The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-09

| in like condition. was on the a4th day OF No.
| vembcr, l@5. delivered to Startling Medical
College. OF Columbus, Ohio
Ahant denies that he ever gave any such
orders or directions to any person whomso.
ever us to said Mccoy or Slator. or as to any
other convict, and so far rs nliant knows or
believes no such thing ever occurred during
the time nfiiant was connected with said hos
pital, and tie says so far ns he knowg or be.
lievcs said Nye never during that period
made any canes or walking sticks composed
In part of human hide, and thnt nny state
mcnl contrary to the allegations herein are
wholly false, and further ailiant saith not.
w. ". HOMES, NJ. ID.
Sworn to before mo by the said W. w.
Homes and by him signed In my presence
this 25th day OF September, 1856
IsEALl .JouS J. CHESTER,
Notary Public, Franklin County, o.
The following clnchcr in the shape
of an affidavit from the demonstration
of anatomy, of Startling Medical College,
Is submitted for the perusal of His Ex-
cellency, Governor Foraker:
tAnldavitl
THE STATE OF OHIo FRANKLIN COUNTY, ss
Before me- Henry Olnhuusen, Il notary
public In and for snld County of Franklin,
personally appeared Nelson Obetz who being
duly sworn. according to law. .dcnoseth and
says: That he is II physician aud that during
the period Of over six years he has held the
position of Demonstration of ANATOMY Mt the
ling, ,Ss G9sss 6aS at at 3h
1876, he received ut Startling Medical College
the dead body of John W. Slater from /. g.
warden pr tbe Inc oso ddx m
John W. slater was then and there in good
condition. without particle of skin removed
from any portion of said body. And this de-
ever received ut said Starring Med cal Col
lego by him. from said Ohio Penitcn'Inry
wcro i'm good condition. and said bodies were
never "skinned' or in any way mutilated.
And further this dcpo cnt saysnot.
NE,aoN OBETz, NJ. D.
Sworn to and subscribed before Inc this
18th day of September A. ID. 1896.
lsEhL.1 HENRY OLNHAusEN,
Notary Public. Franklin County, Ohio.
Having digestcd the foregoing two
atlidavits. we hope the Governor is not
too much ratified or daZcd to peruse the
following entries and receipts:
Co1uMBus, o.. Nov. ., 1895.
John W. Slater died November .3 1885, at
l:5O p. M, of consumption.
SrARLIyG MEDICAL COLLEGE,
COLuM1Us. o.. Nov. 81, 1885. {
L. g. Pcetrey. Warden O. y.
DEAR SIR hereby demand the body of j.
W. Slater, who died at Onto PeIitcntiary.
This demand is made in accord ance with the
law providing material for unat oinical study,
etc. The body will bc used for that purpose
in Startling Medical College. Respectfully
yours,
J. NJ. WHEATON. NJ. D.,
Professor, etc
CoLuMRUs, o.. Nov. 81. 1SS5.
Received OF l. q. Pcctrcy, Warden, the body
of j. w. Slater for anatomical use.
j. NJ. WHEATON. NJ. ID.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 2l, 1885.
Joseph Mccoy died Octobcr2l, 1885, Mt S:i5 a
m, OF hemorrhoide of the nose. stomach and
bowels; delivert. the Columbus Medical Col
lege. October -, 1885.
lCcpy.l
coLuMnus MEp,CAh ,:. CoLhsGE; IN. ,oo.
|. G. Peetrey, Warden q. p:
DEAR SIR;-I hereby make roqusi,ion. in
accordance with the provisions Of sec; ;i7a3 Of
Joseph Mccoy. deceased. now lying un.
claimed in Ohio Pententiary. You Will please
JOSIAH MEDBERY, NJ. d.,
Professor, etc.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct ~, 1885.
hereby certify that have this day re-
ceivcd the above mentioned body from tho
Ohio Penitentiary,
WESLEY GALLoGHY, NJ. D.
The gentlemen convicts whom the
dignitied Governor of Ohio was, we are
afraid, too ready TO believe, will smile
quietly to themselves in their cells this
morning at the excitement they have
succeeded in creating. and the hole they
have put His Excellcncy the Governor
of Ohio into. The Governor execu-
tive clerk, Mr. Beaton, who has been so
nor'5 Office and the penitentiary and
who was captured ut the mouth of
pistol by the courthouse watchman
prowling around the county offices dur
ing the tally sheet excitement, it is safe
to predict will not be promoted over the
result of his able efforts to "bust" the
Democratic party and turn all the Irish
over to Refunder Robinson next Novcm-
Der.
The Capital has charges and affida-
Wits by the basketful from convicts of
the Ohio Penitentiary, alleging all man.
ncr and kinds of cruelty against the olfi-
cials for the past five years. Some of
these accused Warden Dean of
drowning men in the bath-tub, of whip
ping men to death and other absurd
charges. In fact we do not believe
there has been convict discharged
from the Pen for the past five years who
failed to drop in at the Capital Office
with a tale of woe and the most extra
ordinary charges OF deviltrv, cruelty
and robbery by guards and officials.
Shaving in 4 barber shop not very many
weeks ago, the barber called our atten-
ton to strap upon which he was strap
ping his razor, and informed us that it
was made from the hide of colored
convict and that DR.. Gunsalus gave it to
him! We never took the trou BILE
joking, for the very good reason that
we did not believe the tale. Indeed,
we could fill every column of the Capt.
tai with tales of barbarity related by
coavicts and their friends, the greater
part of them backed up by atlidavits
and solemn assertions, but inasmuch
as lying ailidavits arc not
perjury and simply amount in u
legal sense to nothing more than an
emphatic assertion. we placed no sort
of credit on the affidavit any more than
we did on the simple statements of
these horse-thieves, cut-throats and
murderers, who thought to get even
through the columns of the Capital
with the officials whose duty it was to
punish the rascals. 1t remained for Il
Governor of Ohio to lend too credu-
lous ear to such connections and to
establish a new and dangerous political
precedent of working the convicts in
the pententiary for political capital
against political opponents, and melting
the ingenuity of the convicts to invent
atrociOus lies as well as demoralize
the discipline of the prison by enlsting
convicted felons as alXiliaries in the po-
litical campaigns of this State. The pen
itentiary this morning is ablaze with po-
litical excitement and the contest now
on is the subject of discussion between
thieves, assassins, robbers, forgers and
outlaws, whose crimes consigned them
to the supposed gloom and isolation OF