The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-26
A MIDDLE
Over Clinton Gene
terry Suits.
WHERE is MURPHY?
He Does Not Know and No
body Can Tell Him.

Clinton, Jan. 25.-The bill in equity
filed by ST. Johns Cemetery Associa-
ton, Bishop Thomas D. Beaver and
the metropolitan water commissioners.
to secure a conveyance of land from
John w. Mcnamara and Martin Muir
ply, is the all-absorbing topic in this
town today. The exclusive story in
The Spy of the injunction served by
Deputy Sheriff Charles A. Bartlett was
read by everybody here.
AS far as Martin Murphy is con-
cerned, the suit is mystery. The
land that Mr.. Murphy holds belongs of
right to the cemetery corporation He
acknowledges it. Mr.. Murphy does
not understand the suit and asked
Judge John w. Corcoran for a meeting
of the corporation, at which he might
be present and express his idea of the
situation. He asked that meeting of
the corporation might be called for
Sunday afternoon, a week from last
Sunday.
Mr.. Murphy said this afternoon: 81
think there must have been some mis-
understanding about this meeting. l
have learned that Judge Corcoran went
to the rooms of the association, expect
ing to meet Mr.. Mcnamara and my
self, and waited some time for us. OF
course l was not there because l sup
posed that meeting of the corporation
was to be held. William H. Fay was
asked to call such a meeting, as 1 I'M
derstand the situation He omitted to
do so, either by oversight or inten-
ton.
Il have never been given a reason
ably fair opportunity to transfer this
land to the corporation. l have never
asked for any more money than l ex-
pel4ued. That is all l want. No formal
offer for the property has been made to
me. The situation has been so that I
would gladly have turned over the
land for what 1t cost me"
Mr.. Murphy feels that he has not
been given opportunity to transfer the
deeds. He represents that on several
occasions he has been desirous of get
ting his money out of his investment
in cemetery property and that he was
unable to close a bargain. Mr.. Muir
ply says that if Attorney VIM. Fay
had called meeting of the corporation
the suit would never have materialized.
The hospital joke" was one of the
things universally talked about today.
The joke was sprung at the mock trial
last night by DR.. Frank T. Harvey,
who was called as an expert on mono
mania. The joke went like this:
Doctor, where did you graduate?
Alt the Lydia Pinkham SANTA
rum.
e. Did you take a postgraduate
course? A.-Yes, at the Clinton hos
pital.
In monomania? Ayes.
Why?
A.-Because there are so many mono
maniacs about the hospital.
This joke was regarded as purely an
allusion to the strained feeling that eX-
lists between the four physicians who
mainly practice at the Clinton hospital,
and DR.. Harvey, who is, as everybody
in the audience was aware, opposed to
the existing regime. Consequently talk
about the joke was the leading topic
this morning.
DR.. Harvey explained the joke to the
correspondent of The Spy this after
noon. He said the cross examiner failed
to ask the question that would have
brought out the fun of the thing
"Since the motive of my innocent jest
has been impugned" the doctor con-
tinued, 81 will say that my attitude is
at present in antagonism to the system
that prevails In the management of the
hosp tai. Some two years ago there were
staff Then one died. and a year later
another member left town. DR.. Comey
went to Worcester. The number has
been yet more recently decreased by
the death of Dr. Thomas O'Connor. Dr.
Morse. of Lancaster is a member of the
gtaff but not in active practice. The
present members of the staff are DR.
Walter, P. Bowers, DR.. James J. Good
win, DR.. George l.. Tobey, DR.. French
and DR.. Morse"
After what DIR. John w. Worcester
describes as a most remarkable strug-
gle of the mind against the inroad of
a predominant malady, Mrs Ella L.
Howard, wife of cx-Representatlve
Walter F. Howard, died at Z O'Clock
this morning. Ten days ago Mrs. How
and fell IS feet from a balcony of her
home, receiving injuries to the spine,
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