Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-14


in ths Kssksk Oossstsstis~, end We publish
Il "a order 70 give The Orphans Home man.
sgsn . ehsnes - refats 1t right hess whsss
the Orphans' Home is located. We make :
Sotaal call upsn ths Supssintendsnt q shAa
institution y asst thsse charges. II they
srs fslss ~ pssef - gives iftrvs II thsa
take nstics that thsss b tssubls ahead:
s.u sewA eapaAnt ntus.
sif KDesux, Aee. ~. 1eoe.
NJ. GDnoes ~ ueeies h ~ Deik esls
CITY, Of Auguse Oh, - article psfpprting
10 s. fsen oas 4 tie o0cses ef sks Or,
phans' uens, il rsply y - article which
! wseee and had Published in the DsSly
Obxaitstien Of July sd. In ny eoamu-
nication stated the truth With regard 70
child he bed been brought froa the Hons
covered With hssd aud body lice, asd cleo
had ths II y. That .oGleer' attsDpts b
deny my statement, treating L - lab.
i, .tjoc. Il vir6iestion Of 0he Do)iieso' u.
n AS children, efloua, ~ vsll - ~ ewn
ve.acity and honesty Of purpose, ] produce
the foi.owiss tsstimsny by esssi6eaes aed
adidavits. Thoes whe have essti6sd weuld
havs sworn to their statements IL they hod
detme il necsssasy:
KseEUK, Aug. ., 1850.
D.. Ddcis-This 10 b eeslily that took
nv by, John & Bsews, from the Orphsns'
Home ON Or nssr July 20th, and that you
rae him q the 13d In the sane cesditisn
that hc ~ when b left the home. His
bead was covered with creeping lice; his
hair vas most white bic body SOC with
Tie iteh, and be had body lice on bis psr-
sol. ! sm willing to be sworn 70 ths
ttUth OF he statement Of DR.. Davis - made
in the Duly CbnstitM.ioa Of July sad.
an ths Mslher q the child, : ,hn &. Brewn.
(S;gnsd) NAsCv E. BlLL,rs.
Residence Ia sr Stotts' mill.
Kse4uk, Aug. ., 1856.
d.. Dssis Ven ssv ~ step sen, Jehu
3. brown, on The morning Of July Esd. He
Mss within two days frcm The Orphans.
Hsoe 70 my personal knowledgs. He bed
body lice on his person and the itch. Dr..
Davis wrote and Published in the Daily
CsHstitsfiss Of July 28d, statsosnt With
re .gard 10 this child which wae true ID evesy
r,articslar. Wsssrss Bilaass. 4
Subscribed end swesa - By Webster
B,ll;ps before me this 9th day Of August,
A. D. 1869. VIZ. II. LsRcs,
~ Justice Of the Rooees
kRoEuH, August ., loeS.
u. Nsis-1y child, Maegis Pssie, wss
.sksn from The Osphase Bose h Tie month
Of April last. Il was s1assing from the itch,
ice and sore eyes. L bed besa there about
four months. Il was VII when Il LEFT home
Gn Keokuk) lts eyes ass soee YET and
believe my child to 80 permanently injured
% result Of those four montAs soeut in the
Ofnaa's Home.
(Signed) ADDIs PooLx.
Residence Twelfth and Exchange stree ).
Keokuk, Iowa.
KEokUK, August 9. 1857.
Jr. Dtris-My child. Frank b. Hanna,
vas taken away from The Orphans Home
in the month Of March last. He he'd The
itch very bad, also bad lice, nits and body
iise. lie body wss dirty, and in fact, be was
altogether in . Althy and horrible condition.
! am willing to be sworn to this statement
At aay time II necessary.
(Signed) mrs. II. HANNA,
now 0rS. n. 0eNNEtr.
Mrs. Bennett has certified to the truih, as
W saw the child at the tins stated.
(Sgned) vIcroR MoNrAlQUE,
EnlLIs MoNfAlQus.
Residences between Seventh and Eighth
and between Concert and BlondeAu streets.
ksoEUE, Aug. 9Th, 1855.
DR. pAvn:-I was called to eee F. b.
Hanna in the month Of March, also Magic
Poole in the menth Of April. found beth
ofths children in the condition - desceibsd
above BY their mothe1' certificate, via !:
itch and lice, and sore eyes In one case, that
Of Ars. Poole's child. have every reason
10 believe they were direct from ths Or
phans' Home, - their mothers are known
TO me to Be both ladies Ct veracity and good
character.
Joas N. Huxnis, n. D..
Physician in attendance, once Third
street, between Main and johnson, Kso-
kuk, Iowa.
Subscribed and sworn to BY DR.. John N.
Hunmse, before me, this 10Th day Of Au-
gust, A. D., 1859.
VIZ. H. LERsu,
Justice Of the Peace.
From The shove, the public will ses that
ny statemeut published In the Cbastitxfien
Of July 2Sd, was true in every particular. =
l nov prove that other children were
brought away ffoo The Home il March and
April last in the sans conditiea.
living made known 10 lhs publie the
lbe.A 10 relMtien to the manner in which The
O.phans' Hsms IN this State = cosductsd,
| sm done with The matter. only hoping that
The guilty ones may b bsosght v . speedy
accouat, end the ospAaa ehil1rsa b better
carsd ioe in TIE future.
l again subscribe nysslf. ysuss, etc.,
PAscnAL DAVIS,
Physician for the Poor Of Kcekuk.
O6icc Third and Main streets,
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