, 1880-10-03
OUTDOOR RELIEF.
Frauds in Palatine-Systematio Per-
version Of the Charity Fund.

Since the county established the system Of
outdoor relief, whereby thousands OF unworthy
persons have been made the cheerful recipients
1T public charity there have been 4pasmodic
this class OF people to continually bleed the
patient and unwary taxpayer So powerful had
1h1s influence become Ut recent yeurs that fGr
upon the finances Of the county was to doom
hun to disappointment SO far us political prefer
me1it was concerned Under Democratic ad-
uwaS was enormous. and it wa8 not until the
present Republican Board OF County Commis-
sioncrs took eognizance of the giant evil that
my check WIS put upon this unblushtng system
Of robbery About ycar ago the Beard, after
constant and untiring effort. had succeeded, in a
measure. in putting II stop to these frauds, but
vestiEauooS In many cases, and the Board Sc
:ected tts> present visitor. Mr. Chamberlain, to
LOOK after al such cases, inst1ucting him to run
to cover and expose every case where the coun-
tS had been sFfndied BY fraudulent charges tor
goods delivered 10 persons unworthy Of charity.
There was no desire to cut of the relief e1-
were unable TO provide for themselves. or to say
to the poor widow with q large family Of little
generous and charitable public. The design
was simply 70 encctually stop fraudulent and
unworthy "t applicants from longer imposing upon
MF. Chamberlain began bis researches among
the pauper poor, and was at once rewarded hy'
discoveries that in certain outside towns the
SOURCE OF REVENUE TO UNsCRuPuLous DEAL
in all sorts OF family supplies who had charged
the county , in ,nnny instanses for goods deltv1
who were Wiling and perfectly able to take care
Of themselves. In several instances people who
plies furnished By order Of dishonest or incapa-
ble Town Supervisors, and fn one case a lady Of
very respectable connections was presented
ward found that the county had audited and
paid these bills, although the de91er had Gyen
his Innocent victim to understand that the fuel
was gratuitous Offering.
Several weeks ago couple Of Esculaptans in
the Town OF Icmont were required to explain
how VII It vas was fhat their bis for Tor medical attend
ance upon the INDECENT poor Of that town were
80 excessive: Investigation Of these individual
were fraudulent. and the doctors were COIL
PEELED to virtually acknowledge that they had
attempted an imposition upon the people.
fully prepared report indicating that two more
disciples Of the curative art have gone astray.
This time the
Ar1EApT TO COLLECT ExoRn11AsT AND FRAUD
ULEET ELLIS
was discovered in the Town Of Palatine.
In this instance one doctor presented q blu
<6s5 from the county: for medical attendance
upon families residing in Palatine several Of
whom have stated that no such attendance was
ever had Que young lady. whose parents LETT
her u snug fortune. is on the list as having run
up doctors bill Of $150, which the county has
paid. Another lady is charged with bill, which
the county paid. and the physician has since
presented her with q duplicate aud requested
payment a widow 1ady, who owns farm near
the village. employed one Of t9ese erasptnE tel.
rendered The lady, I'M lieu Of money,
gave him a horse, and the octdorfD having
worked the palatine end of his string with profit,
presented the bill to the county. and it was paid
the second ume- These are samples OF the I'M
b1ushing frauds which, according to the agent.
we're practaced by these pil.dispe9sers, and the
Committee are to be congratulated upon having
brought the facts to Light In the case OF the
first mentioned II. D., the family aRainst whom
he charged over sixty visits state that his calls
did not exceed thirty-flre, and relying upon this
statement, and the ge,-eral rotten aspect Of
things, the COMMITTEES refused to consider the
bill, and now await an explanation from the
DOCTOR
The citizens OF Palatine express great fndigna-
ton over the expose and assert that their town is
in no more need Of this kind Of charity than the
most thrifty portion Of the richest section Of
New York State would be- This fact IS attested
BY the records Of the County Buard, which show
TINT for tour years not R single dollar has been
paid for outdoor relief in the Town OF Palatine
until these ayaricious physicians presented their
enormous bills.