The age-herald., 1897-08-18
Patients From Red. Mountain Complain of Bad Treatment.
ROUGH AND TUMBLE FIGHT
A Plain Straightforward Statement From Dr., Wilder, the Physician in Charge,
 As to the Report.

second streets.
 MT. Ivey is very indignant over what he claims was cruel treatment to him. self and wife by the city physician pr. Wilder.
 Mrs. Ivey stated to am Age-Herald re- porter yesterday afternoon at her rooms that she and her husband were sent to ths camp on Tuesday afternoon about four weeks ago and-the following sum day the officers came to their rooms and destroyed nearly every thing they had. "There were four of us sent to th4 camp" said Mrs. Ivey, "Callie Gorgius, her baby MT. Ivey and myself MT. Ivey wlas the only one who had the disease, but now Callie Is down with it at. the camp and her baby had very light at tack.
 We have three rooms up her on the third floor and they were rather nicely furnished before the officers destroyed our furniture and other goods.'
 "The treatment accorded us at the camp was the worst that have ever been subjected to-" she continued. "It was cruel. In the first place all that was given us to eat was bread mad4 from the poorest kind of flour, corn bread from SOiiliiOit COlll iuCdl, IlCe, COllte dIll lIlSll potatoes. This was given both the sick and the well, but the sick were allowed two pints of milk each day. The stuff was only half cooked and very greasy. 'The cooks were negroes and very dir ty. After a while those who did th+ cooking had sores on their hands al- though they were not in a state of erup- tion. The fact that they were doing the cooking was very repulsive, but we had to eat that food or do without.
 "Mr. Ivey's uncle brought us some food the Monday before we were dis charged but pr. Wilder told him that 1t was unnecessary for him to do that as ths county would feed us as it had been doing. MT. McGims@y, our nncle did not leave any food with us. At that time We had been without food for twen- ty-four hours. This was because we did not go to the new camp, where the ne- gro=s were. MT. Ivey said that he would not go until he had seen Dr. Wilder. On account of the removal to the new camp the food was irregular.
 My husband asked Dr. Wilder con cehnkng the delay, and the doctor tried to iun over him with his horse, and struck at him twice with a slick. Later on the two men got into a fight and MT. Ivey had Dr. Wilder down chocl ng him un- til he became fro,hy at the mouth. I Iqied ito separate them and succeeded in getting them apart. When Dr. Wilder arose he picked up a gnealt hickory club and struck at MT. Ivey twice. He then struck me hard blow over the knee of the right leg ard left large black spot. l could not walk for three days and the mark is still Iihere."
 'After the trouble was oyer pr. Wilder came to me and asked my pardon for wflal1 he had done and asked me not to say anything about him striking me or of the trouble between he and MT. Ivey. We were subjected to the same kind of treatmsnh up to the time we left the camp, but no more trouble was had be- Eween iuhe two men. te., ...
 We were discharged last Saturday af- kernoon ard ses.s,--2 our home in the city where we now are"
 AnAge-Herald reporter called upon Dr. Wilder at his office yesterday and show ed him the statement of Mrs. Ivey. With out a word of comment pr. Wilder arcise and requested the reporter to go win him to the rooms of the Iveys. This was done.
 Mrs. Ivey was found in her room on the third floor of the Potter building, where the stsiJsmerlt was read to her. With a few alterations she contended that they were correct, especially as to the food anl1 the trouble with 'the doctor During the nvaraatton there Mrs. Ivey adnglted thab Dr. Wilder had made their stay as pleasant as possible under The circurn- t,oxst fnr 1aaf he could.
 She slighi1y altered her account of the trouble als lthe camp, but contended that she was struck by the physdcian. Just before the endfrEg of the interview she requested that that part of her statement concerning th,e trouble be omGed as she di not desire to press the charge. She said that the mark was siin on her leg above the knee, and tdlais sile could not forgive the doctor for inf1icting the blow.
 The doctor lsflt lthe rooms and went to his office where he n1.de l-he following statement
 sIn the first place MT. Ivey and that woman (her name is Mrs. Harris) are not married, and they live in a state of adultery. l say this simply because be- cause l desire to show what class of peo- pie they are tHdt nave lleu plieSS CHdIStS against me.
 "1Mrs. Harris admits, too, that l gave her the run of the entire camp and al- lowed her the free use of the kitchen for her own cooking. She was given ev- erything she expressed a desire for ex- cept the luxufies of the hotels which we are not in position 10 allow.
 "1he statement that there was no cook hired is false as the pay rolls will show. We had a negro women there until the camp became too large for her to han dle and then we engaged man to do the cooking, allowing him woman assistant. As to the food, have tasted it and eat it every day now and did not findany fault with it. The articles of food bought are of the very best, as can be testified to by brennan & Co.,, George l.. Young & Co.,, John Fox's Sons, and others who furnished them. Frank Gafford is the purchasing agent and does not buy any thing flat Is n0t O; a good u1alitv