The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-04

little moment, had nothing to say
for several weeks; the Board of
Managers, having taken lot of ev-
idence bearing on the death of Tay-
loI and the birth of the infant, etc,
adjourned to their next regular
meeting to reflect over what would
best he done, but st. Francois Lodge
No. IS |. o. o. F., at its meeting on
April II, passed resolutions "deplor-
ing and condemning the inhumau
treatment of Brother Taylor" and
calling upon the Grand Master,
Hon. A. NJ. Dockery, to use his in
fiuence and that of the Grand Lodge
to have IA rigid investigation made
of this case "to the end that better
and more humane treatment be ac-
corded not only to members of our
own order but to all others who may
be unfortunate enough to be as
signed to this or other asylums of
the State.
A copy OF these resolutions to-
gether with transcript OF the testi-
mony before the Coroner was sent
grand Master DOckery, and copy
to each Of the Odd Fellow lodges in
the State. Grand Master Dockery
moved promptly upon the Governor
In the name of the order, and then
the st. Louis Republic, several
weeks after the occurrence, sent n
staff correspondent to Pennington,
and on Tuesday of last week the
people OF the State were first APP
prised through a metropolitan jour
nal OF what had been transpiring
here. There was material for n SEN
( sati0nal story, with spice of par
! tisan politics to it, and with the Re-
/ puhlic's wide circulation over the
/ State and the manner in which the
/ story was told, it naturally created
n big sensation, The Governor,
who had previously been advised
/ of all the facts but was content to
lot matters rest with the Board of
Managers, now saw that he must do
something that would smack of in
dignant concern in order to save
himself from adverse criticism, be-
ing largely responsible for the con.
duct of our State clemosynary In
stitutions through his appointecs,
the Boards of Managers, as well as
the inspiration of the several boards
in many of their appointments. So he
summarily ordered the Board of
Managers of State Hospital No. /,
to meet at once and take some ac-
ton.
The Board met last Friday after
noon and went into executive ses-
sion. What further investigation
was made If any is perhaps imma-
terial, as the facts were all pretty
we'll covered at the previous meet
ing; but the designations Of DR..
Robert f.. Keaney, Superintendent /;
Dr.. Henry Lloyd, First Assistant,
and Or. Frank Weber, Second AS
sistant, were demanded, the Gov
ernor having previously arranged
for DR.. II. s. Magce, Assistant Sup.
erintendent of Hospital No. at
Fulton, to come down aud assume
IA Af 4 10,
Of these officers were handed in
about six O'Clock Friday evening,
and the Board took immediate ac.
ton upon that Of Superintendent
Keaney by promptly accepting 1t
Those of the other two, DIR. Lloyd
and DR.. Weber, were not acted up
on.
DR.. Magee arrived here Saturday
afternoon and was at once installed
as superintendent.
, After DR.. keaney's resignation
, had been accepted, the members OF
board left the room in which the
! session was being held, and It il
said that Mr.. Greer, one OF the old
er members, and Messrs. Ulen anC
Duncan, the two new members
stepped up to DIR. Keaney with cor
, daily outstretched hands, and eacl
5 expressed confidence in his integri
e ty and honesty, Mr.. Ulen saying
"Dr. Keaney, | want to say that
3. have every confidence in your hon
S esty and integrity, and regret ex
: ceedingly the situation that neces
/, states the action to-day" II thii
4 be the opinion of majority of th'