Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-19
Very Peculiar Conduct.

( SALIVA, June ., $500 49, Last
Tuesday evening ex-Marshal Ire
Land brought into Salina one OF hi,
employees, a young man named
| Oliver Gerber, who was suffering
fr-m n severe throat disease, and
took him to the residence Of DR..
! NIaispu.
The doctor being sbseut. lac told
Mrs. Madsen hv Ind a sick boy
. with him, whom lie wished To leave
3 there TO have treated for q sore
threat, adding that he (Ireland) had
eudeayored to cure the hoy for the
past four days without success. In
answer to Mrs. MS question as to
the condition Of the loy's threat,
Mr.. Ireland said that me had white
hlisters on each side. The Goc-or's
wife -pok the answer into consider
alton, and then Judging from the
looks Of the young man, insisted
that he had diphlheria: but Ireland
said he knew better. a lac had had
experience with diphthcria in his
own family. and could. therefore.
easily detec; il. why did YOU not
leave him up at your place. s,sid
Mrs. NJ. 70 the ex marshal. BE
cause he replied, u dit not wish
b expose the other fulas."
air. ireland then drove % thu
hotel. aud ny telling the !aIy az the
house that the boy had only sore
Threats and not diphlheria. succ-ei-
ed in getting him in. For sJms
reason, known positively only %
Ireland. he lef, the young man there
and took quarters himself Al q private
house.
The selectmau and b0ardof health
having been notified Of 81 hat had
hapY eHei, accordingly l;--lu 70 in
vestigate. In the absence Of the
quarantine physician. Young
doctor. here over from the east.
wascal!el inland being un.cfusiutel
with the nature q disease, la the
west pronounced il not dii,htheIia.
However, Air. Euigh;ou. l..o-
prietpE Of the hotel, gave the cx-
marshal 10 understand that he
wanted him 10 move that sick
man Immediately, and accordingly
Ireland OheyeG.
He next took his man 20 Mr.. Ger
~ Gates and told him that the 10y
was sick, but the doctor said he had
no contagious disease. Although
Mr.. Gates has q family OF small
children, through compassion for
the young man he took him In
through Mr.. Irelani's guarantee To
hire n man TO wait upon him.
The next day Ireland went hack
20 his ranch, and II he hired any
one to stay with the sick man. the
party must have broken ms agree
rnent, for oil the work fellupOn Mrs.
Gates, Is the husband went away to
the canyon the day following.
Mrs. &. becoming alarmed as the
young man grew worse, asked !uT
further investigation. ana this time
the young doctor Pronounced il
diphiheria.
From that time the Inarl Of
health took the matter in hand ami
did al in their power to relieve tine
sufferer. hut in spite 81 their efforts
n" succumhed to the destroyer soon
after 9 O'Clock Saturday evening.
aud was buried before sunrise sun
DAY morning.
Although great precautions Were
taken after the true character OF ire
disease was discovered. some have
been exposed, and there viii be no
thanks due Mr.. Ireland II very
serious results 20 not follow. On.
case has already made it. anp..1r-
snce, but we trust there will be no
more.
The people uf all classes are
nearly unanimous in dcnouncing
the course Mr.. Ireland TOOK in nd
ding himself II a plarue. at ti.e
probable expense Of a number u
the Salina peOI les lives.
We think that If the c,s-marehaI !
hal any regjId for the principle
contained in the golden ruleY he
would ut least have tried to secure
AN empty house for the accomulo-
datIOn Of the sick man. instead nf
throwing him into q public house.
or even into private family whcr,
there were little children. OF cDlr~.
We admit that in the last instance
he was partially justified by tine Dc
cisiOn % the doctor.
The parents OF the deceased reside
atAshley's Fork,Snd hence it wiILbe
two or three days before they receive
the sad news. The people Of Salina
extend their sincere sympathy To
the Dereaved family ami wish thcm
10 know that all wa done that could
lie for their departed one, under tine
circumstances, and that while his
igterment was sudden. il was done
in accordance with the doctors ad-
vice for the welfare Of our People
Herald