“Informed” agrees with the Courant: investigate John Voorhees’s death

01/14/1919 |

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The Courant printed a letter to the editor today that agreed with the article published yesterday that called for an investigation into John Voorhees’s death.

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According to the letter

An investigation into Voorhees’s death was planned
The neglect Voorhees suffered caused his death

The letter corrected the editorial’s assertion that Voorhees had been forced to remain on the La France for several days.

The ship docked at 1:30 pm on December 24, 1918.
Voorhees was removed from the shop at 10:00 am on December 25, 1918.
Even that delay, however, should not have occurred.

The letter was signed “Informed” and dated January 13.

For the record

I’ve so far been unable to find any evidence that anyone, official or otherwise, mounted an investigation into Voorhees’s death.

Sources

Unattributed, “The Case of Dr. Voorhees,” Hartford Courant, January 14, 1919, page 2.

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