Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-09
FACTS SKATER
COLLEGE DEANS
WEAK DEFENSE
DIR. Emerson Breaks Sphinx
Silence on Brutal Treat
ment of Dogs.
SENDS TIMES DENIAL

Charles P. Emerson, dean of the
Indiana University School of Medi-
cine, today broke his long silence
concerning the mistreatment Of dogs
at the medical college, long enough
to declare:
/. That criticism of the college de-
serves no reply.
Q. That the school has always vel
coined investigation by those who had
any authority whatever to do so.
8. That the school has been investi-
gated in the last few weeks twice by
the Indianapolis police department, once
~ the county assessor and once by the
executive committee of the indianapolis
Humane Society, and not one criticiS.l
hrs been made In any one of their Ie-
ports"
COLLEGE HEAD
WRITES, TO TIMES.
The letter of DR.. Emerson to the edi-
to- Of the Times Is as follows:
Dear Sir:
During the past two weeks consider
able criticism has been made public of
the treatment of dogs in the Indiana
University School of Medicine. Although
friend of the school may wonder at our
sllenc: we ask il you would publish for
us our emphatic and indignant denial of
the few specific charges made and of the
many more important ones implied. The
school has always welcomed iuvestiEa-
tion by those who had any authority
whatever to do so. During the past few
weeks we have been investigated thor
oughIy, twice by the Indianapolis police
department. once by the county assessor
and once by the executive committee of
the Indianapolis Humane Society. Not
one criticism has been made in any one
of their reports.
1--WE appeal to the citizens of Indiana
that they insist that this unjust per~eeu-
ton of the school and of those who as
the result Of their investig atiOns hANe
cxonerated IL shall cease.
81 am.
Yours very truly.
CHARLES EMERSON.
Dean"
LETTER DOES NOT
BEAR OUT FACTS.
The statements contained in Dean
Emerson's letter are not In accordance
with the facts and disclose a woeful ig-
norance Of the affairs Of the college of
which he is dean.
/ The medical school holds itself
forth as a State institution, and as such
its conduct Is always open to honest
criticism, and It is the duty Of its heads
to respond 10 such criticism, as Dean
Emerson Acknowledges by his letter CT
today
2 The school IS closed to all investi-
cations by any one who is not provided
with a search warrant making II impos-
sible for the college authorities TO re-
fuse admission, as was demonstrated hy
the refusal OF the authorities TO permit
a visit by the city pound master IN the
performance Of his duties.
POLICE DID NOT
INVESTIGATE COLLEGE.
B. The school has not been investigated
by the indianapolis police department at
all. has never been visited by the county
assessor and the executive committee OF
the Indianapolis Humane Society. which
did visit the college, has not yet report
ed the results of its investigation
squad Of policemen, under the direc-
ton OF Lieutenant Houston, visited the
college with a search warrant, and on
the advice Of the complainant who signed
the search warrant reported 10 the city
court that they did not find. "at the time
Of the search" any cruelties in progress
that would Justify arrests.
Another squad Of policemen, armed
with search warrant issued for a lost
dog, visited the college and failed to
find the lost dog In the Kennels
HUMANE SOCIETY
REPORT A MYTH.
The executive committee of the Indian
apols Humane Society, under the d.
rection of Or. c. A. Pfanlin, chief of the
petit police force" visited the college
in the preparation Of a report which has
not yet been received by the society or
made public
Martin Kimmel, a deputy township as
SCISSOR, visited the college for the pur-
pose Of ascertalning the number Of dogs
kept there and reporting them to the
township assessor for a decision as to
whether they were subject to taxation
or not.
SIGHT OF DOGS
MADE HIM SICK.
Following his visit he stated that the
sight Of the animals there made him
sick at his stomach" but he did not
have any other purpose in visiting the
school than the listing of the dogs CON
fined there.
These are the "exonerations" in the
light of which Dean Emerson calls on
the people of indianapolis to insist that
unjust persecution" of the school shall
ceasel
DOGS CONTINUE
TO DISAPPEAR.
Pet dogs are continuing to disappear
from automobiles and homes in the city
Of Indianapolis regardless Of the agita-
ton created by the disclosures of how
dogs are obtained for experimental sur
gerry at the Indiana University School of
Medicine.
Every day brings calls at the dog
pound from citizens whose pets have
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