The official record of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts : together with a phonographic report of the evidence and arguments at the hearing / by George C. Burpee and W.O. Robson.

  • Tyler, John M.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The official record of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts : together with a phonographic report of the evidence and arguments at the hearing / by George C. Burpee and W.O. Robson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Q. You did not say that you did not want the sewer built, because, if it were, you would not get rid of the slaughter-houses 1 A. No, sir. Q. Have you ever held that opinion 1 A. No, sir. I don't hold it now. Q. This you are certain of? A. Yes, sir. Q. You have been veiy active in this matter of opposition to Mr. Squire 1 A. I have not. Q. Have you not, sir ] A. No, sir. Q. Have n't you proposed other measures against Mr. Squire? A. No, sir. I have said it was only a matter of time in regard to these slaughter-houses being removed. I have n't said anything in regard to Mr. Squire's. I say it now and here, before all these gentlemen, that I have no doubt that it is a question of time, when you cannot slaughter there as they have been carrying it on. Q. You have n't said much about this subject, Mr. Slocumb 1 Did not you testify at Cambi'idge against him last fall 1 A. I did. Q. And presided over a meeting against him 1 A. Yes, sir; and I should do it again. Q. There were two meetings, were there 1 A. Yes, sir. The chair- man of one was the chairman of the other, and therefore I was chairman of both. Q. You are a member of the committee 1 A. Yes, sir. Q. You are the first witness called 1 A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you go before the gi'and jury as a witness 1 A. Yes, sir, I was summoned before them, and was of coui'se obliged to go. Q. Have you also been before the government of the city of Cam- bridge, this year 1 A. 1 went there one evening. Q. Did you make some remarks against this establishment there ? A. I shall not say that I did against the establishment or against Mr. Squire. I am satisfied now where he got his information. I don't know what Mr. Squire said, but I can prove that the information was incorrect. What was said was said in my entry, all in about half a minute. Q. Well, then something tvas said to Mr. McDaniel 1 A. I admit that I have said something to Mr. McDaniel. Q. It was not anything of the kind that I suggested to you ; that you did not want the sewer built and the land filled, etc. 1 A. 1 have told you what I said to Mr. McDaniel. Q. I have n't asked a'ou anything about that. Do you. wish to go bacif and correct yourself] A. No, I don't. But I don't want you to say things that I have not said. Q. Give me a little account of that meeting in East Cambridge. There was a public call, was there 1 A. Yes. Q. And the people came in answer to it 1 A. Yes. Q. You were candidate for chairman, and were elected 1 A. 1 don't know that. Q. Was n't it so 1 Don't you know it 1 A. No, sir. Q. Was Mr. Mclntire — J/r. Mclntire. You are mistaken. Mr. Slocumb was not present. Mr. Muzze]i. That is all, then. I will show the facts otherwise. , Q. On coming away from the meeting, last summer, did you detect the odors, and find that they did not proceed from Mr. Squire's es- tablishment ] A. When we came out, we found a very severe smell