The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-01
NTelegraphic.
ICRIMINAllTIES.
I, "a .ssksvs
.BaFbafeuS Treatment Of the
Poor inP ettis County,Mo,
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Murder and Lynchins In Tennessee
A Fatal Mine Explosion
Political and. General. .n.

SEDALIA, Mos April S0.--Ths sedAlia
Democrat has discovered and unearthed q
state OF aiiairs'in the County Poor House OF
this county that rivals In It's horrors the
Tewksbury Aims House revelation. The
Poor Farm Is about twelve miles from the
city, and Is seldom visited by any one.
There are tweDty-one insane, idioic and
bed-ridden patients 10 1t, and the de-
scription Of their filth. their suffefngs and
disease 10 simply sickening and dsgrncef,i
10 any Christian community. The sick 20
without attention and sometimes with
out necessary food. The revelations have
produced much establishment. One OF the
Inmates, James Canavan, said that not
long since one man died. and that for days
before his death he bsd not been given any
medicine, and that he got his food 10
irreguarly and In such scanty quantity
that starvation FASTENED his death, II It
did not cause II. Only an hour before his
death two OF the other inmates gave him q
drink OF sour milk, which was all they
could get for him when he died. He said
there was no one present except the In
mates OF the hoyel.
In one room there was old Mrs. Brennon,
about 80 yeas old, with all her limbs para
lyzed and her body covered with veImin.
This poor old helpless creature has lain
there for days and weeks, unable 10 move
limb, crying and
PRAYING FOR Kelley.
The story told OF her Is too terrible 10 re-
late. Tho reporter interviewed many Of
the inmates, and they all said that the at.
tendants paid bu. little attention TO the
wants OF the poor creature; that
the only food she got was when one OF the
sour milk and bread. Her means and
prayers were pitiful, and often when Ia her
agony she would plead for help, the tears
would run down her haggard and furrow.
ed cheeks. She was begging one moment
for her son, and the next moment she
would say, ''Oh, have pity, and take me
from my misery
In another room lay Annie Williams.
dying with consumption. When the re-
porter entered the room and found her In
such misery and so near eternity, be re-
Trained from asking her any questions, but
be took look at her bed and It's surround
ings. The sheet may have been white at
one time, but II was long ago. The dir
unmolested for century, aud the
vessels In the room bad sv.
IDENTIFY remained untouched for
days. The odor OF the room was uubear'
able 10 one not used 10 II, and OF Itself sui.
fcient 10 produce sickness and disease.
Annie lay on her bed and
BEGGED PITEousLY
for something TO eat. and, with look Of
despair, asked In \ feeble, deathly voice:
"Can you do anything for mel Oh get me
something 10 eat, Then she pointed to
the only food that had been
given her that day. 1t was
lssses In Il. The reporter asked an.
other pauper In the same room II that was
all that had been given the sick woman
during the day, and the answer was Yes,
and all she has had for week. The
question WAS then asked why she did not
ask for something, and the Inmates said she
had begged for something she could relish
aud was told TO Turn over and die;" that
"she had all there was for her, aud all she
would get.
The building In which the poor are kept
Is about one hundred and fifty feet from
the house In which the oye1eer lives, but
Il IN said he does not visit his
charges oitener than once q month. and
the reporter that the overseer had not been
IN the building for days, and the last time
he did come was to put diseased lunatic
into a room with two old helpless creatures
aud left him there.
The food TINT Is ordinarily given them 10
a. follows For breakfast, two biscuits,
q little moasses, and 8 cup Of very poor
coffee; for dinner, an ounce Of fat bacon,
potato and cup Of water, or
some milk. These are the only two
meals they get. Last winter when
the overseer killed hogs the patients
were made to eat the ligbts. Pettss
county allows only
81 35 A WEEK
for the support and maintenance Of each
poor person, thus making assurance doubly
that either the paupers must be neglected
or that the Superintendent must con.
tribute out OF his own substance TO keep
them alive. The buildings are not 6t to
keep stock in. They consist Of tier Of
SEALS, enclosed with rough board lumber
set on end, and the crevices IN many places
are fully an inch wide and run from ceiling
to floor. The doors do not ct, and some Of
them are without proper fastenings. Last
winter they suffered terribly from cold and
hunger. The beds consist Of ticks with
straw (probably year or two ago) and .
couple OF wooden blankets--two OF the beds