The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-09
THAT HEALTHY OLD BOARD.
HOW THEY WENT FOR THE Rocks.
PAPERS AND SEAL.
Ana RQw Dr. Lem0unier IuterDrets an
ttvHcr Of Court. ana Didnt Give
Them Vp at All.


Dr. LeHonnier opened the office Of the
Board Of Health as usual. Presently a
Deputy Sheriff appeared. and served
him with u writ of injunction from Judge
Hawkins court, enioining him from In
trudng into, usurping, or assuming to
hold and exercise the office Of Secretary
Of the Board Of Health
II was an easy matter for DR.. Ie
mounier conscientiously to obey that
portion ofthe injunction relating To in
trusion and usurpation, since he had
committed 30 such acts, but the injunc-
the office was not to be gotten over SO
easily. Although it seemed to be an
ticirating or deciding in advance the in
trusion suit. aud, therefore, premature.
Dr.. Iemonnier. nevertheless. like u
good citizen, resolved on prompt and
Immediate obedience.
In u few moments appeared Doctors
White ana Russell, when the following
colloquy occurred:
Dr. White Well. Dr. Lcmonnier.
have You got your injunction
DR.. Bemonner Yes. sir.
DR.. Russell Well. we take charge
of the office
DIR. Lemonnier What, no. sir; /
give up nothing ut all
Dr. White Then, sir, you still insist
on acting as Secretary of the Board?
DR.. Lemonnier No, sir. ! obey the
injunction. = perform no official net !,
but am not commanded to deliver any
thing to YOU. | have no right to do that.
Perhaps ! shall do SO Mt the end Of the
a yN emit - Ief,nl ADJ t+io,r fol L.
il we err in our view Of the law, which is
not probable.
DIR. Russell / want the seal, the
books, and everything that belongs to
this office.
DR.. Lemonruer- sir. my legal ad
wiser tells me that the injunction not to
hold OF exercise the Office is no order of
delivery To YOU | shall not give up any
thing. unless the law requires it. ! am
acting III str t obedience to Judge IIaw-
kins' order.
EXeunt Drs Russell and White
Presently they returned
Or. Russell ] am instructed. DR.
Iemounier Gentlemen. listen to this ::
Mr. Statham Dr. Russell's former clerk)
] want you Us u witness. DR.. Lemon
nier | am Instructed. sir, to tell YOU
that YOU must deliver up to me the seal
OF the Office, the books, and everything
else in here. and if tpause1 and I'll
give you till three O'Clock to do it in.
Now. that = fair.
DR.. I"monuier Now, Mr.. Russell,
before give NJ anything, | will have to
consult nay lawyer; for the court has
not told me TO do SO. Now, that's fair
too.
E4cunt Drs. White and Russell again.
At quarter past one they returned,
as DR.. lemonnier was closing the office.
Dr. White Well, what are you doing?
DR.. Lemonnicr- am going TO court
to find out what have to do.
DR.. White Well, but you can't close
the office. | am a member and will
stay
DR.. Russell IF YOU are going to close.
we will take the things down into the
other office and use them there Pro-
c2cding to gather up documents and
other things from the table.
Dir. Lemonnier Now. look here let
those things alone. | have given n
bond, and am responsible for all these
things. You cannot do that
DIR. White Well, it is all right we
will not quarrel about that We will GO
DR.. Lemonnier-I don't want to quar-
rel at all | will do what the law re-
1uircs me to do; that's all. Exeunt
omncS.
THE PRELUDE
to all this was u call at the office on Sat
urday by DR.. A. w. Smythe and II col
loquy to the following import, showing
the pleasantries on both sides.
DR.. Smythe How are you, DR. lie
lnonnier? Why didn't you come to our
last night? You could have got
IN some of your friends. We had every
thing our own way.
DR.. Lemonnier Yes, YOU know you
police on your side. If SO. we will have
to give up.
Or. Smythe-In couple Of hours we
will see where your head will be. But
why did not you attend our meeting?
Dr Lemonnicr | do not attend lille
gal as5emblages.
The situation remains unchanged,
md willprobably remain so until Haw
iins' successor is appointed.
True to their instincts, the dsappoint-
Il members Of the Board of Health, I'M
iided by the Metropolitan Police broke
nto the office Of the Board this morn
ng and took possession. They did not
ind, however, the seal OF official books
II the Board
When Dr.. Lemonnier called at his
,fiice. about II O'Clock, he found it In
'harge Of four policemen. DR.. Lemon
liet. having asked Statham, Whites
,lerk. how he had got in there, was an
,wered that he found the door open and !
walked in; that DR.. White would tell
lm how he found the door open /
Dr. Lemonnier ordered him to
AGATE the office. which he
efused TO do Doctor Lemonnier /
isked for Doctor White, and the an
wer was that he was not in. Was I
sus5el in ?" The answer was again /
No" Then you refuse TO vacate p
gain asked DR.. Lemonnier. Statham
nswer that he did Doctor Lemonnier /
hen retired, not, however, before he
lad looked at the lock on the door to
ee whether it had been broken open.
fe found, however, that it must have |
'een opened with a false key.
DR.. Lemonuier, in this matter, is act
ng entirely on the advice Of his counsel.
At II O'Clock, Dr. Hire, Sanitary In
pector Of the First District, called at
he Office to see DR.. Iemonnier, but
Dund only the policeman and Statham