The San Francisco call., 1910-10-02

DR.. ". c. RUCKERIS
FULLYEXONERATED
Charges Against Him Prove to
Be DastardIy Attempt to .
BIacken Character
Milwaukee's Mayor and City
Council Refuse to Accept
His Resignation

Spienofo work IN conjunction with tha
Of Dr. Rupert Blue at the time of th'
bubonic plague scare "in san Francisco
attracted the attention of the city gov
eminent Of Afil4va'ukee and won him th'
once Of health Commissioners, has beer
completely exonerated from the charges
fled against him by corrupt politica
ring and reinstated TO his Office b,
1Agor Emil SeideI Of Milwaukee. Th'
news Of Doctor Fuckers eXoneratior
was by no means surprise to his many
San Francisco friends. as they were
confident frem the first that the charges
were false and. due; TO political jeal
ousy on the part Of certain Milwaukee
doctors who resented Doctor Ruckel
being called in from the outside Il
assume the health: conmissionership
Dr. Rupert Blue, in speaking Of th'
ease yesterday said;
Doctor RUckeF's personality was too
well known in the United States hos
pital service TO have ever caused his
brother officers TO worry about the ma
outcome Of the case. We knew th'
charges grew out Of jealousy and We
awaited in ali confidence for his ulti-
mate clearance from the charges.
After making q personal inVestiga
AIavor. Sefdes made. a trip TO Washing
ton to investigate RUcker's standing II
the service Immediately on his. return
from Washington early in the weei
he sent the fo1lowing. communication
10 the connIQn* EOuncil:.
MAYORS LETTER =.
once: Of The Mayor. Milwaukee. ].
!. !. Septegber, 26. 1910.
To the HQTlora;bie the CommQn ::
"a = f.-vas-
with IS. f9te Fesfgnat ton of l9r- Will
lam colby E@Icllel. commits oner OF .
healtns ..yyilig2 g. was: ten oerea 10 me
foIl ing tn e. Elcl GUS aIIaek upon
hfs chara cter. :: 6,eEtafn cha,rges had
IN 2'iev..6 + i lre:lact that these at
tscks We're d4recteh against the =:
head pf. an .ifapQrFapt .oepar tmenf,
I=deemed II 5i.dAzlS sable mot. TO act
naslflE. 7bi1t to l3e3d, the resignation.
- IL allowance llIFtil L: colll q. co Inmuni- .
9cate a.nd-:a11Ki Sc with YOU. IN the
After.. iratifig spent considerable
time upon the 5n1-estig cation of theSSe
charges -found1 that. every eddi-
TiOnai bat of: evidence that j could
gather -GIspFoNed- the guilt Of Doc.
tor Rucfer, and on the other hand
provedI that here was one OF the.
most dastardly. attempts ever made
in the history of o1lr city to hlack-
--en =: charia etAr. and TO-. destroy
reputation.
the practice and ethics of the laws
governing. ca ses of a nature as al:
legged against Doctor Rucker had .
been. grossly violated in the. at
tempt 10. make out a case where
evidently there was none
However. even before a warrant
was issued careful .arrangements
had been made. to publish broadcast
scanda1ols news OF the arrest. of
.:Doct0r Rucler..
Further legal. and medical advice
convinced me that a huge wrong
T. has been .perpetrated.
: .rs,oceedeef. Immediately to get
:into. Communication with Doctor
Rucser:. Information came TO me
:: that he had been recalled, to Wash
!. ington -by Surgeon General Walter
personals felt ashamed that.
- Milwaukee Should permit man or
~ national Reputation TO be. thus
- treated Believing: that a personal.
interview. with Surgeon General.
Wymsn and Doctor Rucker: would
lead more. TaptdlN to certain re-
suits Ileft- for ANaSbin gt9n- on Fri-.
day morning. General Wyman ex-
pressed: .lj2pself- very much ag-
grieved- at tIies:trea aTment Of one of
his most abFe. subordinates.
The confidence lasted almost two
hours. W5tE.~the result that the re-
= sumption of the duties of commits
A sioner Of. health by Doctor Rucker
~-is made dependent upon. the action
of the common council.
NY suggests on therefore, is that
your honorable council pass a reso-
lutiOn rejecting the resignation
land expressing the earnest request
THAT. Doctor Rucker reconsider his
action and resume the duties of
scomnfssa aoner Of health.
COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS
The resolution Of vihdication. which
She council adopted reads as follows:
Whereas. A dastardly and infa-
..mous ATTEMPT was made to defame
J.. the character of Health Commis-
.-- ysioper DR. William Colby Rucker
by preeerring & certain charges. and,
Whereas, Subsequent Develop
nents have proven long before the
time, set for :the trials Of said