Telegram-herald., 1890-03-12
DESOLATE HOMES.
Tasrs Are Many OF Them IN TIE
City OF zsnesvtIs. ..
pPHrHERIl CRElIES SAD RlYW
sxts~a psxths rf0z ths Dtss-ss. stx 81
III a n oas Family -Asny Other
fsrsoas D0~n With the Disease
xorixis ef fks kPiessic.
AZ AWFUL scOURsE

Z4~EsxTLLE. O., March Il d ph-
tser seems 70 laTS IA the AIR oae
brez ss. .. least IN part OF this inter
est city That dread disease IS Great
ing Z havoc in the rARks et he call
drsn. II has become quite an epidemic.
Fo, ave eases arc reported 10 the
Boa Of Health and Of that number
six zen have died. With the exception
q three cases al those III 0r who have
died are residents OF what Was untii re-
Gently known as the village OF Putnam,
bat which section now forms the Ninth
ward OF Z&nesyille.
Ths introduction Of the disease In It's
dreadful form dates back TO the night
OF sunday, December 5. On that night
sbous 10 o'clock Undertaken George W
Brenh removed the body Of Ethel
c. Tuttle from the Baltimore 4 Ohio
railroad station 20 the home OF Thomas
Gibbons, travelling salesman who
lives With his family on Higham
averue In the Ninth ward Ethel MAS
the r'iest daughter OF Harry Tuttle a
broth X in-law ot Mr.. Gibbons. Her
father is also travelling man. having
been for numbe OF years connected
with Arm of this city. lie removed
with h!s family to Chicago. however, and
i. was there that Ethel died. The under
taker gave the body but little attention
other than 10 see IL carefully removed
70 the Gibbons home, from where the
funeral was 20 take place. The next
day AZ noon the undertaken met Health
| Officer H. r. Sutton. and turned over Il
him the permit that had accompanied
the remains, also the doctors certificate
"a to the cause OF the death. The papers
| were badly soiled. Dr. Sutton was or
| his way 10 his Office at the time
and without examining the papers
| placed them in his inside coat pocket
Brennoltz, who lives just opposite th'
Office, in parting informed the physician
that ne would call az Q o'clock tina
evening for the burial permit. Whel
he called at that hour the papers b.
had turned over TO DR.. Sutton had beef
mislaid. They could not be found ant
nothing was left 10 tell the rea
cause OF the death, even had the permi
OF the Chicago health commissions
4 SbdtCU IuSb Nliob haN NoNStN bAc ldhAAll
away of the child. II was after
ward learned that Ethers dealt
was due TO diphtheria of tn
most malignant form. Friend
crowded the home where the re
mains rested all day Monday and Mon
day night. Since then diphtheria ha
appeared in the family Of almost ever,
person who presented himself there an
has spread out 10 families who were no
present, but who afterward came in con
tact with those who carried away tn
disease.
There Is no question among the au
thorities and those in position to know
as to the origin OF all these deaths. DR.
Sutton, who is one of the brightest ply
sicians In this section, does not hesitat
in accrediting all to the bringing t.
Evansville or the remains of Ethel Tut
tie and the exposing of them to view.
Among tae deaths are those of job
c. McGregor, reading clerk of the Ohi
House of representatives., his wifc
his sister and his three children.
There is a great deal of worrimen
and no little excitement. over the ep
demic that has settled down upon $
many here. Every day adds other vic
Tins, the weather Al present being dc
cidedly of a disadvantage to physician
In handling the cases.