Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12
TRIAL OF THE MILWAC.
KEE FIRE-BUG.
A ROW OVER THE PAR
NELL RECEPTION.
TELLER D f MES TIL AT
CONKLING TRADED
HIS INFLUENCE.


| BosroN, April lat to. day's session
! of the Charit4 BILE Institutions Commit
tee, Governor Butler continued to Pile
up evidence of the abuses at the Stat,
| a!mshouse. The first witness, Mis-
| Manning, was evidently above her bust
ness. Her brother before his death hst
employment in taking the pauper d-ao
to the medical colleges. Miss Mannins
| continued this service, but she described
hers-lf as transportation agent, and
persisted that she did not know the
nature of the bu mess.
The Governor asked "Will you look
these men in the face and tell them You
| don't know? ?"
Miss Manning replied: Il have been
in the business Of transportation four
years.
What was transported :"
Il don't know"
| chow much did You get apiece for
~has you done know" the Governor
| asked.
Il got $40 for one place and $i2 for
the other"
| w III YOU say VIZ tSti hti' 't@H' y VA
DONE know that you were engaged III the
| importation OF dead bodies ?
Miss Mauning-I have been engaged
| in Transportation. That it Is " dead
bodies dom know. | never saw them.
Mrs. Charlotte A. Thomas Of And
over described the frightful mortality
OH account Of malpractice IN the lying
III department while she was employed
there.
BoSroN, April l9.-Governor Butler
was present at the Tew kabury Aims
house investigation to-day. J"seph \.
Chase testified that he had worked
with Miss Manning, and Win her
knowledge had taken bodies to the
Harvard Medical School by order OF
Marsh. The Governor then introduced
a sermon by NJ. Sanborn, minister OF
Lawreuce, ii which 1t VAS stated that
Soauldng, one of the Trustees OF the
A.m-housa, had boosted that while II"
emD!ument was attached to the trustee
ship he could make it pay. Inc Governor
ntimating thai this was done by turn
ing over contracts to outside parties,
with whom SpauidIng divided the
profits. TIE Governor than ,Hered
printed testimony TO show the charac
ter of S tnborn which, afJer some dis
cussion. was admitted. John II. Chase,
siace his first testimony, had gone t"
Tewksbury with q detective and un-
earthed a cotfiu supposed t. contain the
body of Joseph CLARK. The body had
previously b5en sold. aod the cotiiu,
which was empty, was brought to iioS-
ton. There were other collins IN the
same condition. Two poor wcIn=n had
offered money 70 witness to put MP
slab over their mothers grave, which
he refused. but Marsh said ne ought to
have taken it.
BosToN, April Il.-In the Tewks-
bury Aimshouse lpvestigati"n to-day
Frank Ba' k=r, formerly IL charg4 oi
the insane building, said: The beds
were in filthy condition III the male
wards He had charge OF the bathing
Of male patients in tank ten by fifteen
feet, and one foot deep. As many as
blthed in the same water.
which was rarely changed. The
patients would object TO going in, and
would have to BE- put IL by force. The
government attempted to have the
It stimouy OF what an Insane female in
mate had told the witness introduced,
bu. after warm discussion it was sup
pressed.
Marx Heathcote, the policeman who
took foundiIpg tu the alns-house. saw
the nurse filling It's mouth with soap.
DR.. Dean. graduate Of the Harvard
school, testified that when he was a
student perhaps fifty bodies were used
during the Winter term.
Tellcr's Denial.
WASHINGTON, April n.-Secretary
Teller indignantly denies the truth of
the paragraph which appeared i'll a |
Z Philadelphia paper this morning to the |
feet that ex-senator Conkling had |
neen trading upon his influence at the |
Interior D. partment. The story was
hat Conkii had for the consideration |
# s., 900 Used his personal influence To
secure the Secretary's signature to at
important paper, which would not have |
,sherwi-e been signed OF al silly |
,toriss that get into newspapers, SAID
Teller to-day, you fellows usually have
something % start with am then en-
arg upon it 10 the extent {; yvur
.4ncy. In this, however, there is not
,ven groundwork. There has been no
such case before me. | have never b5en
aske'i by Conk!lnI 70 sign anything and
ave never signed anything for Conk-
ing. it Is simply a cold falsshood from
} 7g.nnlng to esd. Ii is not worth wiiis
% deny IL, for 1t presupposes Conkiing
II uumItigated rascal and me au IN
nitigated TOOL. Corkhng has apaea,el
before me as an attorney to arsue cases
~ he has cared to-day and in no
'ther capacity.
Libel suit.
DETROIT, Mich, April IL. - The
ibel suit of Professor MacLaan. Of the
MEDICAL Department of the State Uni
'ersity, against James +. Scripps,
ditor and principal proprietor of tue
sten5ng Ners OF this CITY, after two
weeks tr,a, IS Concluded this even
-. The verdict in ali points IL IN
aver vi the plaintiff, awarding two
h usaud dollars damages IL was
uite ably contested in every step, end
xtised great Pablo in.eyest.