The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-19
MIR, PUTNAM TALKS.
Regarding the Stealing of Body at the In
Urinary.

Urinary,
IAN ugly TumOr and one the proper
officers should Investigate, Ia on the
street, 10 the Effect that a body has been
stolen from the burial lot at the Inarm-
ary."
The above appeared In the Repo litOry
some time ago, being the frat announce.
ment OF the Tum0rs, and action looking
10 examination by the proper officers
has been awaited, Friday MT @. Put
man, one OF the InAfmaTy directors, was
In The city, and q reporter inquired OF
him what DO had 10 say concerning the
m liter.
Mr., Putnam replied that he was averse
TO entering Into any controversy In the
newspapers In regard TO matter of 80
great Importance; that he felt that the
charges we're OF 40 grave and serious q
character that before any action sh0uld
he aken which would reflect upon any
00itlal, that something deanite should
DO n0RD 10 base them on. He said his
attention had ben cHl cd TO rnmOra Of a
character similar TO the shove some
line since, and that no Immediately set
10 work 10 investigate 10 6ee what, II
any, foundation there was for them, and
IND traced many Of them 10 their start.
log point, While, ~ an official, no did
not wish TO express any opinions ~ 10
the truth or falls ty OF these charges, no
believed there was sufficient In them TO
demand q strict and impartial inyeati.
CATION. He said the good name OF the
superintendent required that this mat
tor DO pr0bed to tho bottom, and II he In
Innocent the people should know II, and
no should have beneat OF ", and that II
guilty no should suffer the penalty Of
the law. That while the board had not
decided on an investigation into the
charges, he expected 10 call tho same TO
their attention nj the next meeting and
demand That II DO fully looked Into.
This no said was due 10 both the board
aud the superintendent as neither OF
them could afford 10 BIO placed In q posi-
ti0n which could DO construed into con-
doning 30 serious an Oifense.
Mr. Pullman was asked what testimony
he had been able 10 gather, when he
said that no would prefer not 10 hay any
thing more AZ present, that no expected
tho board would take some definite
action at their next meeting, after
which he might DO AT liberty 10 say
more.- depository OF Saturday.
30. Mr., Putnam has been able 10
"gather testimony" but would prefer not
40 say any thing more at present."
Careful Mr.. Putnam
II Inarmary director Putnam has
gathered Testimony" going TO sh0w
that a body ha8 been "st0len at the In
Urinary" out with II, we say. No dodg.
Ing or sneaking about II,
II the body was stolen, how IL 'the
good name OF the superintendent" i'm
~plicatedY II Mr., Pullman has "tesli.
mony" going 10 show who were the
thieves, or who got the b)dy, why does
not no 40 lnlrmary Director take the
proper. legal steps and have thsm ar
restedp
According TO the Rep. Mr.. Putnam
thinks the charges grave and serious"
but before any action should BIO taken
"which would reflect upon any official
Something definite should DO known TO
'base them onl"
so Mr., Putman has nothing definite"
yet THE good name OF the Superinten.
dent Iequlr . this matter 10 pfobed." Ia
not "the good name" OF Inflrmary Dlrec-
tor Putnam ae much implicatedY II
not, why notr
II, then, the Repository, or any one,
including In0rmary Director, Timothy
o, Putnam, has a single fact or circum.
aance, going TO show that u body has
been resurrected az tho lnlrmary for
dissection, lsi them out with II. Let us
have no smoking or lodging. Already
has there been enough o. rim ana sly
intiunation. Face the music now we
say.
The slanderer Ia one Of the meanest OF
ylpers, disregardl0g truth and decency.
he may talk Of Testimony" but what
CARES such n creature for Testimony"
rhe Repository has always been the
slandorer's organl II was the sneak
Know Nothing organ OF thirty years
agol IL la6orl yet TO maintain Its
former distinguished re~putationl
We doubt II Director Pullman said
what the Rep, attributes TO him. We
have always given him credit for more