The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-07-07
THE CORRECTION ASKED
FOR BY DR.. A. R. MCKEOWN
Regarding the Man Jackson Who Was
BrOt to the Hospital in an UnCOn-
SCiOuS Condition

DR.. A. R. McKeown felt that he
had not received a square deal in the
account given in last weeks Echo Of
the fight OF the Finlanders in the west
end OF town on Thursday afternoon
last and called on the editor of The
Echo to make correction this week.
A thoro investigation shows the facts
to be even less fattering to the Doctor
than stated. In this connection we
may state that one OF the facts OF which
the Doctor complained is that The
Echo did not state that he was en-
ployed by Hoy & Co. under a contract
agreeing to give medical attention to
all the company's employees while in
the employ of the company at so
cents per month. The doctor states
that his presence at the east end of
town where Jackson, the man who was
brot to the hospital unconscious, and
who it was stated he kicked and struck,
is accounted for because OF his employ
ment by the company. He says the
man was lying on the ground in
stupor. Others say he took a book
out OF his pocket and looked at it and
returned it TO his pocket, and that the
man grabbed his coat and tore it, which
is verified by several who saw the trou
Bile. He did not administer any
remedy or have the man brot to town
for treatment, tho his ear was lacer-
ated and required two stitches TO re-
duce the cut when later brot down to
the Leavenworth Hospital in an appar-
emily unconscious condition for treat
ment. DR.. G. w. Hoxsey stated to
representative of this paper that the
man was apparently suffering from con-
cussion of the brain. Dr.. Judah, in
charge of the Leavenworth Hospital,
said to reporter that if the man had
been allowed to remain where found
all night he would in all probability
have died. DR.. Judah also says that
Jackson escaped from the hospital
between three and four o'clock in the
morning while the nurse was temper
arily absent from the room, without
either shoes, hat or coat, but was later
taken in charge by an officer and
locked up in the Jail.
In reply to DR.. McKeown's charge
that his prescription was not on the
bottle of whiskey taken from the man
Jackson as stated by The Echo last
week it is here pointed out that the
label pasted on the bottle was copied
from the prescription he gave the man
on which he obtained the whiskey
from Druggist Koerner, as required by
law. The Doctor also states that the
mans condition was not due to whiskey
he drank but Hoffman drops and Zemo,
four ounce sample bottle of which
Mr.. J. N. Leary took out OF his pocket.
DR.. McKeown says he had right to
prescribe for Jackson under his contract
with Hoy & Co., whiskey for medical
purposes. Right here is where the
Doctor gets tangled up. Jackson and
the other men who procured prescrip-
tions from DR.. McKeown for whiskey
stated to the officers that they
paid him fifty cents for each
prescription. Now, if he pre-
scribed for them as patients of Hoy
& Co. he had no right to charge for
the prescription as he was paid by the
company for taking care OF their phys
ical welfare, and the fee Of so cents
was taken out OF each employees wages
every month for medical services.
This statement is confirmed by a
representative OF Hoy & Co. The
men themselves say they had quit
the employ Of the company Thurs
day June 29, drew their time and
cashed their checks. DR.. McKeown
also asked US to go thru the prescrip-
tions issued in the past month and on
file with the two druggists Of the town,
in which whiskey was prescribed. We
found on file at Mr. Koerner's drug
store between June Il and % twelve
prescriptions in which two pints OF
whiskey were prescribed, sometimes to
! be taken inwardly with quinine tablets