The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-07-30
Random ThOughts---NO. 81.
BY THE EDITOR.

There is often much rivalry and much
i'll feeling among doctors. Old DR..
McNeel had it all his own way for ma
ny years, in the vicinity of Oak Hill.
True, few Indian doctors, like Gibbs
and Pendleton, came there and re-
mained for short time. But Dr. Nc
Neel was getting very old, and the
country was fast filling up, and there
was good opening for a good physi-
clan.
About the end of the year lS4O, DIR.
VIM Floyd came to Oak Hill. He
was we'll educated physician, and soon
had large practice; but he was unfor-
tunate, and lost great many patients.
The people soon lost confidence in him,
and he had to quit practice, and went
to selling goods.
Early in the year 1874, Sam. Gates
came to Oak Hill He did not know
much, but he was a man of some ener-
gy, and unbounded impudence. In the
subsequent four or five years he barely
got enough practice to make living
The people felt the need of a good ply
sician, and the way was still open.
Early in the year 1849, VIM. Fl.
Jones came from Cincinnati and COM
menced the practice of medicine at Oak
Hill. He possessed some skill, and a
tremendous amount of energy. He was
a Welshman, and thus had some advan-
tages in that locality. He, like DR..
Floyd, was unfortunate, and lost many
patients; but still he kept going, and
got nearly all that there was to do
What little practice Gates had was
leaving him, and he had family to sup
port. Something must be done.
JohnSanns of Gallipolis was young
man who had just graduated, and was
reputed to be well educated and rich.
Jones was self educated man, and had
been a mechanic. So it was decided
to bring in Sanns with Gates, and put
up education and big name,
backed by wealth, with brass and impu-
dence, and run this firm against the
energy and perseverance, of Jones.
This might have done well enough, but
the firm lacked one essential ingredient
of success, and that was-brains. Gates
fused around, and did nothing. Sanns
was a stiff, cold, quiet nobody.
Jones was getting all the practice,
and what could be done. Fair means
would not do, and something must be
done.
One night young man named Ram
bo came in great haste for DR.. Jones,
and told him that a man had been
thrown from his horse and hurt, near
the steam mill, some half mile south of
Oak Hill, and his services were needed
Jones went with Ramho and they found
Dave Morgan, a saddler, lying on his
back. Jones got down from his horse
and took Morgan by the wrist to ex.
anime his ejaculation, when Morgan
caught him, and be and Ramho COW
hided the doctor. AS Jones was n
very small man, he had to submit A
warrant was issued by VIM. j. Evans
Esq, of Jefferson township, and Morgan
and Rambo were arrested for a riot.
We law students, Calvin. Alban and
myself, defended them, and as it takes
three persons to make riot, and there
we're only the two, we got them cleared.
Everybody knew that Morgan and
Rambo were only the tools OF others.
But no one in the secret was subp9ned.
Who the ringleaders were, can be told
by Col. David Alban of Marietta, and
Col. s. P. Calvin of Ironton, to whom
| refer for the truth of the foregoing
statement, ] also refer to Dr. VIM,
H. Jones, of Jeffersonville, Fayette CO.,
Ohio. DR. Jones is now one of the
Commissioners of Fayette County.
! make no charge against DR.. Gates
or DR., Sanns, as being implicated in
the mobbing OF DR.. Jones, That it
was done by their friends, for the pur-
pose of running DR.. Jones of, no one
then doubted. / am satisfied that Cal
vim knows exactly who was at the head
Of the riot, but whether he is at liberty
to tell or not, I cannot say. d. M.
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