Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-11

| The ALLEGED OUTRAGE BY DENTIST IN
| PHILADELPHIA.-It was stated under our tele-
| graphic head yesterday, that fashionable dem
| fist had been arrested in Philadelphia on Mon
| day, charged with an outrage on respectable
young lady. 1t appears she is the daughter of
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Is nineteen years of age, and was engaged to
be married. The dentist against whom she
prefers the charge is named Beale. The fol-
lowing is portion of her evidence, given be-
fore Mayor Conrad:
was last at Mr.. Beale's on Friday; / came
in from the country to have my teeth attended
to; l was in the habit of going there for pro-
fessional operations, as well as all the family.
saw nobody at Mr.. Beale's, save the girl who
let me inj saw Mr.. B. in the parlor, and with
him went into the Office, which is in the Sc.
cond story back room i took off my bonnet,
and took seat in the operating chair; Mr.. b.
gave me book TO look at, aud said some of
his workmen wanted him to attend to some
WORK; he left the room, and returned after a
short absence; he commenced to fix my tooth :
it was very painful; it was to be plugged.
de then wanted to put something in nv
tooth TO kill the nerve, told him i did not
wish 1T done, it would be so painful he pro
posed to give me ether, which consented TO :.
he gave 1t to me for sometime, until i was
stupihed he did not continue 10 operate upon
the tooth; be perceived {sometme after took
the ether that was conscious; he proposed
to take the tooth out said l was afraid Il
would hurt me, =
The witness then described how the accused
had violated her person while she was under the
influence of the ether.
In few moments he spoke to me, and said he
Would nave TO take out one Of those teeth
IN hu hx., L
said he could not save them both; while under
theiufuence of the ether 1 felt benumbed and
ached, but was perfectly conscious all the while:
l could not speak nor move; he gave me more
ether and pulled my tooth / screamed when
he extracted the tooth.
igot out ofthe operating chair, and be helped
me to rocking chair; then he brought another
lady up stairs to Tx her teeth. / heard him tell
her had good teeth and had never been 10 any
other dentist than himself; he told the lady he
had given me ether and had extracted tooth
she asked him If did not scream he said YES.
although he gave me ether for half an hour
and was so nervous from some cause which
he did not know of that the ether had no effect
upon me.
1t sat awhile and he introduced me TO the
lady put on my bonnet and he went down
to the front door with me when Left it was
ABOUT quarter past liz o'clock; he told me
was to come at 2, p. M, Monday no one came
into the room from the time entered il with
him until the lady above referred to he shut
the door, saying the smell Of ether would 90
all over the house asked him TO stop an |
omnibus; he said bad better walk / walked
to Third and Lombard streets ON an Grand |
and from there to female relative, in Cbesnut |
street; first mentioned IL to this relative: on
the evening of that day, after tea mentioned 1
to her all that took place at Mr.. Bealc's in the
way have stated it before the mayor at this
time. No attempt was made to operate upon
my tooth until after the outrage upon nav per.
son, nor did he until after that time say any
thing about extracting the tooth.
IN reply to questions from the defendant, the
witness said: q was not conscious that Won
were preparing another tooth for plugging. /
tno,o you committed the outrage l1
The defendant was committed in default of
$4,000 bail, but the requisite surety was after
wards entered. The young lady evidently suf-
erred much mental anguish during the pro-
yress Of the examination. Her father and the
gentleman TO whom she was engaged, were
present during the cxamination.--Bdh.S Sun,