The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-11-03 00:00:00

Till CHIRAL •041/01T 1111. TOIUIII.

The (Itemiser having read • letter trom Mr. G. Ont.
asking that the further inquiry Into the cam of Ilfee.
Di bben be postponed until next meeting, he having haen
called away to Devizes, and unable to attend.
Mr. Lury observed thesis warn most cool on Mr. Curtio
part. As it was, his did sot see they could do otherwise
than adjourn; but not to suit Mr. Curtla's convenience.
The Clerk then read • letter from the Local Governanimit
Board in reference to the oleo in which they Ws to be
furnished with a copy by the statements which were made
to the Guardians of the friends of the daemond woman,
before further considering the matter. The Clerk said
perhap he hail better state the course be had pursued in
the matter. He sent the paragraph from the Telegre.
(which appeared on the Ati October. headed "Sad
Death
of a Woman 1 which contained the charge, and to that
he had renrived the letter referred to. lie then mad the
paragraph ; upon which
Mr. litoNe enquired if the paragraph in the Telegram
wa. a truthful one I
111'e hat, only to refer Mr. Stone to the statements of
the women, which fully corroborate the paragraph in
question. We are no judge between Mr. Turner and his
accusers, nor have we atiy desire to prejudge the case in
soy way. With the facts as they stand. it Deems in?re
imperative than ever that the matter should be carefully
and fully investigated. A case has been mentioned to us
this week a poor woman complaining that •he had .been
misspelled to go four times In one day in order to obtain
medicine (.r her sick husband. She was to have had
It 9 ...lock in the morning and did not obtain it until
lo:k at night. The woman complains of the hanlship
iiiltxted twin her in being ohiiited to suspend her work..)
The 'Lean esirl he did not know, but he sent it up.
Mr. SIONL: Ill,!
The CLERK : I also sent the following letter.
Poole thiloll. Poole, lidh °ember, 1574.
SY Lords and Gentkuien.—ln ommequence of • parasfraPb
what appeartvl on the nth inst., in the Telegram newspaper
circulated in thit neighbourhood respecting the death of •
name named 'Oben, ohib alleges neglect on the part of
Ile %Mani Turner the medical °nicer for the first district
of this men. that gentleman requested and obtained an
hiterview •oh the Guardians at their meeting hell Yeate_r-
do), when he made the following •Litemeut respecting toe
riat
"Thunday, °ember lit., I received an order for Mrs.
ihiegeviebuildinge I scionlitily visited her in the
name of the day aivl found her ...akin:, about the room.
whi•ir she had apparently been cleaning up, and ae I came to
the ...a, where I stood furs second or two, she walked acre
te a worliesket on the table by the window. She turned
bak feint the window when I entered. I did not take her for
the sick In-ram, and inquired of lire Coward which WV I
should go, and she said, "That Is the " I remarked,
it is just are sir being surprised Cre:ea.har loot leg so
wen I enquired what we. the mate: with her, and was told
her Imath was tight. the remained minding al the tune!
nu the noni ; her breathing was not hurried then. I
inquired hal she any cough. She said," Ye. • . After
ague other retnarks I laid that I thoarht shewoukl be able to
nem up and see me hi • day or two. Ma answered she was
l
worse than 010 looked, but on my saying thermon i' very well,
ahie b get about her hommem .h. .h„
ionie up. I told her to send for medicine I may reduark
that she ma men by a earl oe the same day, who, on telling
me the einatuismoce, remarked, " I thambt as. much
better able to tea after her hoses than my wile 00 her
saying she would none up I erred her DAM trOnt a Il•t,
not requiring further visiting She sent for medicine a•
ordered, on Mornay, October 6th, lira Coward num for
some more medicine fur Mrs. Dagen. I it tor her,
and as I beaded it to her, mid that lin Dibea had better