The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-13
Smallpox Patient Mingled
With People in Montpelier
NOT SUSPECTING DISEASE
He Left for His Home in Londonderry
Yesterday Afternoon and Was
Placed in Pesthouse Last
Night.

i Montpelier to-day since IL has been dis
covered thai Luke T. Landnan of Loi..
donderry, who left the capital yesterday
afternoon for him home, is now confined
in a pesthousc in his own town, having
a fully developed case OF smallpox. 1t
seems certain that a large number Of
legislators and many people in Mont
pelier have been exposed TO the disease,
for Mr.. Landman took his meals at the
uordon restaurant, slept at Mrs. NJ. Kel-
liners, 81 Court street, and mingled
freely with both legislators and people
in general about Montpelier,
The man attended the meeting, in tho
State House Wednesday evening, of the
legislative farmers association lie came
to Montpelier TO attend the reunion and
banquet of the legislative association of
1906 This was held at the Montpelier
House Tuesday evening and Mr.. Land
man was there.
The man was badly broken Out when
at the State House on Wednesday even
ing, so that he attracted some attention.
He has a heavy rash, all over his fore
head and face. He was with the repre-
sentative from Londonderry, DIR. j. Ed
ward Calvin, a good deal Of the time,
and when reporter yesterday afternoon
asked Or. Calvin in regard to Mr.. Land
mans condition, be was told that there
was no danger Of smallpox and that the
man was suffering from stomach trou-
BILE.
The story of the case which has put
the legislature in fix, also the people Of
Montpelier and many people on the
trains on which Landman travelled, is as
follows Landman was broken out when
he left his home in Londonderry on
Tuesday morning. He thought his COM
plant nothing serious, SO did not hesi-
tate to respond to the call for the re-
union and banquet of the legislature,
Of which he was a member. London
derry is located at the end of a narrow
gauge road from Brattleboro, about 80
miles from that town Of the southern
part of the state. which is afflicted with
an epidemic. Landman left Brattleboro
about IL o'clock Tuesday morning, and
at that time the smallpox scare had not
broken loose even in Brattleboro.
He came directly to Montpelier, ar
irvine on the mail train in the afternoon.
He, OF course, went to DR.. Calvin and
secured quarters at Mrs. Kelleher's On
Court street. whore DR.. Calvin stopped.
lie did not stay in the same room with
the physician. however. The rest Of the
story up TO the time of the departure
yesterday noon is a continuation of con-
stant mingling with people On Wed
nesday evening at the largely attended
hearing in the coat room at the State
House Landman was there and attracted
considerable attention; in fact, Senator
Gibson, whose boy is afflicted in Brattle-
boro, noticed the suspicious looking rash.
Landman was sitting next the rear Of
the room in the center, about three
seats from the rear, and was in elhse
to several.
The rash was evidently pretty we'll
developed at the time. He had been doc
toring for what he was informed was
a stomach trouble. He min
gled with people at the Field restaurant
during meal time and was quite in evil
lence during his stay here, exposing par
ties right hand and left. The disease
could have been communicated in its
present stage to the 90 or 70 members
If the legislature of 1906, who banqueted
1T the Montpelier House on Tuesday
evening, at least to those who came in
lose contact with him.
Discovery of His Disease.
The revelation Of the disease is the
startling part of the story. Landman
eft Montpelier on the noon train yes
,erday for home. Somewhere bteWeen
here and Brattleboro parties on the
rain noticed the suspicious rash on the
nan and sent telephone message to
Dr., Fl. d. Holton, secretary of the state
,oard of health. in Brattleboro. BY some
nishap the regular train connections
we're not made at White River Junction,
md Landman made the remainder of
lis Journey from there to Brattleboro on
special. which arrived about o'clock.
He was met at Bratt1eboro by the
eath officer and after an examination
| was decided at once that he had
lear case of smallpox 1t had been
tanned to keep him in pest house
here, but there is none and no place
n the hospital where it would be safe
o keep man suffering with such a
ontagious and dangerous disease. The
atients at Brattleboro are at their
ONES under strict quarantine. Sc DR..
Eolton tried to get a special car to take
ne afflicted man to Londonderry, but
ailing in this he placed him in the
moker by himself and locked the doors,
nd thus he made the last portion of his
Durney home.
AT late hour last evening he was
till in the smoker, while the authorities
! Londonderry were arranging quarters
or him Some Of the people in that
own were indignant at DR.. Holton for
ending him on; but DR.. Holton was
owerless to do anything else, as there
no pest house in Brattleboro.