The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-10

Fisher said that the charge that ne
had left no instructions for disi1fec
ton was absolutely false.
Other witnesses had been summon
ed in the two cases mentioned above
but none of them appeared and they
could not be found last night by the
marshal.
In the case of Sarah Finney, DR.
Fisher said that so far as he knew
the charge was untrue. He said he
instructed the people as to the disin.
lection of the discharges and said
that if the slops We're thrown in the
yard he did not know it,
As to Mrs. Boone, on North Hill,
Or. Fisher said she did not have ty-
phoid fever and that her daughter
was not sick while he attended the
mother.
AS to the c. S. Wolmogott case,
DIR. Fisher said that parties were liv-
ing near North Spring river, above
town and had no closet. He said he
instructed them to dig a hole, place
the fecal matter therein and cover
it with lime
At this stage of the hearing, Dr.
Parsons started in to cross-examfne
DIR. Fisher as to how many cases of
typhoid fever there would have TO be
in Roswell to make the situation alarm
ing. DR.. Kinsinger. the chairman, rul-
ed out such evidence as immaterial
and on the ground that il was a point
in expert testimony that might take
up the whole night in its settlement
Whereupon DR.. Parsons picked up his
hat and started to leave, with the re
mark that he might as well go home
if the doctors We're going to white
wash" the whole bunch. Before Par
sons could escape, DR.. c. NJ. Mayes
arose and said that he was in favor
of allowing DIR. Parsons to bring out
all the evidence he could and in favor
of going to the bottom of every lead
if it took every night for a week to
finish. He said that although he had
not been accused and it was not his
battle, he would like to see
the whole thing gone through and the
charges proven entirely groundless.
as he believed they would be, judg-
ing from what evidence had been sub
mitted. He said it would not do to
have it go forth that DIR. Parsons had
eft saying that the whole proceeding
lad been a whitewash. Others spoke
1n the same line, including Attorney
Scott. and in view of the opinion of
he other members, Chairman Kin
singer reversed his ruling and the
cross- examination proceeded.
DIR. Fisher said, upon cross -examina-
ion, that he would consider an cpl
lemic or general infection an alarm
ng condition. and that he would be
alarmed if there were hundred
,ases in a town the size of Roswell.
lie stated further that there was no
disagreement among the doctors as
o the cause of typhoid fever and that
here was no disagreement in the
ocal medical society, and that the
members of the Chaves County Med |
cal Society were a unit in their eff
orts to stamp out typhoid fever and
I'll disease. He said that it was an
to stamp out this dis
,ase entirely, but that it could be
educed to a minimum. He said he
lid not think it had been reduced to
| minimum in Roswell.
Miss Mary Finney was called and
stated that in the care of her sister,
,arbolic acid and lime had been used
Is a disinfectant, and that all she
,mptied was thrown into the closet;
nd that she didn't know of any fecal
natter being thrown in an adjoining
-ard. She had heard no complaints
rom neighbors or officers and had
,een at the bedside of the patient eV-
cry night and part of every day. Upon
.ross-ouestion of DIR. Parsons, sne
lenied having told him last Saturday