Evening star., 1926-05-04

Silk answered, They all have men
| tai disease" Mr.. Blanton asked DR.
| Silk if he knew man named Taylor
who kicked patients in the stomacf
| with his knee and is man handler
| they say that he Is even better
than Stranger Lewis" he asked
DR.. Silk II he knew about man
handler using wet towels TWISTED
| around a patients neck until he
couldn't breathe. "If ] knew a mar
who did that I'd do all | could tc
send him to the penitentiary, sale
DIR. Silk.
Mr.. Gibson questioned DR.. SILK re-
garding staff conferences and the
method of examination or patients:
Mr.. Bowman asked DR.. SILK: rs
Rollv Lee iusane?" DIR. Silk replied
Yes; decidedly so" He explained
in reply to questions that sometimes
this patient doesn't know where ne
is runs around wild. is very lnpui-
sive, and needs constant institutional
care. He declared emphaticaly tha'
this patient should not be discharg
ed in care of his mother Mr. Bow
man asked for detailed information
regarding how patients get into ST
Elizabeth's.
1t was shown in testimony tha'
very frequently they come there by
direction of the War Department
Navy Department, United states Pup
lie Health Service, or are perhaps
prisoners of the Department OF Jus
tice. There are also indigents undei
the District of Columbia admlnistra
ton who are sentenced to 81. Eliza
heth's. DR.. Silk said that the policy
il not to keep them there. but &c
discharge them as soon as the con
faaiG that they
will not injure themselves or others
Rolly Lee Given Freedom.
Mr.. Blanton discussed at some
length with DR.. SILK the Roily Lee
case, asking why. when he had testi
fed that this young man might &C
violent injury to some one. he nae
allowed him so much freedom that
he had been to Mr. Blanton's office
at least 20 times. Mr. Blanton also
censured DR. Silk for not bringing
in another boy. Roland Doughty, "a
a witness when Mr.. Blanton had
notified the institution that he desired
rhis Young man as a witness. In
reply to a question from MIR. Blanton
Or. Silk said that he was born IN
Russia. but has been in this country
- years.
DR.. Main was next called by Mr.
Rlauton. He has been physician
at St. Elizabeth's since August 10
1919. Mr.. Blanton said he found DR.
Mains name signed to great many
papers in lunacy cases in which Mr.
Fenning was interested. DR.. Main
said. under oath. that he had never
directly or indirectly received any pay
or other consideration from Mr.. Fen
ming. Mr.. Blanton asked Ho"
many men and women have YOU al
St Eliza beth's who are not crazy
DR.. Main answered: From the view
point of a psychiatric, none.
In reply to questions from Mr.. Bow
man, DR.. Main said that the institu
ton discharges about 20 per cent OF
it's patients as social recoVeries. In
reply to question from Mr.. Blanton
whether il members of Congress want
ed 10 bring any of their constituents
who might be in the institution be
fore the conference of physicians, il
would be allowed. DR.. Main answered
that he would not consider that an un-
reasonable request.
Brought Without Permission.
Asked by Mr.. Bowman about Rolly
Lee, Or. Main said this young man is
mentally very i'll. although physically
on his left hip having finally healed
DR.. Main said that Rolly Lee has de
lusions and doesn't talk much, so
that it is hard to determine his real
condition. lie considers him as po,
tentially da ngerouS, although he did
not know whether he had ever as
saulted any one. He said that If Rolly
Lee came into Washington his mother
had brought him without the knowl-
edeg of the hospital authorities. He
said he believed il would not be safe
for this patient to be outside the juris-
diction of an institution
DR.. Main was then questioned about
the case OF Roland Doughty.
This case was described as a border
line case Of low mentality, with a re-
ligiOuS trend. mission on earth. He
said that this young man would be
discharged tomorrow from the insti-
tuition, but that he is unwilling to
leave. He went away once. but
begged for money to come hack. In
reply to question, DR.. Main said
that he knows this young man is act
ing as secretary Of a big Sunday
school class In Congress Heights.
Refused to Sign Papers.
Mr.. Blanton asked Dr. Main why.
when Rolly Lees mother Is allowed to
take him off the hospital grounds and
keep him with her all day, she is not
allowed to take him to their home in
Grundy, Va. He said: Isn't this be.
cause Mr.. Fennins Is getting 10 per
cent of the boys money! Dir. Main
said that had nothing whatever to do
with it. In reply to questions. DR..
Main said that he remembered a par
ticular case in which he had refused
to sign papers for Mr.. Fenning.
Mr.. Gibson then reviewed with DR..
Main the same facts he had previous
ly emphasized that the records show,
and there is undisputed evidence
which shows that Mr.. Fenning Is now
guardian in "a cases of veterans in
ST. Elizabeth's and A. that have been
discharged, and that there are only
3S cases of veterans in st. Elizabeth's s
in which Mr.. Fenning has not been
guardian, and that in 6 Of these he
has been attorney. leaving only 80
cases out Of 176 cases in which Mr..
Fenning does not appear.
Isn't 1t remarkable coincidence,
IL it is a coincidence, why he gets so
many?" asked Mr.. Gibson.
He questioned the policy of one man
being allowed to serve as guardian in
so many cases. DR.. Main said: "As
far as I'm concerned, I'd rather deal
with one Individual" Mr.. Gibson re.
marked: 1T is very evident from the
records that you would" In reply
to a question, DR.. Main said that he
Is Scotch-Irish.
Bar Resolution Upheld.
James s. Easby-Smith, who testi-
fed that he has practiced as a lawyer