Putnam patriot., 1923-12-14
WANT PRISQUE CASE
 REOPENED BY STATE
1212 Friends of Dayville Doc tor Protest Suspension of
 His License
Petition Commissioner of Health For
 Impartial Review of Evidence

That the villages of Dayville. Alta waugan, Ballouville and Goodyear are greatly disturbed by the reeommenda- | tion of the grand jury that the license
 of Dr. Raymond c. Prisque of Day vile to practice medicine and surgery | in Connecticut be suspended. was dis closed this past week when a petition
 was circulated in his behalf, protest sent from Dayville Wednesday to state officials at Hartford and con tained a total of i212 signatures. Among them were the names of such men of prominence as N. Lorne Greig agent Of the Assawaga Company; Rev. iguatius kost. pastor of St Jos eph 3 church. Selectmau George 4. AlFord and Deputy Sheriff Charles F. Aver. all of Dayville.
 State Issues License
 Dr. Prisque has been located in Day vile for about a year. where he has practiced medicine and surgery under a license granted. following his exam ination by the State Eclectic Board. When the grand jury was convened at l Hartford for the purpose of investi- gating evidence that diplomas had
 been secured fraudulently from for mer Missouri college of medicine and surgery, by some men who were pos
 ing as full fiedged doctors in Connecti- cut, Dr. Prisque came into prominence as he is alleged to be a graduate of this institution. He was called be- fore the grand jury and testified con cerning his college training and prep aration for his profession.
 Grand Jury Acts
 The next development was the rec ommendation by the grand jury that the doctors license to practice be sus- pended. And then followed the start ing of the petition. with the result al- ready stated
 Dr. Prisque will be represented by counsel in Hartford The attorneys will endeavor to secure a review of the evidence in his case.
 The petition. which is addressed to the Commissioner of the Department of Health, reads in part as follows:
 For more than a year before the advent of Dr. Prisque there was no resident physician in Dayville, and without taking the time or space to detail the hardships such condition l imposes on the northern part of the | town of kiilingly, we earnestly desire l tO impress upon the commissioner the ! alarm with which We view the pros | peet of such condition existing again E Ii might be years before another phy- f sician would locate here, and we feel f that even then there would be scant E hope of securing a doctor so generally E satisfactory to the people of this vi- einity.
 His Treatment Successful
 "Dr. Prisque's success in the treat ment of all sorts of sickness and dis ease has been nothing short of phe- and 1t has been matter of self eongratulation in Killingly ever since his arrival. that We were able to secure go able and competent a phy- sician.
 'The petition in his behalf has not been solicited by Dr. Prisque. but is an attempt on the part of the eommuni- ty Co avert what il feels would be nothing short of a public calamity, in ease his license is revoked.
 Therefore the undersigned. pre- scnting the undivided sentiment of the adult population of Dayville and the neighboring villages, and feeling that the ultimate and supreme test of a physician worth should be based on ability and skill in his profession. herewith submit to the commissioner that an overwhelming portion of Kill linglys residents entertain a high re- gard for Dr. Raymond C. Prisque, and desire him to remain in Dayville, and respectfully request that the afore- said Dr. Prisque be allowed to retain his license Co practice medicine and in Connecticut "