The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-24
a Rich Trial.


tracted more attention that any other
case of the kind tried in Cairo for years.
took place in Judge Bross' Office on Tues
day and Yesterday. The principals in
the case were DR.. HultZ and Mr.. James
Coleman, and the grounds on which the
trial was brought. were these. Mr.. Cole
man called on IIultz. before the death
of Mrs. Coleman. and stated to him
the nature OF her disease, and asked
II ultz whether he could cure her. IIultz
replied, that he could not tell. but that
if he was allowed to treat her for two
weeks, he could give Coleman q definite
answer and he was employed for two
weeks, with the understanding that at
the end of that time he would give his
opinion. When two weeks had eX pired
Coleman again had conversation with
HultZ, in which he was assured that
Mrs. Coleman could be cured. IIultz
agreeing to treat her for one dollar per
day until she recovered. With this I'M
dcrstan1ing lIultz administered medical
uih W. ti' l'tAl'ill uilili nv hhi iliI VI
something over five hundred dollars
against Coleman, when Mrs. Coleman,
becoming discouraged with liultl en-
deayors TO cure her, she all the While
growing worse, refused his treatment
any longer. Coleman paid Hultz three
hundred and forty odd dollars of the bill,
withstanding iIultZ had failed to ac-
compli>h the cure of the lady. but re-
fused to pay the balance claimed 10y
lIultz, and ilullz sued him for it.
-. +. Linegar appeared as attorney
for lIultz, and Judge Mulkey for Cole
man. The case occupied all Of Tuesday
and the greater part Of yesterday morn
ing. and never before. it is said by the
best medical men of this city. has such
display OF ignorance been shown as was
displayed by Hutz in his own testi-
mony. When asked by Judge Mulkey
what medical colleges he had attended,
Dultz replied he had attended three. but
could not remember the names of any
of them. One lac said was in Cincinnati.
The second one he attended, situated we
could not learn where, had broken up in a
row, owing to the finding Of limb of a
woman III "A lumber yard near TN institu-
ton which led the inhabitants OF the
place to believe that the students had
stolen the dead body of woman some
where and dissectcd it. This made them
very indignant and they ran al the stu
dents out OF the town, hc leaving with the
balance. He had received his diploma
from this college about year after it
broke up. but he had never been exam
incd. The doctor could not remember
much about the third college he attended,
but he had been there. In tact he could
not recollect the names Of any OF his class
mates, except Mary Brown, and Mary
was dead. wei DOCTOR" said Judge
Mulkey, you have enjoyed con
siderable notriety as an au-
thor, have you not:' "No.
sir" said the doctor emphatically. I'm
deed said the Judge. and he drew
from his pocket one of the doctors books
of receipts for curing bolts in horses, for
making love-powdcrs, etc. Judge Null
key read several of these receipts, which
were greatly enjoyed by the crowd, and
then drew a sample OF the loye-powders
from his pocket, which he had procured
through darkey who bought them of
Hultz on Monday morning, tor the es-
pecial purpose of producing them in
court. The doctor denied at first that he
had made the powders, saying that he
had never put any preparation up in the
kind Of paper in which they were
wrapped. He finally admitted after
wards that he did sometimes manutac-
ture them, "iust to please the Ignorant
people around town." His treatment OF
Mrs. Coleman, DIR. Brigham, DIR. Parker,
and other physicians testified, was. not
| what her ailment required, and
it was proven conclusiyely to the
court that tie doctor was
wholly too ignorant aud incompetent
to administer 10 her, and that he had
most cruelty and inhumanly deceived Mr..
Coleman throughout his dealings with
him. The case was given TO the court
Yesterday morning tor decision, without
argument, Judge Bross holding that Mr..
Coleman was perfectly justiiable in bis re-
fusal to stand further bleeding at the
hands of liultz, who was made To pay the
costs of the suit