Speech of Hon. Chas, M. Cooke

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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Chas, M. Cooke: Delivered in the Dr. Grissom Trial for the Defence, Thursday, July 18, 1889, November 4, 1889 Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board: When it was rumored some weeks ago that this Board had been called together in extra session, for the purpose of hearing charges which were to be preferred against some officer of the North Carolina Insane Asylum, it produced anxiety in the public mind. There was no certainty as to the officer, nor was there any specification as to the charges, and when, a few days afterward, it was published that the charges were to be preferred against the Superintendent of the Institution, it filled the people of the State with a sad surprise. There was still uncertainty as to the character of the charges, and when, at the commencement of this trial, the charges were preferred, alleging that the Superintendent of this Institution had been guilty - first, of gross immorality in connection with certain female attendants and others of this Institution, and, secondly, with mismanagement of, and cruelty to, the patients under his charge, and, thirdly, that he had been guilty of misappropriating the property of the Institution, they were of so serious a nature that the people of North Carolina, notwithstanding their previous notice, were not prepared for them. They cried out, Is it possible that this man, to whom we have for so many years given our confidence, has been guilty of these things? Has this man, who is the husband of a good and virtuous wife, stooped to attempt to defile another man's bed ? Has this father of daughters debauched the widow's daughter? and for the gratification of his own wicked lusts has he been at the vile work of attempting to compass the ruin of young girls who were attendants in this Institution? and all this under the same roof that covers his own wife and daughters? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.