Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-22
The Freednen's Hospital Unplcas.
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CARD FROM DIR. PURvIs.

FREEDMEN's HOSPITAL. Jan. y, 1873
To the EditoT OF The Ereniaeg Star.
Sir: In the two last editions of your paper
there has appeared articles in regard to the
management OF the Freedmen'S Hospital and
the Investigation that has been held AS the
articles referred to make some reference to
myself as to the treatment of patients. &c.
deem II proper to say there is not word of
truth in anything that appeared in your paper
against me-. as was abundantly proved to the
entire satisfaction of the investigating com
mittee. | would not make even this denial if
your paper of this evening did not make the
statement that gave orders To the gatekeeper
not to admit your reporter if he should appear
again, L gave no such order: the reporter
gained admission to the hospital by side
gate. and came into my ward without permits
sion, which was in violation of a standing
order requiring all visitors 10 enter by the
mont door and to get 4 permit to visit the hos
plta The only order given by me to the gate
keeper was to send all visitors to the front.
nave no disposition or desire to make any
replE ITO the calumnieS and libelOus statements
that have appeared in your paper against the
management OF this institution. regret. how
ever. That you have allowed yourself to be i'm
posed upOn-that you have received your infOr-
nation from source entirely irresponsible
and utterly unworthy OF the least attention. |
submit, knowing as you well know, the deep
rooted prejudice that exists against the freed
men. do you believe that this FELTON,, who
Wrote the letter in your paper Of Saturday.
who gave your reporter all his infOrmation
who styles himself member of the Philade-
phia bar if he had conducted himself as a
man should. if he had any standing at the bar
to which he REFERS would he to-day be found
pauper patient i'll an institution of this char
acter? Does it not look like an attempt to
black mail? Ii it does not, why did he attempt
to rob Mr. Robert Johnson, who preferred the
charges. of the credit of them by claiming
that he was the author and then sending bill
to the Secretary OF the Interior as prosecuting
attorney. when he was receiving his board
medical treatment and clothing at government
expense, in an institution intended for the
freed people.
Are men who have lived for years with un-
blemished reputation, who are among the most
responsible citizens of this community, who
are tax payers to have their characters aSSailed
by information derived from such Il source?
The Freedmen's Hospital is not the only one
this same individual attempted t0injure in this
city. Mr.. Editor, the management of this institu-
ton has been investigated by committee,
whose high standing Is ell-kn0wn In this com
munlty. They spent month in investigating:
they heard the testimony: they saw the wit
nesses; in fact, they saw everybody and every
thing connected with the Institution. They
have made their report; they have eXOnerated
the management of every charge preferred.
DR.. Palmer, who has charge of the Institution,
l know, has no fear OF an investigation-he
courts the most searching. The letters which
nave peen recently published are but slight
evidence of the rebelOuS spirit of few dis
cOntsnted inmates of the institution. They
show with what We have had TO contend.
T.. b, PIRVIS Nj. ID