New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-18
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 49, 1858

tIoych, was yellow fever buf cured myself il mfht
have been Slight tcuch Of IL this happened about sx
weeks ago; have had the yelov icyer; i was about
/ IL wear. ago Kramer has been dead about two
] months be got sick about the ith OF July: he had
been employed the scOw except about four months
up 70 the time he died his wifi died abu the same
/ tine; | believe she died II childbcl, | have been
several times in Kramer house there were no art
ces that come from the ship that house thai know
of; il wa. reported he had feather bed in hi house
f:om infected vessels. brt il not true; never
knew feather bed to be burned m The scow, aud
Kramer never lii match unless / told him. he ony
burned yeIow-feyer stun twice once from the Sus-
quehanna; sometimes there was clothing which wa,
good the only objection being that it had be-
l0nged to per-ons who had died Of the yellow
fever; | never knew Of a feather bed bein.
burned in the scow have burned pillows; al tha.
have been burned in the bedding line were mattresses
ard straw beds used 10 go about in the village to
different places to friends generally kept
self clean, and when burned anything bad gener-
ally changed my clothes; il thought dirty
enough TO wssh, washed | have been one Of the
hargcncu which brought the sick and the dead;
had Oh then some Of the clothes which / nov wear,
but they have been washed am not afraid to ham
die person sick with yellow fever. or smallpox;
have done Il; after doing / 90 about among the
people Of the village Is usual / was at the Conyen-
tion at the Assembly Rooms; | might have been at
work the day before in the scow, but | don't
think was on that day | had the same boots
on that were N The soow: went with
the steyedores to Ncw-Brighton: Houserfian the
boss -teyecoie asked me to 90. they went ont Of tha
back gate they knocked n fiie gate. aud girl
and opened / from Mn. Fountains there night have
been fifteen or twenty seVeure- aho Went out: d..
Thompson DID not 90 out With hem. nor give tlcm
uuy directions lat they to DO at the meeting; l
have been very seldom in New-iork this Summer,
have not been in the city on the same day have
been engaged in burning the Scow; but might
have been there the day after; COUP with pass
when choose; had general pass last season, and
which have now; have had a general pas, FOR the
last three weeks Of this season.
The Court here took recess for hour, Tor dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Gross examination OF Mr.. " LYMAN do not know
anything OF passes being sold Inside The walls have
heard ramOIs 20 that effect outside. The distance
from the shore when the articles were burned was
about COO yards, sometimes nearer and sometimes
farther of, according 10 wind and tide L have,
probably burned things as near as 900 lee, from the
shore when the wind was off the land believe the
erry-boat was quite close to the burning scow once
only always told my men not to light the fire until
hey were clear OF the ferryboat do not know OF
any article of the kind Of matter usually burnt being
thrown overheard, but have seen articles drifting
from vessels, good deal ot winch CONES come rom rom
the f,migating Of vessels for years, but
lave not done ans for the last two months; in order
TO thoroughly dsnfect vessels, we go ih'o 'e Wos.
part of them after doing this go aiohg t"e
a. usual IN the evening and freau'ny WIN me SANE
clothes on; cant exactly any the vac oi siT a.'
cles usually used for funigatng in fumga. w VS.
sci we probably about twenty plates OF chic "v o.
lime suphuric acid is then thrown upon II TO make
vapor; have fumgated six or eight vessels day
ysef have been in the daily habit. together with
others Of funigatng vessels in the Upper Quarantine
for the last two months, for the purpose of taking the
disease ont, If there any their; know John Me-
Cready: have seen him on board the SusquehanIa
| do not know where he resides; don't know if he
comes up once week once night, but have seen
him inside; was discharging cargo when on board Of
the Susquehanna; think he was stevedore.
Direct examination resumsd-An vessels which
come into port are fuingated whether sicky not;
if from sicky ports fortyeight honrs vessels are fumi-
gated well a. the others, person complained ct
my presence among them on account OF my dangerous
I condition. / have not gone to the city more than
others do the boatmen al 80 to the city when they
wish to do
Cross-examnation of Or. Thompson resumed by
Judge Deun-Tbe stevadores, or most OF them give
bond at the time they employed; this Is optional
with the Health Officer the b1nd Is TO the effect that
they to stop inside Quarantine while employed
there that they are not to go out without authority or
until five days after they have ceased working on
vessel that they shall not by any chance sicken
with fever outside five days Is the time Of incubation,
that from the time Of exposure to the time OF scken-
ing, and has reference to the individual himself
and TO his clothes, they placed within Qusran.
tine by their own consent, when they 60 in, and II
they go ont without authority, it is mis-.
denieanor; l did not think il necessary 70 bond
all the steycdores as i found the bond was
Of little or no account, simply placed them under
Quarantine, under the State law; understood Il was
msdemeanor for them TO go out without authority
when these political caucuses or conventions were
held have known Mr.. U0useman for four years; he
resides in Brooklyn gave him permission to 60 with
the men so that he should they returned in compl
with the condition mentioned yesterday some OF
these stevedores had flannel shirts on down at the
meeting. don't know whethey they were the same
which they had worn on board the Vessels; believe
that red shirts and some do not supposed
that these men went out al the front gate, hao "
positive knowledge thereof; did not know that Mr..
McLyman took men ont Of the bpck gate to go To the
.ftp.,s fIers ttoQ pf 10 "A
low fever since, but l didn't think he had 1t;
didn't give him permission to so out that night, as
the bargemen have all general permission to go out,
which can be so construed 10 let them out at the
front or back gate think the special permit is of
vice. l give a special permit to some because l
nave To suppose the persons 10 whom they are
given will not 90 out in condition to endanger
others while the stevedores at work on vessels
they not allowed out there are no published re-
guaons the matter except the statute regulations,
which permit no persons to enter or leave quarantine
without authority; l know one George w.
Daly he has been engaged In and about
Quarantine grounds: have been Health Oiiiceri;
became acquainted with him in Albany. when
he was door-keeper Of the Senate chamber. he
came to me TO prescribe for him. and a. he bad bat
one eye, had no difficulty in knowing him again in
1856 DAILY employed To obtain steamboat, and
had lot vi TO 20 on the boat and raise the
anchors of seventeen vessels. and bring them ont
into the stream, because they were too close; paid
him for this service out OF my own pocket ani he
subsequently performed kindred services, for which he
paid he did not own steamboat, but hgd
friend who had one: did not know what hls business
was previous 10 this: he did this business very WELL
| also paid for the steamboat used on that occasion,
and got some of the money back from the vessels
moved, some Of which paid and some did not; | be-
Leye be collected some Of these bills Mr. Peckham
said he did not object 70 these questions but thought
they were not pertinent The Court could not see
their pernence and ruled them ou;.l don't know
where DAILY lived when thus employed; he had pass
most part Of the tme he have II now, but It has
been revoked l cant say whether he carries
ticket 10 pass him until further orders" have
yoked the pass he had 10y orders to the gatekeeper