The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-06-12
CANDLES VICTIM.
How q German Phyelcian'e
Life Was Ruined by an Artful
Woman.

Washington Cor, Cleveland Herald.
That portion of the city situated i'm.
mediately south of Pennsylvania
avenue west of Tenth street, and
east of Fifteenth street is known in
police and similar circles as "Hooker's
Division" and q certain subsection is
is more specifically designated "Mur-
der Bay" This entire "divisiOn" is
occupied bv the demi-monde of
Washington, being to a certain exter.
their traditional dwelling-places, where
their business and that of still more
degraded saloo1-keepers is carried on
undisturbed, anu, to certain extent,
in an orderly way. The attention Of
the police is little turned to these
places, the policy Of the department
being to limit houses of ill-fame to
this neighborhood rather than entirely
eradicate these fever sores of moral
disease. 1t is not necessary to describe
these women, as they differ in No par
ticuIar from the brazen, degraded,
and unfortunate women of the town
of other cities. They are, however,
no Candles. The writer is only
brought to speak of them at all by an
incident which was lately brought
to his notice by an Office of the police
force.
In 1895 there came to Cincinnati
young German doctor, with small
supply of money. an excellent stock
of German philosophy, a fine physique
and a thorough university train
ing. In connection with French
man of pronounced convivial tastes
and gold-mounted eyeglasses, he
opened an office on lower Vine street,
and was soon in fair practice, riding
in a neat carriage and boasting an
army surgeon. The German, as is
so often the case with professional
men of bis country, was younger
son of good family, who mad left
bis country to improve fortune
which could boast little more than
the nameless wealth of name. Dur
ing the third year of their practice
the French partner, being much adj
dicted to spurious liquors, was one
day unable to get out of the way of
very spirited pair: Of holses, driv n to a
carriage, and was run over by them,
taken to hospital and died. The
German, whom | might as we'll call
DIR. joseph, as the name sounds
we'll and is neither his by birth OF
adoption, was much downcast by this
untimely death, cut off his supply OF
beer increased his business activity,
and fell more in love with his profes.
sion, as being to him the only friend
left. He became quite well known al
an occasional contributor to medical
information and surgery, and collect
ed one of the finest medical libraries
in Cincinnati.
Early In December Of 1871 he was
surprised, and it is to be supposed
rejoiced, by the death of an uncle in
Germany, whom he had never seen
but once, but who, in strict accordance
with the course Of the rregulatiOn
pugnacious distant relative, insisted
upon leaving the nephew all his
money. This sum, when exchange
and lawyers were paid, amounted te
about 5000. The doctors Office
was closed in one month, the neat
carriage was for sale, and the natty
ofice boy was for hire. DR.. Joseph
had determined to devote his German
existence to German philosophy and
original research in medical science.
But DR.. Joseph's $4,000 looked
very large to him, and his student life
was soon too humdrum to occupy all
his waking hours. His old longing
for dissipation returned. He began
irequenting resorts of somewhat no.
torious and not at all doubtful charac.
ter, and the $50, 600 began to be ne.
duced at about the rate Of $500 per
month. In one of these German
summer gardens, then, as now q popu.
lar Cincinnati institution, In the sum
mer of 1872, he met Nina Rebhan, a
showy-looking woman of the town.
Nina, for that is her real name, al
though she has been known by several
cognomens, was not long in learning
the easy circumstances in which our
physician was situated, and very lit.
tie slower in playing him into her
swn hands. The woman was loud
and vulgar, but her shrewdness cover
ed multitude of faults. In q few
months DR.. Joseph and his newly
found enemy were living together
without the formality of q marriage,
in semi-respctable street in Coving-
ton. The joseph house moved along
peacefully. The female portion soon
became an admired figure in theaters,