New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-24
DIPHTHERIA IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
SEVERAL DEATHS REPoRTED-oRDERING TIL
BUILDING TO BE CLOSED.

BUILDING TO BE CLOSED.
President Stephen A. Walker, of the Board Of
Education, issued an order yesterday to the school
trustees of the Twenty-fourth Ward instruc,ing
them to close Immediately Grammar School No G3
at Thrd-ave. and ne-hundred and -seventy-second-
st., in consequence of an outbreak of malignant
diphtheria among the scholars. The attention of
Mr.. Walker was called to the matter by the
parents Of children attending the school, who said
the school were closed John H. Meyer. the prn-
cpal, said that the first attack of diphthera oc-
CURED in September. and that since then the dis
ease had spread rapidly and there had been a num-
Der of Deaths
John Haskns, of the primary class, residing in
Central Morrsana, was the first attacked, but ne
recovered He sat in the class beside Ernest
Muller, a son OF Henry Muller, the ianitor of the
two weeks. Tobias Muller his brother, was was at
tackled on October 80, and died in two weeks and
Henry Muller, another brother, died on Wednes-
day. son of Frederick Folly, one of the trustees
Of the school, Ida Foster of fremont and Katie
Meyers, living with her parents near the Harlem
RallrSad station Central MoIrsana, have also died
dren reported in fremont yesterday to be suffering
from the disease, are Fanny Bracken, daughter of
Henry Bracken, Superintendent of Public Works;
Mamie Steers, q daughter of Charles ii. Steers a
civil engineer living at Madison-ave. aud One-hun
dred- -eghth-st., and children of Mrs
COnlin and Mrs. Phelps of fremont.
On Wednesday number of the parents held an
Indignation meeting and denounced the school
closing the school Several of the parents said
hat the disease was due to the defective drainage
An examination was made yeStor-
day by DAVID l. Stage. superintendent of school
buildings, Frederick Folly, trustee, and John ii.
Meyer, the principal, and the drainage was found
TO be IN good condition. The outbreak of diph-
liberia therefore must be attributed to some other
cause.
DENYING HIS OWN STORY OF A SHOOTING. |
After the discovery of the cave on the mountain |
west OF Chappaqua and the capture of its occupant
-the burglar, Joseph Phyle-August Erickson and |
john walsh were sent to watch the cave Errick- |
sou SAID next day that while he and Walsh were |
watching the cave a man approached and acted |
suspiciously. They called upon him to surrender !
and be drew revolver. Erickson therenpon |
shot the suspected robber Erickson and Walsh |
aitsTwaId buried the body near the spot
The story leaked out aud Erickson was arrested
anu taken 90 the county jail at White Plains lie
then denied that he had shot anybody and declared
that his former statement was false. A warrant
for the arrest of Walsh has been issued i'm order 70
hear his story, and search will be made for the
robbers body. wv
TIE RAILWAY BANK SUSPENSION.
:. The excitement which was manifest in Railway.
n -, on THURSDAY, owing to the suspension of tho
NATIONAL Bank cf that town, had subsidized last
evening 90 q few muTmgrs on the part of the de-
nOSifOlN. lie directors had I0nde /