Cochise review., 1901-03-02
THE BARBARIC AGE.

A Mexican was cut at Douglas last
 week in drunken fracas. Nothing
 unusual about that. The man was
 sorely wounded, though, and his er-
 trails lay on the ground. The interest
 of the general public quickened; an
 officer and doctor were hurriedly dis
 patched to the scene. The assailant
 had hurried away, crossed the border
 and was far in the interior of the land
 of manana. The doctor gave the nec-
 essary attention and the wounded com
 rade was brought to Bisbee. The first
 night he was lodged at the Palace
 lodging house. Fever set in during
 the night and he required constant at
 tention. The next morning the pro-
 prietor of this house made inquiries as to the amount of fees paid by the county for the care of indigents who were unable to be conveyed to the county hospital. He was informed in no uncertain language by Constable Mike Doyle and s. K. Williams, Jus tice of the Peace, that the board of supervisors had refused to pay anything for their keeping, and cited the fact that man who had guarded, nursed and lodged wounded Mexican in Bisbee during December, and had pre- sented his bill for four dollars per day for such services, had been refused payment. Upon this statement by Con- stable Doyle the Mexican was removed from the lodging house. The officer refused to furnish shelter or clothing for the wounded man. The nearest place was a livery stable. Here he was dumped in a stall until the stable boys took pity on him and provided an old cot with comfort. During the first night his clothing was mass of corruption. These he managed to tear from his body and they lay on the ground beside the cot Saturday morn- ing. His fever increased. He lay naked on canvas cot in stall in a stable, and the officers refused to move him on the ground that the board of had refused to pay for such attention. The doctor attending him said it would be suicidal to attempt his removal to Tombstone. Will the board of supervisors please correct this error or plblish statement stating their position? What is to be done with iIdigents who are vitally wounded and unable to reach the hospital? Does the county intend to let them lay in the streets and die like dogs? This is the way the officers mentioned above have interpreted the ruling of the board, and the above is a true state ment of affairs as they exist. The above is not the only case. We have it on good authority that old man Ha- who was found on the road a short ways from Bisbee, where he had been run over by his wagon, was in his blanket, placed in his old wagon and left to die because the officers said there was no provision for taking care of such cases.
 Are the citizens of Cochise county set of barbarians to allow such con- 1ition of things to exist? Does the board desire such an interpretation placed on their acts? If the board re- fuses to pay for the care of such people n such circumstances the citizens of Bisbee want to know it. This is the that exists here now, and is he one subject of discussion on the street corners. The columns of the REVIEW are open to any member of he board free of charge.
 On Sunday the condition of the man md his surroundings were telegraphed o Tombstone. Later in the day au answer was received from clerk of the board Duncan by Justice Wilcox au- him to give the wounded nan proper attention, and he was re- moved from the stable.
 hope some understanding between he officers and the board will be cached and a recurrence of this sorry pectacle avoided for the future.
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