Evening journal., 1920-01-14
Will VACCINATE
DESPITE MOB
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also made a statement In which no said
that the legal authority OF the Gov
crnor and Ationey-Generars office
would be called on 10 assist In having
The order OF the State Board Of Health
carried out.
Personally" remarked Or. Conwell,
81 feel that the people OF Georgetown
should now be given y hours 20 carry
out the order and II they fail TO do so !
favor placing a strict quarantine on the
towing
Mr.. Wells made the following stale
meut today relative 10 the happenings
of last night when he was forced to
leave Georgetown and Of details leading
up 90 that time:
II went 90 Georgetown Monday eve
nins and had a conference with the
president of the local board OF health
and Mr.. Layton, the deputy attorney
general Al action that ! afterwards
took was IN accordance With the advice
that Mr. Layton gave me at That CON
ference.
Yesterday morning / tried 20 set a
I constable 90 go around with me but
could not ind one In town 70 was my
idea 10 stop persons on ne etrcet ana
ask them II they were yacc.nated. ]
would, OF course. mol know whether
or not they were gNins me their right
names and that II principally why
D wanted constable who would know
me people. When ! could not gst q
constable then went through tho
business section and found about a
/ dozen persons who had not 0beyed the
] health board ,order by becoming vac
cinated. I gave about half the names
ia Justice Stewart and the Others 20
i Justice Ry0n ] made complaints
AGAINST these men and the warrants
/ were made out but no one could be
found On serve them. ! was told tna'
the constable, sheriff and deputy sher-
IN were an out of town and there was
none left 10 legally serve the warrants
Tha, thought was peculiar that an
the officers who had the authority to
/ serve ,varranh should all be away al
ihe s,me time. Even the deputy attor-
ney-reneral ! was told was away
"During the day ! also made COM
plalnt and had w7rrant sworn oul
for Napoleon Bonoparic. Register oi
IaNes who had no5 been y3ccinated
7 desired 40 haze this w7rrant served
from Georgetown. as Mr.. Register ii
addition 10 being secretary N the Board
og Health and member of Town Council
M ewes. Is also a Justice OF the Peace
Of that town. I failed. however, 10 gel
/ anvone 90 serve hls or any OF the
other warrants
.'nr. Conwell had been IN Georgetown
on Monday and ! undersiand he had
warrant sworn out for Walter Reach
who I believe Is member or 1owT
! Council Several times during the daN
/ I was told th71 ! had better stay In
doors at night as the rough elemen
was getting together. ! d'd not fhInl
much OF This at the time as / knew
a. an officer ] had a right 20 cIhel
be inside or outside as ! saw ilt al
long as ] was obeying the law. ] ais
heard reports that Mr. Reach was Il
be given a hearing al o'clock las
night before Mag strate stewart, ~
not think this was true. as ] had under
stood the Magistrate would not he o
his odlce afier O'Clock IN he after
noon.
About = O'Clock last evening ] wn
SUING III lNf AINuN Nlii'' NA titN - t'
Hotel reading. when a gang Of abou
three hundred persons came across %
green. They crowded IN The doors an
into The room when I was seated. sur
rounding me. \ young man whom
was told was Halsiead Layton. wa
spokesman for the mob. lie said, ad
dressing me: You are going 20 leave
We have a machine out here and W
are going 90 take you out Of George
town. n you come along peacefulls
al right. but II you don't, We will tak
you anyway
Il told them that was 3 State ON
Ger and as such had a right to be here
Mr.. Layton replied that the action wa
not against me personally but wa
against the State Board OF Health. Al
this time ! cou'd hear persons outsid
in the crowd yelling, bring him out