Show VERY PECULIAR CONDUCT tuesday june 10 ex marshal ire reland brought irto salina one of his hie employee emp loyes a 4 young man main named oliver gerber who was suffering from a severe throat disease and took him to the residence of dr madsen the doctor being absent he told mrs madsen he had a sick boy with him whom he be wished to leave there to have treated for a sore throat adding that he ireland had bad endeavored to cure the boy for the past four days without success in answer to mrs M s question as to the condition of the boys throat mr ireland said that he be had bad white misters blisters on each side the doc doctors torAs wite wife took the answer into consideration and then judging from the looks of the young man insisted that he be had diphtheria but ireland said he be knew better as he be had had experience with diphtheria in his own family and could therefore easily detect it why did you not leave him up at your place said mrs M to the ex marshal because he be replied 1 I did not wish to expose the other folks mr ireland then drove to the hotel and by telling the lady of the house that the boy had only a sore throats and not diphtheria succeeded in getting him in for some reason known positively only to ireland he left the young man there and took quarters himself at a private house the selectman and board of health having been notified of what had bad happened accordingly began to investigate vesti gate in the absence of the quarantine physician a young boctor here over from the east was wa called in and being unacquainted with the nature of diseases in the we west st pronounced it not diphtheria however mr knighton proprietor of the hotel gave the ex marshal to understand that he wanted him to move that sick man immediately and accordingly ireland obeyed he next took his man to th mr gerry gatts and told him that the boy was sick but the doctor said he be had bad no DO contagious disease although mr gates has a family of small children through compass compas sion salon for the young man be took him in through mr Ir elands guarantee to hire a man to wait upon him the next day ireland went back to his ranch and if he hired any one to stay with the sick man the party must have broken his agreement for a all I 1 the work fell upon mrs gates as the husband went away to the canyon the day following mrs G becoming alarmed as the young man grew worse asked for further investigation and this time the young doctor pronounced it diphtheria from that time the board of health took the matter in hand and did all in their power to relieve the sufferer but in spite of their efforts he succumbed to the destroyer soon after 9 saturday evening and was buried before sunrise sunday morning although great precautions were taken after the true character of the disease was discovered some have hav been exposed and there will be no do thanks due mr ireland if very serious results do not dot follow one case hs already made its appearance but we trust there will be no more the people of all classes are nearly unanimous in denouncing the course MT mr ireland took in ridding himself of a plague at the probable expense of a number of the salina peoples people s lives we think that if the ex marshal had any regard eg a rd for the principle contained in in the gaden g aden rule he would at least have tried to secure an empty house for the accommodation of the sick man instead of throwing him into a public house v or even into anto a private cami family 11 where there were little children cheor eu Of course A we admit that in the last instance he was partially justified by the decision of the doctor the parents of f the deceased reside atAsh leys fork and herce it will be two or three days before they receive the sad news the people of salina extend their sincere sympathy to the bereaved family and wish them to know that all was wae done that could be for their departed one under the circumstances and that while his interment was sudden it was done in accordance with the doctors advice for the welfare of our people herald |