Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-13

GREATEST CURE-ALL
EVER KNOWN.
Whisky is revealed in these Dear
Jerry" letters as the greatest cure-all
ever known to the medical fraternity.
These letters reveal that 1t was ordered
dispensed for a multitude of purposes
ranging from use in pneumonia cases to
the replacement Of liquor borrowed
from a neighbor' and including whoop~
ing cough, bnd colds, anemia, stomach
trouble, child birth, operations, asthma.
ptomaine poisoning, tuberculosis, nerv-
GUS breakdown, exhaustion, the practice
Of dentistry, cancer, auto, accident and
emergency"
In fact, about all the ailments to
which man is heir are enumerated in
the list Of causes given for dispens-
ing this liquor except snake bite.
No one In Indiana appears to have
a properly trained snake yet.
That Mr.. Orbison himself we'll knew
that he had no authority for the dis
pensatlon Of this liquor in this manner
IS disclosed by the carbon Of letter
written by Clyde Randel United States
commissioner of Terre Haute, to whom
Mr.. OrbisOn said:
ADMITS HAVING NO
WARRANT IN LAW.
LAS you readily know, I HAVE NO
WARRANT IN LAW FOR ISSUING
ANY ORDER BY WHICH ANYBODY
COULD PROCURE WHISKY; however,
in cases of grave emergency in this city
have from time to time issued orders
on the chief Of police by which small
quantities Of liquor have been issued to
those whose condition Of health IN the
opinion Of competent physicians aSsO-
lutely demand this kind of stimulant
IF, in your opinion, this is
worthy cause AND NO PUBLICITY
WILL BE GIVEN TO THE TRANS
ACTION I will be very glad to issue
through you an order on the chief
Of police at Terre Haute for a small
K quantity of liquor to be used for the
purpose as stated ."
An idea of the nature Of the eases
Of grave emergency that prompted Mr..
Orbison to release confscated whisky
may be obtained from one order to Dear
Jerry" reading as follows:
please deliver to Thomas Ready one
pint Of liquor which is to replace one
pint of liquor borrowed from neighbor
for the use Of Mr.. Ready's brother. who
died quite recently.
Your Friend, etc"
Another example Of the grave emer-
gency" to which Mr.. Orbison responded
is contained in Dear Jerry" letter on
behalf Of Dr. E. S. Hunt of Logansport,
which says:
This whisky is to be used by DR..
Hunt in his practice of dentistry in ex-
treme ca ses of exhaustion"
TWENTY-ONE QUARTS
FOR ONE SUFFERER.
Illustration of the small quantities"
Of liquor to which Mr. Orbison refers
are orders to MY Dear Jerry" to deliver
n total Of twenty-One quarts OF whisky
to DR.. Edward c. Bachfeld, "to be used
in the treatment OF Or. Bachfeld's IA
ther. who is quite old and is suffering
from cancer of the throat" These or
ders were issued during the interval be-
tween March u and Aug. u, 1920, ac-
cording to the carbons in the Orbison hle.
No prescription is attached to any OF
them.
Another popularity attached 20 this
file is that It disclosed that a large num-
Der of persons prominent in public at
fairs were aware Of the Dear Jerry"
method Of obtaining liquor and that
orders in their favor were issued by Mr..
Orbison. Among the names either of
persons to procure or to use this liquor
are:
RALPH LEMCKE, county treasurer
and chairman Of the Republican county
committee.
CHARLES L. HURD, member OF the
board of sanitary commissioners.
ADR. B. B. PETTIJOHN. recently ap-
pointed county physician.
MRS. JOSEPH B. KEALING, wife of
the Republican national committeeman
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