New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-22
STUMBLING THE DOCTORS.

Some Of the members Of tho medical profession
are fceIinp foolish over the manner IN which they
believe thew have been swnded by person CLAIM
inc 70 be a DIR. Geddings of Charleston 3 y; IBIS
man made his appearance IN Newt DIX iIIttic mn
than two weeks ago, aud calico upon he 80 Tr
GeddinGs that he had been IN the CITY ior sV,nSS
time, had run out OF money, amp boc T'S"t 70
to borrow enough to take ,d h'h ,rmediateiy
Set%rn the amount lent. Each OF the
pbysicians called upon gaze him some money s 80
that, in sums varying rom Sdo 10 %V comfortabe
amo1nt A TRIBUYE reporter called last evening
mon several of those who had suffered Ut. Aionzo
Clark OF No % East March 10
He was a very Geutlemanlike person. ana told
straightforward story. He said that ne vas III H.
Geddn gs of Charleston, g. e.: that ne hsH DoSl ~
Chicago on business and had come 10 New loIk
from that CITY, He had renamed here longer thah ,
he expected and had run short OF money. ne SHe to
me 10 lend him enough to take him home saiu 10
him that if he were Dr. Gcddings he had once pee,
IN in this city. He replied that he had. ! asked
him If mad treated him. and he sara PAD nov N.
that is true but il was so long ago mat cGuIu NOT
fell that he was not DIR. Geddngs. therefore gave
him S35. That evening / met DR.. Otis,
who asked me if ! had seen GedG .ngs ana
He then told me that had probably been swindled,
as the same man had been getting money from
others. That is all know OF him up to the present
The reporter next called upon a physician whose
works on medical theory and practice are we'll
known. but who did not wish his name to be pub
lished He said -" do not wish TO be taken for a
Qreeuhorn, but was swindled out Of the largest
amount. He came and told me the same story that
he told the others and l. feeling sorry for his plight
wrote check for $40 aud sent a servant TO Park q
Tllfords to get 1t cIshed. This man has very easy
manners, and in crowd of hfty men would be Sc
lected as of the most gent emaniBe De also went
to DR. r. Ogden Doremus, at Bellevue Hospital, to
get money My son. who practises there dropped III
lust at that time aud having heard Of his borrowing
elsewhere asked him why hc did not Telegraph
home for money. He said that he had not enough
to pay for a telegram. My Son then threatened TO
cali policeman and the swindlcr disappeared. lie
also called upon DR.. Samuel Sexton, who gave hun
some money and he has similarly taken ID several
other physicians
DR.. Isaac Taylor was also among the victims.
"Ihis man told NE, lie said, a" the same story that
he told to the others, and / lent BIN 80. HIS
Guiet manners and straightforward story deceived
me easily. know that Dr. OeddIDgs, OF Charleston
is dead; but thought that this might be one Oh MS
sons William H.. }. f. Nj. or Frederick. Inc last
IS rot mentioned any OF my reference books, but
know that there is such person. ! am now con,
WINGED that this man Is no Que OF the three ana l
have written 10 William II. Geddin2s. who Il prac-
tlslng IN Aiken :. g., TO ask him If hc knows any
thing about tins man. 1 believe he Is still IN
the city, and think 1t likely that he VIII 60 To
Philadelphia and try hIs game there. one thlhg
puzzled me. He knew all abOut reception gave
several years ago said be had bcrn thcTo, and nen-
toned several incidents that occurred lie Is TaAdy
M his replies To anv questions that are asked, ana
cannot be thrown oil hIs guard.
Several other physicians have been called on bY
this peTson aud the entire medical fraternity d pre-
pAred 20 make things lively Tor him II he contp-
ues his nelarOus work.