Another smallpox case had appeared, and with it came the difficult question of where the sick should be kept.
Miss Mamie Halligan, a domestic in the home of Ernest Chase, was the latest person reported ill. Health authorities also suspected that Gladys and Pearl Crandall had the disease, raising the possibility that the Crandall house would be turned into a separate place for female patients while the men were sent to the pesthouse.
Not everyone went willingly. Three Halligan boys, ages twelve, fourteen, and sixteen, refused to go to the pesthouse but were taken there anyway. Others were scheduled to follow, even as several earlier patients neared recovery.
Another Case
NEW YORK CITY, New York. — Another case of smallpox has developed. Miss Mamie Halligan is the sufferer. She has been a domestic in the family of Ernest Chase, on Anderson Place. She has been removed to her mother’s home, on Martin Court.
It is also the opinion of the health authorities that the Misses Gladys and Pearl Crandall are afflicted. If this is the fact, it is likely that the Crandall house, on South Avenue D, will be used by all the females who have the disease while the male patients are all taken to the pesthouse.
The three Halligan boys, aged 12, 14, and 16 years, refused to go to the pesthouse, but were taken there Wednesday morning. Millie Swartz and Riley Miller were to be taken to the pesthouse Wednesday afternoon. This makes eight inmates.
The three young men who have been there are about recovered and will probably be discharged by Sunday. They are Charles Murray, John Halligan and Roy Crandall.
Dr. Plumer, of Farmington, was in the city Tuesday and visited those who are ill. He has had much experience with the disease.
Fred Sullivan, who lives next to the Crandall house, was moving out Wednesday. He does not like the proximity of the contagion.
Two new tents were added to the equipment at the pesthouse Wednesday.
Source: Canton Weekly Register. Canton, Ill. May 30, 1901.
