New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-20
,{els<sss Giving
! lie Ring Head Tubercular
BcyondDoubi. DR.. Markcns
Asserts; Prison Equipped.
However. for Such Cases
ouvict Not OF Usual Run
{. lived Attention by Culture:
Prosecutor Seeking Way
10 Another Examination

nr. Edward Markens physician a.
Ire Essex County Jail. Newark, n. j.
'-por whose recomm endation Prcsi-
.rrt Harding freed Frank r. Noble
s'cc-rresident Of The Tile, Crate and
-'autel Association. after he had served
fotv-six days Of his four months SEN
;erce for violation of the Sherman
antitrust law, denied last night that
there was anything unusual about
Nobbc's release. He admitted, how
ever. that the inhrmary at the jail was
we'll equipped to handle tubercular
rersors and that there arc such pa
tents IN the prison Tow.
Assistant United States Attorney 70
dell. who prosecuted Noble and other.
n the tile ring, said that his office
VAS seeking precedent for making q
physical examination after prisoner
had left the custody Of the govern
ment.
II such q precedent exists, Mr.. Podell
said, he will endeavor to have a thor
ough examination made Of Noble. A
comparison will be made With the X-rny
plates Dr.. Markens made before Noble
was released. Podell declared that
United States Attorney Hayward had
opposed freedom for Noble when the
matter was brought to the attention of
me Federal authorities at Washinet ton
on December Is. Colonel Haywa I'd s
approval was obtained, according to
Podeil, only after DR. Marhens had re-
ported that Noble was tubcrcular.
No Secrecy, Doctor Insists
DR.. Markens insists That no secrecy
figured in the communication.
'On the third day of Nobbe's in, :
prlsonmcnt, the physician said yester-
day, "he was committed to the in
tlrmary where he enjoyed the freedom
of the left wing. where prisoners not
too Ill TO be forced to remain in bed
walk about without molestation Every
ear we have about coo or 700 Federal
prisoners in this Jail. and to my knowl
edge about 80 per cent of them have
tired for release soon after their i'm =
irlsonment because o. IL health or
other reasons.
There was nothing unusual TO nc
about Mobiles request for a physical
examination. He gave me complete
history Of his case. He told nc he had
suffered from tuberculosis eighteen
years ago and had gone to Denver for
treatment. My examination showed
that Noble unquestionably had tuber-
culosis.
Il have been told that United States
Attorney Hayward is going to have
government doctors examine Noble.
hope he does. There is no question
about the mans condition.
After Nobbe's examination he aske d
INC to call in Dr.. Lewis SCHNEIDER and
Or. l. Edward Gluckman. ! did not
suggest the names of these specialists
to Noble. ! believe he learned Of them
from a friend he called on the tele-
examinations and they took place about
December 2s. To the best of my
knowledge neither physician consulted
with the other. Their examinations
were on different days and they both
confirmed my diagnosis.
\-Rays Reveal Infection
Then took Noble to the City Hos
pital in Newark, whore DIT. Charles
r. Bake. the X-ray expert. made plates
which showed that Noble had two
lung LESSONS and many old lung spots.
That 4 ate established tuberculosis be-
yond doubt.
Tho fact that Noble was one OF the
first men over sent to jail under the
sherman antitrust law means nothing
to me. Noble was not OF the convict
type He was a mar OF culture and re
fncmout. and we don't have many of
tnat kind around here. That fact prob
ably won for him. perhaps, little
moro considerations"
After Nobbes release on January s
~ went with his wife TO Atlantic City