The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-08-06

in the News-Democrat Thursday max
ing complaint of the cooking at the
county infirmary, from one of the in
mates, led to an investigation being
made by a representative of the paper
This inquiry revealed rather startling
state of affairs. The preparation of the
food is perhaps the least of the com
plants which are being made against
the institution. The principal source
of trouble, II appears, is in the alleged
misconduct of the superintendent and
cook.
Mr.. L,chtenwalter was appointed
superintendent of the inirmary little
over two years ago, and his wife acts
in the capacity Of matron.
THROWN INTO A CELL.
Alvy Reeder, an inmate of the county
infrmary, was Thursday thrown into a
cell by Superintendent Lichtenwalter
because he was suspected of repeating
a piece Of scandal, which has been the
talk of tho inmates and employees of
the institution for several weeks. Mr..
Reeder was put in the cell, he says
before he was told the reason for his
confinement. Mr.. L!chtenwalter' S
story is that he was returning to the
inGrmary from Canton when a friend
told him OF the article which appea1ed
in the News-Democrat criticising the
cook. He was greatly wrought up.
and at once fixed the blame on Reeder.
After being locked up Reeder was
given cross-examinat:on by the cook,
Mrs. Ida Fines. When she had ques-
toned him to her sa, sfaction, he vas
released.
COOK AT BOTTOM OF 1T.
The turmoil, which has been occa-
stoned at the inflrmary seems to have
started soon after the present cook,
Mrs. Ida Fines, began to reign in the
infrmary kitchen. Mrs. Fines is a
plump and rather good looking woman
OF not over 80. II was noticed by the
inmates that the superintendent found
occupation in the kitchen a great por.
tion of his time after Mrs. Fines took
charge. The situation started many
tongues to wagging. In his attempts
to put stop to the talk, Mr.. Lichten.
walter thought 1t necessary to dis
charge the nurse, Miss Elizabeth
Gruenke, and the milkmaid, Miss Pearl
Morris. Others are said to be threat.
ened with removal.
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Mr.. Lichtenwalter's version of the
affair is as follows; Mrs. Fines came
to the inflrmary as COOK about six
weeks ago. She was unacquainted with
the work and felt it my duty to give
her instructions in regard to her duties
OF course. ! spent more time in the
kitchen than I had done before, and
the affairs of the kitchen were going on
in way satisfactory to me. i learned
that some of the people were making
remarks about my being in the kitchen
q great part of the time, and that our
conduct was not what 1t should have
been. tried to find out who was cir
culating the reports. went about 1t
very quietly. Saturday before last
asked Mrs. Powell IL she knew any
thing of the talk. She said she did not
] then went TO the hospital. | went
quietly up the stairs and found Mr..
Powell, my assistant superintendent,
and Miss Greunke talking about the
matter. ! asked Mr.. Powell what he
was doing there, We had
A FEW HOT WORDS
and he said ! could not put him out.
/ asked him If he had seen any miscon.
duct between Mrs. Fines and myself
He said he had seen me put my hands
ON her shoulders. We never had any
trouble before this. but X he Is not
careful from now ON he will have to
60.
II was returning from Canton Thurs.
day evening when Twas told of the
article in the News-Democrat. AS
soon as got home took Alyy Reeder
and put him in a cell because he had
been down town the day before and
believed he had been circulating the
lie. The cook he had been lying about,
said I should not lock him up as he
would confess. put him in the cell
and Mrs. Fines and went to him after
q while and had talk with him, and
we let him out in about an hour.
II discharged the milkmaid, Miss
Pearl Morris, because she was
CIRCULATING THE LIE.
] give a bond, and will not have any
one around who talks against the in
stitution. heard that Miss Greuuke
had been talking. I went to her and
wanted to know who had told her OF
the story. She refused to tell me, but
said she would tell me what she knew
when she had to- told her did not
propose to have any one around who
talked against the institution, and
that shea would have to leave. This
Was last Saturday"
The cook, Mrs. Ida Fines. gave the
information that she has been with
the institution for six weeks. She
said that she Sormerly ayed in Salem,
xhAre she cooked In the Broadway
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