New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-07
THE STUMP.TAIL COMMITTEE
LAWYER CLINTON sQUELCHED.
DIR. AK. GARDENERS TESTIMONY,
Svill Milk will Kill Babies.
The svin Superintendent Refuses 10 u's swin Xix

s1nnonrcsd that the Committee had had coneu.ta.
tiop ard had concluded that a, this not judicaI
investigation, and as nobody n on tns no eTqSser lor
| apybtdy shall be allowed 20 interfere. Alderman
TrcETR remarked that persons had sald tns, tns "s
ore tded investigation, that the swiiimik psoPe
had been permitted TO sppeM by c1unfe- wple TUG
coupse he thought the Committee was competent 70
cor due the they were not they had
better report 60 20 the Board; be was opposed 70
| counsel and was opposed to questions ocoateo oy
counsel He thought that the swi milk interest were
were disposed to carry on this thing mpar'iay; they
| know no parties or factions. :.
| Here Alderman TUoNEY, who has persisted IN
placing Mr.. Frank Leslie in the false petition OF a
nubc prosecutor in this matter, against thai gentle
| mans repeated protes.ations, asked Mr. Leslie,
Have you got any Of your witnes. es hers' :.
| MIR. LESLIE objected TO the assumption thai II was
las case or that he had any witnesses to call or tnst
was his duty to assist 10 the investigation; ous ne
suggested that the testimony Of the City Inspector
Alderman TroNEY wanted Mr.. Lesie to be sworn,
but Mr.. l. declined giving biz testimony before the
| CITY Inspector had been sworn.
M Morton the City Inspector, was puI On os sae
requiring him TO tel al be knew about the Sixteenth
sti eet stables. -
| AID. tucker objected to the oath. This Committee
was not constituted TO investigate the Sxeenthsreet
| stables but the whole swl milk subject .
Aid. TuosEY amended his oath, and swore mr.
Morten over again.
| Mr.. MORTON began 70 say lnot II tuls in'eeIso.or
was int nded TO be legal one, ne thought II hsd
taken an informal shape. The law provides that the
City Inspector shall present any matter deeteIous 10
the public health before the Board OF Meal'n, ea
cept in circumstances requiring immediate acton,
| &C.. when be was interrupted by
| AID TUcKER-This is not intended to be lega IN
vestigaton. We merely want TO get at the facts to
| lay before the Board of Health.
| Mr.. MORTON thought it was legal investigation
| from the fact that counsel had appeared
| AID TucKER said he would have objected to the ip
PRODUCTION Of counsel ii be had been present at the
Mr.. CLISToS here said that he had been present on
the first day of the investigation, ard had ssked ques
| tioIs, &C. 80
yer, that he acting as counsel or should nave
| obj ced.
| Mr. Clinton though preseht part OF the time the
first day, did not ask any questions, and dd not oter
| fere in any way in the examination of the witnesses
II was not till the second day, when Alderman Tucker
| was sick and none Of the Committee present but
| Tuomey ard Reed, that Lawyer Clinton took an active
| part in the investigation
Here the resolution Of the Board of Health, under
| which the Con nittee was appointed, wss read by
| Alderman REED.
respecting cows that had died in the Sxeenth-street
stables One particular COW, to which he referred.
| had been MIXED up TO the day che died. An excited
crowd around the building. Here Smith, the
| swin superintendent of Sixteenth street, being
prompted by Lawyer Clinton, who perceived that this
testimony tod aganst the Swilies objected TO the
| between the Aldermen in the course Of which confu-
| sion the witness answered number OF ucimp0itant
| questions-
MIR. MokTos preceded Cannot tell how many
cows have died az the Sx.eenthstreet stables within
tne latt eighteen months have visited the Six
| tteLthstreet stables nave never used swlll milk;
don't krow who has used L. ard cannot cay OF ny own
knowledge that it hart any body examined the
stables Yesterday; there were some sheds there the
building is $50 feet long; there are ten or twelve
stables partition five feet high each stable had stalls
IL .b<na f.at do nf
| three feet in depth some OF them unhealthy and
| some Of them not so ceiling seven feet high;
| means Of ventilation two doors and two windows,
sId hole two by three feet into the upper lott these
shoes in hot weather would keep cows 10 feverish
| state and could not be otherwise thsn unhealthy;
| COWS had not roOm TO lie down. IN my Judgment, COM
for'aby Fifteenth. street stables are ten in number,
separated by brick wall, toeraby well ventilated IN
| the warmest weather ceiling s II feet nigh;
| there is great difference between seven feet and
| twelve feet in ventilation; saw no sores tina. can
swear TO; are tolerably hesltby would not use
the milk If could get any that knew better; prefer
getting milk know have examined the Thirty ninth
street stables; they were 10 the same condition as
those in Sixteenth street; ale in good condition
have sore, have chafes; have dssected cove that
| were diseased, very much go; lungs were diseased
| cutting through them wac Ike drawing knife through
sand have heard that the beef OF swifed COWS Is the
best, but think il would be the worst if g. all dis
eesd lurgs grow fast 10 the side large quar- titles OF
this diseased meat come from Brcokyp, ever Hamil-
| L-ayeLue Ferry. ,
/
| Wsid-Scme of the cows lock thin
| M. MoRTOS, recalec-Mr. Smith, the Superlltend-
ent Of the Sixteeuths'reet stables. told that he
would lot himself use the milk as II comes from the
Sixteenth street itables.
| Ar. THlPP-hsye been Health Warden for five
years. tie in Sixteenth street Wen off in
March as they now; have seen cove carried away
from tht by the Ctfal contractor within the last three
months, five or six; have sick MIXED
fer customers in September last there $50 cows
general COZ dtion goodi 10 sores few La the hair
rubb, eff stables have been clean for two years.
have COWS with their tale supposed they
had been cut off stables are cleaner now than they
| formerly were have swil there; it fed 10
| the cows; have sso seen hay there.
LEWIS j. KIRK, Health Wsrden-Havo been in the
TLiryninth street stables Elk months ago | die
sected several Cows that from the sHIll stables
fourd ere very much diseased, more so thsn ever
saw before, though have seen verse ore siuce;
dssected sitce that worse than that; there
was nik in her bag after she dead; suppose she
| was MIXED up to the time Of her death have Dis
| sected oIy' cows there ls creamy substance in
TIE bag OF dry COW when dead, but Ii is not milk
end could rot be MIXED out unless swill COW;
no other COWS have it; the disease from which the
swil cies s ret the ordinary COW dlstemper have
cut up De long es / can Remember; think that
cows tied up and ted with bot III must be unhealthy;
rich COW in the Sixteenth street stable; would
prefer country fed beef 10 sw fed COWS the outward
appearance Il the last COW dissected than
that Ct any COW ever saw; etc had en- ulcer on Ter
hip the lungs WeIe in the worst state ever saw an
ulcer IN tie right lung sixteen .by four inches the
lurgs were grown fest. Here Councilman Cross
sroihtr member of the Committee, came rl. An
other COW cut up tad disessed bag these cows had
been krCckeo tire head they cane frem Sixteenth
street have dssscted four of these sril-fsd animals
ali thin in flesh the lungs oft fret were diseased
ard hard almost solid; the top Of the left lobe w.s
al that the COW could use; the liver was seased:
tie lvers cf evil cove are generally healthy; stom-
achs Of swl cow are notas strong ss healthy COWS;
reyer examined the email intestues never found nj
GERS IN the intestres Of cows never dressed sw fed
co. 10 ~.