Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-19
A Catarrh Doctor Cornered.

SUIT AGAINST HIN FOR swINDLING MAN IN
WASHINGTON ELEVEN YEARS ago.
The Philadelphia Times says that DR.. Aborn.
OF 1881 Arch street, In that city, has been sum.
moned to appear before Magistrate Smith on a
charge Of swtndling Captain W. hardwood. of
81 New Jersey out O. sJJ hi January 1859.
The plaintiff brings suit to recover that sum-
with interest. on the ground that the doctor
failed 10 render the professional services stipu.
lated In the agreement, now In possession OF The
plaintiffs attorney. The doctor has sIpnitiad
his intention to meet the charge The doctor ia
qulle veteran practitioner More than eleven
Years ago he appeared in Washington ana
opened an office on street. He cast his c,rr,,.
lars broadcast unon the waters knowing that
T 1neS f %9uId return TO him after MANY days
who uru Ieturn, with anxious valetudinarians.
t,csatorss their faith and their cash In the
aO1 VI Fteping. The doctor ignored the former
anu Jcketed the latter, sent out more circuIars
..itn renewed energy and patients came by
scores and were fieeced, they say with neatness
ahu ulspatch. Others followed and were served
IN IKE manner but one day the doctor caught a
tartar In the shape of Captain Markwood-the
plaintiff In the aforementioned sut-whe at
Inat tlne resided In Washington. The Captain
was suffering from catarrh, which the doctor
promised TO cure for $50. 4 unique agreement
In printed form. was drawn up between them
In accordance with this agreement the doctor
examined nine the patient, gave him some medicine
ana told him to "call again next week" He did
SO and received another bottle of medicine and
another invitation. Upon the next visit tn. q :
luded captain found that the doctor had de-
parted Tor fresh fields and pastures new. The
captain searched for him with a shot gun with
out success and then sought consolation with
p,s 1ellow patients, and all put their helds To
gether and gave vent to their feelings In the
following card, which was published In tue
PittsbuTg Chronicle:
To al ,rtO1n 10 1t0u concern:
We, the undersigned. citizens Of Wa5hinrton
ID. c., having recently been under medic 4!
treatment or DR.. Aborn, or Plttsburg Pa. tor
diseases which he advert1SeS to cure do hereby
TESTIFY TO the fact that his treatment In our re
spectlve cases was humbug. CAPTAIN w.
HARDWOOD. A. STARwALT, JR.. ". s. MARCHAEI.
Captain hardwood communicated with some
OF the doctors former patients, all OF whom
eral StuIgis said that he would be glad to bring
him to justice. A. N. Thompson wrote that his
VIII, wife paid DR.. Aborn twenty-five dollars, aud
that his treatment only aggravated her com
PLANT He advises the public to beware of the
'.lmpostor.' Another said that he paid DR..
Aborn 500 to be cured Of deafness and catarrh.
put that the treatment made him deafer than
before Another still mourned the loss of $40,
with which the doctor decamped for parts I'm :
KNOWN. A. StarWah, Jr., wrote that Dr.. Aborn
puDlished testimonial which was obtained
from MN under misrepresentation and which
ne intended to contradict. Pay Director John
;. Cunningham, OF the United States Navy.
whose name also appears among the list OF ref
erenceS. said yesterday that he never signed
the testimonial published.
believe did say something In praise OF
t t9 doctor a lew days after put myself under
ms treatment he said, .but l never signed
any such paper and the signature must be a
forgery. AS for the doctors treatment, 1t re-
lleVed me for day or two, but it did not effect
permanent cure. The man must be hum
pug. | have since been cured, but not by him.
| would like to call the man to account for
u'pg my name. | object to having my name
Gl;n1phiayed o IN print on any OCCASION" Armed
Win such documents Captain hardwood
searched for the doctor, and found him after
ELEVEN years In this city.
SARA BERNHARDT'S WARDROBE is not exciting
SO much attention here as the splendid quality
or Ho"son's ice cream, at s.. a gallon, 10 cts.
plate. 1lO4 18th st.