The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-17
PATIENT DENIES
FORMER DENIAL ;
John Peterlic Says He Was lg-
norant of Contents of the
Paper He Signed"
WITNESSES PRONOUNCE
STORY ABSOLUTELY TRUE
Authorities at st. Marks De-
cline to Make Reply to Re-
iterated Statements.

Johr peterlic. the Croatian laoofer
who for fifteen days was an lntna'e o' ~
Marks hospital whose wife and chilote',
arrived here Wedne sday morning anu
were taken TO the hospital by Nich
Butlsoyich and as the latter ailese'
Wednesday evening. were denied the op-
portunity OF visiting with the pa''eit''
Yesterday in formal statement III
the presence OF two witnesses denied tha'
the denial" printed in Friday morning
Tribune and alleged TO have been signed
nv hin, was made of his own free VIII
ar ,lrrouph any knowledge OF his
Peterlic who left the hospital Ellnay
morning. declares in MS lstest s, sta W.. -
that he was told 10 place croSs ,,,n,'. ~
naper as to the contents OF when ne khSN
nothing. merely being told that u nc 9io
so III would be all right" and ms NE Ne
and children would be cared for IL 'heS
were sick.
Butkovich Reiterates.
Nick Butkovich. a well-known bnsi-
Austrians Of the city. Yesterday, in M Mthv
prcscnc, OF witnesses. made the alisSs
and unqualified statement that tne s,o,s 800
published In THURSDAY 1'hs,snijsl mGrnsnG detail;
that Petcrlic's wife did rant on I.i. .aod
piial grounds when she saw her hus9a,io ,s5
and that TIE nurses IN tne isp nospi'a ,'isi,inc
fused 10 break the rule regarding Nls..inI
hours In spite of Butkovichs carnes.
HEADINGS and his elaborate explanation
OF the circumstances aueAdii's '''o
OF the wife and children. ~
Mrs. Mark Brunetii relatlve 3a pl ateriic m
peitrlic, who went with Mrs feleEuc
and Butkovick To the hospital NeahesuaI
morning, adds her tes,mUn'H ,H,SS,'o, aS decIarimc
that she saw Mrs. Petcrlic faint tnat she
saw Peterllc break open the screen I,oe Goos
and talk Ia his wife 10Y lS" ~ ln,' Nh,
only. when a nurse came and TOOK h'h
swav. saving that the rules IN regard 20
visiting hours IN the hospital could not
he broken.
Miss 2undquist Denies.
On the other hand, and directly OF
posed to the statements aoove QUILL, ou,.,,,ea- ar
Is that OF Miss. l. 7. Rundauist nahass. ,I,s,,
oS 81 Marks hospital who denies then
In toto declaring first OF ali tpat tnc
statement TO which Feterlc at'acnea iILs
an interpreter: that his wife and children
entered without restraint. tne rooD'
which Peterlic occupied; bul wltnoIt ,po 90
tanning permission and rcnnaihea '.S H.
nftsr tGe,- had so entered ButkoNlcn en-
tered the office and sought 20 OBTAIN
permission for the wife 10 VISIT her nus
band . =, ,1,sc
Rundcu,st Is corroborated by John l,us-
tik an Austrian patient al me nosp'.di'
who declares tndt he NN Npidlli'u
r,e in The Tribune Of Thursday 10 Peter
lie before he made his marx on inc papyu. p,y
which was presented To him. Lus'k
speaks only a little English and reads 1t
even less.
Will Net Sign Statement.
Miss Rundquist was repeatedly reaues,-
ed 10 summon her secretary or stenosra-
pher after she had been shown INC Sta,e
ments Of Pe,erlic. Butkovlch and Mrs.
Brunetti. and dictate and sign an ahs"Gr
hiff H.
lively refused to do, con,entlns nersei
with the statement: III is an aDsoin.e
falsehood. We are through Win X ny
word is as good as that OF Mir ButKo
yich.' and other expressions OF similar
import
John Peterhc can neither rcai nor
write Ie said through AN tnt"rnrctcr
Yesterday afternoon that he had never
been TO school a day in his me, buy 10!
not less than four years he 10 3csn
known among his countrymen as Z sicady ihd;
declares that he has never asked favor
Of any man. that he has paid his own way
from boyhood that he paid without qucs-
ton the full amount demanded for treat
ment TO be received a. the hospital ana
that II he were In need ne has plenty
Of friends from whom he could obtain
whatever ho desired.
Signed Through Ignorance.
Questioned yesterday afternoon through
an interprcteT as to the statement pup
lished In Friday mornings Tribune, which
was in substance and effect complete
denial OF every statement made in The
Tribune article Of Thursday morning, Pc
terlio said
mo one explained to me the paper
before / put the cross en- II, ! cannot
read or write English or any other Lam
guage. / can speak only few words
OF English. Thursday afternoon nurses
and clerks-one OF them was the woman
pointing their fingers at me and talking
about my wife. They asked me II ]
knew whether or not she was sick.
was scared TO death. They told me 70
be all right my wife and children would
re taken care OF and / could leave the
hospital did not know until today
my wife and children In The Tribune or
any other paper.
Nick Butkoyich was equally emphatic in
his declaration that the article In Thurs
true true in every essential detail He said
Holds Tribune Story True.
The statement in The Tribune OF
Thursday morning is true. / have no
prejudice against 81. Marks hosiptal. but
iion. Mrs. Peterlic was refused admis-
sion 10 see her husband. who WAS In the
hospital. She did faint when she saw
him through the window in his hospital
garments. Tho only conversation she had
with him lasted less than five minutes.
when he broke through tho screen door
.
The nurses came and took Peterlic away
and ] sent his wife and her children to
Pleasant Grsve. where they arc now and
where Petcrlc will meet them tonight"
Mrs. MARI Brunettl. wife of 2 black
smith OF Pleasant Green and a rela tive
OF reterlic, who accompanied Butkoyich
and Mrs Peterlic and children to the
boopital. said:
Il was witness TO the whole thing
and saw Mrs. Petcrlic faint on the lawn
when she saw her husband through the
window. I saw Mr.. Peterlic break open
the screen door and saw him talk to his
wife for a few minutes, ! saw the nurse
take him away and heard her tell Mr.
Rutkovich that the rules could not be
broken.
Will Not Write Answer.
copy OF the statements OF feterllc,
Butkovich and Mrs. Brunette was taken
TO St Marks hospital yesterday after
noon and submitted 10 Miss Rundquist.
with the request that she dictate and
sign statement in answer. This she
absolutely refused 10 do. saying over and
over again: 1T is absolute false :
hood. We are through with it, so far
as the hosultal Is concerned"
After some discussion OF the question
Miss Rurdquist located John Lustlk. an
Austrian patient In the hospital who
answered in the affirmative her ques-