The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-17

GU Tue young lolhs III tilcir noulc puTposc
to induce the young men OF the city to join
them. Then followed quartette by Miss
es Hattie Mckee, and Annie Riley and
Messrs. Frank Metcalf and Ed Jenkins
Miss Mollie Metcalf played the accompani-
ment on the organ, One of the most inter.
esting notwithstanding entertainment
was the "question-box, which caused much
amusement to all present.
We this morning announce Mr.. Richard
Fitzgerald as an Independent candidate tor
reelection to the office of coroner and take
pleasure in doing so, since we know that he
has saved the county considerable money
during his term of office, and that he is the
choice of the people of the county
We need not laud him for the manner, in
which he has filled the office and will but
repeat few cases of the many, which we
recall, in which he has saved the county
very snug little sum of money by the ex-
ercise of his usual good judgment. The
first case, we remember, is that of the death
of an old negro wood-sawer, who resided
on Thirty-fourth street and who died
suddenly and without any
apparent cause. Mr.. Fitzgerald was called
by the relatives in whose house he had died
but finding that he had came to his death
from natural causes held no inquest, as he
might have DONE had he desired to swell
his pocket book and the remains were bur
riei by the relatives. Not very long
ago an aged colored woman died IN the
neighborhood of Seventeenth street while
neighboring building was afre. Mr..
Fitzgerald found that death had been
caused by fright and old age, and therefore
did not hold an inquest. A negro, who had
been sick, died during the night in SCOTS
saloon, while lying on bench, but there
being no marks of violence on his person,
and 1t being ascertained that there was no
poison in his system, no inquest was held,
and Mr.. Scott had the remains decently in
tered without any expense to the county.
Our readers all remember the death of old
Nancy Mack, who held forth on the
corner of Tenth and Commercial
and who died by taking dose of poison.
Mr.. F. personally investigated the matter,
found no one to blame but herself, and,
since her physician was willing to testify
that her death resulted from the poison,
Mr.. Fitzgerald held no inquest.
The dead body of child was found in the
commons up town, The coroner's jury made
an inquiry into the circumstances attending
the case; the coroner discovered the respon.
sible parties and compelled them to give
the body decent burial, and thus saved the
county the expenses Not long ago a col
ored man died in a house down town. The
occupants of the house refused to bury the
corpse; the overseer of the poor
did likewise, and the coroner, finding
that the man had come to his death from
natural causes, saved the county
the expense OF an investigation
BY jury and burial. In all these
cases, and numerous others, Mr.. Fitzgerald
has gone to the trouble of lnstituting per-
sonal research into the circumstances and
causes of death and compelled the respon-
sible parties 10 bury the bodies, when he
might have summoned jury; had them all
inferred at the county's expense, and pocket
ed his legitimate fee, But this is not allI
The coroner is allowed fifteen dollars for
every corpse buried under his direction. 1t
is left to him to make for himself whatever
he can out that allowance, Mr.. Fitzgerald
has often charged the county only seven
and eight dollars for burlals and jury fees;
because, having paid for collins with his
own cash instead of with an order on the
county, he was enabled to get them 50 much
cheeper. Mr.. Marshall, his opponent, says
that he can save the county money.
Any coroner can save the county money but
the question is WILL he do so.