The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-01-30
DIR. ROpERMUND WILL SUE
Appleton Physician Decides Not
to Fight Against Quarantine.
ADVISED BY LAWYER.
DIR. Rodermund Says that as Soon as
He is Given His Liberty He
will Bring Suit.

Appleton, Wis, Jan. 26.-[Special /
DR.. Rodermund remains quietly in quar-
antine today, after his announcement of
yesterday that he will make no further
effort to be released from quarantine
This decision was brought about by the
fact that Col. Gabe Bouck of Oshkosh
refused to take his case and advised him
that the quarantine was legal and he
had better submit Rodermund says
today that as soon as he is
released from quarantine he will be-
gin action for damages for illegal
detention. Whether Gabe Bouck of Osh-
kosh will be his lawyer depends upon the
result of a personal interview he intends
to have with Bouck as soon as released
The reference contained in dispatches
to a morning paper that ROdermund is
only shamming in his determination not
to resist and is liable later to do some
thing desperate is laughed at by the po-
lice and Indignantly denied by Roder
mund. The doctor sizes up the situation
thus:
Il am legally dead for the next eleven
days and will make no trouble After
am free again and before this matter is
ended / will not only recover damages
for my illegal detention, but will prove
my theory of the non-contagon disease
to the world"
No new cases Of smallpox are reported
and the one case in existence is doing
nicely.
Appleton Again Frightened.
More alarm and excitement was
caused early this afternoon when the
story that the city had been exposed
to smallpox through another agency than
that of DR.. Rodermund was circulated.
Miss Stark, the original smallpox pa
tlent, was supposed to have contracted
the disease i'll Shawano, but it has de-
yeloped that she got it at her home in
Grand Chute, about eight miles from Ap-
pleton. Her father, Andrew Stark OF
Grand Chute, is eX-town treasurer of
Grand Chute and is known to have been
circulating freely about Appleton within
the past week.
One member of the family is sick, pre-
sumably with smallpox, and it is thought
that the whole city has been exposed
Danger at Madison.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 26.-[Special. /
The smallpox scare at the state hospital
for the insane at Mendoza is nearly over,
and, if no new cases develop before next
Wednesday, the quarantine will be
raised, having then been maintained for
fourteen days. w. j. Fortune, the at
tendant who has the disease, has near
~ recovered after a slight illness. There
have been no other cases and there are
no signs of any.
The two cases at the city contagious
hospital, Harry Wheeler and Ernest
Moore, are also nearly recovered and
will probably be out the fore part of next
week. The quarantine at the Mills
home, where Moore, the last patient, was
taken i'll, has been raised and fears of
spread Of the disease are now over.
Stevens Point, Wis. Jan. 26.-Michael
Jarowski an employee in the Dessert saw
mill at Mosinee came here Thursday aft
ernoon and yesterday he was found to
have bad case of smallpox.
La Crosse. Wis, Jan. 26-One new
case of smallpox is reported, that of Miss
Mabel Leaser, Cos Avon street. This
makes a total of six cases.