The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-26
Orders Medical Examiner Garlick to Perform Autop- Relatives, Bitter, Re fuse to Take Child's Body
 Let City Bury Her, 7 They Say.
Trouble Is That Parents Do Not Understand Eng fish Well,o Says Head of Health Board, Exonerat- ing His Department In Death of Little Girl.

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 At press hour to-day, Medical Ex- aminer s. M. Garlick was conducting an autopsy which is the beginning of an official investigation to estab- fish if possible, how 10 year old An 1ie voge1 died at St Vincent's hospi- ton for adenoids at the institution, was returned to her home and later brought back to the institution suf- fering from infection and nastoidid from which she died. The relatives of the child claim the operation for the adenofds was on the recommenda- ton or Dr. sherman, the school vis- iting physician
 The body of the child has lain at the hospital unclaimed since it's death Saturday morning.
 The city killed her, let the city be responsible for the buriar was the bitter comment of Mrs. Thomas Cor so elder sister of Annie, last night Mrs. Corso called at the undertaking rooms Of H. E. Bishop last night and asked him to take charge of the body and inter it at the city's expense. Un- dertaker Bishop explained that he could not do this without an order from the Charities department Mrs Corso promised to try to get such an order She visited the Charities de- pertinent evidently in an effort to 4ob- tain the cr7ar but as she should not obtain an immediate audience with SI1perinhendeut Spencer R. Gordon of the department. she Jeff the building saying she could not wait but would return later.
 sup6 Gordon said today that no request for the burial of the body at the czEy's expense had been mada Of him by any member of the YogeI faxnl9y
 at tho request of Coroner PheIan who wishes to be assured that the eirc1nastances under which the child died were not the result of cu1pa1- bility or negligence on the part of any one who might have been re- deTweut the operation for adenoidE-
 Asszstaf1ng Medical Examiner Gar lick at tho autopsy today were Dr. J. P. Deerys Dr. Edward H. Schott, and DF. D. C. P&tSerHon-
 At preag hour to-day the body of the 11at1e girl was still unclaimed Th1se in charge at St V1ncents hos pfta1 said the body would be kept for the remainder of the week and if un- claimed then would be turned over to the Charities department for burial
 Dr. B. w. Stevens, president of the board of health denied to-day that Annie Voge1 had been sent for the operation at St- v1ncent's hospital by Dr. Ek1eEuaRs the school visiting phy- sician- Dr. Stevens said:
 ssN6ra Voge1 mother of the child, told the nurse, Miss Bessie Earth olo- wey, whom the board of health sent 10 Ree her, that Annie did not have card from Dr. Sherman to go to the free clinic at St VIncent's- She a1- so denies f11e story that the child be- fore being taken to the hospital was dressed and told she was going to a party. The board of health is not conducting any further Investigation of inc cAse because there is nothing connected with the case which comes within our province or requires in vast1ga1on- The trouble lies in the fac4 that the parents of the girl do not speak or understand English we'll
 Dr. 0. ". Deana, superintendent of schools gaad today that go far noth- ing about the case had been brought to his attention which would war rant investigation by officials of his depaEfu1ent-
 sance the case of Annie voge1 has been made public however there is 8 growing sentiment among parents and Iaymen that operations of this char formed only when some parent or adult guardian accompanies the pa tienf and that tine board of health or DR. Sherman, in cases where opera tfOEg are recomm ended, should take steps to follow up the eases until the patients fully recover. This will probably take the form of a mennor- fal to be presented to the board of health at it's next meeting
 Coroner Phe1an said today that he would not comment on the VogeI case until Medical Examiner .GarIick made his report from the autopsy.