The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-01
THE INFIRMARY.

We the undersigned citizens of Hook
ling county, at the request OF the county
! Infrmary Directors and at the solici.a
ton ofsother citizens on Monday, the
2lst day Of June, 1886, in company
with Messrs Matthias and Wright. two Of
| thsahembers of said. board of Directors,
went to. the Infirma airy of this county for
the PURPOSE ofinvestigatinsth the charges
/ ofiefusitys in and neglect of the inmates
by Mr.. Nixon, the Superintendent We
arrived there about o clock, am, and
soon thereafter were met by Seth We'll
dy. VIM. p Price, Wesley McClintock
and Z. M. West who had also come
over from town, Mr.. Shaw, the other
director, putting in an appearance
about the same time, when Mr.. Price
proceeded tdknform those present that
he was one Of the attorneys of Mr..
Green, Editor of the Hooking Sentinel,
and read letter from that gentleman
addressed to Mr.. Shaw. the clerk of the
board, in which he protested against
the investigation and insisted that it
should be held at the Court House by
1.-THE Directors, only, and at some other
time rs he, Mr.. Green, was going on an
excursion to Charlston, West Virginia.
Mr.. Price argued at length that it
should not proceed, rea ding the statutes
of Ohio, relating to the creation, main
ta;nance and regulation of county in
firmar;es, which however had no ap-
pIication to the question under consid-
csa,i.,,. M.. Price was followed by
Seth Weldy in long an1 eloquent
speech in which he also. as an attorney
for Mr.. Green, protested against the in
vest: CATION. The speeches were good
but were certainly in very bad taste for
the occasion: The gentleman were in
formed, that the board of directors and
other persons present would proceed
with the investigation and were invited
and urged TO remain and take part in
the same. which invitation WAS de-
clined They were then informed that
The board and committee assisting
them would not make report for at
least week. during which time they or
either OF them would be pleased to
meet any person at any time or place
who were in possession Of any fact rel-|
ative TO the management Of the Infirm.
ary or Children's Home and hear the
same. DR.. Wright was then called and
made the following statement.
DIR. WRIGHT.
am the physician Of the county In
frmary, which also -inclades the Chill
dren's Home, and have been for about |
q year and half. ! visit these insti-
tutions at least once q month. and oft |
IS +
mate Mrs. Red from the time she en-
tered the institution until her death in
March last; she was removed from the |
main building to the prison building
because she was unable to restrain her
discharges. and to have left her in the
main building would have endangered |
the hKslthof all other inmates l called
the Directors to the
fact thtt the air in the prison building
was not good and they at once put in a
large ventilator extending through the
roof, which improved it very greatly.
Her bed was reasonably good one,
was-k kept as clean and dry as was poss
ible under the circumstances her bed
sores were not excited or made worse
by the neglect of her bed, they were
sores are unmanageable in long sick
ness. l don't think Mrs Red would
have. lived longer under any other cir
Mrs. Clemantire Finley
was her nurse assisted by others. Mr.
Nixon certainly did all for her that any
one coHid have done situated likewise,
and her nurse was as good as the aver
age, she could not have heen cared ,r
better without the employment O. a
professional nurse and extra expenses:
Mrs. Green requested me to take TO the
[nfrmary. for her q rubber blanket.
which Iidid. but it was not used is
here was one on her bed at the time
md II wa 'sreturned to the giver, after
hesientil of Mrs9 Red;the corpse was
washed and dressed and she
o decent burial at the Webb
,hnrch, where the funeral was preached.
fhis Institution has at, all times since
nyenployment, been kept clean and
rec from must or smell, and in every
conducted as we'll as it reas-
'nahlyi could be with the Improvements
md facilities at hand.
..,r scLEMANT1NE FINLEY.
have been here FIVE years. l was I
iran ny Reds nurse; stayed with her
IL the time until o'clock at night /,
hen Mike. Howard and Eve Hamshire I,
md her girl stayed with her until
morning; changed the straw in her
,ed-eveTy two weeks and got clean 7,
traw from the stack; she was well cared !
or ia every way we gave her coffee, lea, :
oast, bread and butter, fried eggs and /
she wanted She had good i
ubbsr blanket on her bed under the I
beet. and Quilt, ard it wasn't the one
eut from town either, Mr.. Nixon
Oh ght 1t; there never vas an old buggy
% about her bed. She wanted a h
reacher and Mr.. Burns from Logan i
ame out. l gave her her medicine fl
ndidH everything / could for her. Mr. p
,ixQn. is the best boss we ever had, he
oes not punish us as --- did; !.
ui Clothing is batter and we have more !,
, eat; we have plenty to eat, bread, i
utter, meat, coffee, milk, garden stuff. I
nd all such things: There is no truth 5
/, the statement that Nixon beat Ma v
ah Johnston with club and he did o
ot swear at her, he don't swear; he did a
ly that she had been mad ever since I
d. Tanner died; know nothing about :.
bucket of water being thrown on any Il
ne here, l never heard it; never saw Il
: heard of any one Furnishing the p
lindsey boy with a cane and don't be- Y
eve it is true; / am 81 years ole. :,
NANCY CAMPBELL. p
Myihome is in Perry township l am o.
bout 35 years old: have been here sew W
al years Jane Sisco and me are the tt
,oks;- we cook just what we please,
ixon never locks anything f;om us;
E 90 to the smoke house, -four chest u
I'd to everything whenever We please; :"
c cid people always have butter and
e balance of US generally; think we
I'VE more to eat and it is cleaner tn an q
lie Of them folks that are talking
,out us; what the Sentinel says Is b.
os Iies,, it is ju fHn to hear il read
t here; Mike Howard takes good ri
re OF the crazy Lindsey boy; never
.srd Of any one throwing bucket Of i
,ter on another here; Mr.. Nixon is
~ good TO us; some people are never
tisiied with anything. I
-.-o- JANE SisCO.
I have been here three years last
nuary and am one of the cooks; we
to the -four, meal, meat, potatoes
d every thing whenever We please and =,
ok as much as we please; we cook
enty for all; We have coffee, tea and
Tx to drink whenever we want it; we
We meat either not or cold every y,
eal; the old folks always have butter; L.
r. Nixon has never locked anything
IN ;us:: COR controlled us as to our cook 50, so
= except to tell US not to waste any 90
ing; we did not have it that way when ,lr
:. -- was here, he used us an
city rough; we all have good clothes, Sa