The Hattiesburg news., 1915-11-02

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said nothing about it, waiting for more
conclusive proof to develop.
On Sunday afternoon when DR.. Gold
berger took party of Jackson physi-
clans, including Drs. Stewart. Gallo
way, Watkins and Stingfly to the
Rankin farm ii required but few
minutes for diagnosis. The prisoners
were stripped. and the familiar symp-
toms were SO evident that the physi-
clans promptly pronounced six posi-
tive cases Of pellagra, with two others
very suggestive of the disease. a
1--WE know the cause, gentlemen
said DR.. Goldberger, "and we also
know tho cure. There is no longer
any excuse for an enormous death
rate from pellagra."
ed, and they were received with a
: modesty much akin to embarrassment.
! 1t was discovery that meant nothing
to Dr. Goldberger financially. His
salary as a servant of Uncle Sans
big department of medicine will re-
main the same. He gets no bonus, no
medal, no iron cross, or anything of
that sort. 1t means only that he will
probably be much more in demans to
, deliver lectures before medical so
cieties, and thus kept away from his
, wife and kiddies for more protracted
! periods. And it probably means that
the surgeon-general at Washington
kill give him a more difficult job to
tackle next time
'Td rather go through hell thou
sand times than have that experience
again." said one of the life-termers.
"Time after time | wanted to go back
to the regular prison routine. even if
it did mean that would have to stay
there the remainder of my natural life.
'"I know that have pellagra now, and
, have felt it coming on me for several
months. | expect to get well, of
course, but whether will be the same
imam again is what gives me worry"
| One of the pellagra volunteers suf-
fered general physical breakdown
a few days after the experiment start
ed and was relieved. He didn't get q
pardon. The others went through to
the end, although very much against
their will. Most of them would have
fquit several months ago had it been
, possible, and it was in order to pre-
vent such happening that all details
of the experiment were kept under
strict secrecy.
: All Given Pardons.
True to his promise, Gov. Brewer
. issued unconditional pardons to the
eleven convicts Monday afternoon, i'm
) lmediately after Dr. Goldberger's re
J. port, showing the success of his work
: had been filed at the executive office
The Governor wrote a letter to the
!. eleven men, however, earnestly urging
r them to remain on the convict farm
S for a few weeks, promising them thai
,. they would be fed and nursed back tt
Y health; that they would not be KEEP
e under personal restraint, and woult
be given every possible care and at
l. tention by the federal government
that in their present weakened physi
d cal condition fatal results might fol
:. low If they returned to their homes, o
n at least, their health would perma
d nently injured.
ei But the convicts didn't feel tha
S way about it. They came to Jackson
J. in body to get their pardons, and al
/, were eager to return to their homes
n A dramatic scene was enacted in tn
j. Governors office when the clever
e men, still clad in prison stripes, er
IS tered to receive the precious paper
l. tina, would restore them to liberty
,r They were all pale, weak and emac
ir ated, two or three of the number bein
scarcely able to walk, but all wer
IS anxious to get home. A local clerg.
a. man, DR.. w. A. Borum, pastor of tn
IN First baptist church, happened to b
n present, and he offered up ferver
e. prayer for the recovery of the mel
le closing with the earnest appeal
ly each to become useful and law-abi'
it ing citizen.
lg Tears we're streaming down tn
v. cheeks of nearly every man as /
re stepped up to the Governors desk
receive his pardon.
an The squad in charge Of Sergeant A
as thur Fridge, then marched out of IL
rk office and at the quarters of the pri
lis on secretary each was given suit
he civilian clothing and So in money.
ed Monday night three of the numb
to decided to return to the Rankin far
ny to accept the offer of Gov. Brew