Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-29
]. Three Are Now Confined in the
Pest House. ~.
no REAL CAUSE FOR ALARM
They Are All Nesroes, One from Rockets
ana Two from Bloodfield. Reported
That Another Man Suspected
Was Not Found.

Inc mystery of Drinks strother's case
may never be cleared up. but there
seems to be no doubt that there
are now three genuine cases of small
poN in this section. They are all ne
sfoes, and are all in the pest-house.
s1ricsty Guarantined, and carefully at
tended. One of these men, Charles
Jones. lives in Rockets, at No. 51o
street, a boarding house
Tor negroes. It is said that he first de-
.Neioped4 symptoms of the disease last
Thursday. and was put out OF the
house later by the woman who keeps il
ne applied to the overseer of the poor
to be taken to the al1nshouse. That
oHlclal suspected what was the matter
and reported the case to DR. w n
SreasE who made an examination and
mSlu inc man Immediately isolated
ms was Sunday, and the disease had
.cer ~, t ,lo into. the secondary stage
p,an ne,e o,her t ,;, patients are from
hloou!leld. They are Edward Cren-
shaw and Daniel Hamlet. both living
On IVY avenue. They were discovered
Yesterday morning by Officer +. x. VIII
hanson, OF the Bloodfeld police. He
reported them to Justice Ford. at whose
instance Drs. Greasy and Charles 1n.dc
.
Lounced them genuine cases, and the
Justice forthwith ordered them sent to
lnc peSt-houSe. to be cared for by-
Warwick county. This order REQUIRES
the signature OF another justice, and
mat of Justice Jones will be obtained
FMS magistrate was at Warwick Court
house yesterday. This informality did
not prevent the rapid execution of the
order. which was obeyed with aiacrity
by the patients themselves.
Chief Boatwrlght, OF the Bloodtield
police, rendered the authorities, with
Officer Williamson. very valuable aid il,
this matter. The Chief reports that an
other man. who resided on Ivy avenue
is suspected of having the disease. but
when the officers went to the house yes
tcrday afternoon they found that the
man had moved out. He has probably
located on Hampton avenue.
4 negro woman was also suspected
but upon examination she was found
TO be afflicted with nothing graver than
measles.
There is no cause for alarm OH the
part or the people, No epidemic is
and effectively isolated. and their
houses have been thoroughly dis
Infected.
All three Of the patients in the pest
house. under the care of DR.. Greasy.
who took charge Of them, Health Of
iIGelf DsaSoy5 &ueilLs absent IN hing ana
Queen county, are doing well, and will
recover. They have the disease in a
mild form. The case of Hamlet is de-
Seloped almost as far as that of Jones.
After some difficulty, a nurse was Sc
cured yesterday afternoon in the person
OF Emanuel Allen, a very efficient col
ored man.
DR.. Bagby returned to the city last
night, and at once went up to see Dr.
Greasy in regard to the emergency.
DR.. Bagby, in his capacity of health
officer, Will take charge of the patients
from now on.
1t is probable that a meeting of the
Board of Supervisors Of the county will
be called at an early date, possibly to-
Gay. to take some formal action relative
to the Bloodheld cases.