The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-29
AN.ESTHETIC ANECDOTES.
A Man ChlorOformed and Robb ed on the Street
How IL Done.

How It was Done.
The Cincinnati Times of Thursday says:-
respectable looking gentleman called a. our
office this morning and told the following story
My name, he said, is Major King. l used to live in
1854, 55, and So few days since returned to the
city from lengthy absence in the West having in
fore last, early in the evening, / was playing bill.
liards at Phil Tieman's saloon, when boy handed
me note, signed by friends name, requesting me
to step out on the sidewalk he wanted to see me-
Immediately went out, but instead of seeing the
friend from whom the note purported to have come,
met three men, strangers to me, one of whom, how
ever, stepped up, called me by name grasped my
hand, shaking it cordially. This person then intro
duced me to the other two men, and a conversation
ensued, but upon what subject do not now re-
member.
When l resumed consciousness / found myself
standing on Sixth street, about square and half
distant from Tieman's saloon The first thing re-
member noticing was a powerful odor OF chlorO-
form, which seemed to emanate from my breast
Placing my hand on my shirt front, found it satu
My next thought was of my pocket-book, and
placed my hands in my pants pockets only to find
pocket-book contained $50. was so much afIected
by the influence OF the chloroform that could not
remember the name OF my hotel.
Mr.. King further says that he does not remember
smelling the chloroform before he became uncon-
scious.
He thinks he has been followed from the West by
party Of villains who knew that he brought with
him large amount of money, which they hoped to
obtain IN this way. Fortunately he had deposited
the most OF it in bank Immediately after his arrival
in the city, The case is one OF the most peculiar
and mysterious that ever came under our notice.
Ether Turning the Heads of Both Surgeon and
Paiient-A Terrific Struggle In the Operating
Chair.
Between and O'Clock yesterday afternoon says
the Portland (Me) Argus OF the 25th inst, Mr..
Andrews, of India street, gentleman of about SIS
years. stepped into Dr. Benjamin IL. Ordway's office,
at No. Is Federal street, to have treated on
his hand. He saw the doctor then, and the next
time either OF the two men are spoken of is when
the doctor went into the room where the servant
girl was (she being the only person in the house be-
sides the two men). His appearance frightened the
girl, FOR he was literally covered with blood from his
head to his feet and she st further frightened
by the doctors using terrible threat in speaking OF
Why she did not look into the matter then does
not appear; but about the time given above a man
rushed up 10 Ofcer Seth Sterling and told him his
presence was needed at DR.. OrdwaY's at once. lie
fastened there, and found crowd about the door OF
the house. Entering he was shown into the doctors
office. There sickening sight met his eyes, The
doctor lay back in easy chair all besmeared with
blood and stupehed. The man Andrews was
stretched out on the ioOr. The oficer spoke the
doctor and received no response. The man was
also speeehless.
Onicer Sterling requested bystander TO call the
nearest doctor, and DIR. Woods was soon present.
| The man, in the meantime, had been able TO tell
in stupid way his story. lie had called, as above
referred TO, but knew not what took place from
till after O'Clock BY the side of the man was large
bottle OF ether, ami he thought he had taken some,
and no doubt he had been under the influence all
the time Scattered on the nOor were surgical in
struments OF all kinds, towels and cloths wringing
wet With blood.
One OF the doctors hands was cut, and from the
hand OF the man before him the b06d was forming
pool on the floor. This hand, which looked more
like piece of fresh beef than anything else, had
eight long cuts in IT, and all deep TO the bones. The
back OF the hand perfectly sound before, was slit
Open and cuts or the thumb extended 10 the wrist.
Ordway was put TO bed, and policeman left "a
guard him. Andrews was taken home, and his
wounds dressed. He will lose his thumb, II not tn
use OF the hand Ordway could say but little in de-
1eEse, but wanted TO refer 1t TO jury OF doctors.