Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-18
CARD OF Mr.. MAasArlsLp STEELE,
Explaining the Difficulty between Hin
self and the Board of Health.

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Explaining the Difficulty between Him
self and the Board of Health.
The following article. from Mr.. Marsh.
field Steele, is selt-explanatory. Nobody
is better known here than Mr.. Steele,
and he is universally known to be good
citizen, and certainly man of truth;
SIR-The Champion City Times Of
the 10th, 1lth and 18th did me
great injustice perhaps. not In
tentional-but each article was dis
torted and untruthful. 1 have not been
placing obstacles In the way of the board
of health, but, on the contrary, have aided
and shall continue to aid them In every
possible way to make their work q success.
In your Issue of the 10th yon say was that
morning ARRESTED and ordered to appear
before Judge Young, which was not true IN
any sense-it was two days later, the 1ath,
that was verbally requested to see Chief
Ambrose at his Office, though an officer
had called at my house on the 11th, leav-
ing no notice however. On the 11th you
published quite an extended article on the
same subject, giving the impression that
l had shown discOurtesy to Judge Young
by not appearing before him on that day,
and that the chief of police was ordered to
have me deposit S25 for my appearance the
next day, etc, etc. As matter of fact.
had no knowledge that the judge desired
my presence on the 11th, nor did Chief
Ambrose ask me to place S25 with him as
security. On the morning of the 18th
saw Chief Ambrose at his Office, and was
then informed more definitely what was
wanted, and / gave the chief and Judge
Ah<,,- rhvv .r1a as Sks.
sanitary marshal had not been complied
with. The reasons were these: The no.
tice of June Goth called for sanitary
and as had no property on
referred to me at all. June 80 l received
another notice, but another clerical error
had occurred, and this time 1t was located
In the rear of 1s2 west Main street. a
square or two west of my place. However
In justice to Marshal Gelwicks will say that
records at his office show that he, on the
SOth, sent corrected notice, but said no.
tice did not reach me. On receipt of no
tice of the 30th concluded best to exam
inc place in rear of my property, 1856
west Main street, which had been thor
Oughlv cleaned two or three years ago, and
found q place Ovei lowing with surface
water from shop roof. lthen concluded
that this was probably the place the
board Of health intended to designate,
and Immediately sent for John Woods to
call on me his first opportunity, as had
work for him. This he did on July 5th or
9Th, and on further examination we thought
1t best las the water was leaving) to use a
defer further action for four
or five days, and to so inform the marshal.
Mr.. Woods said he would do this the next
day, and also promised TO inform Marshal
Gelwicks, while / supposed 1t had been
although also expected to report to
the marshal, but failed to do so until action
had been commenced before Judge Young.
In view of these facts. which cannot be
your course has been most
cruel and unjust The board of health has
many warm friends in this city, and none
more so than myself. They do not need
the police court remedy-that court should
be only for those who are wilfully negligent
Of their duty. You class me among them,
and this Is your mistake. The defective
notices were not legal, so the board had no
Ease against ME. l tried to have Judge
Young suspend the case, and supposed he
had done SO. Marshal Gelwicks told me on
the morning of the 18th that ''if
he had known what arrangements
had made for the work, he would not
have commenced the case" but notwith-
this Judge Young insisted on pro-
,eeding with the case. did not want to
defend the case, and could not afford to do
70, as II would be antagonizing the board
)f health, but had / known what i now
Know, In justice 70 myself. / should not
Rave hesitated TO do so. | regret to occupy
70 much space, but have been as brief as
me could we'll be In order to properly reply |,
% your three unjust articles. You will con- |
er favor BY publishing the above.
MARsHFIELD STEELE.