Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31
The TaImadge Case.
Report Concerning It by the Superin- tendent of the Hospital to the Pru-
 denetal Committee.

Report Generating It by the Superin. tendent of the Hospital to the Pru. demetal Committee.
 It is the request of the Prudential Commit tee of the General Hospital Society that those newspapers which have copied or noticed the charge made by J. W. Thompson in yester. days JOURNAL AND COURIER also copy o1 notice the following answer to it: To the Prudential Committee of the Gene ral Hospital Society
 Gentlemen-There appears in this morn ing's JOURNAL AND COURIER 8 letter signed J. W. Thompson reaecting severely upon the management of this Hospital in the case of Charles Talmadge, who was patient here and died in October last. I have to reply to the charges made in the letter that they are en- tirely and grossly untrue. The facts in the case are these: On the 25th of last Septem- Der Charles Talmadge, aged 20 years, was brought here quite i'll by Mir. Edgar L.. Forbes, of Branford, proprietor of the East Haven stage, in whose employ he had been for few days. Mir. Forbes knew nothing of his home or friends except that the young man had told him that he was brought up in Madison, living there until within two or three years, and that he had 8 brother in East Haven. MT. Forbes not feeling able to SUD- port him here, wrote to MT. J. N. Chittenden, Selectman of Madison, making application
 
 clining to give it, whereupon addressed to him the following letter:
 NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL, Oct. g. '79. MT. ). N: Chittenden, selectman Madison pital week ago Charles Talmadge of your town in tending to make application to you for his support. reply that the young is in cri ical condition, suffering from typhoid pneumonia. He is delrio us Under these circumstances, sure your town will not object to providing for him here unt atle to be moved. Let me hear from you by return mail.
 J.H. STARkwEATHER Superintendent. MT. Chittenden replied as follows:
 MADISON, Oct. 4, 1879. stand the condition of young Talmadge when wrote Se aoo1 I is 5 Of Tamadge until he recovers.
 Yours, very respectfully,
 J. N. CHITTENDEN, Selactman. Talmadge grew worse, and as he was delir- ious and disturbed the other patients in the ward, and as his case assumed typhoid character, making 1t necessary for their safety that he should be isolated, we removed him to one of our outside pavilions or cottages, where he had every needed comfort and at tention.
 He was under the care of lady nurse and male attendants were continually with him, and the attending and house physicians visited him day and night, and at the time of his death, October 9th, there were with him five or six persons, including the two house phys icians.
 More could not have been done for him had he belonged to the first family in the land. Friday, October Sd, his brother, William Tal- madge, came to see him, and was informed of his critical condition. Learning also that in the extreme northern section of the city there was family who knew him and his former friends l personally endeavored to seek them out, but not finding them at home sent card fn fhano fbrOrCh hn ,ooi1 friends came to see him and were present at his funeral. Immediately after his death telegraphed to MT. Chittenden the fact, and also wrote to him and to the brother, William Talmadge, as follows:
 OCTOBER 6, 1s76 Dear sir-Oharles Tamadge died last night. have teegraphed this fact to you and that shall expect to take care of the body. l have also informed his brother in East Haven.
 Yours truly,
 J. H. SrARKwEATHER, Supt.
 OCTOBER 6, 1879. WILLIAM TALMADGE. East Haven:
 brother Charles died last right have notified MT. J. N. Chittenden, Selsctman of Madison, who
 Yours truly,
 J. H. SrARKwEATHER. MT. Chittenden instructed me to have the body buried by the town of New Haven, the expense to be charged over to the town of Madison. A post-mortem examination was Aau " uete1LiAuo Auuy JUG uatur6 Ol HIS u1s- ease, which had been somewhat obscure, and the stomach and all other organs were proper ly replaced, as I am informed, by the attending physicians. The body was washed, clad in a clean shirt, and tho town authorities came with neat stained coffin, lined, in which the body was placed. The coffin was several inches longer than needed. Funeral services were conducted in our chapel by MT. SeeIey, assistant City Missionary the city friends above referred to and number of inmates of the Hospital being present. The coffin lid was raised so that they might see the face of the deceased. The body was then taken away in the town hearse for burial. Respectfully, J. H. STARKwEATHER,
 Superintendent.