Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-02
ORGANIZED INIQUITIEs.
Unsayory Revelation Of a Cottage
Hospital In New England.
A Tale Unfit to Be Told-A Pittsburgh
Physician Taken in BY a New
York Confdepee Young
Man,
oTHsRWoLATIoNs OF LAW AND ORDER.

BosroS. December 1.-The arrest OF DIR.
William Duncan Corken, OF Lynn, Tor
abortion has resulted in great expose OF
organized wickedness. Corken is an EtS
ulishman, about 50 years of age, and was
formerly, 1t Is said, Congregatlonailst
preacher. He came to Lynn about SIX
years ago as a physician, after practicing
IN Boston, Lowell and other New England
cities. As stated last night, DIR. Corken'ls
a director in the Bellevue Medical College
of this city, and also president Of the Ell
glish Cottage Hospital" " said to be legally
incoreorased and chartered by the State of
Massachusetts. "These hospitals" says
circular, "are instituted on the basis OF
English institutions that have acquired
such renowned success, being free from all
annoyances and exposures incidental 10
public hospital. According to the charter,
only ten patients can be treated at any one
time in each building and none with con-
tagious diseases will be admitted. Ihese
hospitals are designed for both sexes
throughout the country. No young midlcai
student will be allowed totake charge OF any
patient, but skillful physicians and surge
ons, kind matrOns, and experienced nurses
will be in constant attendance. The hos
pitals, are new in full operation in the
cities of Boston and Lynn" The circular
closes by giving the names of parties 70
whom application may be naade for admis-
sion to the alleged hospitals, among the
names being several which hgure on the
circulars of the Bellevue" After Corken
was arrested, the Lynn, police made a
search of his premises, spending number
of hours i'm the work. The revelations
thew say are alt0gether
Too Horrible for RUblicatiOn,
and constitute one of the most startling
disclosures IN recent criminal annals. The
officers say that they found, and took for
safe keeping large supply OF obscenlty
in the shape OF pictures and other mate
rial, His house is mentioned in the circu.
lars as one of the cottage hospitals" and
the officers say that in it they found the
names of several hundred women belong
ing in Boston, Lynn and numerous other
places, all certifying in a singular and orig
fnal manner that the owners of said names
had been the Doctors victims in the NAL
practice line, with the day and date of &C.
ton. The police say that they are satisfied
thereNar five hundred of these names
Notwithstanding the damaging evidence
which. the police have against the doctor,
he denies ever having done anything ille-
gal, but realizing, doubtless that the author
tiles have secured the written evidence
wherein he conviots- himself. So far as the
Bellevue College is concerned Crosen
saws that he resigned some time
ago from his connection. with it, and
that in his opinion the faculty does not
consist of moro. than three persons. and
that they have, issued very few diplomas
Or. Noyes, the ex. president of the Belle
yue, who resigned the position yesterday,
follows to-day with a resignation of his
connection with the college hospitals"
/ In the Lynn police coust, to-day, Corken
was held in $4,000 for examination on De.
cember 9. Great satisfaction IS, felt at
Lynn at tie breaking ap of this infamous
nest. There is also tremendous tlutter-
ing among the women whose names are
enrolled on the catalogue which the city
marshal Aas locked mp in his sa{e.