The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-15
THE GOLDEN CROWN AGAIN.

| slAl LMENI of ,AfI, W. i, NALhER, MASTER
STEAMER GOLDEN CROWN.
Some Of the friends of Capt Walker in
this city thinking We did him injustice in
publishing only an extract from his letter
to the Cincinnati Commercial, we give it
this morning in full
CINCINNATI, August 10, 1878.
TO the Editor Of the Commercial
Since my arrival here yesterday | have
been shown several articles from the Mem
phis press, which reflect very mustly upon
the steamer Golden Crown. and also upon
myself In one item | am accused of "ro-
mancing,' and the truthfulncss of my
statement, made in the card published in
! Memphis, wherein stated that there was
no yellow fever on board etc, is denied.
| Now, did publish such statement and
| furthermore, | reitcrate it, and will 90 still
! further and say that we did not have a case
OF yellow f,v.r on the whole trip, and |
have ample proof to sustain all say. The
| yellow fever victim, William Warren, whose
death was announced yesterday, was not
| put off 10y the Golden Crown We can not
! recall any such person, nor does our cabin
register or dcck.boOk show any such passcn.
ger, neither did We put off any one at the
Memphis quarantine. The Memphis pa.
pcrs state that DR.. Lawrence, the quarantine
physician, reported US as having yellow
fever on board. Now, defy them to pro-
duce any such statement made by DR.. Law.
renee. or any other authorized person.
4 "A. 4 l
y examined the boat, and found only one
case Of sickness and that was lady who had
come on board at New Orleans, feeling i'll.
After examining her he refused to say
whether it was or was not yellow fever, but
in his report to DR.. Er.kine, the health
officer, in the letter the Memphis papers are
inquiry 50 anXiuusly for, and which was
written in the presence of Mr., Eugene
Shinklc, our clerk, and SO mentioned to
him, Dr. Lawrence refers TO the one case Of
sickness, and only saysit looks suspicious"
and docs not say there was any yellow
fever on board. The lady spoken of came
on board III New Orleans, and, AS | stated,
was feeling ILL., The first day out she was
taken down with what am fully satisfied
was Intermittent fever, and she
was thoroughly examined by a gentleman
fully experienced in yellow fever, both be-
fore and after death, and he is emphatic in
saying that it was not yellow fever, and
this statement can produce at any time.
The young lady received every attention.
both medical and otherwise, and was in
fair way to recover, in fact She had gotten
up, and was walking around her room,
whcn entirely disrcgarding the advice giv.
en- her regarding diet and care, she satisfied
her cravings, unbcknOwn to me, by hink.
lng an iced lemonade, followed by a bottle
of cold lager beer. She also had the
chambernaid give her cold sponge bath
all which checked the protuse pcrspira-
lion We mad gotten her into, and caused
relapse, which proved fatal. Now as to
the letter Of DR.. Lawrence to the Health
Officer at Memphis, and for the non delivcry
Of which an explanation is asked, | can
say that the letter was written as stated
above, and given to Mr.. Shinkle to
hand to the Health Officer, who
DR.. Lawrence said, would board us at Mem,
phls. Well, when We reached there we fired
our cannon and blew our whistle, signaling
the coaI-tug, which came to us with Hat |
Of coal, but no health officer nor any one
else to whom we could hand the letter, rs
ordered, ever put in an appearance, and we
still have the letter Oh board, and should |
IKE to have permission to have il opened, |
and am positive that my statement will |
be proven correct. We landed at Hope |
field and remand until daylight coaling. | |
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