Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-05
DIR. BEATY AND THE POOR
HOUSE.
His Statement i'm Reply 10 the DccIar-
atiOns of Mrs. Rainey-Her Story
''StOry'' from Begin
ming 10 End-Thc
Facts.

''StOry' from Begin
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Facts.
EDITORS APPEAL-I see an article in
! your issue OF yesterday which / think
! demands notice, not only in nv own
| viudicatiop, but as matter of Justice to
! others concerned; and rs you published
the first, l ask the use Of your columns
TO answer the same. Your infJrmant,
Mrs. Rainey, as appears from the books
OF this institution, wss admitted to the
| pOorhouse on the fourteenth of January,
! 1879, being the second day Of nv official
connection with the same. At The tine
OF her admission Captain Schiick former
superintendent, had not left the premjs.
es, though his official correction there
with had terminated two DAYS before:
and upon Mrs. Rsiney's retiring 70 her
ward, he told me to watch her-thatshe
had been an inmate before, and was un-
manageable. Thus warned, I have been
ever watchful as to her, and controlled
her with the utmost trouble indeed.
" hen she was seized with one OF these
hysterical attacks, or rather when she
was possessed with the devil, as she
usually was, there was no such thing IS
controlling her. Last spring she pre-.
ferred much The same charges, which
she now repeats, through your paper at
that time. l demanded an invest!ga-
ton from the poorhOuse commission
ers, and an investigation was
had by them, in which they
entirely exonerated me from ali
blame. The last time she was admitted
was two months since, which was con-
ditlOnal, and l had inatTuctOns to keen
her only y so long as she conduct ed her
self properly. A snort time ago she
publicly charged some of the employees
OF the pOoThOuse with impcOper cOu.
duct, and that in language TOO indecent
to be inserted here, upon which | told
her that she had wilfully and malicious
ly slandered an innocent girl-a good
girl, and | will add here q girl whose
character and conduct since she has
been at this Institution has been ire |
proachable; one who consider Is as far |
above Mrs. r. morally, as the heavens are !
above the earth; one who has performed |
her duties while here faithfully and |
well; one who has borne Mrs r 's vile, |
filthy slime like a martyr, having too |
much self respect to quarrel with such g |
disreputable character, but had to flee /
her presence to avoid such language as |
could not be repeated here, which, | told |
her, she must correct or leave the house. |
She then replied in language and man
ner which was simply insuppOrtable, |
threatening publication and ending this |
very Interesting interview with a threat |
to kill me. left the ward and sent the |
ward-master and druggist TO tell her
that she must leave, directing them not
to use force il it could be avOlded. They
lahn hoR 10 4
but when she reached the office in which
/ then was, she made an assault upon
me with hatchet, which / secured
without injury to myself, and Mr. Willie
ford, the druggist, then took her by the
arms and carried her to the gate where
a wagon was in waiting TO carry her to
town. When she reached the gate she
feigned sickness, whereupOn l had her
carried back into the house, and after.
ward placed her in a ward, and another
woman put in with her, and next door
to couple Of other inmates, IAN OLD
man and his wife (white), and respect
able. She never was for one moment
confined in a colored ward, nor was she
allowed to visit colored ward where
negro men were; and il she has done so,
she has made such visits clandestir e'y.
She further asked DR.. Duncan to have
her transferred to the city hospital, Tor
which permit was obtained at the very
earliest moment. After it was obtained
she denied asking DR.. Duncan to send
her there, saying she would die on the
streets first before she would 90 to the
city hospital, all the while belching
forth filth and slime from which the
most vile and vindictive tongue that
ever wagged in human mouth, who
nlnfN Nad Oh,
TRADES to be decent woman, finally
to 60 TO town quietly. In all !
these interviews, ard 1 have given |
B history OF all the kind l ever held
with her; she used the most Obscere and
indecent language thatcan be conceived
Df, and il she be the kind CT 8 woman
she ought to be, she has departed long
way from the correct thing in the nam
ng and use OF her tongue. As To women
visiting the pOOrhOuse in masquerade
iress, IL Is simply a fslsehoOd. As to
ler reference to the young woman who
has charge OF the insane ward, she is
)asely and maliciOusly s.aDdertd EX- |
,use me for mentioning the yOurg lady
again In this way, for all she has in this
world is her character, which is dearer J
% her than all else, her virtue, which {
las been wantonly assailed; for as to 1
Ter and l, l know her to be as pure and /
Inspected as an angel in heaven, whose
would be sOiled, stained by q !
ouch from that woman. Yes, she has
mother virtue-that is her untiTing !
industry, her desire TO work and gain for
ltrself an honest living She is the |
laughter of an inmate VINO has but one
eg; she sought the position she DOW !
lolds for the dOut le purpose Of making Z
N honest living by labor, and beiug {
lear her old disabled mother Her con s
Iuct has been most exemplary 81, C she b
las teen at the institution. Now, ia I
conclusion, l will say without fear Of !
contradiction that every
harge made by that woman Is
alse, bRsely false. l never did ia {
ny life abuse, or attempt to abuse her, L
'ut on the other hand, Ou two occasions. q
nd Immediately after she had given me 6
terrible abusing, il she would tell the @
ruth, which, however, | can prove bv
many, would say that | saved her life '
All the time / was in her presence I
poke to her as tenderly az | would have ?
one to an erring sister God protect :
be name from such a polluted contact. j
nd even in her last attacks on me. 0
ven after charitable nature had been so
eyerely outraged, did I speak a little j
harp TO her. An investigation is called 4
Or oy me as well as by her, and assure
,oui and through you the public. that a
ne results OF such investigation will be