The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
CHARGES ARE
CR0UkDLESS
Says MassilIon News
paper of lnsinuations
Auainst HOSPITAL.

The Massillon Independent takes up
the side of the state hospital of that
city in connection with an article re-
Gently published in the News-Democrai
in which certain charges were made
against the hospital by Canton wo-
man, whose son is an inmate of tho
institution. The Independent says:
Through the columns of the Cantor
News-Democrat Mrs. M. E. Miller of
that city, mother of Horace H. Mil
Ter, a patient at the Massillon state
hospital. who was admitted to that
institution on April II, 1901, makes
the broad insinuation that articles
of clothing furnished by her for her
sons needs have been charged to the
state and she holds Superintendent
Eyman accountable for this seemingly
unlawful action.
THE attention of an Independent re-
porter was called to the article. He
investigated the matter and found
that Mrs. Miller, was mistaken in her
statements. as published and that Su-
perintendent Eyman is wholly free
from blame. 1t would also seem that
Mrs. Miller evidently did not under
stand the provisions of the state law
regarding the furnishing of clothing
to patients.
Extracts of the article as published
are as follows:
when the friends of Mr.. Miller saw
his name in the list they entered o
protest, claiming that his mother,
Mrs. M. E. Miller, had paid for all
the clothing furnished during the tw:
years or more that Horace has been In
the institution. The statemen,
was made through her son-in-law, DR.
M. M. Catlin who states that Just re-
Gently Mrs. Miller purchased clothing
for her son and has been furnishing
him with everything that he needed.
even to getting his shoes repaired.
=" The relatives of Mr.. Miller dc
not care to make any charges. AL
they desire is that the public be made
conversant with the facts.
''The article from which the above
extracts have been made, was pub
lished a few days since, soon after the
publication of a list of the names G.
potiCito ot thC StdtN hoSPitui WIZ uds
been furnished clothing by the state
The list of names and the amount
expended for each was a part of re.
port submitted by Superintendent Ely.
man to Auditor Oberlin about one month
ago and was published to show, IN
part, how much the state is doing fol
its afflicted ones. Mrs. Miller object
ed to the publication of the name OF
her son among those who were fur.
nished clothing by the state on tho
grounds that she had furnished arti
cles of clothing herself for her son.
needs.
"All the records of the state hospita
are open for inspection at all times
and an Independent reporter readily
found that articles of clothing had
been furnished by Mrs. Miller and
also the state. The records show tha
on October IA, 1902, the state bought
for Miller one coat, one vest one pail
of trousers, two undershirts, two pairs
of underdrawers, three handl1erchiefs
one hat, three shirts, one pair OF
shoes, three pairs of socks and one pail
of suspenders, at total cost of $18.75.
'The records also show that wheI
Miller was admitted patient to the
hospital an entry was made upon the
admittance journal that clothing wa:
to be furnished by the state. In al
cases of this nature, the record II
made upon the report of the probate
judge committing the patient to al
whose duty II Is, accord
ing to the laws of Ohio and not the
duty of the superintendent of state
institution. TO determine whether oil
not the clothing for a patient is to b,
furnished by friends or the state
The entry upon the journal at the
state hospital. made at the time Nil
Ter was admitted. shows that the state
was to furnish him clothing. The en-
try has not been changed. This In ne