Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-28
A QUEST FOR A QUAcK.
The Trials and Troubles of Hale,
the Vile.
Rich Scenes in Cleveland Stripped Of His
Money and Jewels, and Hurried
To Toledo for Trial-jump-
ing Bail.

W. II. Hale, the quack who was run out
OF this city by the prompt action OF the
local physicians, headed by DR.. Reeves,
secretary of the State Board of Health, and
whose arrest in Cleveland, whittier he went
after jumping bail at Toledo, was chronicled
in yesterday REGISTER, was arraigned be-
fore the police court at Cleveland Tuesday,
with what result is told in the following
from Yesterdays Cleveland Leader:
when srraigned Hale was informed by
the court that be must be in readiness TO
accompany an officer to Toledo to answer
in that town the charge OF circulating OBJ
scene literature.
but, your honor, I nave a lecture to
give this evening at Frohsinn Hall
Cant help that, replied the Judge
you will have to GO
A re porter being possessed with the idea
of getting q peep at the many documents
the doctor held so tightly under his arm,
approached him for that purpose. AT
first
THE MUCH PROSECUTED MAN
refused to show them, but when be was
told that it might be for his interest TO do
so, he readily consented. The only docu-
ment which was given to be read, a
which, therefore, must have been the most
important, was q permit from some county
in The State of New York allowing him to
practice medicine in that State. Upon
being asked if he was obliged to show his
diplomas in order to obtain the permit, he
answered no. ,
"SThen ANYBODY can 90 to that State, and
BY passing themselves off for a regular
graduated physician, be recognized as such,
and be allowed to practice, whether they
showed their credentials or mott,
az suppose So answered the doctor.
"'Weli, then, what good do you expect to
derive from the certificate
"a great deal, was the reply.
The doctor said he had made arrange
ments to have some one lecture for him II
he was obliged to go TO Toledo. His at
torneys
DESIRED TO BE HEARD
in the case, and further consideration in
the matter was adjourned until the after
noon session of the court, but in the after
noon the doctor failed TO materialize. He
was nowhere about the building. His
bail bond was called. and declared forfeited.
Hale now mourns the loss OF the 800 in
money, the diamond cluster pin and the
gold watch which he deposited with the
Police Clerk at the time OF his arrest, as Sc
curity for his appearance in the police
court.
Before the court adjourned attorneys
Brinsmade and Clark made a motion
TO SET ASIDE
the forfeiture Of the bal. bond. Their mo.
ton Was deliberately worked up, and Mr..
Clerk spoke at some length on the subject.
The Judge listened to the end, smiled
ccmplacently, took his pen and said: Il
hara olraa1U nrIffnn nm fh1Q 1nNkpt hsDa.
PENDANT called and bond declared forfeited
case called in the afternoon, and a motion
to set sside the forfeiture Of the bond
heard | will now write, Defendant not
in court; motion to set aside the forfeiture
of the bond overruled." -"
Early in the afternoon Detective H
Cherry, of Toledo, arrived in the city. He
inquired for Hale at the Central station,
and was told that the doctor was
AMONG THE MISSING.
He said it was very important that he
should capture his man before evening set
in, and Detectives Hulligan, Lawrence,
Lohrer and Goodrich Immediately began a
search for him. They were not long in
running him down. At about 4:30 o'clock
Detective Hulligan found the fugitive in a
room at the Hawley House. The officers
had visited the room assigned to Hale BY
the hotel clerk several times. Hulligan
found him
IN ANOTHER MANS ROOM,
waiting for the storm to blow over. Hale
was taken to the Central station, where
Cherry read to him the Toledo warrant,
which charges him with circulating OBJ.
| scene literature, in selling and distribut.
ing his paper, called Hrtih Gnd Hpmr. The
| prisoner seemed downcast, and evinced
considerable COwardice. He asked once, in
a faint voice, for his money and jewelry.
OF course he did not get them. Without
allowing him time for reflection, Detectives
Cherry and Huliigan
HURRIED HIM II THE pEIoT
where they arrived in time to catch the >
o'clock train for Toledo.
Col. Brinsmade, after court adjourned,
took measures to secure a writ of habeas
corpus for the release Of his client, but
before he could accomplish anything in
that direction Hale was out of the city.
Even had the doctor" been relieved OF
his obligations to the Toledo police depart.
ment, ne could not have delivered his
private lectures in this city. The Health
Officer was only awaiting the outcome OF
yesterdays trial in the police court to
spring the law on him as soon as he step,
ped on the platform of FrohSinn Hall, to
tell INSCRIPTIONS people something that is
prohibited by law