Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-31
A Statement Of Fneta.

him at the White House. on Madison |
street. found him at work behind
the bar, nervous, excited and with
high fever. | ordered him immedi-
ately to bed, and asked him if he had
comfortable room to go to. He re-
piled that he had room at Cochran
Hall, for which he had regularly paid
rent for months past, with the under
standing that should he take the fever
he was to occupy it-rarely having
been in it during the whole time
which he had paid rent for it. L
requested Mr.. Louis Frierson to take
him to Cochran Hall in his buggy,
which he did. Visited Lagorio in an
hour after he left the White House
found my nurse (Mr. Snell) had put
him. to bed as | had directed him to.
AS | passed out of the house met
the proprietress, who was very much
excited. She said that the running
in and out of Lagorio's friends must
be stopped, and asked me if he had
the fever. l replied that he had, and
that he was very ill and much fright
ened, and had told his nurses (Mr.
Smell and Frank Morris) that if they
permitted any visitors | would dis
charge them, and assured her that all
visiting should be stopped. Al that
time she did not utter one word of
protest against his remaining in her
house. At pm. [ visited him. On
my way to his room, Mrs. La Malta q
did not then know her name) was
standing in the hall and appeared very
much excited She requested me to
step into the dining room; wanted to
see me privately. She asked in very
excited manner if the young man had
the fever. replied, yes, madam;
told you so this morning; and he is
very ill., She insisted on his removal
to the hospital-that he could not re-
main in.her house; he must go out
that she had sent for an ambulance tC
) take him to the hospital, and that il
was then waiting at the front of the
house. | told her emphatically tha
it might kill him to remove him. ShO
replied that she was a poor widow
and that she could not, OF
J his account, loose three o
,, four families who were boarding
4 with her, none of whom had had th
fever, and all of whom would immedi
ately leave. | impressed upon her tn
danger Of removal, but she was mex
. orable. then said that he should no
! go to the hospital, but go to my hous
where the care and attention | coul
have bestowed on him might over
come, if possible, in a degree, the ei
. fects of the removal "a forced remoy
. aD. In turning into the hall, recog
= nized the colored driver of the hospit
. al ambulance, and told him to go wit
! Frank Morris and assist putting La
gorio into the ambulance, and tax
: him carefully to my house. The dri
yer said that he had orders to tax
him to the hospital, and that he had
8 prisoner from the Jail then in the an
bulance and was to take this youn
man out with him. | dismissed tn
driver, and ordered Frank Morris t
/ get hack and have him taken to m
is house. l Immediately went to ia
i. gorio's room and found him in a tel
: rible state of nervous excitement, bel
h ging for Gods sake, don't let thel
O. take me to the hospital" | quiete
d him by telling him that he should
J. taken to my house. l had him car,
is fully removed, but the shock he ha
Ie received by being informed that tt
Ig ambulance was in waiting to take hi
to the hospital injured him seriousl
ID was informed by the nurses that Mr.
a LaMalta went up to the corridor I'M
which his room opened, and by her e,
cited and loud talk excited him grea
ID ly; and that she refused to let II
ie nurses heat the whisky and vinegt
6, for sponging purposes, on her stov
G Lagorio was SO i'll and frightent
al in the morning Of my first visit, that
m refused his friends permission to s.
ut him, Mrs. Hayden and VIM. McDo
OIL aid, the only ones whose names l kne,
e. have given simple statement
G. facts, and will not comment on Nj
LaMalta S card | was on several o
n casions requested to give this stat
he ment, but refused, as l did not care
n injure a woman.
nc THos S. EAsToN, MD.
q We, the undersigned, know Il
nc statement here made to be true.
1 II. j. Badinelli, w. RYAN.
Nv T'Mi