New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-18
carr OF rHE NEW YORK rEiyr LsTLch
TIE ACTION or WHS,R,. GIBBS AND ROO EYGLr
CONpEM ED-DEEENDNG I "a JURY.

CONpEM ED-DIfENDiNG 1 u JURY
The publication of the communication which
Mcs-rs Oiup, and Roosevelt, the Board Of Managers
of the New York Infant 7yu forwarded To the state
Board of Charities coucrruiu; tho affair, of that m,tltu-
ton occa~ioncd much discussion yesterday. Lew NJ.
Bates the treasurer of tho asylum, said 60 imuU NJ
reporter:
"Ithnk the gentlemen have made great mistake in
taking this course. II would have been better for them
and for the Institution II the communication had mover
boon written IL truo there has boen division
I'm the Board of Managers Tho Of this division
wa. the adoption of plan by which resident women ply
scans were be employed at the East Chester Home
and at the Lying-iu-IIOsptal In siNty-hrst-st The
Roosevelt party opposed this plan from the start but
must Say that my sympathics have always been
with those who were in favor OF It's adoption. It was In
carrying out this scheme that DR.. Mari was placed In
cAare Of the home at East Chester. Dr. Brush was not
therefore removed account Of incOmpctcncy Under
his management the institution was kept In a good con-
dtion. lie drug store 10 tho village and MANN
features preparation for children called kuyss. Tho
endemic of measles which broke after Dr. Mari
took cuargr Of the home proved IN be OF most maS-
nuut type. In the month of August there were twenty
five deaths. THIS Is not large number when compared
with the number OF deaths which occurred last year.
when there no epidemic Daring the following two
might have been expected under the circumstances Dr.
levi. smith told me that the percentage OF deaths in
comparison with the number Of children sick small.
Dr. Foster said that in his forty years medical practice
he had never seen such a mag uant type Of measles"
r. b. Bach, member Of the cOroucrs jury which cen
srd the Board Of Managers for ia negligence said:
Mr. Bslls statement that no was brOwbcaou aud in
suited by the Jury is "A deliberate falsuhoOd. lie
treated rs gentleman. What DO has Sad about the
Ignorance OF the jurors will bear little comment my
part Among the men who served that Jury were
David Quackcnbush, president Of the Commercial Fire
Insurance ComPanyj cX-Dstrict-AttOmoy +. L. McCel-
Ian and Police Justice William T. Mccks. II we were
ignorant didn't know enough To be tricky. Notwith-
standing Mr. Bells statement that Of the managers
but himself allowed 10 testify before the jury, Drs
Foster, Burial, GOOdridgc Bcckman and Nicoll all Of
them mcmbcrs OF the Board gave testimony"
DIS Campbell and Carlisle, ply sCans, OF MI. vernon,
acting for tho Board of Health OF the town Of East
Chester visited the infant asylum yesterday ana found
Thai infants which had been ed from tents IN
old cottage the premises, by order ,Ot the Town
Board Ot Health, had been placed again In tents. They
then forbade the holding OF autopsy upon infants that
may die in the institution unless In their presence
A Chicago man wanted n divorce because his
wife persisted in singing hymns The Court Just laughed
al him. aud no would los, his had not Ills lawyer
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