy. dis.
charged superintendent. admitted ai
the hearing that h" had told th,
asylum board at n meeting ON oct
a. that he would try to patch up b.
charges against members Of the
D board provided they would retain him
, IN Office ~ superintendent uutil Jan
, !.
.. o. Askreu. attorney Tor the
/ board. asked Tracy if the member 60.
the board would retain him what
/, he would do regarding what be- htu
told the governor aud testimony show
, that Tracy replied that he could nN
that up with m" governor. that h.
! could say he was mistaken aud had
acted hastily and misjudged the
board and had erred because he
wanted To see things conducted hon.
ornbly.
Purchase of sheep
II was brought out iu the testimony
| that Tracy said the asylum had pur-
chased 80 or 80 sheep from to-su
wald's ranch which were too wcuk
to stand up llone and that they were
used for food lie said S. was the
price paid ami that Governor Mrch"m
had said when told Of this that the
price was too high
! Relative to charges that Dr. Tracy
wus restricted in buying Of supplies
II wns brought out that he had -oiu
drugs to store in Las Vegas ani
then bought them back from the
store ana that this was the reason
he was restricted u was also shown
that he had tried to induce the board
to purchase Instruments TO the cost
uf 5000 or $500. lie said the instru-
ment- were needed for effective
| work
Testimony hy Mrs Emma Elwood
matron and IN NJ. : Dcsmarias. act
INK superintendent was To the effect
that food served was good and that
the institution was kept In sanitary
condition.
The ~ Charges.
The - charges made by Dr a. u.
Tracy discharged .upcrintsndent OF
the a-ylum. were:
First That be was not allowed
authority in handling employes. that
| they were permitted to practice In
suhordination." that they were per
mitted TO gn so the board with any
| imaginary grievances
second: That he had to retain a
daughter of member OF the board
a. private secretary who was lin
| competent and di-reFpectful
Third That he was not allowed to
employ his own nurse.
Fourth That he was pot permit
tod 20 discharge Incompetent ana in
eulrlent help
Fiith Thht the board restricted
him to the place whcr" he should
BUY drugs
sixth; That the board refused TO
! permit him TO buy the most upce--
sary surgical Instruments
| Se.enth. Thai wfnen IA. rruort.l
10 Governor Niecharn than Cersi'o Ro-
! aeuwnld. m,mher OF th. hazard WA.
| selling sunnii.s 10 as. psvlum ana
! tho governor ordered him Ia disrun-
t.nue same" ,he board began t1 max.
hi- position "intolorabi." ana hi. If.
| "mIsernhle by reatrictinE food sun
plies ANA other necessary things Tor
hi- house. which tbe -tat. furnished
| previously
| Elghth. That when he attompi.d
10 discharge charles o. HeII. the
board refused 10 permt him 10 b.
turned loose "because Of rollnIon
ana ron-pirscy to control t,,c funds
of aid neu"
Tracy added that A. / NrWeui.
| Las Vegas. member Of the hoard
| was cashier Of the Fiji National bank.
| las Xrtus which mad cbnrg, ,f I.tII.
,nney. thai ho was trustee Of thc pn-
tents estate ana that ne "iu some,
| way or other borauts "a commission In
| lunacy for the said Bel"
| Nlnth. That since then the board
had been more hostile than ever
| ana tried 10 make hirn resign
| Tenth. That The board didn't seek
lons from him or act ON
them when they wer. given
Eleventh. That they refused to CO.
| operate with him aud treated his sug
| pestions with utter cuutelupi that
he wns not uermitted TO eat dinner
| with the board on the honrd's meet
| ing day
| Twelftb That tho hoard did not
stand for progress and efficiency
that the board was dominated hy
ons man cec.llo Ros.nwsid that
,he other members were m.rel, pawns
| In his hands
| Thlrte.nth. Tbnt the hoard hadn't
done one lining since he wa~ superin-
| t.ndeni to i,upro,r the institution
| thar they deprlyed' ihs natientr OF
food
| Fourteenth THAT hc was dIscharg-
ed
tn. first seven charges were found
trivial aud frivolous" by the probing
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