The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1899-03-29
NAILED UP IN A CABIN.
A Man Afflicted With Smallpox
Barred From All Means
of Escape.

Alone In q shanty in the woods,
with all means of exist nailed up, so that
he cannot escape, is smallpox patient,
white man named Wells, on the farm
of Charles Stiles, in the Mosleyville
neighborhood, and shot-guu.quarantine
exists in that vicinity against all who
have been exposed 10 the disease, says
the Greensboro Messenger:
On Monday morning of last week q
man named Wells, who said his home
was in Evansville, appeared at the saw
mill on Charles Stiles farm, near Nose.
leyville, operated by two Of Esq. Frank
Clsrk's sons, and asked for work. He
was engaged, and went to work on
Tuesday morning. On Friday he was
i'll and had to quit work. His skin had
the appearance of person who had just
reached the eruptive stage Of meas les,
aud the other m II employees thought
Wells had measles. DIR. Medley, Of
Rome, was sent for and he said that it
was well developed case OF small. pox
This announcement created consterna-
ton in the mill camp. The owners Of
the mill and employees all ate and slept
together in o shanty erected for the
purpose, Wells with them. Only one
OF the men had been vaccinated, and
they had ell been exposed to the disease
in such manner as to make it almost
impossible for them to escape having it.
The news soon spread over the vicinity
aud the people we're notified that they
must keep themselves close about the
mill premises, and that Wells must not
be permitted to get away. The mill
men took lumber and went deeper into
the woods and built shanty. They
put bed and bedding in it, aud plenty
Of provisions TO last for q month or
more and then they took Wells to il,
placed him inside land nailed the only
opening mp tight and fast, so that Wells
could not escape.
All the doctors il the vicinity decline
to visit him, and he is without nurse.
Esq. Frank Clark and County Judge
Tsy lor endesvored 10 secure some per
son who had had the disease to go
down and nurse the sick man, but at @
o'clock Saturday afternoon they had
failed, as every person seen desclined to
go. Judge Tay lor is Offering 80 q day
to any person who will go down and see
after Wells until he RECEIVERS or dies.
The Messrs. Clark and the mill en-
ployes Lave burned I'll their clothing,
beds and bedding, builts new sbauty,
and have taken every precaution recon-
mended by tho doctors to avoid, il pos.
sill :, taking the disease. None of the
men will leave the sbanty until oil dam
ger of Il spread Of the disease is past.
On Saturday all OF them were vacci-
mated.
There never was such intense excite.
ment in the Moseleyville neighborhood
before, and 1t would not be safe for any
OF the mill men who we're exposed to
the disc ase, to leave the premises, as
the people are desperately determined
that there shall be no further spread Of
smallpox in that community.
LATER.-Sam Wells, the small pox
patient who is nailed up in q shanty in
the woods, was reported yesterday as
getting along nicely. Esq. Clark Sc
cured the services of Robt. Peyton,
colored, as an immune nurse, and Wells
is now being cared for. Provisions are
being supplied. Peyton says that Clark
does not have as bad a case as others he
has nursed who recovered. He is not
receiving any medical attention, as the
doctors in the vicinity and at Rome say
they are afraid Of taking the disease
| Themselves