The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-24
LET A REFUGEE ESCAPE.
A Mistake That Cost Quarantine In
SpeCtOT LightbuTn His Job.

- uOCA OIAEIS " aunt ANO CAAS ~ AAAN
City without a Certificate "in Prop.
er Form''-HeaIth omcer Prunner'l
View of the Fever Now.
Quarantine Inspector Lightburn was
dismissed by Health Officer Drummer
| yesterday, and Orlando Lufburrow was
substituted in his place. Mr.. Lightburr
was dismissed because he allowed q
Jesup refugee who had been intrusted tc
! his keeping TO depart without the per
mission Of the health officer.
/ Two or three days ago DR.. Drummer was
notified by Assistant Surgeon Niedecker,
at Waycross, that a negro had escaped
/ from Jesup, and had gone in
the direction of Savannah. The
negro was located near Pooler Sunday and
| City Marshal Wade and Inspector Laird
/ went out and effected his arrest. He was
| brought down to the Four Mile Hill and
| sent around to Southover junction, where
| Inspector Lightburn was, TO be held until
! he could be sent back to Jesup.
LET REFUGEE GO.
DR. Drummer was surprised yesterday
morning when he was informed that the
negro had been allowed to go. Light
! burns excuse to the inspector who was
sent out to investigate the matter was
! that Mr. Battle, who is stationed at
Southover by the Savannah, Florida and
| Western railway, had decided that the
man was from Augusta. DR.. Drummer
was very much chagrined at this state of
affairs and dismissed Inspector Lightburn
as soon as he had ascertained the facts in
! the case. Mr.. o. Lufburrow, who was
| appointed to fill the vacancy, is a brother
of Inspector Charles Lufburrow.
j. ID. Hackett and Fred Warner were
ordered sent out Of town by the recorder
yesterday morning. They were two
white tramps, who came from Chatta-
nOoga. They evaded the quarantine Off
GERS by riding in on the trucks of freight
train. They were arrested shortly after
their arrival and taken TO the barracks,
where they were kept until they were
sent out of the city.
NOTHING BUT CERTIFICATES.
Inspector Charles Lufburrow has been
the subject of more "Cussing out" than
probably all the other quarantine inspect
ors put together. He has charge of the
morning train on the Central railroad
and has made a record of putting OF more
people than any other Inspector The
morning train on the Central railroad is
usually crowded, and there are frequently
from one TO dozen people on board who
have failed to properly equip themselves
with health certificates. Mr.. Lufburrow
enforces his orders rigidly in every case,
with the consequence that the transient
population of Meldrim has been greatly
increased by unwilling visitors within
the last few weeks. There
have been numerous complaints because
he refused to exercise any discretion or
discrimination. When the compliments
went to Dr. Drummer, however, they were
informed that the inspector was allowed
no discretion in the matter and was sim
ply Obeying orders. The rule appears TO
be certificate or nothing.
COMPLAINTS EVERY DAY.
Yesterday there was a new cause Of
complaint and several gentlemen in
dignantly demanded Mr.. Lufbur-
rows discharge They did not
get it, however. They were
all equipped with health certificates
which they secured from DR.. Drummer be-
fore leaving the city, and when they were
put off by the inspector yesterday morn
ing they were naturally indignant. They
showed their health certificates, which
had be9n stamped at various places dur
ing their absence from the city, and de-
manded that they be allowed to enter the
city. The inspector refused on the ground
that, while the certificates were in proper
form, the dates stamped on them were
too far apart, in one case no date having
been recorded on the certificate for a
week. The gentlemen were allowed to
come into the city on the next train, be-
ing all well known citizens.
THE HEALTH OFFICERS ORDERS.
One of the party a prominent business
man, called upon DR.. Drummer and de-
manded Inspector Lufburrow's dismissal
and was fully satisfied that his demand
hnr tod
ever, that the inspector had acted accord
ing to orders. DR. Drummer explained
that certificate which did not show a
daily record of the movements of the
holder is worthless The mere fact that
party had obtained a certificate from
the health officer two weeks before is
no evidence that he had not been
in an infected locality since leaving Sa-
vannah, and unless the certificate has
been stamped at the various places where
its holder has been, so as to show that he
has not been in an infected locality, it
can not be received by the inspectors
The gentleman wanted to know why
the evidence of receipted hotel bills and
other memoranda, which We're exhibited,
had not been accepted as sufficient.
IF / had been on the train' said Dr.
Drummer to the gentleman, land knowing
you as a citizen of Savannah, and a
been sufficient, but the inspect
ors are not allowed to know
anyone They are given certain in
structions to carry out, and they are ex-
pected to obey orders"
DRUMMERs RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
DR.. Drummer said that several drum
mers have been holding the quarantine up
| to ridicule by Boosting of having passed
the inspectors on the exhibition of re-
Ceipted bills, and such memoranda, which
! they had fabricated themselves, and he
proposed to put stop to all such abuses.
THE tug of war is coming now with
the police department said DR. Drummer
to MORNING News reporter yesterday
1.-TWO weeks ago | was thinking of run
ming for mayor. In ten days from now
couldn't be elected for constable
Some of the people who declared six
weeks ago that my salary should be
doubled hardly speak to me now The
quarantine is getting tiresome, lust as /
knew it would. 1t is Z nuisance of course,
but one that is made necessary by the cir
| cumstances. Because we have not
caught the fever vet, the people think we
are out of the woods, but they are badly
mistaken The danger is not over yet
and will not be for some time to come
/ Until the fever abates in Brunswick it
| will be necessary to maintain the Quaran-
/ tine, and the people will have to bear with
its Inconvenience as best they can
! The MORNING News has received a
! card signed by the mayor and marshals