Year: 1876




troduced Mr.. Snow to DR.. John w.
Van Zandt, Jr., stating that he repre-
sented himself as a grand juror
stating at the same time th.t my at
tention had been called to his turn
ing up mattresses and quizzing pa
tients by the patient Reilly, and re-
peated to j. W. Van Zandt, Jr., the
conversation that had Cured up
stairs between mysrlf and Snow.
After few moments conversation
John w. Van Zandt told him that
his friend Jeffries was put on the
night watch the >sarne as all other
convalescent patients; tn 1t he was
not required to do any work, but to
lie on the bed; to see that the pa
tients did not die alone; t, be there
to call some one; that he had been
content to let other convalescent pa
tients attend to him, keeping his leg
constantly wet night and day, and
attending to his every want; that he
objected to go on night watch, but
IS he was able to go all over the
house and play cards, that he was
able to d, that, as there was no labor
asked of him. I thi K lit it was
in this part OF the conversation that
Mr.. Snow repeated the words that he
was "a tax payer in Storey County,
and paid taxes enough to have pa
tients taken care of without doing
any work, or something to that eff
feet. Dr.. Jehn told him that it was


ust Dmary to put patients to perform
duties such as they could easily do
in every part of the land; that if be
dill not wish his friend here under
such regul ii ms as the house was
governed by, that he was at liberty
TO take him away at any time. He
stated that he should do 50 immedi-
iteiy, and that he would also see that
the pimps and loaters around here
did what they were paid to do; that
ne was paid $3.50 per month to do
what he didn't do; that there was a
lot of pimps and ioafers around here
who did not do, their business, and
that as a graa.i jurymal he would see
that the Van Zandts vent to pediling
medicines and washing the streets OF
Virginia as they used to do before
Storey County gave them any work.
He also SAID during that conversation
tnat his friend Jeffries had hurt his
leg by being put on the night watch.
DR.. John told him that he had said
quite enough and that it was time
for him to go; he raised his left
hand in threatening manner. l
jumped and grabbed him, as also
didone of the nurses; / took hold Of
him by the right arm and the nurse
by the left arm; he said that he
shouldn't go until he got ready, and
that we had not pimps enough
around here TO put him out. There was
no reply made to this, but the nurse
leading in front and pushing be-
hind, took him to the door. The
door was open and we pushed him
out on to the porch and from the
porch out on to the street against
the carriage; he Strengthened himself
up and came back up the steps,
stating there were not pimps enough
here to keep him out; that he was
going in to see his friend; the three
If us stood in front of the door; be-
tween him and the door; there was
no reply made to him and he did
not offer to push either Of us aside
to enter; he shot off his mouth for
about five minutes, calling us pimps
and other abusive names, and then
entered his carriage. After turning
around and heading for town he said
he would see whether visitors were
to be treated in than manner by
"pimps and sons of bitches" and
that we would soon be where we be-
longed, and that he would get even
with you "sons of bitches.' There
was no abusive or insulting language
or insulting epithets applied to said
John Snow by myself or any one In
my hearing during the time that he
was at the Hospital on said day.
Mr.. Jeffi'ies was not required to go in
the dark, and where he claimed to
have fallen was in room where
there was light burning.


w. E. ROBE.


Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 14th day of March, 1876.


w. G. THOMPSON, Clerk.