Daily Republican., 1882-04-29
FRAUD EXPOSED.
THE DOINGS OF An IrINERANr
DOCTO8.
How He Has Been, and Still r. Inn
posing Upon the Pabiic-Ca.
tsrrh Cured In Thirty Min.
utes-N umbers Of Our Ctt.
iEens Vlctinisod

'Tis an old but true saying tina
Bought Wit is the best II you don
pay too dearly for it," but how man!
there are to-day, who have paid dearly
for it. This fact is being verified daily
right In our midst, by many per
sons who have visited and still are Wis
iting rather peripatetic physician
and who alone claims that he car
cure the worse case OF catarrh in the
remarkably short time of thirty min.
utes, This wonderful physician has
been in our midst but short time, bu,
ever since his arrival he has been reap
Ing an abundant harvest from our Citi
zens who have gone to him with their
complaints. Those who know what
catarrh Is, are aware that 1t is a loath'
some as well as an unpleasant disease
and also extremely troublesome, and
Will do almost anything in order to get
rid of it. Under there circumstances
many have been influenced to visit the
Doctor for treatment, from articles
that have appeared from time to time
Ill some OF the newspapers, signed by
some of our most prominent and wor-
thy citizens, said articles claiming that
they were cured. How they were iu.
fuenced to allow their names to be
thus publicly used, when they have re.
allied but little benefit thereby we can.
not imagine but that they have done so
is an established fact, AZ is also the fact
that they have not been cured by his
treatment. Several prominent citizens
were interviewed yesterday, all of
whom we're loud in their denunciation
of the aforesaid Doctor. One of the
parties interviewed stated that he had
been suffering with the catarrh for .
long time anu hearing of the wonderful
cures effected by the Doctor, paid a
visit to him and was receives In cor
dial manner.
Upon entering the Office, the blinds
were pulled down, the gas lit but turn
ed dim, In order to make the room look
gl0omy;the Doctor then told the patient
that an examination would cost IS,
which the man thought rather high,
but after being informed that if he
went under treatment, the money paid
for examination would be Quoted
from the amount of the bill, he allowed
the Doctor to proceed; at the conclusion
Of the examination the physician told
the patient that he WAS in bad condi-
tion, whereupon the patient desired to
know what the treatment would cost.
In order to test the financial standing
II the man, 90 as he would charge &C.
,ordingly, the Doctor asked him II he
was wealthy man, saying If he was
,he treatment would cost $500. This
sum completely demoraliz-
I'd the man, for few moments, and
after recovering from this startling an
he told the doctor that he
vas not a wealthy man by any means,
cut on the other hand worked hard for
III he had. In view of this fact the
loctor lowered his price from $500 to
SS5. This was considered too high,
.lso, and once more the price was low
,red to $4S, which, said the doctor, 10
he lowest figure and ii you go under
reatmenJ for this amount you will
lave to sign paper at this juncture;
he doctor brought out a paper, on
which were hundreds of names OF per-
ons, who had added their names to
he testimonial sheet, under the i'm
,ulse of the moment, and before a radi-
:al change had taken place, which
hows how the testimonials that ap-
,ear in the newspapers are procured.
This paper he show ed to his patient,
Who by this time lad become thorough.
y convinced that the whole business
vas fraud, and came to the conclu.
ion that LIE would pay his five dollars
or the examination and consider him
elf lucky in getting off so cheap.
As he was about to depart, the doctor |
hought he would make one more effort
0 influence the patient to 20 under
and accordingly asked him
he was married man with any chill |
ren. Upon being answered in the
the doctor then told him,
u brilliant oratorical speech, to be
ind to his children, or ere long some
hing (meaning crape) would be hang
az on his door. The man was then
convinced that the whole
hing was humbug and that he was
ut Just five dollars. Another man
isited the celebrated physician, and
tier going through the same process of
and the usual questions,
= given above, the same price for
(S300O was asked.
his man was also alarmed and en-
hatically refused to 60 under treat
lent, whereupon the price was low
red from time to time until it was only
l3. The doctor said l will treat you
,r the $l9 (the price of the advertise
lent published a few days ago in a
ewspaper) provided you sign this
aper. The man objected and started
ut, when the doctor demanded his IS,
'hich had been overlooked during the
The man said he had no
! to fool away in that manner and re-
lsed to pay. The doctor was non
lussed, but as the man was young and
uch smaller than him, he argued the
we, when the young man said III cant
w you, and that settles it," The
octor thought so to, and told the man
lat his $13 proposition was only open
r that evening and If he returned q
uch larger fee would be charged. Az
10 man departed, he said, "You need
1t be afraid of my coming back" and