Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-14
THE EVENING STAR.
Hoct0r Grove Again.

HOW re TRIED TO INITIATE DR.. BUCHANAN BY
PLAYING DEAD.
In THK STAR Of last Friday was publisher an
article from the v. Y. Herald or Or. Grove, COR
Crow, as his name was spelled here relating
some incidents Of hts career in this city. Hav-
Ing got In bad rePute here, asi incurred the
EMMY or gamblers he left suddenly last fan
shoTuy alter his departure the death notice
published below appeared In the \. l. H3dJd
November 18th. This WAS not considered by
conclusive as 10 his death. About a week after
IL WAS published the following note reached
TEB STAR Office by mail:
"A REMARKABLE FACI.
Communication 10 the sren'rg scr'
NEW YORK. Soy. 18th, IsSJ.
The post mortem on the corpse OF Dr. Grove
revealed the remarkable fact that the Doctor
had received at some period during his life
(probaoly during the late war, a Minnie bah I'm
he septurn or lirshy partition which separates
the SeuiIicies or the heart, which becoming
imoedued had formed a sheath or callOus OF
considerable Size, so much aj TO interfere With
TIE CT, ulatlOn OF the blood, and tic Ally deprive
hiiu Ci lie la the Sane manner Ia the Csc D.
lie celebrated William Poole VINO liYei elya,
Gays wi b bullet IN his heart. Although Or
ClCWe RluSJ nave been wounded more ia Al SIX
teen yeas ago, aud been Struggling lcr exist
elce 0uilns Liss long period against M enen.
WhoSe ins.diou5 atiaCk al leaEta proved IA i.
Yours respectfully,
81 ur,zgR. ND.
Su gton-ln Chief St GERMAN hospital. Jcr,"y
bis ctmn untcation was not puot,ipi :,
r@ef tlne because Il WAS thought 10 nave h,rn
WI1tlea Dy DE- Grove ia UrtGUraace OF his
schemes: 10 help strengthen the iinpre Sslon ha
h0iei 10 make oy the publication oi The o3;tH.
arg notice. which ends the following article
from the \. Y. Hera'd or Saturday:
''nK. skLDES W. CRowE-soMR MORE SC2Ars
FROM HIS HISTORY.
f}SS,,, registrar OF vital statistics n- N.uNa
upon seeing the report In the Herald yesterday
OF the arrest OF Dr. Selden W. Grove cadsei
the records OF his bureau 10 bs examined. It
was found that years ago Charles W SplIan
VITO claimed to be a demonstrator OF anatomy
was rtglsttrt Oh diplomas which he presented
rom the Jefferson Medical College OF PniIa-
Guellhia ana the National Medical College of
washington; and In later years Seidea w
Grove was registered upon appearing az the
same Office with diploma OF the National
hedicai College OF Washington, ID. C., dated
March ), 1855. The search resulted in revealing
That DIS Grove and Selden were the sam
party, and as this person, under the latter
name, according 20 the secret records, has been
connected with a suspicious case 10 ISL DR..
Maggie gave orders TO his assistants to Reject all
ceruhcateS bearing either mama, ana turn them
over TO the coroner for Investigation.
81 nave heard" Dr.. Nagle remarked TO a
hefdtt reporter, that certain medical colleges
IN the state Of Vermont get csdayers from ms
city or New York for which they pay S25 eacn
ifG3aply tGey are stol6u from PoEJsr'5 Field
irleEdS claim body, AID. by procuring a ra9.l-
lar permit, take it out or lie state Without me
least suspicion. If it can DE proven that DR..
Grove Seiden has been sending bodies out of tne
state without permit ne can be arrested AMI
sent TO prison according to the provisions or an
act passed by the legislature April /, IS54 THIS
act provides that iG shall nos be Ia gful to de
liver DEAD o00leS TO professors OF medical col
Il SeS when Objection stall be made by Telative3
Ii is also unlawful to deliver them after inter
neht On alter the lapse or more than u hours
r har rlnftN-
colleges according To Law iJ Is the duty or the
professors OF these colleges to see that all paris
CT the body are decentlT buried, il default of
which fine of SIS to $50 may be froo,sd II
is also made unlawful TO remove dead b9r,Ias
from the state Ior the use OF colleges In another
STATE, the penalty being imprisonment la the
county JAN Tor one year. the receiver OF bodies
Unlawfuiiy obtained is also made equally guilty
vi tie del1YeTer
DE-" Grove Is not possessed OF the most sa.
yoly reputation. He was one OF four alleged
pns sitlaDS VINO started Il bogus meGtcit college
IN Washington in 1914 sending ont circulars
Offering diplomas Tor S25. u was called ths
Washington Medica! Institute. Ii was very
snort lived affair, bur it attracted Wide atten-
ton While IL did exist. It was the subject of
diplomatic correspondence on one OCCASION be-
tween the state department ana Europe. Dr.
Grove some months later got into row with
the Washington gamblers, resulting In an at
tempt On MS part TO suppress the business
which proved q laTnentable failure on hts part
he obtained some n0tGriety In connection with
- At'NC LooO-tJ III 4c'o OuSDlciOn
was attached to him very strongly and Is yet
In the minds OF the police. &c Is related OF hin
by gamblers that he put his inventive genius TO
W0lk che day ard Invented the game called
centennial IT was called by that name be-
causa the player had only oae chance in 100 10
Nln. VI hen The Washington authorities ware
looking tor him last November he endeayorei
tut Without Success, 10 throw them OF the
Sctit bE Inserting The following among the
death notices Ia the Hera'd Of the l2Cn of tat
month -
CRowE -SEdGehIy, on Friday November IL
leet, y W GROVE, ID. ID of heart disease, while
Ell foute between New York aud flilade uai3.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
HasDjI zt"n - lers pI- ase c6Dy