The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-18
TRACY WANTED TO PATCH UP
ASYLUM CHARGES IF BOARD
WOULD keep him IN OFFICE

he said
"Do you know whether thar uauor
I la ln the vault q" asked q. - Nsl.
Z ren. attorney for tho board 10, re-
fcrrcd 10 the asylum's vault
NO. ! do not know
Hosrnwaid testified the hurrrl W.
sent 10 hi- warehouse, opened moi--
urrd taken to N" asylum uud put tn
the vault The barrel contained 20
gallons. he said
hy did you take 10 over there
rather than take q up ana turn %
over TO the institution hr We, ask
ed
wcl. in the first place. th. other
barrel thiu they had opened and
measured, they had reported 20 mucu
short that We decided We would
open this one ourselves" lsu-ruwuld
said.
The other barrel was one ordered
h"tur" TraCN's umt 30 wu- BOO tUtu.
sit 80 days. BoseBwnld said aud when
% arrived contained only Sis galiur-
Tracy then Resumed hl< tesfuuouy.
When hc utIrmp pu ru dI-ruutue
'harles H'll. ho said hv received e
letter fruu the board saving uo haa
no right 90 discharge ans u, uuuI
he had referred the matter tp Goo,
board
y 10 suutt
Arkren quD-i ioued MN.
rMr McNVoui- advised you nD had
been appointed by the district court
a. a committee OF ih. psr-uu and
estate uf BeI and thut you -nouId
90 @" the same court gHd r.r h.tn
discharged hefpr, yuu turned fl..I
man from the asylum
~ can not aN that this was 90 Hpl
b" rvudcd me Tor long whiI,
y viii ASK YOU If this question wfs|
not put 20 YOU ln th" board m,,uus
AMI yuu made DO" foIluwIug answer.
No one opposed Nuu boo thi.
hni ies Bell matter. . explained the
whole matter to you right H.r. ui
board meeting and told yuu tnli b..
soon as you had mo relieved thai Won
could discharge him but not bcfYr,
lbi ! not tell you that Mr. Ward
who was then district attorney. haH
hsd m" appointed u- such commit
toe ana that ] was under bond arI
uid ! not tell Nuu 10 "a and -,. AIr
Ward aud have me relieved a. .utL
COMMITTEES before you could dis,
charge HIM
Aud did you not answer
In substance he ala YES
Tracy admitted ne reported ta Gov
ernor Mechom McWenio was irving
10 Keep Bell IN tho asylum su th,
flrSi National hank might get the
benefit uf his a-sets. tie said h.
found Bell had $4,000 ~erurities Iu
the bank ANA an Incom. of 81 200 to-
iisoo a year
Tracy admitted Dee DISCHARGED .sI
sane w. bolavnn who later Killed
Two men In chavez county md Wa.
hinscli killed by an officer The man
was discharged August 20. Ig-I U.|
~nid girl who was discharged bat
later brought back was not insane.
but incorrigihle He would dIsphurr.
her again he said
McNenie wHs called
lie was asked n ho was trying tn
keep Boil In because he had srcurifIp.
and a deposit IN the bank
Do you not think that sounds pre-
posirrous fur lftl" stiOO bal
ancc'' McWcnic asked Tn. sa,uri-
ties he said. were SIS 600 ccrtIfirat..
of the First Mortgage Co. Los Aur..
les ana ono for $500 from salt Lake
city company
Tho food furnished az the ASYLUM
wus Of an Inferior grade. Tracy sail
canned peas which DO thought w.r,
h"ught from m" Bosenwald store
wer" 80 hard they Coulduf b. mash
81 with the thumb. hs suId. the can.
ned tomatoes moor and tho patients
could not ho built up" ON that Kind
~ food He said separated milk was
given the patients ana cream t0 fH,
attendants. ho supposed