Evening star., 1909-06-27
Health officer Visits Patient.

Late in the afternoon. however, Health
Officer Woodward is said to have made
known his change Of purpose.
"Since morning. he is reported to have
said. II have consulted counsel and was
advised that a culture should be taken
before you get away"
Tell your counsel he will never get a
culture from me in the District of Colum-
bia," Early said.
Then" the health officer asked. 'how
do you expect to get away?"
I'm preparing to stay" Early retorted
Early was seen on the lawn at his tenn
porary home last evening by a Star re-
porter and asked about what had trans
pired during the day. He repeated the
story of the early morning telephone call
Woodward. During his lconversation
with DIR. Woodward. he stated, the ques-
ton of cultures having been taken from
him was fully discussed. and he frankly
stated that he was tired Of being mutt
lated.
Early explained to the health officer
that as his case stands the District has
the statements Of two physicians against
his one physician, and he thought that
should be satisfactory to the District.
"Cannot Understand" Early Says.
"Why they should want to hold me a
prisoner under the circumstance Ear
ley stated, IT cannot understand When
was first put in quarantine there was a
financial question raised, and now that /
am desirous of getting away from here 1t
is raised again, and SO. you see. it is
hard for me to tell where I am DIR.
Woodward told me distinctly that / was
being detained here because a culture
was wanted as evidence in event of my
bringing suit against the District
Early has not given up hope that he
will be able to go to New York for
treatment without submitting to what he
terms a further mutilation. His condi-
last eight months, he states, that an
other eight will see him well. His fore
head. whence the several cultures were
taken, has healed, and his general ap-
pearance last evening was very much
better than 1t was a few weeks ago.
Objects to Another Culture.
DR.. L. Duncan Bulkley, the New York
specialist, who declares Early is not. Ill
of leprosy, objects to the giving of an
other culture. He says that further
mutilation Of Early is unnecessary Mrs.
Early saw the specialist when she was
IN New York recently. and she only
hopes the day Is not far distant when
her husband will be where DR.. Buckley
can treat him. Both Mr.. Early and his
wife have implicit confidence in the New
York specialist and feel confident he can
accomplish a cure in a short while. In
New York. they say. the patient will get
hospital treatment and will be in an at
mosphere entirely different from that III
which he is now living.
Mrs. Early speaks of the expensive
living where she is and says with her
income 1t is almost impossible to make
ends meet. She has to pay advanced
prices for many necessaries Of life on
account of having them delivered at
cay mn -
fuse to deliver goods there at all. Her
two children. Manley and Paul, were
brought from New York three days
her absence. The mother says they were
with good friends and were given en-
cellent care, but the absence of the
mother made difference.
DIR. Woodward's Comment.
When the foregoing assertions by Early
and his representatives were outlined to
Health Officer Woodward last night he
said:
THAT is Early's version of It,
have nothing to say for publication, how
ever"
Attorney Benjamin s. Minor. who repre-
sents the quarantined man, said last night
that he did not understand the offer of
DR.. Woodward was withdrawn. but that
Ii was held up. He remarked that he
did not care to discuss the matter at
length, but admitted that the OFFER re-
ferred TO was substantially as outlined by
F,arly.