Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-06-18
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Our names having been banded about
by n portion Of the community. in the last
few days. in manner and accompanied by
such structures rs We think utterly unde-
served, we feel compelled. in justice to our
selves Is we'll as t".an outraged community
to give plain, unvsrnished aud truthful
statement Of the facts in the case, with
which we were connected.
When the young man in our employ was
taken sick, the doctor thought it a bilious
attack. So soon rs the nature Of the dis
ease was known, We requested and urged
the physician TO find u place Immediately
to which the patient might be removed
He endeavorsd to do 50. aud saw Judge
Cook with the objec, Of getting the patient
into the County House. but could not sue
eeed We then personally made every en-
deavor to find place for him, but in vain.
We discovered, by inquiry. there was no
provision whatever made by the city su
thorties for such cases. Finding all our eff
forts to effect his removal fruitless, what
could We do! The young man was in our
employ. sick on our hands, and away from
home and relatives We could not in duty
or decency let him suffer for want Of atten
ton. nor turn him out Of doors, us we might
have done. had we looked only to our bust
hess interests, rs has been charged upon us.
Nor could we take him into our families
We did the best We could do under the cir
cumstanees. We placed him in room in
the fourth story Of our building. partitioned
oil from the rest Of the floor, which was un-
occupied. Here he was as entirely separa-
ted from oil connection with others rs he
well could be anywhere in the city, It is
not true that his room WAS in immediate
connection with Mr.. Hamberger's school, un-
less ceiling and floor, and no communica.
ton between the two, Except by crossing
an entry. ascending stairway, passing
through an open room some thirty feet
long, and entering this identical room in a.
mother story might be called in immediate
connection.
The other young man who took the dis
ease, said at the beginning that he was not
afraid to take care Of the first, as he had
himself had the disease. lie did take care
Of the other. and unfortunately contracted
the disease. A few days after this, Mr.
Hamburger called and mentioned TO us the
report prevailing in the city, and asked if
it were true. We told him it was. This
was in the afternoon after he had dismissed
his school He called once or twice during
the evening end expressed himself as not
being afraid Of It. The next morning he
came up and dimissed the school. During
the forenoon he came and wanted US to take
the school room off his hands, or to take it
for three months and half, stating if we
would do 50 he would say nothing about it.
We promised him an answer after dinner
At that time we told him our expenses were
so heavy, that under the circumstances W.
did not feel that We could acceed to his re
quest. lie said he would make US feel it
and he probably lahored to carry out his
threat in the attack Of Saturday morning
Democrat.
Having row given truthful account O
this unfortunate case in full, We feel willing
to trust ourselves and our interests with q
discriminating Dublic asking them 4.
weigh well the matter. and then Judge how
much better We could have done under the
circumstances. We may have erred in mo-
applying personally to the city Council, bu
hope and believe our fellow citizens will
scquit US Of any mercenary motives lfw.
have erred, the error was Of the head, NO
Of the heart
Very respectfully.
BRooKs 4 DAVIS.
Davenport, June II, 1857.