The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-25

in this city, from Memphis, Mr.. J. G.
Hoock, wife, three children and nurse
Mr.. J. c. Mccarthy and wife, and Mrs. F.
Kelly, the mother-in-law of Mr.. Hoock.
They all registered at the Hummel House,
southwest corner of Ninth and Sycamore
streets.
Shortly after their arrival Mr.. Hoock be-
came i'll. and at O'clock yesterday after
noon DIR. Amery was sent for. He at once
discovered that he had genuine case of
yellow fever in hand and one of the most
malignant type. He reported the case to DR..
Minor at once. The latter ordered Hoock
taken to the Branch Hospital, but when
the ambulance arrived at eight o'clock
Hoock was corpse. The body was taken
to Habig's undertaking establishment
where it was encased in an air-tight coffin
and taken to st. Joseph's Cemetery oil the
Warsaw Pike and buried. Mrs Kelley was
also found to be very i'll, although the ply
sicians think her illness is merely nervous
prostration. Not to take any chances on
it, however, DR.. Minor had the lady re-
moved to Lick Run Hospital. The bedding
in the room occupied by Hoock was taken
to dump by Officers Webb and Young
and burned. Tie room was thoroughly
fumigated by Officer Martin
Dir. Carr attended the bedside of Mr.
Hoock when he died. The Doctor told
reporter that Hoock's case was one of the
most decided yellow fever cases he has vet
met. The mans mouth turned black be-
fore he died, and his blood was thoroughly
poisoned by suppression of urine, common
to severe cases of yellow fever. He died in
most horrible agony. The muscles of his
body would contract so that it required the
united efforts of several men to hold him
IN bed He would throw back his head, :
draw up his arms and legs spasn1odically,
and writhe like man at the stake.
In regard to the excitement of yesterday,
caused by the rumor that the Sherey had
run the blockade at Delhi Quarantine, DIR.
Logan saws that he did not telephone to the
Health Officer that the Sherley had DISC
beyed the rules by running by, but that
another matter he telephoned up about the
Sherey had been misunderstood at the
Health Office.
The Laura Lee, from New Orleans, will
be the next boat up the river. She will be
followed by the Bedford and Fannie Tatum
from ST. Louis.
A STAR reporter ran across a couple of
men from Memphis who came up on the
the Vint Shinkle yesterday. They state
that Memphis is about deserted and that
large portion OF those who have not left
bv to-day will be sent into camp at the foot
Presidents Island. They say that on the
way up the river man bound for Hick-
man got aboard the boat at Osceola. That
when they arrived at Hickman the quaran-
tine officers would not allow anybody to
land. This man, however, gave them the
slip and succeeded in getting ashore. He
was spotted, however, by lot OF natives on
the bank, who, with double barrel shot
guns, ran him ont into the woods, and
would not allow him to come into the
town.
The Ben. Franklin came up from Louis
vile this morning and passed quarantine
with her papers signed 0. X.
DR.. Minor received the following to-day:
MEMPHIS, July %, 1S79--lO:45 a. m.
sixteen cases and five deaths since 9 a,
m. yesterday. r. W. MITCHELL"