St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-16
ADDITIONAL ST. PAUL NEWS.
M,LEAN,S METHOD
OF Doing Business in Chicago and
How He was Found Out.

The record of DR.. Charles Mclean
! appears to grow more unsavory as
it becomes more thoroughly known.
The following article, taken from recent
ISIS lie of the Chicago Tribune, will show
how he conducted himself in that city and
his record with the Illinois state board of
health:
DR.. Charles Mclean of st. Paul. against
| whom charges of immoral conduct and
| swindling have been preferred, came to
Chicago from New York late in 1884. He
was admitted into the First Congregational
church Nov. 2, 1854, Oil the authority of a
letter OF dismissal signed by the Rev. DR..
George Mingins of the Union Tabernacle
church of New York, dated June s. 1884.
1t was general dismissal and not addressed
to any church in particular. About his
practices in Chicago Mr.. J. ". Sykes,
deacon of the First Congregational church,
said last night: 1.-The first information l
| had of any
4 BAD PRACTICES
on his part was through newspaper ar
ticle last spring, in which it was told that
| DE-. Mclean had attempted to Swindle q
young man out Of S25 under the pretense of
| teaching him the occult art and meSmer-
ISM l wrote to Mr.. Mingins and found
that after they had given him the letter of
dismissal they had discovered that he was a
worthless character. But they did not
know how to withdraw the letter. as it was
not directed to any particular church, and
his whereabouts were unknown. ! obtained
| the evidence from the state board of health,
in which they had Cancelled his license and
laid the matter before the church, and they
accommodated him." Mr.. SkyeS said he
| had not heard from Mclean since, but he
saw notice one morning of scandal at
| st. Paul, in which one Charles Mclean was
mentioned, and, although the name was a
little different, he had an instructive knoWl-
edge that it was his man. He wrote to the
Rev. Dr.. Dana at st. Paul, obtained the adj
dress of Presbyterian minister, Mr.. Ed
| wards, and communicated with him. The
result was that he found it was Mclean.
The doctor" had left the city before the
case came up in the church. While in this
city he claimed to be Congregational min
! lister.
AT ST. PAUL
he obtained the pastorate of Presbyterian
| church. and at other places had passed him
self Off as a Baptist. The reason why he
had not done much mischief in Chicago was
that they got on" to him too quickly.
l.
| Congregational church, corrobor the
statements of Mr. Sykes.
The report of the proceedings of the
Illinois state board of health quarterly
meeting at Chicago. April 16 to II, 1885,
contains the following record of DR.. Nc
| Leans case:
| During the session the following action was
| taken upon cases arising under the Medical
Practice act: DR.. Charles Mclean Of No. lS2
| West Madison street, corner of HalStead. Chi
| cago, charged with unprOfessional and dis
honorable conduct in a. fraudulently lssu-
| ing card in the fOllawing terms: DIR. Nc
Leans Medical Institute for Female Diseases,
| lS2 West Madison street, Room 11-Phren-
ology and mesmerism successfully taught.
| Terms reasonable. President, Charles Nc
Lean. NJ. D., assisted by Prof L. FL. Anderson
| and others. DR.. McLeans new developer for
| delicate ladies never fails to strengthen the
chest, develop the bust and beautify the
| complexion. 2. Attempting to hlackmail q
| female patient, attracted by the foregoing
card, and whose testimony before Chicago
| police justice, submitted to the board,
| established the fact of grossly indie
| cent solicitations and practice on the part
| of said Mclean. 8. Obtaining money under
| false pretenses, for which he was arrested,
| money. f. Grossly immoral conduct and
| general poor reputation in the building where
| his so-called institute was located.
The record concludes: '.Dr. Mclean had
been duly notified to appear in answer to
the foregoing charges, but it was stated by
one Of the sworn witnesses that he had dis
appeared after being released from Jail.
After full consideration of the evidence
presented it was ordered that Certificate
No. $50, issued to DR.. Charles Mclean,
March IS, 1888, be revoked"