The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-02-05
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>. M. McMlllen, who IS one of the
Trustees of the Asylum for the In
sane, at Athens, copied into his paper,
the Marietta Times, what we said
about the Trustees being drunk, and
then says:
the S15 MaGRe T i s& FhGm
DAED It ti Il HsGGTs lie NO woman eyer said
erwise. another the malicious lies put in
ains as D; Mackley concerning every one connected
with the Democratic managementofthe Athens Asy-
The resort of McMillen and Pursell
to the language of blackguards and
ruffians, will not tend to convince the
people that they are fit men to have
charge of the insane. Neither will it
do to try to bring in political preju-
dice. We have no such feeling in the
case. Mr.. Pursell is Republican,
but for that reason we will not at
tempt to cover up great outrage.
We have no personal feeling against
either of these men. They never did
us any wrong.
We do not know whether it is true
or false, that a woman made oath that
these men had been drunk. We new
er saw the affidavit, only as we saw it,
at the time, in nearly all the Republi-
can papers in the State, and it was so
published about the last of April, Of
last year, and we never saw any deni-
al until now, when these Trustees ut
terly deny that such affidavit was ever
made.
On the Goth day of April, 1879, the
Cincinnati Commercial published the
following dispatch:
sns pteE
ar9 @ ebfge Gr he of Of 9
icised al hands. To-day the attendants who test
are being turned off. One them, Miss lloliie ster
She was most valuable assistant She had testified
tees on last Christmas night: An ofhcer the Asy
in M s3 age sR f9oT With %
state of excitement at the Asylum: The attendants
and great numbers are handing IN their time Two
WORST and most dangerous IS one Of them Bell the
Steward seems be Superintendent, and is gathering
safe. Clarke is dumbfounded and powerless. The
Trustees have been sent for An outbreak is feared
Affdavits, showing shameless drunkenness and de
bauchery the part of some of the Trustees, were
taken to-day and win be presented to the Legislature
| Monday. But no help can be looked for from tfal
| quarter.
In our answer to Pursell's, article
we publish that part Of Miss Sterrett' s
affidavit referring to the Trustees. II
will be seen that she is cautious, and
does not say that Clarke was drunk
she thought he was drunk; but she
has no hesitaucy in swearing that
Pursell was drunk, and that McMille1
was very drunk. Read her affidavit
This affidavit, so the papers at thai
time stated, was sent by DIR. Lash t(
the Legislature, together with mum
Der of other afidavits.
Again we call upon Messrs. Pollard
Paine and Beman, to investigate thi
charge We also call upon Senators
Kelly and Cline, and Representativ,
Townsend We think Mr.. TOWNSEND
owes it to himself, and to the peopl
of Athens County, he being thei
Representative, and he owes it to tn
taxpayers of Ohio, and especially doe
he owe it to the unfortunate insane
to have an investigation. The Legis
lature owes it to Messrs Pursell an
McMillen, to see whether they hay
been thus cruelty slandered. If the,
have, THE STANDARD will be amon
the very first Of the papers to do then
Justice This matter has now gon
too far to let it drop out of sight.