The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-23
THAT BABY CASE.
Array Of AHldnVits from st, ClalFsviIlO to
Show that Everything Was Straight,

Array Of AHldAVits from st. ClaIrsvIIlO 10
show that Everything Was Straight,
In police court yesterday morning the
case brought by Health Officer Garrison
against City Sexton Heissr, charging him
with a violation OF the ordinance In bury.
ing the Koechler child from St, O~IairsVills
without q permit, vas dismissed, Heiser
having been in the right,
DR., Garrison's story which Wasthe origi-
nal publication in the case, set forth that
he was afraid that the child might have
died OF some contagious disease, He was
provoked with Heiser for not having q per
nit in his hands before buTying the child
and thought it strange that the parents OF
the child had not remained to see 1t buried.
In reply to that publication three sworn
statements have been sent from st, OlRirs-
vile, One ia from DR., ID l.. Walker q re-
gular practising physician who C~ertitiss
that the child died OF cholera intautum
and that he gave q certificate OF death adj
dressed to ths Health officer in accordance
with the facts OF the case,
The second affidavit il from Alex. Bar.
rett, the undertaken who had charge Of
the funeral, who, accompanied by j. T.
Davis, brought the remains to this city,
followed by Mr., and Mrs, Koehler in
another vehicle. In his affidavit he says:
"We arrived at the Peninsula Gene.
terry about o'clock. Was stopped by the
sexton opposite an open gravel the sex.
ton and Mr., Koehler had a conversation
but l did not hear what was said Mr.,
Koehler handed the sexton q letter; the
sexton then called 10 him q man who was
standing by the grave and directed Mr.,
Koehler TO drive up the house, We drove
up and l put the coffin on the porch as
directed by the man who waa called by
the sexton, He then collected 81 80 from
Mr., KoehlOr. l asked him il there was
anything else for US to do, and Mr., KOeh-
Ter asked him the same question, Hesaid
there was not and that they would attend
to everything as soon as they got through
with the funeral that was Just coming into
the cemetery, He said the body would
be buried as soon gs they could dig the
grave, which would take about an hour
and a half"
DR., Garrison's story WAS that the sex
ton had directed the party to procure q
burial permit, and the fact that they had
not, made him suspect something wrong,
The third affidavit Ia from Rav, Thomas
Balph, pastor OF the U, p. Church, in tho
shape OF a letter to Garrison, and sets
forth that the child died from natural
CAUSES, received Christian burial rites at
st, ClalrsVllle and was In charged II q reg
ular undertaken.
In connection with this case,it has been
suggested by a number that the ordinance
in relation to deaths should be amended
10 as to make it obligatory on the phYsi.
clan attending q case to leave his certif.
cate Of death at the house where the death
oCCurS as soon as possible after the patient
il dead. This should then he handed
to the undertaken who would procure the
proper burial permit, AS it is now, an I'm.
dertaker has to chase around after
q death certificate and Il burial permit
often having to 20 a number Of times to
procure either paper, In the meantime
the body, often that Of a person that has
died Of some contagious disease has to re-
main in the house when it should be out,
as the undertaken does not dare remove it
without the proper papers, fearing arrest,