New-York tribune., 1871-01-11
HELMBOLUS PIRATES.
THE LEADER OF THE CHICAGO GANG MEETS
WITH SUMMARY JUsTICE-A WARNING TO
CoUNTERFETTERs OF DR.. HENRY I. HELM
BOID'3 "BUCHU."

THE LEADER OF THE CHICAGO GANG MEETS
WITH SUMMARY JUsTICE-A WARNING TO
COUNTERFEITERS OF DR. HENRY l. HELM
BOLD'3 "BUCHU."
From The Chicago Evening Journal Jan.f
Some six months since, DR.. Henry I. Helm
bold OF New-York City, the proprietor OF helmDoids
Fluid Extract Buchu" Of learned
through the course OF his numerous detectives through
ont the United States, that the country was
snurious medicinal preparatiO bearing the name
" Uelmbodv and he at once took the most prompt ana
vigorous measures to ascertain the source OF he sup
and the authors the fraud. The manuiacory OF t1e
boeus article was finally traced 10 and found to be
located in the OF NO 100 WasnlngtOD,St Inls IVY
The manufacturer being Whittier, formerly "a special
st doctor and at present engaged In the manufacture
It appears that Whittier in his purpose OF prating the
name and fair fame Of DR. Hembod's medicines discov
cred by referente TO the cy directory that there we're
two persons by the OF Hemboa In Chicago These
are Germans, one being boy and neither speaks
the English language their names being George ana
Fritz Helmbold and, being ignorant, both were simple
and unsOphistcated, and admirably fitted to he easily
duped They agreed, by written contract WIN "hlI-
tier the Of 900 year. TO engage in the CON
strnctOn Of sprngbeds, and Also for the additional sum
OF $40 per MONTH allow their TO be used In CON
might wish to make This man Whittier is bold, bad
and determined man. and, having accumulated upward
Of SCOOOO-Owned in Chicago real cstate-ne was not
easily he put down. but the Doctor had sent out fo
New York those eminent attorneys r b f. M Kee s No.
way, who engaged the eminent law firm Of stephenson
also ably defended he had purchased he rgn oi tcSc
HelmbOlds, and he would use il. See the result 49,,
fraud upon the Doctors preparation (Which universally
known the most efcaciOus medicinal remedy Ior le
disease for which Is the WoTa mas az
known and to preserve the purity OF his reputa9% % rs
well to guard the public against deetcrlous urusS
purporting TO issue from him, is the secret OF he u
sned exertions Of the Doctor to bring those rogues 70
Justice Upon learning OF the workings OF the trand the
inc Possessed himself Of all the facts moved upon the
counterfeer. Whittier at once served WIN an IN
junction from Judge Drummond or the Unlr5I oIatcs
Circuit Court restraining him from further proceedings
the Doctors attorneys sworn ahdays vi % thS ,ho
manner in which their names had been Obtained; ana
Whittier found himself defendant in suit for s2oooo
Concluding wisely but too late, that he had made an
unfortunate choice in selecting as victim Dr. r. Helm
to his laboratory with all its cOnents-the lithograph
stones electro plates with plate stamps, des ana all
the material and equipment OF his "buchu business
with list OF all the parties who had purchased his spur
compounds, and all his confedeaes IN other parts 0l
the country which will be made public at convenient sea
Whittier has entered into bonds 10 ABSTAIN o Ae
trespass In the future. , ,.,,
themselves and others with the idea that ey can in
tate Whittiers experiment and escape pi55ne t5 a,di
with the trade mark Of Dr. Henry i. HcmDoiu' IIe
Doctor spends immense sums ior adverlshg ~ ns
merits and being by this method brought u e eyes o
all the world his medicines could % no. ress Sna
merit This being the the Doctor cannot sl Iuy W
az uSppinciped men The public 10 be duped and
II such vilanous compounds are to be imposed upon them
for the genuine manufacture OF Doctor HemD0ld the
reputation OF the Doctor eOpardized there
by and he is determined by the aid OF the rong arm "a
o the law to extingish eectualy both the trafe ana
the trcker in these counterets and yndcate the pu-
rity OF his preparations in the eyes OF the people
There is an opinion existing among many or an lg-
norant that after party has established reputa-
tip through the medium OF the press that any or the
same may might be able to grasp the fruits OF
efforts Of the original To such we Will remark pewere
of the power of the press the defenders OF the right and
let the case of g. F. HelmbOld and Fritz Hem6old be
warning. Besides the intent Is so PLAINLY inaIkeu lnat
when it comes before Judge and L intelligent jurors
conviction is certain
But in the case Of Fritz and George F. HelmbOd, both
strangers in the country not speaking the Engh IAN
guage and aiding To bring the offender 10 Justice show
ing plainly that they easy victims III the hands OF
designing party and the recommendation OF the
Judge they Were saved from the fel0ns doom.
Nether fritz nor George f. HelmbOd were known to
exist by any of the Philadelphia branch of that