The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-30


medical practitioners OF the city. whom his Masonic
influence would compel TO do him that favor will
bet that the scrape he has got into now viii not
make him one bit uneasy, except In so far as he
may be apprehensive that his business Will be In
terrupted for while.
REPoRTER-l have heard 1t remarked. Doctor,
that that poor girl must have been packed into the
trunk while she was alive; what Is your Oplniona
DOCToR-WeN one can hardly tell anything for
certain about that hardly think, however. that
the parties waited until fortyegh hours after ner
death before they packed her up. II they did, the
trunk would have given forth an offensive odor In
the baggage room long before 1t was noticed. III
they aid not wait so long then they must either
have packed up the body within ten minutes from
the moment OF her death, put her into that trunk
BEFORE LIFE WAS YET EXTINCT.
NO body would remain sufficiently timber for
that purpose longer than len minutes after death.
At the expiration Of that time the body becomes
too stiff to be so used and 1t remains so, even In
hot weather like this, for at least fortyeignt
hours; that Is, until decomposition has fairly sec
In. My own belief is-but, Of course, 1 cannot
speak with any great certainty on the matter
that the body was packed up in that trunk while
the woman was still alive.
REPoRTER--Do you know anything about per-
son calling himself "Drn Lewis, VINO resides or
keeps an Office at NO. Beach streetY
DocroR-Yes, know them all. That fellow is
another Polish Jew; in fact most of those people,
strange to say, are Polish, German or Hungarian
Jews His name is not Lewis OF course; indeed,
heard his real name once or twice but forget it,
lie goes INTO that business extensively; but, though
he is intimately acquainted with Ascher in so far
as they hold "consnltations'' together, Lewis runs
an abortion machine of his own, He keeps mouse
which he hospital for his patients, and
which is attended TO by his wife, rather his wies
sister, to be more correct.
REPoRTER-Do you know any ohersP
DoCToR-Others? Yes; any number OF them; but
the queerest case know in that way lives and does
business further down on this street. wish you
would go to him. He lives In small, two story,
very red brick house. and 'hangs out shingle" as
they call It, bearing the legend, 'Dr. Franklin" His
real name is Jacob and
HE, TOO, IS A POLISH JEW.
had OCCASION at one time, to be engaged with
another medical man In trying to save the life of an
unfortunate whom that fellow had brought to the
verge or the grave ana that is how and why made
il my business to know all about him. He began
life In this city as barber. Having failed in that
respectable line Of business he became extremely
destitute, and would have starved had he not acct
dentally got employment from medical friend OF
mine, " no made speciality OF venerea Diseases
and who employed jacob as sort OF confidential
porter. jacob turned out to be what you might
call smart" He picked up, while in my
friends employ, smatterng OF the
healing art, and became very useful in the way of
running to the druggists with prescriptions, &c. IL
afterwards became known that when the Doctor
was absent from his ONCE Jacob used to prescribe
for the patients himself. After while the Doctor
caught HIM in some extensive thet and dismissed
HIM. What was the consequence why, In a lew
days our friend Jacob set M IN the medical bust
ness for himself and has since practised under the
name of cdr. Franklin an atOrtion1st aud curer
OF private diseases OF course he has had
NO MEDICAL EDUCArI0N;
but he Is very shrewd ami smart, aud If You push
HIM questions Of medical science he falls back on
ms ignorance OF the English language and pretendS
not to unders tand you.
Having bowed himself away from the tall pres.
up the street. until he came to the establishment
of DIR. Franklin, alias Jacob The bell was
answered by little girl about twelve years
saying, 'he Doctor has Just gone out, out he Will
be back in q moment; please take seat" The
and lighted by miserable looking kerosene lamp,
which stood on a table beside a copy OF the Bible
young men sat in corner awaiting the entrance OF
the "Doctor.' and single glance was sufficient to
satisfy any Odv that both had
SUI, ? LONG AND DEsERvEDLY
under the bei.S J,.l6 OF Z" DIR. Franklin" In few
means means OF ischKey and tum6ied into the ONCE.
The Doctor" Is a short, stout man. with full
NANCE "' lie appeared to feel nightly pleased at
finding three supposed patients awaiting HIM and
asked (Which came tIrsty" one OF the sickly
panied the Doctor into an inner room. When
he emerged the other sickly young man en-.
five minutes. after which he gave place TO the re-
porter. AS soon the door closed benlnd the lat
Dr. Ascner. Is that-sof'' The "Doctor'' bounced
from his chair as II a laundering torpedo had ex-
ploded beneath Nun and shouted, Friend friend
WOuuut
him; wouldn't speak to such a !ellow
WHO IN HE'LL ARE you. ANYHOwT'
And the good Doctor glayed furlousy his visitor,
"Doctor" replied the reporter, al 1--we IN this city;
am very much interested indeed in the dentiiica-
Ascher's or ROsenzweig's, malpractice. I cannot
speak to him just now, and as learned you were
an intimate friend OF his thought would take the
liberty or calling upon y0u.n
well I amt no friend OF his nor OF yours nor OF
any one else's never have nothing to do with
no women foiks only II one OF lem comes To me
with ora - cure ZEN; that's ALL"
"Now, easy, Doctorn SAID the reporter 81 know
that great many persons believe that in certain
cases-say when collaborating would surely
the death of woman-it would not be entirely
CRIMINAL to rid pregnant woman OF her troubles.
Isn't 1t possible you may do that service now and
then for those 'womenfolks,' As you call them2"
'No, sir; don't NEEDLE with nothing tnars dan
mat we send them to Ascher. never sent him
none, but If you want to seen somebody what sent
him plenty, you go 10 -
She does nothing bus get cases Of that kind for
KOsenZwelg. She hveS at NO. AZ St. MARK 5 place,
Eighth street,
Whereupon the reporter HE'D him to ST. Marks
place with all possible speed. No. AZ Is four story,
nigh stoop brick house, very narrow aud very
deep. The parlor mas single window in 'front.', with
an IRON rallied balcony beneath it. Hanging from
the bars OF this balcony Is a small eld-shaped
s.shlngen bearing the legend--"Mme. Van
Buskirk, physician" and the same words
are inscribed the d0Orplate. When the
reporter reached the Madame's residence 1t was
halI-past seven O'Clock. faint light gllmmered
through the alouslc blinds or an upper story win
dow but otherwise the house was shrouded In
gloom and silence. The reporter pulled the bell
handle The hall door and waited for fully three
minutes; answer He pulled again and waited
three minutes more; no answer. And so he kept
pulling and waiting for half an hour with similar
success. He then descended TO the basement door
and pulled the bell handle beside that entrance with
THE SAME RESULTS.
On the stOOps and leaning against the area ratings
OF the houses either side were the members OF
the families who resided in them. Among them
was young lady who seemed To be watching the |
reporters movements very closely. The reporter |
annrnached her and asked Ii she knew who lived |