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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY. MAY 13, 1907,
DAY -EXERCISES
Veterans of Two Wars Will
Unite in Honoring the
Nation's Dead.
G. A. R. MEN WILL PARADE
Resolve, Though Old and Feeble, to
Prove Spirit of '61 Existent.
School Children Will Dec
orate Graves.
The solemn tramp of the faltering feet
of asing veterans will be heard in the
streets of Portland on Memorial day, as
usual, this year. The muffled drumswill
beat over flower-hidden graves, and the
plaintive pipes will skirl their notes in
honor of the Nation's dead. Arrange
ments are now being made for a celebra
tion of Decoration day on a scale per
haps more imposing and impressive than
any in recent years.
A meeting was held yesterday after
noon, full of Interest, yet strikingly pa
thetic In its deliberations, for a majority
of those who were there agreed that
Father Time has vanquished them in
their purpose of parading through all the
business streets of the city. They ac
knowledged in sadness of heart that the
best that might be expected of all those
men who hastened to their country's res
cue In 1S01 was that they march through
a few of the most important thorough
fares of the city, just to show the public
that the spirit was still there, that the
memory of the call to arms which they
,ePlied 46 years ago still makes their
blood run warm when the day that, com
memorates the sacrifice of those who
fought and died rolls round again.
A few blocks, four or five, is enough."
remarked one of the committeemen at
the meeting. "All we need do do is to
show them that the spirit of -61 still
lives in our souls. Let's do just enough
to give ttie boys of the Spanish War an
inspiration and the lads that are now
growing up into manhood a lesson. That
will do."
And that seemed to be the consensus of
opinion of the meetins.
Meeting in G. A. R. Hall.
The members of the committees of all
the posts gathered at the headquarters
of the George A. Wright G. A. R. Post,
No. 1. In the Mulkey building, at Second
and Morrison, and for three hours they
deliberated over plans for honoring the
day. The little band of heroes that gath
ered there were comforted by the pres
ence of a committee of the Spanish War
Veterans' Association, by the cordial in
vitation extended to them to join in the
memorial service of the Third Regiment
of the Oregon National Guard on the
Sunday preceding Memorinl day, and by
the letters from the Women's Relief
Corps, offering their aid and support in
making the celebration 'a 'success.
Interested in the celebration of May 30
are the following soldiers of the Civil
War, all members of the various commit
tees of arrangement: 1. J. Darr. S. J.
Micklev and A. P. Sloan, of Oeorge A.
Wright Tost; T. B. MoDevltt. J. E. Hall
and J. W. Curran, of Lincoln-Garfield
Post; A. C. Edmonds, (. A. Prentice and
J. A. Newell, of Sumner Post, and H. O.
Fieby, J. A. Forbes and J. R. CWtmber
lain, of Benjamin F. Hutler Pest.
Comrade T. B. Mi'Devitt has been se
lected as chairman and A. C. Sloan as
secretary of the Memorial day commit
tee, and in their hands lie all the mat
ters pertaining to the successful celebra
tion which is contemplated.
G. E. Caukln and T. B. McDevltt have
been named as the finance committee for
the West Side posts, and A. C. Edmonds
and J. A. Newell as a similar committee
for the Kast Side posts.
Programme of the Day.
The programme committee as selected
by the chair Is as follows: Representing
all posts in the city. I. J. Darr', H. C.
Rigby, J. B. Hall and G. A. Prentice.
This committee set to work at once, and
after canvassing the situation, decided
that the memorial services from a relig
ious standpoint bo held as follows: On
Sunday afternoon. May 2fi, at 3 o'clock
at the Taylor-street Methodist Episcopal
Church. Third and Taylor, and in the
evening at the Grace -Methodist Episcopal
Church, Twelfth and Taylor. The after
noon service will be conducted by Rev.
K. Burgette Short, and the evening serv
ice by the Rev. Dr. Clarence True Wilson.
At these meetings the Third Regiment.
Oregon National Guard, in command of
Colonel C. E. McDonell, and the Spanish
War Veterans' Association will join with
the G. A. R. posts.
Another feature of the celebration will
be the visiting of the various public
schools of the city and the arrangements
for this was left in the hands of the
adjutants of the various posts. It will
later be arranged for committees from the
local posts to call at the city schools and
talk to the children with a view to inter
esting them In the Memorial Day celebra
tion and to enlist their efforts in gather
ing flowers to be strewn on the graves of
tile dead on the morning of May So.
Children to Deck Graves.
No attempt will be made to ask the chil
dren to join in thegeneral parade, but it
Is hoped that they will do all they can
in the way of decorating the graves on
Memorial Day. It was decided that mem
bers from the different posts be selected
to visit the schools and give from five to
ten-minute talks to the pupils on the sig
nificance of the day and to urge them to
join In the movement to make the cele
bration this year the most imposing one
ever held.
A committee was appointed to ascertain
the names of all theG, A. R. memoors
who would be unable to march In the
parade and to provide them with vehicles
so that the showing might be as imposing
as possible.
The selection of Jolsn F. Shields, of the
Title Guarantee & Trust Company as the
orator of the da,y mot with general ap
proval. Mr. Shields Is a nephew of Cen
tral James Shields, one of the most noted
fighters of the Rebellion, and is an orator
ff ability. A vote of thanks was extended
lo Joseph N. Teal, who as executor of the
rt'taie of the late comrade. D. P. Thomp
son, offered the use of ten carriages for
those who would be unable to march in
the parade.
The next onler of business was the se
lection of officers of the day. and Depart
ment Commander Homer Sutcliffe was
chosen as grand marshal, with G E.
Cankin as senior vice-commander and F.
It. Neale as junior vice-commander. H. A.
Farden '.was named as chaplain, T. B.
McDevltt as officer ot the day and A. C.
fc'ioan as adjutant.
Committee on Flowers.
The chairman then appointed J. E.
Hall and I. G. Darr as the committee on
flowers for the West Side and A. C. Ed
monds as floral committee for the East
Side. It was decided to accept the offer
of Brown's band to furnish the music for
.he day. The Third Regiment. O. K. el
and the .Spanish War Veterans' Associ
ation were both; invited to join In the
parade, the line of march to be decided
upon at a later meeting of the commit
tee from the various posts.
The Sumner and the Benjamin F. Butler
posts, both of which are on the East Side,
will hold their memorial services at Lone
Fir Cemetery. In the forenoon. Judge
George H. Williams has consented to de
liver an address on "Abraham Lincoln."
and another speaker Is to be selected to
talk on the "Memory of the Dead."
The Women's Relief Corps are holding
their regular weekly meetings, at which
they are arranging to join hands with the
G. A. R. for the big celebration. Their
plans have not been announced, but it
is expected that they will participate on
a much larger scale than they ever have
before.
The strewing of flowers on the graves
of the dead has been left almost entirely
In the hands of the Women's Relief Corps,
and. the G. A. R. posts are particularly
anxious that the school children co-operate
in this part of the programme.
The committee of the Spanish War Vet
erans' Association, consisting of George
K. McCord. Dr. C. C. McCormack and
Clarence Wells, Informed the Union vet
erans that tireir whole organization of
over 400 members was at the service of
the committee and that each individual
member was ready to do all he could to
make the celebration a success.
The detailed programme for Memorial
Day was discussed, but inasmuch as there
were so many things yet to be considered;
it was decided not to attempt to formu
late it In detail until the next meeting,
which will be held next Sunday afternoon
at the headquarters of George A. Wright
Post.
The' public services for Memorial Day
will be held during the afternoon of May
30 in the Plaza Park. First the G. A. R.
posts, the O. N. G. and the Spanish War
Veterans will hold joipt services in
memory of the dead. Tie Spanish War
Veterans will then see that fitting tribute
is paid to the men in whose memory the
monument in the North Plaza is erected,
the veterans holding it as their duty to
see that the memory of the Second Ore
gon t'nlted States Volunteer Infantry
Regiment is respected year after year.
While the Spanish War Veterans are
holding their services in the North Plaza
the G. A. R. will conduct Its ceremonial
in the South Plaza and then the two or
ganizations will unite in a joint service.
GUEST OF LOCAL Y. W. C. A.
Head of Secretarial Training Work
Jle.'e This Week.
The Young Women's Christian Associa
tion will have as Its guest this week Miss
Elizabeth Wilson, of Chicago, who is at
the head of the Secretarial Training In
stitute in that city. Miss Wilson has come
to the Northwest for the purpose of
conferring with a number of young
women who are considering the secretary
ship in the Y. W. C. A. as a vocation.
7 Miss Wilson will be the guest of the
state and city boards, hostesses being
Mrs. W. J Honeyman, president of the
state board, and Mrs. James Falling, of
the city board. The members and those
Interested in association work may meet
Miss Wilson on Wednesday evening at
7:3() o'clock at the Y. W. C. A..
On Wednesday" evening there will also
be a discussion of some of the features
ot plans for the new building, among
them being that of whether it is best to
have a swimming pool in the new building.
PORTLAND'S 55-YEAR-OLD MESSENGER "BOY" A
PHILOSOPHER AND STUDENT OF HUMAN NATURE
THE happiest and most contented man
in Portland was located yesterday.
He Is not a public official or a man
of extensive business interests. Nor is he
a professional man, a laboring man or a
preacher of the gospel. The distinction is
easily claimed by Louis Fraterman, a
65-year-old messenger "boy."
Fraterman wants nothing he hasn't got,
envies no one anything, is not subject to
slights, never worries over past or future,
is only amused by the proud procession
that gives him a glance of contempt In
passing, and takes great pleasure in his
vocation of delivering messages. The fact
that he Is not so far advanced as he was
40 years ago. when he started out to gain
wealth and position, merely causes him a
hearty laugh as he recalls the fact. In
short, the pranks of Fate, which most all
of us take so seriously, appeal only to
Fraterman's sense of humor.
Fraterman is not a product of tempera
ment, but of philosophy. By nature his
temperament Is of morbid cast; by acqui
sition the change has come.
Fraterman looks a little older than 55.
He is small, round-faced, good-natured,
retiring; polite and impervious to slights
and snubs such as go with his caliing.
He was hired by the Western Union Tele
graph Company three weeks ago upon his
arrival here from Los Angeles. He is at
tentive to business, delivers all messages
promptly and is worth about seven aver
age messenger boys. Furthermore, he is
exceedingly well read and can talk In
telligently on most any subject you might
broach, whether it be physics or meta
physics, astronomy or the topography of
Beluchtetan. He would rather talk about
human nature, however. This has been
his study; and he has seen life with a
keen eye as is evidenced by. his soothing
philosophy trjereon.
There Is nothing in the .errand-running
business that appeals to him. Such work
Is merely a necessity which economic con
ditions saddle upon him, he says. He
might be engaced In other work except
that poor health demands that he be
much out of doors. Besides, he cares for
nothing better, since the job provides him
with three menls a day and a place to
sleep. It also leaves him time in which
to read and think. '
He is decidedly a business-like and Important-appearing
person and the blue
A. D. T. tag on his black hat seems
sadly Incongruous. This Incongruity has
.won him much sympathy, which he does
not want.
"Let people keep their sympathies for
themselves." he says. "I do not need
it. Many a person has wasted pity on
me who could ill-afford to part with it,
since theirs was the greater need."
It is not the easiest thing In the world
to get Fraterman to talk of himself, but
once he Is sure you do not mean to jest
with him because of his position, he will
speak freely. Not that he cares a rap
for jests and Jeers. They do not annoy
Him hut h does not care to talk serl-.
ously with persons who are not inclined 1
to view him seriously.
"None can snub me," he said yester
day. "For those that turn up their nose
at me today will, turn up their toes with
me tomorrow." he added epigrammati
cally, with a good-natured laugh.
An Oregonlan man had him surrounded
in the editorial rooms at the time. A
call had been turned in for a boy to
send after a social item which a kind
hostess had obligingly offered to prepare
for publication. Fraterman was the one
to respond. The discovery of his atti
tude towards life was made quite by acci
dent. "Is it true the messenger company in
tends replacing the force of boys with
men of mature years?" he was asked
after beinn directed on the errand.
'It will hardly be possible to get enough
men," he said. "You Eee men do not
like this A. D. T. tag on their hats. If
it was not for that many men would be
glad to deliver messages.
."What's the objection to the A. D. T.
badge?'"
'Pride," he said. "Carrying messages
ONE fiEW CASE
OF
Six-Year-Old Grant Singer Is
the Latest Victim of the
Dread Disease.
POISONING RUMOR UNTRUE
Hospital Authorities Deny Story That
an Autopsy Held on the Body of
Miss Miller Revealed any
Traces of Formaldehyde.
One additional case of spinal menin
gitis was -reported to the health officers
yesterday. The victim is Grant Singer,
a 6-year-old-boy, who has been living at
the Bushmark Hotel on Washington
street. His condition Is critical and he
cannot survive the day.
Feigning meningitis, William Jett, a
prisoner at the city jail, succeeded In
misleading the officers late Saturday
night was hurried to St. Vincent's
Ilospltai. There it soon developed that
the fellow was shamming, and the hos
pital management caused him to be re
turned to jail yesterday.
It was rumored yesterday that an au
topsy bad been held on the body of Ma
tilda Miller, the investigation disclosing
unmistakable evidences of formaldehyde
poisoning. From this it was inferred that
all of the Miller children had died from
like poisoning, and not of meningitis.
But the report was without any founda
tion. City Health Officer Wheeler and the
management of St. Vincent's Hospital
emphatically deny that an autopsy was
performed, and declare meningitis was
responsible for the death of all six mem
bers of the Miller family.
"All of the Miller children died from
cerebro-spinal meningitis." said Dr.
Wheeler last night. "Each one of them
had a typical case with every symptom
of the malady. The fact that six mem
bers of one family should be attacked
by the disease adds only to the mystery
which marks the progress of the epidemic
wherever it appears."
Deepest sympathy Is felt for the family
of Jesse Miller. Ten days ago the family
consisted of father and mother and eight
children. Now there remain but four,
father and mother and two sons, aged 10
and 12 years. During the week six of the
children were claimed by death, and the
parents are prostrated with grief.
Five Burled In One Day.
Five of the Miller children were buried
yesterday afternoon in the Multnomah
cemetery, following private funeral ser
vices conducted at Dunning's undertaking;
parlors.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller wish to correct the
mistaken report that the family is in
has been a boy's job so long the aver
age man doesn't like to do it. I under
stand how they feel, but it is very fool
ish. Work Is only the means by which
a man gains his bread, and no man
should ba ashamed to do whatever is
necessary."
"Can you make a living at It?"
"Certainly. I make enough to buy three
meals a day. I couldn't eat more-than
that if I had a million. I eat better and
enjoy it more than a friend of mine
named Rockefeller who has more money
than I have and not as much stomach,"
he said soberly.
"Still vou wouldn't mind being as rich
as John now, would you?"
"The thought never bothers me. His
money, wouldn't increase my respiration,
my appetite, my happiness nor make me
live acy longer." he laughed.
"You say you never cared for wealth or
position?"
"I never really cared. When I was very
young and very ambitious I thought I
cared. I had my dreams the same as all
you young fellows are having now. We
all have them. It Is' human nature. I
did my best to get ahead and lived up
many useful years trying to beat the
economic combination," he said quietly.
"Do vou mean that ambition is an idle
and useless thing?"
"By no means." was the prompt reply.
"But we were speaking of wealth. Ambi
tion to possess wealth is useless and
wrong. It Is the" curse of the present
day. this too-much egoism. Today we
live. Tomorrow we no longer live. If
we can do something today that will b
LOUIS FRATERMAN, THE 55 -
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MENINGITIS
t I BLtV f Art HAPPttH THAN ' '
I EITHER- HAR.RMAN iOQanJ" fjtywa Aiv KINGDOM
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wTantfand in need of charity. Mr. Miller
has been employed for 36 years as ma
chinist in the Southern Pacific carshops
and during the past few years has pur
chased and paid for a home on the East
Side, besides supporting a large family.
Workmen in the carshops where the
father was employed raised a purse of
about J200, and a similar movement was'
in progress among the operators in the
telephone exchange where the eldest
daughter,. Matilda, had been employed.
But the parents, not unmindful of the
spirit by which the " subscriptions were
actuated, have said they cannot accept
the proffered assistance.
What shall the public do to ward off
spinal meningitis?
"Keep In good health, get plenty of
fresh air and exercise, avoid dissipation
in every form. Do not allow your system
to become depleted. The minute you do
you are susceptible to all transmissible
diseases."
Such Is the advice of Dr. C. H. Wheeler,
City Health Officer, who is working night
and day with those suffering from spinal
meningitis.
"The situation is deplorable," said Dr.
Wheeler yesterday, "but the conditions in
Portland are no more serious and alarm
ing than In other Pacific Coast cities.
There is an epidemic of spinal meningitis
In San Francisco and throughout Cali
fornia. The same epidemic prevails In
Washington, where the death rate Is even
greater than In Portland. The death rate
of meningitis cases in Seattle for the
month of March was 39 per cent as
against 1 per cent for Portland. . There
was a higher mortality in Portland for
the month of April. 13 of 19 cases of the
disease resulting fatally. We have not
received the figures from Seattle for last
month. Not only Is this disease general
over the entire Pacific Coast but the
States of Ohio and Pennsylvania are
also being visited by this malady.
"The case of the Miller family, where
six of the nine children have been af
flicted and ail have died, is simply appall
ing. However, we are doing everything
it Is possible to do to relieve the suf
ferers and to prevent a further spread of
the epidemic."
"The public might be somewhat In
terested." said Dr. Hlcks C. Fenton. last
night, "In the suggestion in "the American
Medical Association publication of May
9, regarding the1 findings by Dr. Flexner,
of New York City, who was a member
of the State and City Board of Health
during the spinal meningitis epidemic in
1904-5. In his experimental work he
demonstrated that the germ of meningitis
is unable to survive In the ordinary salt
solution. This treatment the doctor sug
gests as a sure preventive of the disease.
The medical fraternity is unable to cure
or to mitigate the disease after It has
been thoroughly established and all that
can be done is to prescribe palliatives.
If this solution will kill the germ, why
should It not be a preventive? Such a
spray could be used for the nose and
the throat and judging from the experi
ments of the New York physician the
possibility of contagion would be less
ened greatly.
"It might be timely to suggest the more
general use of salt by the people of
Portland during the epidemic. By stim
ulating the out-flow of salty secretions
from the system a perfecly harmless
preventive is offered."
Plague ill Great Britain.
The appended clipping from an English
publication of' recent date shows the
jrevaience of meningitis, which is known
across the Atlantic as spotted fever, in
both Scotland and Ireland:
Since the beginning of 1!W there has
been a sharp visitation of spotted fever in
of help to those that live tomorrow
or even If we can help those that live
with us, we are doing a gretit good. But
why men will trifle away their brief day
on earth puttering after money and posi
tion is beyond intelligent understanding.
Their money does them no good. It may
do their progeny a lot of harm. Now look
at that fellow Thaw. If he had been en
gaged in some useful work rather than
in spending Inherited money the world
wouldn't have had to bother with his
affairs.
"And I'll tell you this much young
fellow." he added with great earnest
ness, "the man that makes the getting
of money the aim of his life rather
than an incident of it, is going to miss
the greatest good. Happiness is not a
by-product of wealth, as most people
appear to think, and the two seldom go
hand in hand. Do you remember the
story of that ancient king who got
very sick and sent for his magicians to
cure him? The magician, as I remem
ber it, told him to hunt around until
he found a contented mar! and then
borrow his 'shirt to wear. The king's
men went forth in search of the con
tented party and they hunted high and
low. After many weary months they
chanced to hail a shepherd boy in pass
ing. The shepherd admitted he was
contented and wanted for nothing. But
they didn't get his shirt, if you'll re
member. He hadn't any." '
"Can you claim for yourself that you
are a contented man?" Fraterman was
asked.
"I do not go about singing," he re
YEAR - OLD MESSENGER BOY, SAYS HE PITIES THE PEOPLE
THAT MOST PEOPLE ENVY
in oi ad 2" noy oohai O
Belfast and neighborhood. Though this
disease caused manv deaths In Glasgow
and district during the early part of 190S,
and reappeared this Winter, It does not
seem to have spread to the same extent
there as in the capital of Ulster. Ac
cording to the latest returns in Belfast
there have been 182 cases (mostly chil
dren) notified, and of these 9S have un
happily died. The city health authorities
have passed a by-law making it com
pulsory to report all cases of this fever,
and all wearing apparel and bedding in
the houses where it has broken out are
burned, while all persons who have been
in contact with patients are disinfected.
Besides this, all applicants are supplied
with disinfectants free of cost. and. in
fact, the utmost vigilance is exercisea in
every way to stamp out the disease.
There have, unfortunately, been out
breaks of this mysterious malady In many
parts or tne t nuea ivingoora, out n is
hoped that with the return of warmer
weather it will disappear.
HOT WATER FOR MENINGITIS
Its Use in New York Epidemics At
tended With Success.
The New York Tribune recently pub
lished tho following communications
relating to treatment for spotted fever
cases:
S. E. B.. of Lyons. N. Y., writes:
In your issue of May 20 a letter to
the editor refers to the use of hot
water in cases of spotted fever 'or cere-bro-splnal-mentngltis.
so-called. In
1S72 there were many cases in this
section two in one household. One
was a girl of 17, who was treated by
one of the best physicians in town.
The other was a woman over 0, who
refused to have a doctor, and we gave
her a sweat, using hot bricks rolled
in wet cloths. Her attack was very
severe, but she recovered and lived sev
eral years and that without any se
quence of the disease. The girl died.
There were many others whose lives
were saved by sweating. Where a
sweat was given promptly the patient's
life was saved.
In the appendix of the American En
cyclopedia there is an article on spotted
fever as it prevailed in- or near Bos
ton about 100 yes ago. That article
stated that when the patient had a
sweat he lived, and in every case died
under other treatment.
A. R. Fulder, of Malone, N. Y., writes:
Sir: In the Tribune of today I saw
a letter signed A. B. K. calling atten
tion to the hot water treatment for
spotted fever, or cerebro-spinal-roen-lngitis.
In tne year 1352 an epidemic
of meningitis prevailed in Potsdam, N.
Y-. for several months. I was one of
the afflicted ones. At the time I was
12 years old; was taken in March and
was in bed ten weeks. Dr. Frisbie G.
Cole treated me. For several weeks
he gave me the usual treatment for
convulsions and delirium. The convul
sions came on every other day. 1 do
not remember Just how long I was
treated before he resorted to hot water,
but soon after he began the hot water
treatment the convulsions stopped and
the delirium ceased. A bathtub was
brougnt into the bedroom and was
nearly filled with water as hot as the
attendants could put their hands into;
then I was lifted from the bed in a
blanket and laid in the tub, with the
blankets, folded about me. Hot water
was added to keep it as hot as I could
endure and after I was quieted I was
rubbed dry and put in hot blankets in
bed.
At this time my feet were drawn up
into the small of my back and my
hands were somewhat crooked, but
both gradually came back to form and
many times, in after years, I heard the
doctor say that I was the only one in
over 60 cases in' that epidemic who
came out without any deformity. Many
died, and those who lived were left
with some deformity loss of hearing,
cross eyes, feet turned out or In,
crooked hands or partial loss of speech.
I do not know that hot water was tried
on any other person, but think it was
plied. "But I am happy in that I want
for nothing, envy none, am satisfied
with my lot, hate no man, am not both
ered by my conscience or my digestion.
I know I am happier than many per
sons envied for their wealth and pow
er. 1 would not trade places with
Harriman or Morgan for if their pic
tures tell the story they are not con
tented men. Eventually the worms
will order them for dinner if I happen
to be on the same bill of fare I will be
quite as much in demand as they."
"Surely you do not believe it ends
with the worms?"
For reply he reached in his pocket
and drew forth a coin. "Heads it is the
end; talis It is not. None knows," he
said.
The coin sped into the air and fell to
the floor heads uppermost.
"Yes, I shall abide by the coin and
believe it is the end at least until I
toss the coin again," he said. "'Anyway
that is a matter of little or no impor
tance. It's enough for a man to take
proper care of what he has in his
possession. If therQ is another life
it will very naturally take care of it
self. I'm sure I shall not be disap
pointed If there is not, no more than
I would be disappointed if I did not
wake up in the morning. Belief or dis
belief in the future does not enter Into
my plan of happiness and it need not
enter into any man's.
"All of which reminds me that I
must go after that social item you
spoke of," he - -concluded abruptly,
turning for the door.
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on nearly all of Dr. Cole's patients, as
he always remarked In telling of the
treatment that 1 was the first one he
tried it on. I think he did not lose
a patient where he had entire control
in treatment. There have been several
cases in Malone this season, all but
one proving fatal, the one recovering
being left an imbecile.
In the epidemic of 1852 all were chil
dren under 16 years of age, but In re
ports of 1904 a large proportion are
adults. I cannot learn of any trial of
hot water this season in Malone or
elsewhere. Dr. Jesse Reynolds is the
only living physician that I know who
was in practice in 1852 in St. Law
rence County. He lives in Potsdam.
OTHER FACTS IN THE CASE
Legal Data Relating - to Pardon of
Henry Wintzingerode.
PORTLAND, May 10. (To the Edi
tor.) In this morning's Oregonian
there is published a news report dated
from Hillsboro. Or., relating to the
trial, conviction and pardon of Henry
Wintzing-erode, who was indioted in
June, 1880, for the murder of Jacob
Swanger. ,
This report was evidently written by
one unfamiliar with much of the trial
and records therefore and misinformed.
When Mr. Wintzingerode was arrested
for the crime Mr. Handley and another
attorney volunteered to defend him.
After this, a few days before the trial,
the father of the prisoner retained me
in the case, and I at Once went to work
in preparing for the defense and suc
ceeded in obtaining at the triai the
presence and testimony of the late Dr.
Hawthorne and others as experts on
Insanity. At the trial there appeared
with District Attorney John P. Caples
and the late Thomas Tongue for the
prosecution, the late Marion F. Mulkey.
a very able lawyer whose son has re
cently been United States Senator. Mr.
Handley and I appeared for the de
fense. During the introduction of evidence
by the state, it offered as part of its
case a confession of the defendant ad
mitting his guilt to which the defense
objected, on the ground that it had
been induced by the influence of hope
applied to the prisoner's mind by Offi
cer Mead, in whose custody he was.
The court thought that the evidence
did not warrant this objection, over
ruled it and allowed the confession in
evidence. This left as a defense sim
ply tho statement of our client, as later
related by him on the witness stand
showing a lesser, if any, crime and
the insanity plea. A conviction re
sulted as stated and the Governor hav
ing informed me that he could not see
his way clear to commute the sentence
to life Imprisonment, the prisoner's father
so desiring, the case was taken to the Su
preme Court, which gave a reversal and
new trial on the ground that Judge Bell
inger erred In allowing .the confession
named In evidence. This decision of the
Supreme Court of Oregon Is found in 9
Oregon Report, at page 153. In order to
prepare for this appeal, as we had no
stenographers In those days. I was obliged
to write the bill of exceptions for the
Judge to sign. As the Judge was not In
Washington or this country when I had
this bill ready for him to sign, but was at
Astoria and the time set for hanging the
prisoner was near at hand. I went to
Governor Thayer's office in this city and
got him to reprieve the prisoner as the
records show for a few days in order to
allow time to perfect the appeal and se
cure from Judge Bellinger a certificate of
probable cause staying execution of the
death warrant.
As stated, the case was reversed by the
Supreme Court and is found reported in
9 Oregon at page 153,. and the archives of
the state show that Governor Thayer
never did commute the prisoner's sentence
and that he did not do more than to grant
the requested reprieve. After the reversal
of the case, it was again set for trial
and when the preparations for trial were
nearly completed, the attorneys for the
state realizing that the chances to again
secure a conviction of murder in the first
degree were not good, as according to the
Supreme Court's decision In reversing the
case the prisoner's confession could not
be Introduced in evidence by the state,
Mr. Mulkey sent the late Robert Imbrie
to me to see whether the case could be ad
justed 'without trial by the defendant
entering a plea of guilty to the lesser
crime, which It was asserted, existed ac
cording to the prisoner's own testimony.
After consultation with the prisoner's
father and being satisfied that the evi
dence probably warranted it, the prisoner
entered a plea of guilty of the second de
gree and was sentenced to the peniten
tiary, where he has since remained a
model prisoner and by his reformation be
came entitled to the pardon just given
him.
I have now given the record facts in
the case and believe that those connected
with it are entitled to the correction above
stated.
ED MEXDEXHALL.
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